The aches and pains just don’t seem to end &045; a bruised sternum, sore left knee, sore right calf, sore back and now a sore quad.

That’s just Adams Christian running back Luke Ogden.

Talk to others, and the list keeps on going &045; quarterback Dustin Case and Cole Bradford are banged up, too &045; and the Rebels are significantly hobbled heading into Friday’s District 2-AAA contest on the road against Hillcrest Christian as MPSA action enters Week 6.

But Friday is still a couple of days away, and the odds of Ogden sitting out a game as big as this one are about the same as had Jerry Springer won an Emmy on Sunday.

&uot;He’s probably about 50 percent, to be honest,&uot; ACCS head coach Keith Walters said. &uot;He was kind of one-legged out there. They (Case and Bradford) may or may not play. Those are pretty important people right there. Luke is not able to practice, but he’s getting better every day. If all of those are out, we may not go. We’ve got a little depth, but not many people in our league can go three deep &045; other than Prep, probably.&uot;

The Rebels hope to be with the aforementioned &045; including Ogden, who topped the 1,000-yard mark already this season last week and now stands at 1,033 yards on 102 carries. Case sure is nice to have, too, since it’s that play-action passes that other teams bite on when he fakes to Ogden and hits an open receiver downfield.

And other key skill players are healthy, namely Ray Simpson, David Barnes and possibly Lee Dellinger. The more the better for the Rebels, who are sitting atop the Division II South standings at 2-0 but with two tough opponents ahead &045; the Cougars on Friday and next week at home against Jackson Prep.

&uot;This could be a big, big win if could go up there and get a win,&uot; Walters said. &uot;We’re in district, but they’re not in our subdivision, so to speak, but it does count. Right now we’re leading our side of it, but Lamar has only played one game. If we could get to 3-0 in district, that would be big because all the rest of them are good. The kids are excited. This is something new for them, so we’ll see how they handle it.&uot;

The Rebels will line up against a Hillcrest team that may show much resemblance to the squad they beat 31-20 last year in Natchez. The Cougars are 4-1 so far with their only loss coming to a strong Jackson Academy team that’s playing about as good as anyone in all of MPSA.

The Cougars are also 2-0 in district after they pummeled both Central Private and Copiah Academy &045; 33-7 over Central Private and 46-0 over Copiah. The offense is centered around transfer quarterback Loviett Dixon, who threw two touchdown passes and ran for two more in last week’s non-district win over Central Hinds.

The Rebels, meanwhile, enter the contest after a hard-fought win over a tough Wilkinson Christian last week while being hobbled by injuries.

&uot;Hillcrest has brought in several kids, and they’re huge,&uot; Walters said. &uot;They’ve got three 300-pound linemen, and their quarterback is bigger than anybody we’ve got besides one player &045; he’s 6-2, 234 and throws it well like Steve McNair. They’re much-improved defensively over last year. We played well Friday night. Woodville has a really good team. Hopefully we can build on it.&uot;

Pine Hills at Trinity Episcopal

Monday started the week after for the Saints, who shot up in all the polls following their 20-14 win over defending Class AA champion Oak Forest Friday night. It’s also the start of trying to get back to being healthy as the win came with more bumps and bruises than you’d care to count.

&uot;It was a big win for us, and we’re beat up right now,&uot; Trinity head coach David King said. &uot;I gave them Monday off this week &045; the first time I’ve given anybody a Monday off. We were so beat up that our bodies needed the rest. Nobody is seriously injured. We’re just banged up a little bit, and that’s to be expected.&uot;

The Saints will come home Friday night to face a struggling Pine Hills team, one that wasn’t earlier this month when the roster got down to eight players. It’s the same Pine Hills team that lost to the Saints 45-0 last year in just three quarters after injuries kept them from playing the fourth quarter and forced the game to end early.

The Wildcats lost to Union Academy 58-14 Friday night. The offense is led by quarterback Lee Turner, a 6-1 eighth-grader who completed 8 of 14 passes for 122 yards against Union.

For the Saints, the contest is the first of two District 7-A games and the first of three big game coming up. They travel to Amite School Center next week and travel to Glenbrook Oct. 10 in another highly touted non-district matchup.

&uot;We don’t know much about Pine Hills at this point,&uot; King said. &uot;We know Amite is going to play us hard. Glenbrook is a team we’ve heard about. They picked up about five kids from Minden High School and have been beating people worse than we’ve been beating people. They’re going to be really good.&uot;

WCCA at Huntington

Through the injuries and bad breaks, those Huntington Hounds are hoping they’ve finally gotten on the right track. They posted their second win Friday night with a 16-6 win over Chamberlain-Hunt, and it was their biggest point total so far after the offense was hampered by injuries.

WCCA head coach Paul Hayles doesn’t buy into such talk of the struggling Hounds. That was the talk last year, and the Hounds nearly made it awfully tough for the Rams to get into the playoffs last year before falling, 22-8, in Woodville.

&uot;We were fortunate,&uot; Hayles said. &uot;We had to do some things in the second half to pull away. They hit us in the mouth, and I expect the same thing Friday night. We’ll have to play hard to beat them. Coach (Bo) Swilley and Coach (Hugh) Hathcock have done a super job of keeping those kids motivated and going with a lot of those injuries.&uot;

The Rams, meanwhile, did the same to Adams Christian last week and had a chance to win the game late. Some early miscues allowed the Rebels to take a 14-0 lead, but the Rams used some bullish running from Duston Dor to keep themselves in the game.

Fellow tailback Travis Allen was hobbled a bit during the contest and played offense only after injuring an ankle the week prior at Tensas.

&uot;You’ve got to be respectful of ACCS,&uot; Hayles said. &uot;With that running game and their ability to play-action pass off of that, they sort of create opportunities for everybody. We felt like we put forth a good effort but wasn’t able to win it. Allen was about two steps slower than he normally is, and Duston did a good job of picking up the slack.

&uot;Allen was sore, and it was a game-time decision. He’s an all-district defensive back, and that kind of hurt.&uot;

Centreville at Columbia

The Tigers have lost two straight games heading into Friday’s District 4-AA bout at Columbia, but the biggest losses were before the game was over last week against Parklane &045; Blake Devall went out in the first half with an injury, and quarterback Jennings Field did the same in the third quarter.

Both may be doubtful for Friday’s game, and it’s at an inopportune time. The Cougars are playing well right now with a 4-1 overall record and 1-0 mark in district after downing Amite School Center 43-6 Friday night and a 21-13 win over Bowling Green back in Week 3.

Tensas at Amite

The Chiefs are still searching for their first win but did score their highest point total last week in a 51-21 loss at Briarfield Academy. The Chiefs committed their share of mistakes in the contest as well while struggling to move the ball for most of the first half.

The Rebels, however, are rebuilding this year and could use a win to stay in the hunt for a playoff spot in District 7-A. They need a solid game to head into next week’s home game against Trinity Episcopal.

Simpson at Chamberlain-Hunt

The Wildcats, too, are searching for their first win but won’t get any sympathy from Simpson, a squad labeled as perhaps one of the best in all of MPSA prior to the start of the season.

The Wildcats struggled moving the ball Friday night in a loss to Huntington and have scored just 18 points all season to their opponents’ 189.