On 6/18/2026 at 3:38 PM, ChiefSmoke said:

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!

 

 

 

 

Awesome when you see the guys come back to help out the current HS kids.  Kaelin is a good young man.  My oldest son played with him at EIU before he transferred to UTC.  Hated to see him go.

Our locker room floor was installed today. Thank you Bearcat ? sponsors!

April 2023:

June 2026:

We have had a good start this week.  We need results. We need confidence. The best way to get those is one day at a time continue to work our tails off to continue improving. 

Tomorrow night is Hunt Brothers Pizza Friday Night Camp. Every camper gets this cinch bag. You don't have to be a Bearcat to attend and the focus of camp is basic fundamentals.... base block, tackling, catching a ball, carrying a ball, LB reads, running to the ball and our base DB read.  We call it the 7 for 7... 7 skills we want all of our 7th graders to be able to do when they get to MS football. 

Camp starts at 7:30 pm and ends at 10 pm. Will be a great night to kick off the football season in Lawrenceburg!

 

 

Super excited... Grayson Alsabrook has been invited to walk on at EKU. Recruiting for HS guys has been TOUGH the last couple years. So happy for Grayson!

 

 

Congrats to Hudson DeGarmo who has earned an offer from Mt. St. Joseph!

 

2027 Bearcat Football Staff. We have a couple really strong candidates that we hope to add soon as a Varsity QB Coach and a Freshman/JV OL Coach. It is a struggle to find quality coaches. Yes, would have been great to get everyone in place earlier.  But, we would rather get the right guys on the bus than fill a position and check a box. 

#FindAWayToWin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hunt Brothers Friday Night Bearcat Football Camp 2026

 

Thank you to old Greyhound Frankie Hunt and Hunt Brothers Pizza for sponsoring our Friday Night Camp. The kids had a great time. Our coaches and players did a good job with instruction!

 

Frankie was a senior in 1992, my first year as a head football coach. Very proud of him!

During the preseason, we ask an attorney to come and talk to our guys about things that can get them in big trouble. It's always interesting to watch their faces during this session.

We did this at Mason and Mercer as well. Commonwealth Attorney, Hart Megibben did a super job with our guys.

We have a boatload of guys that want to get better. To make it happen, we need help!

Come be a part of a community, school and program excited about helping kids and HS Football!

#FindAWayToWin

We had a productive week, which is critical for the first week of pads. Monday we did an intrasquad scrimmage and got some good video / reps to help our guys.

Thursday we had a session on Tip Offs for our ILBs & Safeties, led by our analyst, Cameron Pierce in the Bob Ware Room. Interesting side note, ACHS gave me room 214 in July of 2023. We decided later to make it the Bob Ware Room. Bob Ware's birthday.... February 14.

Then, our leadership had lunch w/ Larry Harris. Larry was one of the best players ever at Paris HS and an exceptional leader when he played for the Greyhounds. Larry and I have coached together at both Paris and Mason County. Great friend and a wonderful man. And, our guys enjoyed another great meal at Heaven's 2 Betsy.

Last night we scrimmaged Spencer County. Both teams are significantly improved from 2025. The kids for both team played their guts out. Very physical scrimmage. Great night of KY HS Football.

We played a ton of kids in the Varsity portion. We are working like mad men to develop more players that we can get on the field than we have in the past. It is helping us, but there also times we pay for it. We will continue to do so this week as well.

Isaiah Smith is a fine football player at Spencer County. He smiles alot more than his Uncle, Chuck Smith. 😎

Just sent this to our families. These folks are absolutely wonderful. I could not ask for a more cooperative group of people.