2A Belfry, (8-1) at 3A Letcher County Central (6-3)

Hard to believe we have reached the final week of the regular season.  

This week the Belfry big yellow busses will take the Halloween trek down US 119 South over towards Whitesburg to take on the Letcher County Central Cougars.  Both these teams will host home playoff games in the first week of the season and are hoping to maintain or improve their RPI numbers to gain any favor in the 3rd or 4th round re-seeding of the brackets. 

Coach Charles Matthews' Cougars come into the contest with a 6-3 record and finished 2nd place in the 3A District 8 behind Lawrence County. They will be looking forward to hosting Knox Central in round 1 of the playoffs in two weeks and will no-doubt be using a tough game with Belfry as a final chance to get battle tested.  LCC's losses have come to good teams, Johnson Central, Breathitt Co and Lawrence Co.

Coach Matt Varney's Pirates are 8-1 and winners of their 2A District 8.  Their playoff path begins at home against Leslie County and after a month of games that were not competitive, they are expecting a tough battle with Letcher on Friday.  Belfry's lone loss came to Johnson Central.

These teams are not strangers, but at the same time not rivals either.  They have played 4 times, with Belfry winning all 4, however a couple of those games were really close including a very exciting 35-34 win last season at Belfry.

Two things for certain about playing at Letcher... 1. It is a beautiful stadium and a great place to play; and 2. Be sure to eat at Pine Mountain Grill before the game ?   As for the contest, I'm not sure what LCC will have cooked up for the Pirates on Halloween night at home, but these games are typically competitive.  Will Belfry make the trip and get a trick or a treat? 

Bump.

Will the game be livestreamed? If so, does anyone have the link?

 

28-0 Belfry.

JB Woolum reverses field for a 50 yard touchdown. 

42-0 ☠️

10:40 3Q on a running clock