Is it true that Lynn Camp will be gaining several of Corbin's starters for next year due to the Knox Co. Board of Education not signing the agreement for students who live in Knox Co. School District? Several people tell me that Dave Mithchell may be setting on a gold mine and may be considered one of the favorites in Class A football state champions.

 

I can only think of one(could be another) Corbin starter who lives in the Knox Co. school district. I can't imagine that he would switch schools since he has been in the Corbin system from Kindergarten, plus he is going to be a senior and would have to sit out a year as well.

If LC gained one Corbin starter it would suprise me:scared: I don't see this happening at all. Setting on a gold mine thats funny!

 

I would agree, in the future LC may benefit from getting kids that would have normally went to Corbin. As far as the schedule goes LC should have the toughest yet. They open with 3A runner-up Somerset, then 5A power Whitley Co, and 1A state champ LCA. I don't mind LC playing the 3, but I don't like LC playing the 3 in a row to start the season.

I would agree, in the future LC may benefit from getting kids that would have normally went to Corbin. As far as the schedule goes LC should have the toughest yet. They open with 3A runner-up Somerset, then 5A power Whitley Co, and 1A state champ LCA. I don't mind LC playing the 3, but I don't like LC playing the 3 in a row to start the season.

 

One thing about Coach Mitchell, he don't care to play the best. I believe Trinity still has an open date.

I don't see LC getting many (if any) CHS kids. If there are athletes affected by this BOE stuff, it will be a decade or better down the road before the effects are felt on the field, IMO. Most kids will stay put or pay the tuition to stay. That is all political stuff and not even worthy of fretting over yet. What happens there will happen.

 

The injuries have been well documented on here. Mostly they are weird, out of the blue stuff. We have had bouts with Staph, bouts with Summer Flu, Roskoph injured his knee in '07 on a routine cut with no one really around him. I really don't see the injuries as conditioning or rough scheduling. It is just the luck of the draw and we have been unlucky. We have been hit with everything except ebola and the plague over the last 4 years!

 

As far as losing in the first round of the playoffs as of late, we were the aforementioned knee away from doing something big (IMO) in '07 and have played just bad enough in the district to have to face LCA and Raceland in '08 and '09's first round. These same teams kept knocking out the frontrunners that were left in our district the week after they got us. Injuries kept us down some, I agree. The same teams that killed us, healthy or not, beat up the rest of our district afterwards. Raceland was just a little too strong and LCA was a different animal. Just classic class A football and the fortunes that go with it.

 

NOW, that all said, here is what I think. Spring practice starts today at 5 pm. We get a glimpse of what will be available. I know for a fact that we have a sophmore-to-be class that is as dedicated (and overall more talented) than the '03 Cats that won the Region. Leadership was killing us as of late. IMO if we get two or three good leaders and the junior/senior class buys into walking the talk, we could see a reversal of fortunes over here at the Camp. I'll try to post more after a few days of spring practice.

Speed, so far, is what you will notice different about LC between the incoming version and the last couple of versions. Black is emerging as a good QB while the RB slots could be filled to overflowing (Jesse Keith,Dylan Napier, Jared Ammon, etc). Line size and experience is still a concern but the Cats are looking like a football team during spring practice. Center is a slot still needing to be filled and Caleb Nelson and John Walker are showing promise.

 

 

It's just spring ball, but they look a lot better than they did at this time last year.

I heard from a guy that does radio in the area today that Lynn Camp was consolidating with Knox Central. This isn't true is it?

I heard from a guy that does radio in the area today that Lynn Camp was consolidating with Knox Central. This isn't true is it?

 

Lynn Camp High School is merging with West Knox Elementary School to form a K-12 school, but that's more in name than anything else. The schools stay as they are, from what I read.

I used to hear that years ago about a high school merger, but Lynn Camp is in a new school, so I don't see them closing it anytime soon.

Lynn Camp High School is merging with West Knox Elementary School to form a K-12 school, but that's more in name than anything else. The schools stay as they are, from what I read.

I used to hear that years ago about a high school merger, but Lynn Camp is in a new school, so I don't see them closing it anytime soon.

 

I heard there is a possibility that the schools could merger, but that it is not likely. I don't even think the Lynn Camp-West Knox merger is definite at this point.

I heard there is a possibility that the schools could merger, but that it is not likely. I don't even think the Lynn Camp-West Knox merger is definite at this point.

 

There is no chance KC and LC would merge. The merger with West Knox Elementary (the feeder school for Lynn Camp) is designed to consolidate and strengthen school management and will mostly be transparent to the casual observer as both schools will still operate from their current buildings located only a couple of hundred yards apart.

LC has some talent on a yearly basis, but they suffer from being too predictable on offense. In today's game you must have superior talent, not just good talent, to beat teams with a "run em over" mentality. This isn't to say one may not run the football, but tight splits, double tight, and three in the backfield is a style that is suited for the team with an abundance of talent. LC would benefit from a fresh offensive approach. With that said Mitchell and company deserve the credit that their kids play hard in most games. They are traditionally a tough bunch that will hit until the final whistle. If you combine those characteristics with some "flashy" offense, then you will see LC improve quickly. They should "soften" their schedule by a game or two...I mean LCA, Whitley, and Somerset...geez...that is murderer's row. A few tests are great for a team leading into the district, but there is a fine line between a test and overscheduling. Props for not backing down or boos for being foolhardy?

I agree schedule too tough to start the season. Probally will be 0-3 to start the season and all confidence is lost and so is the Season.

LC has always played a tough schedule. It usually does not drag the kids down much if they do start bad. The Cats have also seemed to get better as the season has gone along, also. Spring practice went very well, but I really would like to see more kids out for conditioning and weightlifting. The talent is there and the attitudes are better. Look for LC to pull off some suprises this year.