We had a weight meet yesterday at Anderson Co. w/ Taylor County. Coach Davey McCann put it together. 

I was really impressed w/ the Taylor Co. kids. William Harris is their new head coach. We coached together at Mercer from 2015 thru 2021. He did a super job for those seven years and is an excellent young coach. 

This was a great event for both programs and our kids!

 

 

 

 

 

June workouts began this morning. Energy, effort & leadership were strong.  

Other good news... Clayton Stratton(Junior) has an offer to KY State University.  Hudson DeGarmo(Senior) has offers from Maryville College & Thomas More.

Was proud of big Markell Smith(Sophomore) today. Came to the team workout at 7 am then went to the UK camp when we finished. Was good to get a picture of him with Trosper.

We found out last week Trosper will get to continue at UK this fall. He has been a student assistant the last 4 seasons. Thankful he will get to stay w/ the CATS & the new staff. He has already learned alot!

 

On 5/15/2026 at 8:30 PM, ChiefSmoke said:

Monday night before our player-parent meeting, Mitch Crawford, the QB from the 1968 team, invited our staff for a fish fry. The 1968 Bearcats were very good. We had a blast.

Wild situation in 1968 - Anderson and Frankfort were in the same district but didn't play each other (at the time you only had to play four district games). Anderson went 4-0 with wins against Boyle, Garrard, Harrodsburg, and Georgetown. However, none of those teams were very good. Frankfort finished 3-0-1 with a tie against Stanford, good enough to win the district. Frankfort would lose to Bardstown in the playoffs on Friday night, then came back on Monday night and tied Anderson for the CKC championship, a game the Bearcats dominated statistically. You have to wonder if they had played in the regular season would Anderson have made their first appearance in the playoffs that year? It wouldn't be until four years later (1972) when Anderson County would go to the playoffs for the first time.

Future Kentucky Wildcats basketball star Jimmy Dan Conner caught a touchdown pass from Mr. Crawford, who treated you guys to the cookout.

Outgained Frankfort by 100 yards and forced four turnovers but it wasn't enough.

A muddy night at Stoll Field in Lexington.

4 minutes ago, gchs_uk9 said:

Wild situation in 1968 - Anderson and Frankfort were in the same district but didn't play each other (at the time you only had to play four district games). Anderson went 4-0 with wins against Boyle, Garrard, Harrodsburg, and Georgetown. However, none of those teams were very good. Frankfort finished 3-0-1 with a tie against Stanford, good enough to win the district. Frankfort would lose to Bardstown in the playoffs on Friday night, then came back on Monday night and tied Anderson for the CKC championship, a game the Bearcats dominated statistically. You have to wonder if they had played in the regular season would Anderson have made their first appearance in the playoffs that year? It wouldn't be until four years later (1972) when Anderson County would go to the playoffs for the first time.

Future Kentucky Wildcats basketball star Jimmy Dan Conner caught a touchdown pass from Mr. Crawford, who treated you guys to the cookout.

Outgained Frankfort by 100 yards and forced four turnovers but it wasn't enough.

A muddy night at Stoll Field in Lexington.

That 68 Bearcat team beat a very good Tates Creek team. Shows you how good Frankfort was in 1968. Thanks for sharing this! I wonder if Ed Rall was the QB for the Panthers?  I believe he was. 

 

@Hatz

On 6/1/2026 at 6:11 PM, ChiefSmoke said:

That 68 Bearcat team beat a very good Tates Creek team. Shows you how good Frankfort was in 1968. Thanks for sharing this! I wonder if Ed Rall was the QB for the Panthers?  I believe he was. 

 

@Hatz

Ed Rall graduated in 1967. Here's coach Rall with longtime Frankfort coach Ollie Leathers during the 1966 season.

10 hours ago, gchs_uk9 said:

Ed Rall graduated in 1967. Here's coach Rall with longtime Frankfort coach Ollie Leathers during the 1966 season.

Two Legends. Not just Frankfort High, but for the state of KY!

We finished up our first week of Varsity workouts this morning. The freshman will workout tonight at 6 pm.

Coach William Blair from Madison Central did a two hour session on Tip Offs w/ us this morning. Excellent information that can help us. 

Steve Belichick's book on scouting, chapter 12, is the standard for finding Tip Offs. 

Had a great meal at Heaven's 2 Betsy. Glad Deuce Johnson from Centre College was able to join us.

 

 

 

Today’s monsoon…. Great opportunity to move some Bermuda sod from the perimeter of the practice field to some bare spots. This field was trash 3 years ago. We are killing the cool grasses in the spring and the Bermuda is taking it back over. Good now. Another year or two will be excellent. 

This morning, we had our MS, Freshman, JV & Varsity QBs for some fundamentals work and then review of reads & progressions. I am crazy about all four of these guys. Good athletes & leaders. 

All four of these guys are multi sport guys. You can still get done what you need to get done. But, the calendar may not look the same every year. 

 

We took some of our sponsorship money and paid Kenan McWhorter, Georgetown All American WR, to come and do a WR Camp. Free for our guys. No travel either. Some kids/families can’t afford to travel/attend camps in June. 17 WRs, grades 7 thru 12 participated today. 

Kenan did a super job and our kids soaked it up. Our guys & families appreciate the efforts made to give them opportunities & experiences to help them be their best. 

Entitlement is not too big of an issue for us. Our guys, usually, are grateful & appreciative.   

Very thankful for our sponsors that make this possible. 

 

13 minutes ago, ChiefSmoke said:

We took some of our sponsorship money and paid Kenan McWhorter, Georgetown All American WR, to come and do a WR Camp. Free for our guys. No travel either. Some kids/families can’t afford to travel/attend camps in June. 17 WRs, grades 7 thru 12 participated today.

Love it, Coach!

My old QB/FS, Kaelin Drakeford, came in to do a DB Camp for our guys. Kaelin has just finished his collegiate career at Chattanooga. He started out at Eastern Illinois and did well there, also.

Coach McCann & Coach Mathews put together an Oline camp for our guys. 

The day started rough with the weather. We were glad to get in our workout at 7 am and the camps, later in the morning. We have had a good June so far!

 

 

 

 

New locker room floor going in. The old floor was the original, going back to the early 90s.

I can't say enough about how supportive this community has been the past 3 years. We have had a lot to do, but they have been super to jump in and help us get what we need for the kids & program.