Does Highlands get the Letcher/Whitley winner?

 

Highlands going to Whitley next week should be a good game.

Right on. HHS lead 21-14 and JC had driven the ball down to about the 20. They ran a play up the middle that sort of turned into a "scrum". An HHS lineman came out of there with the ball and returned it for a TD. That turned what might have been a 21-21 tie into a two TD game.

 

The teams played pretty even besides that.

 

How many times did JC have the ball down to or inside the 20 and not score? About 3.

 

I thought the HHS missed FG after having the ball inside the 5 was pretty big also. Could have made a big difference in the game.

That FG, sure looked close from my vantage point. Highlands has a very impressive Passing/Receiving corps group. The fumble, returned for a TF, made it a two possession game.

 

Richardson looked very impressive running tonight. If there are two better teams in 5A, I would like to see them.

Right on. HHS lead 21-14 and JC had driven the ball down to about the 20. They ran a play up the middle that sort of turned into a "scrum". An HHS lineman came out of there with the ball and returned it for a TD. That turned what might have been a 21-21 tie into a two TD game.

 

The teams played pretty even besides that.

 

How many times did JC have the ball down to or inside the 20 and not score? About 3.

 

I thought the HHS missed FG after having the ball inside the 5 was pretty big also. Could have made a big difference in the game.

 

6' 2" 240 lbs Cody Rosenhagen, defensive lineman goes 70:dancingpa

6' 2" 240 lbs Cody Rosenhagen, defensive lineman goes 70:dancingpa

I don't care who you support, you have to smile when one of the big guys goes the distance. :thumb:

I am a JC fan and I am proud of the Eagles. We are knocking on the door, need to tune up a few areas to be champs. Is this a close as any KY team has played HHS?

 

We made several mistakes, but we got beat by the Class of the Class, no excuses. HHS is a very talented team and ever bit as good as advertised!

I am a JC fan and I am proud of the Eagles. We are knocking on the door, need to tune up a few areas to be champs. Is this a close as any KY team has played HHS?

 

We made several mistakes, but we got beat by the Class of the Class, no excuses. HHS is a very talented team and ever bit as good as advertised!

 

Bryan Station nearly beat Highlands two weeks ago.

I am a JC fan and I am proud of the Eagles. We are knocking on the door, need to tune up a few areas to be champs. Is this a close as any KY team has played HHS?

 

We made several mistakes, but we got beat by the Class of the Class, no excuses. HHS is a very talented team and ever bit as good as advertised!

 

Bryan Station played them the closest this year.

I am a JC fan and I am proud of the Eagles. We are knocking on the door, need to tune up a few areas to be champs. Is this a close as any KY team has played HHS?

 

We made several mistakes, but we got beat by the Class of the Class, no excuses. HHS is a very talented team and ever bit as good as advertised!

 

I would say having to complete a pass in the closing seconds to win vs. Bryan Station would be a little closer. :thumb:

Congrats to the Birds.

Bryan Station nearly beat Highlands two weeks ago.

 

 

..and that game was at Highlands.

Great game! Congratulations to both schools for a well played game and to JC for a memorable and successful season. With that being said I will throw out my quick thoughts and let everyone pick them apart.

 

It's kind of interesting to say that JC's "run only" offense didn't hurt then note that they had the ball inside the 20 about 3 times that they didn't score. It would seem to me that when you are inside the 20 and you are a one dimensional offense that you are easier to stop. Maybe I'm wrong and some of the coaches on here can tell me if this statement is true? Also if you have 3 turnovers and 2 of them are from the 4 passes you threw you can't tell me this didn't hurt your team? 50% pass to interception ratio is not good no matter how you look at it. I am a fan of JC and I really wanted them to pull off this upset. However once this team is down 14 points with little time left I can't believe that anyone there really anticipated a comeback based on a run-only offense? I'm not saying you have to be perfectly balanced but when you play HHS you better be one of the best in the country at running the ball or a balanced offense or else you'll be wearing street clothes next Friday night.

 

I think that JC will be one of the best teams in the state next year and I believe that this game will teach them the lesson that they will need pass the ball to ever get past HHS in the playoffs.

..and that game was at Highlands.

 

I remember that one, I should have said in the regular season. No question BS had on outstanding team.

Congrats to the Birds. I really thought JC would win this one. Good luck the rest of the season.

Great game! Congratulations to both schools for a well played game and to JC for a memorable and successful season. With that being said I will throw out my quick thoughts and let everyone pick them apart.

 

It's kind of interesting to say that JC's "run only" offense didn't hurt then note that they had the ball inside the 20 about 3 times that they didn't score. It would seem to me that when you are inside the 20 and you are a one dimensional offense that you are easier to stop. Maybe I'm wrong and some of the coaches on here can tell me if this statement is true? Also if you have 3 turnovers and 2 of them are from the 4 passes you threw you can't tell me this didn't hurt your team? 50% pass to interception ratio is not good no matter how you look at it. I am a fan of JC and I really wanted them to pull off this upset. However once this team is down 14 points with little time left I can't believe that anyone there really anticipated a comeback based on a run-only offense? I'm not saying you have to be perfectly balanced but when you play HHS you better be one of the best in the country at running the ball or a balanced offense or else you'll be wearing street clothes next Friday night.

 

I think that JC will be one of the best teams in the state next year and I believe that this game will teach them the lesson that they will need pass the ball to ever get past HHS in the playoffs.

 

I am a JC fan and a Matney supporter, but you are 100% right! Since I have been a JC fan even before Matney three things have been weak at JC and I think most mountian teams: passing game, pass defense and special teams. We need to focus on these parts of the game if we are going to take the next step to the title. Getting teams scheduled is tough for us, but we need to get out of the mountains and play teams like HHS. Beating the teams we play by just running the ball does not make us stronger. You are right, we have probably the best group coming back we have had, so we need to improve in these areas. Could you imange if we had a passing game to go with the running game we have?

If JC wants to learn to pass they better start practicing it right now. It takes hundreds of routes, and hundreds of passes thrown to achieve a solid passing game such as Highlands has.