This has probably been discussed to no end, but I haven't been around, and the recent downfall of Highlands' football is amazing.

 

Up until recent years, you could expect their JV squad to put a running clock on a team like Grant County, and now their varsity squad loses to them in the first round?

 

What caused the downfall?

 

Is it as simple as Dale leaving? That seems obvious, but you'd think assistant coaches that were on Dale's coaching tree could pick it up, especially since it was all established.

 

Is it that Highlands closed their enrollment borders and would only let students in from the immediate area? (I heard they've recently opened them back up, which is sad for them.)

 

Is it that other schools established feeder programs and their teams are getting better? That one seems unlikely considering they used to beat the best teams in all classes, even from other areas.

 

Is there some other possibility that I'm missing?

 

Will they ever return to domination or even as the leader in Northern Kentucky?

Up until recent years, you could expect their JV squad to put a running clock on a team like Grant County, and now their varsity squad loses to them in the first round?

 

Lost to Doss in the first round. Big difference between Doss and Grant County.

Lost to Doss in the first round. Big difference between Doss and Grant County.

 

My mistake, but they still didn't have a winning record this year and lost to teams like Campbell County and Dixie.

Keep grinding that ax!! Funny coming from a CovCath guy.

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I'm not connected to the Highlands program but I think some of the explanation is a dropoff in talent. How many Division 1 QBs have they had in the last 20 years? -- Lorenzen, Guidugli, Towles, Hoge.

My mistake, but they still didn't have a winning record this year and lost to teams like Campbell County and Dixie.

 

You mean loses to two 6A schools?

There are already a few dozen threads and a couple thousand posts discussing this topic.

:deadhorse:

You mean loses to two 6A schools?

 

But didn't they routinely put a running clock on those teams.

:deadhorse: x 1,000!!!!

Valid questions and thoughts (well, except for the Grant County thing).

 

And no doubt the Birds will return to prominence, probably sooner than later.

 

Somebody put up a thread the other day on all KY high school football teams' wins over the last 10 years. Even after last year's debacle, HHS was still 4th on the list. Pretty impressive.

This has probably been discussed to no end, but I haven't been around, and the recent downfall of Highlands' football is amazing.

 

Up until recent years, you could expect their JV squad to put a running clock on a team like Grant County, and now their varsity squad loses to them in the first round?

 

What caused the downfall?

 

Is it as simple as Dale leaving? That seems obvious, but you'd think assistant coaches that were on Dale's coaching tree could pick it up, especially since it was all established.

 

Is it that Highlands closed their enrollment borders and would only let students in from the immediate area? (I heard they've recently opened them back up, which is sad for them.)

 

Is it that other schools established feeder programs and their teams are getting better? That one seems unlikely considering they used to beat the best teams in all classes, even from other areas.

 

Is there some other possibility that I'm missing?

 

Will they ever return to domination or even as the leader in Northern Kentucky?

 

You must be bored...

I wish there were a Cricket emoji....another poster who couldn't make soup in the winter, so they dredge up a big pot of nothing.:idunno:

I wish there were a Cricket emoji....another poster who couldn't make soup in the winter, so they dredge up a big pot of nothing.:idunno:

 

... or is someone trying to make a big pot of button soup

You mean loses to two 6A schools?

 

I mean losses to two 6a aren't exactly powerhouse schools and are schools that you'd be laughed off the internet for suggesting they could even stay within five touchdowns of Highlands in previous years.

Keep grinding that ax!! Funny coming from a CovCath guy.

 

lol......... were we talking about CovCath? Way to throw out an attempted insult when you have no response to a valid question.

 

:thumb:

 

You must be bored...

Nope.

 

Been wondering it for a while.

I wish there were a Cricket emoji....another poster who couldn't make soup in the winter, so they dredge up a big pot of nothing.:idunno:

 

That you have no answer for.

 

You think that there has been no drop-off?