WV will be solid as always, but they lost both Lattimores and Compton didn't they? Those three will be hard to replace.

Nope, Compton is back and they lost Chris Lattamore. Compton should break the single season rushing record this season. Compton will be one of the best backs in NKY this year with the o-line still intact from last season. I look for several younger players who got playing time last year to have nice seasons.

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Nope, Compton is back and they lost Chris Lattamore. Compton should break the single season rushing record this season. Compton will be one of the best backs in NKY this year with the o-line still intact from last season. I look for several younger players who got playing time last year to have nice seasons.

 

Didn't know that. WV will be the clear favorite in the district then, and will challenge NCC in the region.

I think this will be the final standings at the end of the year

Walton-Verona- returning most of starters and almost won the district last year

Trimble- only lost 2 staters and bounce back season

Carroll- lost Newby, Gibbs, and other key seniors to the o and d. But have a strong returning group

Owen- young could even slide to the 3, QB is returning as well as half the offensive line

Gallatin- lost a huge senior class but still have Brown at Running back this team will be the wild card

 

Now the Carroll and Trimble is the matchup that may switch do to the JV game last year filled with starters on varsity that game will be very interesting in week 9. WV is obliviously the clear favorite for the District title but once a team figures out how to stop that triple option, the game will be forced upon there defense to step up and make plays. Ultimately I believe that if WV gets a shot at NCC before the 3rd round of the playoffs them they will beat them.

 

Gallatin and Owen are the schools that are the wild cards because they're young and aggressive schools. I am not counting them out at all but I don't know enough about what players they have returning for them.

Update on the new facility. Coming along nicely. Track has been paved. Sod will be put in place next week. Contractors are three weeks from completion. I will post some more pics next week. Should I include them here or start a new thread?

Update on the new facility. Coming along nicely. Track has been paved. Sod will be put in place next week. Contractors are three weeks from completion. I will post some more pics next week. Should I include them here or start a new thread?

 

Here is fine, thanks. Hoping to make a game out there this year.

Awesome, I went by the park the other day and saw about 40 players practicing. The team looked very promising with the up tempo style of practice. I believe I saw the Raiders running the Wishbone Offense which is very exciting, and I also saw they brought back two coaches from previous years- Coach Mumphrey( Wide Receivers and Defensive Backs) and Coach Yates( Offensive Line and Outside Linebackers/ Defensive Ends).

The Raiders are traveling to Bracken on August 15 for a scrimmage, should be an excitement matchup for both parties

Hopefully the Raiders are able to turn their hard work into victories this year. Will try to update people as much as possible

Even with over 2.5" of rain over the weekend, they were able to start sod installation on late Tuesday afternoon. These pics were taken at 9am Wednesday. More updates to come.

 

Very nice! The deserve better than what they had.

 

I got a chance to see Trimble this past weekend at Western Hills 7 on 7. They have some very nice looking kids.

Seeing the sod being laid was very exciting..not for the work itself, but for what it represents.

Trimble County will play Bracken Co. tomorrow at Bracken Co. The scrimmage will begin at 6:30.

 

Finally we will get to see the Raiders in action, Bracken went 2-9 last season with a playoff berth but would lose to Beechwood in the first round. Should be a very exciting scrimmage between the two teams. Let's Go Raiders!

 

Also the field is almost complete but still unsure if they will host Clinton Co. at home in two weeks.

Also the field is almost complete but still unsure if they will host Clinton Co. at home in two weeks.

 

Article in the local paper a week or two ago stated the August 29th home game would not take place at TC because the facility would not be ready. While the field looks great, the surrounding area still needs some TLC. I may try to post some updated pics over the next few days.

How did the scrimmage go?

How did the scrimmage go?

 

I don't have any details, but I heard they won. Score was something like 30-6 but that's unofficial.

The score was 30-6, the Raiders came out and scored right off the bat #7 Dusty Wysbrod broke loose and was gone. The Raiders then shutout out Bracken on the first offensive drive, the Raiders then took over again and scored off a dump pass from #11 TJ Payton over to #88 Brady Mahoney. Once again the Raiders shut down Bracken Co. offense. The next drive the Raiders drove it down the field and through a deep ball to #88 Brady Mahoney but it was tipped and then caught by #9 Bo Hawkes for another TD. Bracken would take over for one final drive before halftime and would move the ball but couldn't get near the end zone.

After Halftime Bracken came out and threw the ball and moved it up the field for a TD. The raiders responded with several runs and a strong push by Sophomore RB #23 Josh Harrison for TD. After this score there would be very little action except for some big hits.

Outside of scoring plays the two guys I liked that are kinda behind the scenes are #60 Cade Thornsberry and #75 David Marsh, these men kept getting up field and making huge blocks to give their backs extra few yards.

 

One bad thing to note is that there was to many penalties, I counted at least 6 personal fouls and multiple missed calls by the refs that could really cost the Raiders.

 

Also I saw the Raiders excercising a lot substitutions on the field which help the coaching staff give every man on the team a chance to play.

 

Finally, one of my favorite parts was the attitude that the Raiders Defense came out with, it was straight forward in attacking the offense and forcing the QB to make quick reads.

 

The Raiders travel to Jackson Co. this week. Last year the Generals went 6-5 with a loss to Belfry in the first round of the playoffs. The Raiders lost to the Generals 26-14 in a very competitive matchup. This year the Generals have have 12 seniors(via roster online) and the Raiders have 13 seniors. This should be a very interesting matchup.

Correction their was a total of 5 touchdowns, one after the deep ball was a 25+ yard rushing TD by Wyatt Adkins