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Those are the lights from the men's and women's room.

Does JC have a secondary that can cover the four receivers that CovCath puts on the field on nearly every down? The passing game should be open and take pressure off the running game. There is no doubt that CovCath will have to do something different on defense. If they don't it will be a long bus ride home. I, for one, would like to see Mr. Schaefer come back and play LB. I would also like to see nine guys in the box. Make them throw the ball. One big difference between this year and the last two seasons. The weather forecast is not calling for sub arctic conditions. A temp in the low 40's will seem down right balmy compared to the last two years. That works in CovCath's favor. Someone mentioned dimming the lights. Is that not the darkest field you've ever seen?

I saw something things from CovCath yesterday that go far beyone the game on the field. Spencer Hemmer's performance was inspiring. The young man experienced tragedy this week in the loss of his mom and came out and played superb. All I can say is wow. I am proud of Mr. Hemmer. The look on Dan Gregory's face while he was standing on the sidelines, arm in an air cast, being led to the hospital was one of pure courage. It breaks my heart for his HS career to end this way, but he showed a strength that will pay off later in life I am sure. Panda took a great picture of Mater's TD. The series before, Charlie dropped a ball. His teammates rallied around him and raised him above the dropped ball and the next series he goes 77 yds. A great lesson for Mr Mater and his teammates. Coach Wirth should be proud. This is what the program is all about. Go Colonels. Beat JC

I think the key to the Colonel's season will be how well the Coach's adjust to the skill of the players he can put on the court. Coach L has to reconcile what he would like to do with what he can do. It will be interesting to see the chemistry between Coach L and Marty. I believe that Marty can really connect with those kids. He should be a great addition to the program. I don't believe that Arnzen role will be as important as developing the roles for Schult & Baker. As for PG, don't forget that Mr. Massey will also be shouldering some of that load. As he shows on the gridiron, he's very cool under pressure. Who starts for the Colonels this year? I don't think they'll go with the St. Pius all-star team more than a game or two into the season.

Prayers answered.

The Scout family's prayers go out to Mr. Dematteo and his family. God go with him.

This, Sports Fans, is where you go grab some popcorn, sit back, and see what happens next. There is obviously an elephant in this room. Is anyone going to point to it?

!) Heard that Talkers had a tweaked ankle and they did not want to take chances w/ soccer districts next week. McD seemed to be in good spirits after the game. He said they were thinking it might just be a strain. 2) Reese was running from the 'Wild Colonel'.

Colonel play calling was mystifying. Late in the fourth CCH had NCC with a fourth and about 15. Momentum was swinging hard to CCH. If they hold them, it gives them the ball in good field position with plenty of time. NCC had not shown much success with the long ball, but had shown a great deal of success with the screen pass. What does CovCath do? Blitz everyone. What does NCC do? Just what they've done all night long, they run the screen and pick up the first down. Why don't you play contain defense in a situation like that? That play swung the big MO back to NCC The other issue I have is the way they used Connelly in this game. Bir was not having a good game going down field that was clear. Why didn't CovCath go to the hitch that was successful in the B'wood game? With the exception of third and long situations, NCC played #44 on Connelly and he gave up 6" and 8 yards on every play. It makes no sense that one of your supposed 'weapons' has one catch and only three or four balls thrown to him. The staff has got to start helping Wirth.

Two questions about CovCath's scheme for this game: CovCath seemed to forget that Volke was on the field only to be reminded every once in a while when he ripped off a big play. Yes, B'wood has other threats, but the biggest to CCH was Volke. Why didn't they put a rover/monster on him to follow him to the bathroom? CovCath threw five passes to Connelly in the first series and really didn't go back to him for the rest of the first half. The hitch was there for him all night. Mr. Bir was having some growing pains last night and the 8-10 yd hitch is an easy pass. No timing, quick, one read. It might have helped him with his confidence. Okay, I really have three questions. What gives with the time outs? CovCath has got to manage timeouts better. Against Campbell County in the first half, defense took two time outs and special teams took one. Last night special teams took another for not having enough players on the field. They will pay for that one day! I agree Old Guy, with the exception of two coverage lapses (fake punt, and Volke (gee, there's a shock) taking a return a long way) the kicking game is a weapon. Mr. Talkers and Mr. McD have done an excellent job. Coach Huston was a great pick up for CovCath. You have to give B'wood a ton of credit for that game. They were fired up and ready to play and they had a game plan that was workig.

I believe that was Alex Cosby with the strip. Alex also had an interception to kill a drive in the first quarter and was involved in another fumble during the game.

Why do Highlands fans have to jack every thread?

More Parking!!!

NKYSportsBlog article on Alex Connelly: http://www.nkysportsblog.com/ I also agree that Schulte of CovCath is a threat to any team with his speed.

I thought having the Stealth Bomber fly over during pre-game warm-ups was a nice tocuh too. Who knew the Park Hills Mafia had such connections! Good game for the Colonels.

With a football offer on the table, will Trevon Brown even play this year? How many of the guys on the original post's list also play football? Giesler, Connelly, Pike, Brown????

A ton of positives for CovCath in this one. 1) The coaches did a great job of easing Bir into the game. They gave him a chance to build confidence and you could see it build from the stands. 2) The hits kept coming. You always have some kids who will hit, but in the past three years I have not seen CovCath hit as a team like they did last night. 3) O-line did a wonderful job. The big guys deserve a lot of credit for coming back big. 4) Slabaugh was a monster. He was one of the very few highlights from Ryle, but last night he was the spark that got the fire going. 5) Speical teams has been a liability for CovCath in the past couple of years. No more. Kicking, coverage, and returns are now a weapon. 6) Defense had a great game. How many times did the LC punter have to stand in his own end zone in the first half? 7) Love the half back pass. The running game set that one up perfectly.

Count me a member of the Travis Connor fan club. He never gets too excited and is intimidated by no one. He, RItter, and Cosby make a very nice trio back there.

You are spot on. I said that for CovCath to do well they were going to have to a) tackle and b) establish the run. They did neither and lost. To me the biggest suprise was the lack of a passing game by CovCath. Looking at the Cooper scrimmage I would have expected them to be able to throw deeper against Ryle. Oh, and Ryle deserves credit. They do have a good team. Anyone at the game saw the power of their rushing offense. We didn't get to see too much of their defense nor passing offense (They didn't need either in Firday's beat down.)

Dixie needs to play Pike only on offense this year. If they need him both ways next year, fine. Forget the games, which you really can't, the real advantage I believe is allowing him to concentrate his full attention on the QB position during practices. Give him a chance to learn to be a quarterback. He made a couple of pretty bad mistakes that his receivers dug him out of last night. It was impressive to watch NCC stay with it. Those boys never stopped thinking they could win that game.

CovCath never challenged Ryle's defense. They did not attempt a pass longer than 10 yards Their backs ran hard, but the plays were so unimaginiative that Ryle was never surprised. Highlands is reallly going to challenge Ryle's defense.

What he said. That is one tough duo.

Prohibitive? Why prohibitive? Seriously, the keys for CovCath will 1) tackling; and 2) establishing the running game. If they can do those, they can win. During the Cooper scrimmage, they tackled better as the scrimmage wore on. They never really seemed to try to show off the run game too much. I've heard that Ryle's O line is banged up. Is that the case? I also heard that Dixie only threw to two receivers and did so successfully. CovCath used four receivers and a back successfully at Cooper.

If you look at Mr. Roo's nine posts, he is a very negative fellow. His negativity seems to be wide spread. So, Mr. B (etc), I would say you are correct.

What was the format for the scrimmage? Regular game, or something different?