1. Highlands

2. Rockcastle

3. Bowling Green

4. Cov Cath

5. Lex Cath

Don't forget about Bell County. Dudley always seems to sneak in there at the last minute. Rockcastle or Bell, it doesn't matter the Big Red Tomato goes about anywhere.

Lexcath does loose a lot from last year, but they are returning some very great skill players such as Ben Rever(ive noticed noone talked about him and he shut down a lot of great receivers last year) wes cawdwell who lead the state in receiving td's(but a big chunke of those with the help of burke) shane isreal , winston guy and jacob locknane are all very talented players who are all stong and fast at the same time... i think all of them run a 4.6 or faster....

As for question about the unexperianced line is gonna hurt them, but after seeing a few practices it really looks like this new line is coming together really fast, there not gonna be at the level as last years line was but i think that by mid-season they might just be able to get the jobn done...

and for the most obvious issue is to replace the state record holder for most passiing td's Qb Justin Burke.. the two front runners for this spot is a Sr Tyler Hancock has desent feat and a average arm but i think is cabaple of gettingh it down withthe support of shane isreal.... the Other Qb is Soph Will Letton, he is the son of the newly appointed head coach Bill letton, He is a lil inexperianced but i think he has a powerful arm and if he can get down with his accuracy i thin khe is gonna be a speacial Qb... thats my report for lexcath

Rockcastle does have a ton back.

There always loaded.....

Rock and Bell have one thing going for them that the others do not that are listed amongst the top 5 with them such as Highlands-Lexington Catholic-Covington Catholic. The semi's is played on grass this year whomever comes out of that region.

Rock and Bell have one thing going for them that the others do not that are listed amongst the top 5 with them such as Highlands-Lexington Catholic-Covington Catholic. The semi's is played on grass this year whomever comes out of that region.

 

They have another thing going for them. Both of them return nearly their ENTIRE team.

They have another thing going for them. Both of them return nearly their ENTIRE team.

So does Highlands. :D

It appears that there is no one to challenge BG in the west and that all the AAA power is in the East.

Is there anyone besides Hoptown to challenge BG?

 

Just asking

 

Woody Jr

So does Highlands. :D

 

I wouldnt mind seeing a Bell-Highlands semifinal again.

 

Better then a Rock-Lex Cath final like we saw this past season!

I wouldnt mind seeing a Bell-Highlands semifinal again.

 

Better then a Rock-Lex Cath final like we saw this past season!

:thumb: :thumb:

It appears that there is no one to challenge BG in the west and that all the AAA power is in the East.

Is there anyone besides Hoptown to challenge BG?

 

Just asking

 

Woody Jr

 

There is a small school by the name of Boyle Co. that will probably have a say in the outcome of the west. Paducah Tilghman will also be formidable. I'm not ready to mail it in for the Purples just yet.

There is a small school by the name of Boyle Co. that will probably have a say in the outcome of the west. Paducah Tilghman will also be formidable. I'm not ready to mail it in for the Purples just yet.

 

Ahhhh, Bowl Co, have they regenerated that monster? When I returned to UK for awhile in 96 I got my fix by going to area games like Lex Cath, Harrodsburg, etc. and got to see you guys a bunch. I was really impressed by the coach and told friends back in Ashland that if he stayed there long Boyle was going to be a force. Uh,.....little did I realize:scared:

 

It seems AAA is awfully strong these days. Don't want to post thats its the strongest be:flame: cause the others will get riled up

 

Cheers, Woody Jr

I would also expect Boyle to be very strong this year.

There is a small school by the name of Boyle Co. that will probably have a say in the outcome of the west. Paducah Tilghman will also be formidable. I'm not ready to mail it in for the Purples just yet.

I don't know that Tilghman will be able to challenge Bowling Green. The Tornado lost some key guys on defense and will still be a junior-dominated team next season, plus the offensive line play is a continual problem. I would say Bowling Green and Hopkinsville are the logical 1-2 picks in the west.

Tiger, why in most of your posts do you talk "down" about the previous staff? Listening to you, Craig Clayton and staff had a program with no discipline, no work ethic, threw nothing but screen passes, and played poorly on defense. Clayton's record of 17 or so years at Hoptown speaks for itself. Dixie Jones has been the coach at Hoptown for less than a year. The test of time will be the judge of his tenure, not the "self proclaimed experts" as you like to call them in the community or even yourself. You had a very good post about the Tigers going until you once again decided to thow in degrading comments about the previous staff.

I didn't sense there was a slam of Clayton in the post you referenced but one at more of some of the local "self-proclaimed experts."

 

And, for the record, I was a fan of Craig Clayton and the job he did at Hopkinsville, and I admit to some surprise at how smooth the transition was from Clayton to Dixie Jones. Of course, Emmanuel Taylor had a lot to do with that.

I didn't sense there was a slam of Clayton in the post you referenced but one at more of some of the local "self-proclaimed experts."

 

And, for the record, I was a fan of Craig Clayton and the job he did at Hopkinsville, and I admit to some surprise at how smooth the transition was from Clayton to Dixie Jones. Of course, Emmanuel Taylor had a lot to do with that.

 

 

Taylor was here in September of 2004 but didn't play that year. The staff knew last year he would be the difference maker. But QB Chris Thomas was the one that made the offense go. He emerged last year as a more than adequate QB for Hoptown. Not the passer that Hoptown is use to having but seeing the improvement he made last year from the previous years was suprising. I remember seeing him his sophomore year and thought there was no way he would ever be a QB and instead just play WR/DB. But he developed a work ethic and just went after it. Now he still has some things to improve on the deep ball and decision making are the ones that come to mind for me.

 

What made the transition easy for Coach Jones? 1) One thing is Hoptown returned a good amount of starters from the 04 team. 2) the second thing is FAMILIARITY. The players already knew Coach Jones since he was on the Hoptown staff in the 2001-2003 seasons along with Coach Goble. The rest of Clayton's staff stayed at Hoptown except for Coach Lovelace and Faulk.

 

I've never bashed Clayton!! Never have never will. Clayton is one of those guys that grows on ya and ya love to talk to. Has a great personality, funny, & just a great individual that's easy to like. He didn't start winning consistently at Hopkinsville until the 1994 season when he took a young Hoptown team to the 2nd round of the playoffs before losing to Bowling Green. That year people were expecting a 4-5 win year but they finished 8-4 beat Paducah Tilghman for the 1st time in I don't know how many years. That is also the year Steve Lovelace joined the staff as Defensive Coordinator so a lot of the success has to go to him.

 

I personally wish Clayton & his staff were still here. Thankfully the new staff is capable of keeping that winning consistency and even taking it up a notch. They work hard, prepare well, and have good numbers turning out. Not many expected the transistion to be easy and when Coach Jones was named the Head Coach it upset a lot of people and some still won't let it go. I spoke with 2 Western Ky sports reporters this weekend and they still don't give Coach Jones credit for last year and citicized his hire.