Jmatt

Coach Mullins is a well regarded math teacher at GCHS. I am sure that played a part in this opportunity and working out a position in Lexington to teach and to coach. I figure he will see a rise in his compensation vs. GCHS in both positions. With him being young (mid 30's) and having a young family, i would think that would be a factor. He is a good hire for Dunbar as a teacher and a coach.

These are the names i have heard (East), others may be able to add names: L. Bradley from Raceland, K. Cochran from Greenup County Perry from Lawrence County Thurman, Mustard, Stamm, Orcutt and J. Davis from Lewis County Isaacs and at least 3 others at from Boyd County 3 or so kids from Russell, Hoback is one, not sure on the other names Yates from East Carter Smith and King from Fairview At least one player from Ashland Low 20's total number of kids

Greenup has no seniors right? Amazing run so far for such a young team.

Drew Johnston - LB - Greenup County - University of Pikeville Kyle Cochran - WR/LB - Greenup County - University of Pikeville Both signed at UPike this morning

This was actually another no win season also. These seniors lost like 23 in a row before winning a varsity game last year as juniors. Several of them had to start varsity as freshman. A couple of really tough years but the program is getting better and headed the right way now.

GC will play Cov. Catholic at their place two weeks from now (on Saturday i think)

Copley was the head coach at GC then

Greenup County has to have QB Hunt and OL/NG Johnston back for this game to be competitive. They are already thin and not having them last week was a difference maker, especially Hunt leading the offense. Things were very out of sync on offense last week and GC was especially one dimensional.

Injuries also hurt how they were able to finish up last season. Byrd missed the last 5 games with the knee injury and was the leading rusher by far at the time. Cochran and Wells both missed the last 4 games with an mcl injury and a concussion. Those were 3 significant losses on a fairly thin, young roster last year. They lost 2 or 3 close games in the second half of the season even without those three.

I have heard TJ Quillen is also back and playing as a senior. Will be a factor on defense covering receivers which has been a huge weakness for GC the past several years. When you look at GC last year, they were 2-9 but they were "in" every game with the exception of Raceland, Ashland and Johnson Central. Having been 0 and 22 the previous 2 seasons, a lot of those games were lost in crunch time. They return all of their skill people and have the most balance in the classes in at least the last 7 or 8 years. I look for them to take another step forward this year and win several more.

Kyle Skaggs, he's a senior this year. I think he has started for Russell since 7th grade. His father is Steve Skaggs that played at Greenup County and Ohio U in the 70's. Very nice shooter and crafty, heady player. Think he had around 30 last night. The 16th region imo is down considerably this year and teams are VERY young overall. Both these teams along with Fleming County and Ashland will be in the mix but compared to the state overall, its a weak region right now that will get alot better over the next few years.

Sounds good. I was just curious about that. I had forgot GC hosted back to back games a couple years ago.

Greenup played at Raceland this year. Are they playing at Raceland again next year? Thats a big gate that would nice to have at Greenup.

The current senior football class at GC as freshman didn't have enough kids come out for the team to even have a freshman team (i think there was 5 or 6 of them out of a class with 250 or so kids so at least 120 boys). I don't think there was much emphasis put on these kids at that time.

I think they'll have 2 more chances this season potentially at pulling one off if they do not win this weekend. It will take a game where they don't make unforced crazy mistakes (4 untouched pick 6's in 3 games so far) and play some even decent pass defense but if it comes together all in one game, they have a chance in a couple of these.

I agree with this. Another thing about Coach Mullins that people don't realize is he so detail oriented. His scouting reports are meticulous and he is doing everything he can possibly do to put these kids in a situation to win. He will win games and i hope it's at Greenup County.

I know right now of several examples on this years team, even though they are not winning so far, its a huge positive they are participating and it just may make that little bit of difference to guide some kids the right way.

One basketball player, one baseball player. In the top 3 grades.

As of the last class/district realignment, GC had more boys than any Kentucky school in this area. More than Ashland Blazer, more than Rowan County, more than Boyd County, more than Johnson Central. My son who plays basketball and football at Greenup tells me there are tons of athletic kids that walk the halls of Greenup that play nothing and never have. I bet if you looked at the percentage of males that participate in sports compared to the total male student enrollment, it would be a very small percentage. Losing kids to soccer has hurt the football program. As far as football currently, in my honest opinion, i'm just not sure how high the natural football IQ of the players is. This has a lot of causes but it's is what were looking at now. With the exception of just a few, it just isn't very high. Things that are basic to kids in other programs (for example, seeing uncovered receivers and picking them up) just don't come naturally. I'm not sure what the answer is. I don't think dropping football would be the answer. We would transfer the second that decision was made. The out of district schedule will be revised next season and maybe that will help. It's a frustrating thing to be involved in especially when I and my family have been 100 percent Greenup County so many years. You feel like your always saying we'll give it a chance next year, maybe there's hope, and nothing ever changes. It's frustrating.

They are now saying the shoulder was seperated, out 2 weeks

Jeffrey Williams went out after GC's first offensive series with what appears to be a broken collarbone. Most likely he is done for the season. Just a devastating blow to GC going forward.

GC threw 3 INTS (2 untouched pick 6's on their first two possessions of the game) and had 3 fumbles lost (plus 2 more they barely recovered). I think PCC had 1 turnover. This game was quickly 21-0 PCC after the first quarter and looked like it could easily end up 60-0. Then GC settled down. It was 28-27 when GC missed a game tying extra point with 8 min. to go in the 4th. GC let the PCC QB score from 30 yards out with a minute and half to go so they could get the ball back down 8 but they fumbled on the kickoff return. Junior Jeffrey Williams for GC had almost zero yards rushing in the first quarter and 220+ yards and 3 TD's in the following three quarters. Was kind of a crazy game to watch.

The article was in last Fridays paper. The new coach met his players for the first time in Georgetown at camp last Thursday so i guess the interview was done right after that. The kids seem to like him. Different approach than Coach Youngman. I know stability was one of the first things he brought up with them and his desire to be in this job for a while. GC will be a very young team this coming year (no seniors are currently playing with the team and they only have a couple juniors). We'll just have to see how it goes i guess.

They had 9 seniors on last years team with 2 juniors and the rest were sophs, freshman and a 7th grader. One of the 2 juniors last year quit early in the season and the other is recovering from a knee injury and is out for a while. I think there will be a couple seniors come out for the team when fall comes around. GC has around 910 students total so theres at least 420+ boys available in 4 grades. It's hard to figure out just by the numbers. I think the coaching turnover is a huge part of it though.

Was Logan County the last 3 years. They were 2-25 the year before he got there and were 22-11 last year in a pretty tough region. He was named co-coach of the year in the 4th region last year by the KABC. He is originally from Floyd County and coached girls at Betsy Layne and possibly boys also. Part of coming to Greenup County i think is getting back towards the eastern part of the state from what i can gather. I have heard he will coach 6 or 7 more years before he is able to retire from teaching so it seems like a good fit for GC who needs some experience and stability in the coaching department.