Football leftovers ... Week 2

Calloway County showed off a new offensive wrinkle in its fourth-quarter comeback win over Trigg County — Tyrrell Willis lined up as an outside receiver.

Willis, the 6-foot-3, 230-pound junior running back and linebacker, caught two touchdown passes from Casey Brockman in the final four minutes and change to give the Lakers a 35-28 win in the second game of Trigg's Wildcat Chevrolet Bowl. One was on a fly pattern down the sideline, the other on a crossing route in which the super-strong Willis broke a tackle in the middle of the field and was able to turn the corner and tightrope the sideline on a 32-yard play with just under a minute remaining.

"It's something we just put in this week," Calloway coach Josh McKeel said. "George (Garner) was gimpy and we needed another deep threat. Tyrrell can do that, too. The play he made for the (go-ahead touchdown), I don't know that I've seen a player in western Kentucky that could've done it."

The Lakers' offense is far from a finished product. Trigg, taking advantage of an offensive line that is missing two starters, was able to blitz effectively and put pressure on Brockman, who completed only eight of 28 passes. Some of the throws were rushed because of the pressure, and several were dropped by his receivers, but it appears that Brockman still has some rust from the forced layoff for most of preseason practice because of a broken bone in his left (non-throwing) hand.

• Two teams with aspirations of hosting first-round playoff games suffered critical offensive injuries in the Trice Hughes Chevrolet Bowl in Princeton. Caldwell County quarterback Will Barnes separated his right (throwing) shoulder in the host team's 20-14 win over Glasgow and Crittenden County running back Rodney Robertson broke the metacarpal bone in his left hand during the first half of the Rockets' 54-13 loss to Lone Oak.

Both are questionable at best for this week's games. Caldwell hosts Murray in a big Class 2A district matchup, while Crittenden takes on Calloway County.

"Rodney is probably out," Crittenden coach Al Starnes said. "He was making a block and fell and broke it when he landed on it. I'm sure he's going to have to wear a cast and it will affect him and our running game, but we have to go on and see what else happens."

Caldwell coach David Barnes' loss is made more critical by his son's experience. Barnes brought the spread offense with him when he came to Caldwell in 2006 and Will Barnes has been the Tigers' regular quarterback in all three seasons.

Sophomore Blake Hodges took over the offense after Barnes went down in the second quarter. Caldwell's running game was effective (314 yards on 52 carries) so Hodges wasn't asked to carry the offense.

"He threw a couple of good balls that were incomplete, but they hit the receiver's hands," David Barnes said. "Will is questionable. It will probably be a gametime (decision). We'll practice him this week and see how it goes Thursday and Friday in the pregame. Blake has things he can do, but he lacks the experience."

• You might have noticed a different look with Paducah Tilghman's football team. The Indianapolis Colts-style uniforms look sharp, but new coach Randy Wyatt went with blue helmets for his first season. That's quite a departure from the traditional white helmet with the clean "PT" logo.

"It was just a change," Wyatt said. "Something to give us a new look."

Wyatt said the traditonal two stripes in the middle of the helmet and the "PT" logo will adorn the helmet, but those haven't arrived yet.