Raising the bar by chanting "Where is Walker" after injuring him on a late hit......if that is raising the bar then high school football is going in the wrong direction

 

Late hit is a bit excessive considering the announcers disagreed with your assessment. Unfortunate of course, late depends on which side of the field you're on.

What was the score of the game when Wood got hurt?

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Yes Trinity has pretty much a bottomless budget. Anything Coach Beatty needs I'm sure he gets. If the school doesn't provide it I bet there is a booster a phone call away. I am not griping because I think it's great for their school and program. I'm just saying it's a huge advantage. Someone told me they had 100 freshman on their freshman team this year. I bet it's very cheap to field a team of 100 freshman, plus JV, and plus varsity!!! Trust me they have no worries financially. I bet other schools wish they could have their "tough" budget crisis.

 

No, no ,no, and no.

Any word on Wood?

If the player hit the referee, he should be charged. The ref needs to be at the Warren county attorney office Monday at 8am to press criminal assault charges. This will stop this behavior

 

I would guess charges are a legit possibility.

The worst hit of the game was 330lb Willis smashing Spencer Blackburn in the back while he laid on the ground 5 yards out of bounds in the 1st half. Willis got a personal foul of course but couldn't believe Blackburn jumped up from that, could've seriously hurt the kid. So please stop with the hit on Walker, was drilled while throwing the ball, that's football. And I hope he is fine, never ever want to see a kid get hurt.

Spencer Blackburn was the best QB on the field last night period, was "targeted" all night, inbounds & out, that was obvious. What a great & gutsy performance by that kid.

It isn't surprising that you would have that impression, given the handful of incidents Lafayette has been involved in over the last two years. But I was there last night and I can tell you, though, that Lafayette didn't just run out onto the field and knock the halos off of the Trinity players heads. The unsportsmanlike and personal fouls piled up against each team all night. Heck, Trinity even had more penalties than Lafayette and a bunch of L's were offsides.

 

Like I said, I was surprised by that because I didn't recall T getting many penalties at all in their last two meetings which, by the way, were incident-free. The injury to Wood at the end just kind of escalated things. I was really sad to see things go down like that because it was really starting to look like a game instead of a steamroll that everyone expected.

 

It bugs me a little bit to see the words "classless" and "undisciplined" thrown around by people that have not been around the program. You don't get to the state championship two years in a row without having some football discipline. There are a few kids on the team that have behavioral issues and that spills over onto the field at times. There's no excuse for that. But if you had a chance to see Shaw, McPeek, and the rest of the coaches up close, the last thing you'd say about them or the way they run their team is that they are classless.

 

For those outside of Lexington, I'll throw one last thing out there: there's no other city in Kentucky, outside of Louisville, that has neighborhoods in its district like Lafayette - look it up. A great number of them don't come from privileged homes. Because of where the school itself is located, you wouldn't think that would be the case. Being a native of Louisville, myself, I wouldn't have known unless it had been pointed out to me. I'm not trying to make excuses for the behavior of some of the kids, I'm just saying that before you throw around disparaging words, try to understand the full situation. What they're trying to do with these boys is admirable. Don't celebrate the behavior, but appreciate the effort.

 

Privileged?? What the hell is that supposed to mean?

 

Everyone I know in every state of this nation who has something to be proud of worked their tails off for it.

 

Don't give me that privileged crap. Is it a shame that kids are born to parents who refuse to make a better life for themselves? Absolutely! It's almost as bad as those people having the right to breed. But don't give me that "privileged" crap, that's a cop out excuse for not having enough testicular fortitude to act the way a man is supposed to act. That sickens me.

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Congratulations Rocks!

So how many personal fouls on Lafayette?

So how many personal fouls on Lafayette?

 

Everytime a kid opened their mouth a flag was thrown, never seen so many... really slowed the game down

Teams generally are a reflection of their head coach.

Teams generally are a reflection of their head coach.

 

By the 15th game of the season, they know exactly what their coach expects and will find acceptable.

I guess you have never been to Covington in NKY.

 

When's the last time Holmes got to the title game?