Campbellsville University juniors Jeffery Demary and David Hon, along with Bethel University sophomore Cordarious Mann, are the Mid-South Conference Football Players of the Week for the week ending Aug. 28, the conference announced on Monday.

They were two of the first high school programs to break in the new synthetic turf at Finley Stadium this summer, now Campbellsville High School and Taylor County High School will be the first two teams to play a high school game on the newly renovated surface at Campbellsville University. The cross-town rivals will meet in the annual "Battle of the Birds" Friday, Sept. 3 at 7:30 p.m.

To say that there's an excitement surrounding the start of the 2010 Campbellsville University football season would be an understatement. More than 3,500 fans packed Finley Stadium and its fence lines Saturday night to watch the Fighting Tigers make history and start the season 1-0 with a 34-7 victory over Kentucky Christian University in the first home night game in school history.

With the completion of one project comes the beginning of another. Such is the case with the $1.2 million "More Than a Game" campaign, which came to fruition Saturday night, Aug. 28, with the first night football game on synthetic turf at Campbellsville University's Finley Stadium.

Campbellsville University won its first three matches of a four-match weekend tournament in Canton, Ohio as the Tigers staked first-year coach Amy Eckenfels with a 3-1 record going into a home match Tuesday against Bryan College.

Eckenfels got some strong performances from her veterans, but also saw some newcomers step up as well.

"Overall I was pleased with the girls performance this weekend. The loss we took shows us areas that we need to improve," said Eckenfels.