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She actually had tears in her eyes the first time she saw the crane in the parking lot of the grand stand with the wrecking ball attached. The club house will be the last thing torn down and that is where she has her reserved seats. Aunt Bea says ," Go Birds " :thumb:

For the record we will call her Aunt Bea. She is quite some lady and has produced some very good LB'ers that played for the Birds. She is a member of the River Downs Turf Club. Every time I call her or visit her, she is watching football on tv, when available. How many 85 year old women watch football on a regular basis? Obviously with her age she can't attend the Birds games, but she is always with them in spirit.

Also in the early 70's, the cheerleaders would stop by the players houses on Thursday evening and drop off a mini box of wheaties.The box of wheaties would have a hand written message on it, to support the team. I don't know if they just went to the starters houses or if they did this to all of the players, back then the team didn't have many players .

I remember when I was a big kid getting high fives from Holly after every Highlands touchdown at the Boyle game last year. :thumb: Back to the thread, nothing about the autographs is negative to anybody involved. Their is nobody stopping the baseball or basketball team etc etc. from giving autographs, but football will always be tops at Highlands.

I respect your opinion, you are entitled to it. You might want to go back and look at some game tapes from Bardo's senior season, arm strength and accuracy were never a question. I can remember the 7 on 7 with Moeller in the spring of 09 and everyone was saying that Moe's QB was one of the best in the nation at that time. Well, on this day Bardo was much the better passer.Bardo's long passes were very accurate and his short and medium range passes were like heat seeking missles. Both of these QB's deserve to be in the HHS great category. After Bardo's injury I can remember him running back kickoffs with his arm in a sling , his tuffness is not questionable.

No you don't, but we will never know will we.

The Highlands game will be on internet RADIO, live. highlandsbluebirds.com Click on links, then click on Live Highlands Football game webcasting. IHIGH will have video replay at 11pm our time, for the HHS-Collins game.

Agreed ! Something else I've noticed is since going to the platoon system around the 08 season, even with a roster of around 90 players, is that their are some talented Sophs who are starting for HHS in key areas. I believe their are two underclassmen starting at DB for the Birds. Many of the JR players from this year started as Sophs or got major playing time last year. I won't start naming them because I would forget somebody. It wasn't that very long ago (before platooning), that you had to be a super stud to see any playing time at all as a Junior, except for special teams.Wow times have changed. The depth of HHS might be a problem for Collins, safe travels to everyone and hope for an injury free game. Go Birds!!!

I predict that both teams will play their hearts out. On a side note , will there be any local radio coverage of this game live, for those few who do not have a computer?

I believe the "O" being "sick" is a good thing! You took it the wrong way. :thumb:

I doubt seriously that the Birds get shut out by Lex Cath this year. In fact, since gambling is against BGP rules, I'll just say, I'm not worried about losing my farm. Highlands put up 24 against Elder this year and Lex Cath is not Elder. Go Birds!!

Maybe not on this particular play, but he was handing off on high snaps all night long.

.............and Seth Hope #82 had Bir running for his life, when he wasn't sacking him. Great game young man. Still say McCoy is the toughest kid on the team, gets hit by LB'ers all night long and pops right back up.

So if Lex Cath wins and if the Birds win, Highlands will have to play at Lex Cath the follwing week?

IHIGH says live video broadcast, you might check it again to be sure.

See post #13, second paragraph. I totally agree. Big O lineman making downfield blocks for QB, wonder what the db's were thinking with that 290lb freight train coming at them? :scared:

Looks like IHIGH will have a live video broadcast of this game. You might want to double check to make sure.

I hope both players are ok. :thumb:

I was surprised from the time I parked my car, to the time that I got in my front door after the game. I parked on Indiana Ave. where I usually park and crossed Memorial PKWY , looking down the Avenue of Champions I didn't see anybody. It was like a ghost town and this was 35 minutes till kickoff. I got to the two guards and asked them what was going on and one of them said "it's kind of slow tonight". There was very little traffic in front of the school on Memorial. So I bought my ticket went through the gate and saw very few fans in the bleechers for both teams. This is a playoff game with a team that we haven't played in the regular season and we can't get the home side of the stands full? Now for the game I really can't comment because I"m not sure what I saw. I know #55 had a great downfield pancake block on one of McCoys keepers. I saw #11 for the Birds make a touchdown saving tackle and also stole the RB shoe while making the tackle. It seemed to me like a lot of young talented players for the Birds , made a lot of big plays. I hope #74 for the Birds is ok. Ashland players played their hearts out. Number 60 for the Tomcats at LB'er played a great game with a lot of hard hits. I talked to some of the fans from Ashland at halftime . you could tell they were proud of their team. The long passes into double coverage, I don't know. I will NEVER question Coach Mueller, all he does is win state titles.

Nice avatar !!! :thumb: Coo-Coo Bird (my spy), says Birds will win!!

Funny that you should mention that. A friend of mine was on his way home one night and saw this real nice buck about 50 feet off the road, as he turned the bend. So he stopped his truck and then backed up so his headlights would be shinning on the buck. To his surprise the buck was still standing there. So he quietly got out of his truck, and again the buck was still there. Not knowing what to do, he saw some gravel and rocks on the edge of the road. So he started throwing rocks at the buck. The next thing he hears is laughing coming from the tree line. It was two game wardens laughing so hard that they had tears rolling down their face from laughing so hard. The game warden said "first time I ever saw a person try to kill a deer with a rock." Of course no charges were filed. True story! My prediction is the Birds play smashmouth football and win the game. See ya there! Go Birds!!!!!!!!!!

2012 Ky Football Stats for Highlands Cumulative Season to date totals. Highlands: 593 points scored 218 points allowed 2857 total yards rushing 2036 total rushing yards allowed 2666 total yards passing 949 total passing yards allowed Highlands has 10 players with at least one TD reception this season. Highlands has 10 players with one fumble recovery. Highlands has 5 different players with at least one interceptions. Just some fun facts for all to enjoy! Safe travels to all!!

Forty years ago. Should be about time for these two teams to meet again. ( Dang it, I said it again)

When was the last time Cov-Cath got on the field with Trinity, scrimmage or game?

Then the players would have to take a cut in pay.