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One thing I don't think I've even seen mentioned about Austin is the kid's desire to keep the ball moving forward. He never goes down easy - never. A couple times this year I saw defenders slack off because they assumed he was going out of bounds (where his momentum was taking him), but he cut or spun back inward & picked up another 5 or 10. And when tacklers do get a good shot at him, he keeps the wheels spinning and scraps for those few extra yards.

Actually, neither spring football nor spring break were the main topics. The main focus was introduction of the new coaching staff & where they'd like to take the program in the immediate future. I do understand your point though.

I don't want to be melodramatic - so I'll try to keep it short, but my Dad has been around the game for a long, long time, has seen it up close at many levels, and loves nothing more than old-school offensive line play. Last season ('07) I was finally able to get him back here for a Highlands game. I had been talking up Highlands offensive line play to him for a while, but played it cool at the game to get his honest opinion. At about halftime of the playoff game, he said almost word for word what I had been thinking for some time - that it was the best executing high school offensive line he had ever seen, and their play as a unit was as good as you will see at any level of football. In my opinion, you cannot overstate how good HHS offensive lines generally are, and how integral they are to Highland's success.

I had never met the new coach prior to the meeting, and I'm excited about the future of Highlands baseball now that I have. The guy definitely bleed Highlands blue, and there's no doubt about his passion for the game. I also think he's a great age - young enough to have the energy it takes to make the type of improvements he'd like, but old enough to have some perspective on the school & town - and old enough to not take garbage from the kids. I thought the spring break discussion was excellent - about the best compromise I can think of.

Ditto. '07 D-line & linebacker play was awesome. Not that '08 wasn't good in it's own right.

Be careful with this line of thought. Many things have to line up to win state championships - the right players, working hard, in the right system, w/o too many injuries, playing the right in-season schedule to get ready, a little bit of luck along the way, etc, etc, etc. While I agree that accomplishing a three-peat in a 6 division system isn't quite as big of an accomplishment as in a 4 division system, it would still be a major, major accomplishment. If anyone can do it, Highlands can. Look at what they overcame this season to win the championship: returning only 2 starters from the previous season's state championship winning offense, the preseason loss of probably the best RB in NKY (and one of the best football players in general), the loss of their starting TE and OLB in the 2nd or 3rd round of the playoffs, being down to Bryan Station w/ less than 3 minutes to play in the first round of the playoffs, the father of a player being severely maimed right in front of their eyes as they're leaving for the state finals, and then two fumbles deep in their own territory in that state final game. While I don't want to jinx anything, I'd be very surprised if they face that many obstacles in '09.

you guys are right just 17 penalties!

NCC just hurt them selfs with penalties

td fc

noooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!

illegal motion

i believe they missed xp earlier

fg good go NCC!!!!!!

3rd and 7

1st down

3rd and 3

PI on FC

fumble! fc recovers

What a game!

GO BREDS!!! :dancingpa

NCC 35 FTC 31

sorry nevermind

is the game shown live over the web?

Just to clarify, if both Highlands and Johnson Central win this week, Highlands will travel to Johnson next week? If this is true, how is it determined, by some rotation?

Very similar to why some small schools can be competitive at D1 college basketball, but not football.