Thanks Commander.....That is a weak district IMO if they finished 2nd besides Corbin of course

 

Very weak. I think that they play Magoffin but I could be wrong.

Very weak. I think that they play Magoffin but I could be wrong.

Magoffin County is 3A we play Bath County.

Magoffin County is 3A we play Bath County.

 

Sorry se_bell I was looking at the wrong thing. My apologies.

The fall seems to have been mighty at Middlesboro.

 

You can't relax as a coaching staff and keep things going strong, but I don't thing Roark has done this.

Roark has done a great job @ Middlesboro.

Like I said all along, Larry Welch will right the ship at South.

Like I said all along, Larry Welch will right the ship at South.

 

He has done a very good job at SL this season. With all they lost and changing offensive styles completely, ... this season the Cards were better than almost anyone predicted they would be. They won the games they were supposed to win and a few that noone thought they would win.

Roark has done a great job @ Middlesboro.

 

See my previous post, Middlesboro has had unbelievable talent between 97-05 and an unbelievably weak district as well. Not hard to win games with that combination. Roark is a decent coach at best.

I attended the Knott County-Middlesboro Game. I made the comment to a friend i was sitting with that I bet there was no more than 100 people in the Middlesboro stands that night. So we bagan to count and both came up with about 80-90 total people in the home side stands. Granted it was a cold raining night but that is sad. In my 35 plus years of attending Middlesboro games, this was the lowest amount I had ever seen.

I attended the Knott County-Middlesboro Game. I made the comment to a friend i was sitting with that I bet there was no more than 100 people in the Middlesboro stands that night. So we bagan to count and both came up with about 80-90 total people in the home side stands. Granted it was a cold raining night but that is sad. In my 35 plus years of attending Middlesboro games, this was the lowest amount I had ever seen.

 

Maybe that is how they came up with the numbers I don't know. I would say that the fan base is really down right now.

We have a few nice athletes coming up next year headed by Major Edwards and Poindexter (Not sure on the 1st name) and some really good looking lineman from our middle school team.

 

We are losing 10 Seniors but we return a very nice group next season including one of the top JR QB prospect in the Country.

 

How many kids do they have playing this year? It did not look like they had more than 25-30 dressed against Corbin, so losing 10 seniors will be huge if most contributed.

 

I thought that Middlesboro might be the favorite in the district next year since Corbin loses about 20 seniors, approximately 11 who start with 2-3 playing both ways.

How many kids do they have playing this year? It did not look like they had more than 25-30 dressed against Corbin, so losing 10 seniors will be huge if most contributed.

 

I thought that Middlesboro might be the favorite in the district next year since Corbin loses about 20 seniors, approximately 11 who start with 2-3 playing both ways.

We dress about 40 players but only 14 or so see any action , We have a lot of 2 way players.

 

Out of the 10 Seniors only 5 of em see any significant playing time #12 Matt Powers , #1 Shay Patterson , #7 Barton Poore, , #50 Jeffrey Poe and #54 Ronnie Johnson so 2 lineman and 2 receivers and a TE is all we lose basically.

We dress about 40 players but only 14 or so see any action , We have a lot of 2 way players.

 

Out of the 10 Seniors only 5 of em see any significant playing time #12 Matt Powers , #1 Shay Patterson , #7 Barton Poore, , #50 Jeffrey Poe and #54 Ronnie Johnson so 2 lineman and 2 receivers and a TE is all we lose basically.

 

I am close with a Middlesboro parent and there is no way that they have 40 on their roster. My friend tells me it is closer to 30. That is after having the Frost and Helton kid quit, and the Witherspoon, Foister, and Kyle kid being kicked off the team.

 

Also, the Powers kid is the starting safety, Poore a starting CB, Patterson a starting CB and Poe and Johnson are starting DL- so that techinically means you are losing 10 starters.

 

He also told me that while their middle school team has good specialty players, those specialty players at all 7th graders. He also said there is probably only 1 8th grader coming up that will be able to contribute for the next few years.

 

I honestly get the feeling that the support would come back if Roark wasn't there. It seems like so many people in that community are so against him that they don't even want to go support his team.

M'boro lists 41 on their KHSAA roster.

M'boro lists 41 on their KHSAA roster.

 

And when I was in high school, our program listed me as 2 inches taller than I was and 20 pounds lighter.

 

My buddy says at least 5 of those kids on the roster are no longer playing this season. He said Mike, Davis, Frost, Lewis, and Helton are no longer playing. He also thought it was pretty funny that the basketball already had about 25 kids out for open gym and the baseball team had about 15 kids out for long-tossing.