KHSAA Class 5A football final: Veltkamp leads South Warren over Frederick Douglass

Caden Veltkamp passed for 295 yards and three touchdowns to lead the South Warren High School football team to a 38-26 victory over Frederick Douglass on Saturday in the Class 5A championship game.

A crowd of 6,502 fans at the University of Kentucky’s Kroger Field saw South Warren (14-1) win its third state title in the past seven seasons.

Veltkamp, a senior who has committed to Western Kentucky, had touchdown passes of 49 yards to Luke Burton and 21 and 31 yards to Tyler Snell.

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Luke Burton led South Warren’s rushing attack with 79 yards and two touchdowns on 12 carries. His 24-yard touchdown run with 20 seconds remaining sealed South Warren’s victory.

Frederick Douglass quarterback Samuel Cornett completed 13 of 26 passes for 274 yards and three touchdowns. Dane Key, a UK commit, had five catches for 155 yards and two scores for the Broncos (13-2).

Frederick Douglass dropped to 0-2 in state finals, having lost to Covington Catholic in the 2019 final.

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SOUTH WARREN 10 7 7 14 – 38

FREDERICK DOUGLASS 6 6 0 14 – 26

First quarter

SW – Eldar Dervisevic 22 FG

FD – T.J. Horton 9 run (kick blocked)

SW – Luke Burton 49 pass from Caden Veltkamp (Dervisevic kick)

Second quarter

SW – Tyler Snell 21 pass from Veltkamp (Dervisevic kick)

FD – Dane Key 73 pass from Samuel Cornett (run failed)

Third quarter

SW – Burton 1 run (Dervisevic kick)

Fourth quarter

FD – Key 5 pass from Cornett (Cooper Ranvier kick)

SW – Snell 31 pass from Veltkamp (Burton pass from Dervisevic)

FD – Cameron Dunn 27 pass from Cornett (Ranvier kick)

SW – Burton 24 run (kick failed)

This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: KHSAA Class 5A football final: South Warren defeats Frederick Douglass