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Are you saying that 6 starters didn't play for CC against Highlands in the first half? Wow... that would make a difference. What was the halftime score?

The game is out on Vimeo "Beechwood Football" if you wanted to watch it.

Amended. 1. Beechwood 2. Covington Catholic 3. Highlands 4. Campbell County 5. Ryle I thought this would be an odd year, having a Freshman 1A team doing this well against larger schools.... but heard this years senior class went undefeated their freshman year.

Great pictures, Panda. Thank you.

Not sure why the other thread was closed... but allow me to reshuffle the top 5. 1. Beechwood 2. Covington Catholic 3. Ryle 4. Highlands 5. Campbell County Cov Cath plays Ryle on the last game of the year... so this may change. Thoughts?

Another great game. Way to go Birds.

This was a fun game to watch. I would credit both defenses. I was pretty far away, but can't wait to see film and see the trenches. Loved watching #54, Bowman, get after it for Cov Cath. Hit or rushed the QB a few times. McGinnes is a special athlete. Glad to see that he wasn't hurt too bad, when he came in for the last play. Dayton Baugh #71 and Adam Derry #65 for Beechwood did very well. There were a lot of solid hits throughout the game. This was the hardest game BW has had this year. Credit CCH staff and players.... I heard the head coach say to the boys, at the half, that we were just a "1a" school.... but coach.... we are Beechwood.

That's him. Great kid. He has been running tail along with Jake Sherron. Also, he plays DB on defense.

We were not good. Much like Newport we had a few athletes, but just not enough. Also, at that time it was still the 4 class system so we never made the playoffs. I was talking last night about this and did forget a very important point.... back then the coaches could put their hands on you. It was nothing for a coach to kick a kid in the butt when he messed up. Several times I remember getting smacked in the helmet. Our coach had bowl ring, i assume, and when it hit your helmet it made your head ring for a minute. I don't condone this, but it was a major difference from then and now. I definitely feared my coaches.... not for just the physical punishment but because I never wanted them disappointed in me. Much like kids with dads didn't want their dads disappointed. Maybe kids today just don't think like that.

I was an inner city kid. Went to Holmes, played football for a strong coach, learned life lessons and moved on. Quit giving these kids excuses to hold on to. You acted up, our coach would ask you to take your jersey off and head to the locker room or the bus. The game is not about 1 boy or 2. A strong coach would tell those kids that anytime you pump your chest, take your helmet off, make a scene, or talk back to any adult... you make the game about you.... and the game was never about you. So you ask me to have sympathy for the kids and coaches? I don't. There are many coaches out there willing to coach the right way... not only teaching these kids the fundementals but the life lessons they desperately need. Find them. Lesson 1 from my old coach.... in a very southern draw "if it was easy, everybody would do it."

Newport has problems. They allow kids to throw tantrums, throw their helmets and act up on the sidelines. I could care less about how bad they played, they made the coaches look very bad. IMO they need a new culture at Newport. I would fire every coach and bring in a new staff that would not put up with that crap. I saw coaches trying to coddle players and talk them down from tantrums. I saw players take their helmets off and talk to people in the stands! They are in bad shape..... and they are bad at football. Props to the Newport Cheerleaders. There were a large number of girls, they were good and enthusiastic... a pleasure to sit in front of.

I believe Scott is better than the score. The strongest runner #20 went down early with an injury (looked concussed). On the few carries that he did have... he moved the ball. He looked like he wanted back in but was not allowed by the coaches. They couldn't move the ball after that. Several other Eagles were injured in this game. I think they only had 3 or 4 subs by the end of the game. I could tell that they were having to put kids in positions that they have never played before. Also, Scotts bus showed up 10 minutes prior to the game. That is not enough time to stretch the kids out and prepare. Not sure why we didn't put time on the clock for them or why they were so late. Hope all of the kids are alright. Their sideline looked like a infirmary.

Yes. His brother is a senior at WV. Dylan transferred this year to Beechwood. He never ran the ball prior to this year. He is a very strong runner. Also, he is a very good baseball player.

Can't wait for Wednesday. Prior to tonight I would have thought Cov Cath, Beechwood and Ryle were the 3 best freshman teams. Ryle could only put up 7 points on Cooper?! Next Wednesdays game is for 1 and 2 between Cov Cath and Beechwood.

They have a Froshmore team.... meaning they use several sophomores. I've heard the sophmore players are quite good. Scott Freshman beat Beechwood last year, twice. Scott had a all freshman team last year so the Tigers will see some of the same players that won the freshman championship a year ago. Good test for Beechwood tonight to stay undefeated.

I believe the game in two weeks against the blue Colonels will be a fun game to watch. Oct 7th (Wed) at Covington Catholic... Probably at 5:30PM start. I'm sure both teams will still be undefeated. Could very well be the 2 best in NKY, and a benchmark for the next 3 years playing against each other. Can't wait.

That was Caleb Farsing for Simon Kenton. Great Athlete. Not sure why he didn't play QB until late, but he got the only score. Cov Cath scores were by Casey McGinnes. Fun kid to watch. Could very well be the best freshman in NKY.

This was Beechwoods Freshman team. The league that they are in is considered 'Froshmore' league.. a combination of Freshman and Soph's. This is for the smaller schools that cannot field a full freshman team. I am not sure why Beechwood is in this league. Teams like HC have the option of taking all of their freshman and adding some sophs to play other like opponents or taking their freshman up to their JV team.... like Dixie has done this year. There are sticking points to each option. If you chose to field a JV team, the Freshman boys suffer and if you choose a Froshmore team the lagging Juniors suffer.

I will say, I thought that Dillon Couch (HC QB) looked very good in warmups. He looks very athletic and a strong arm. I am not sure why they waited to pass until the final 2 drives.... and when they did throw it was long fades. The HC line gave him enough time to make short passes and that is what they should have done. I think you have a few talents on that team that you didn't utilize and one of those... was that boys arm.

I can understand both sides of this argument. HC wants to develop some of its older underclassman and the KHSAA rules will not allow Juniors to play with 8th graders (Beechwood starts 1 8th grader). Beechwood coaches offered a compromise... they would not play the 8th grader on defense if HC would not play any Juniors on Defense and HC refused. Not sure why, but decided not to play Juniors at all. This wasn't done on a phone call in the middle of the week... no... it was done at the start of the game with these boys there ready to play. IMO, HC didn't need older kids to play and certainly didn't need the snobby attitude from Koz. What HC needed today was a coach. They lacked fundamentals needed to play football. Yes, you do need to develop the Juniors... but, if you continue to develop kids, that should already have been developed, over your future.... the numbers will continue to go down.

Yes. Adam (Freshman) and Josh (the 8th grader in question) are the sons of Chris Derry. Chris played for Dixie with Pike and went on to play for UK. Odom is the son of Dennis Odom.... longtime Dixie coach and player.

I thought it was a given... that Farsing was going to be QB. Who got the nod?

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His name is Camp. Word on the street is that he and his dad were so mad after the game that they stayed behind to talk to the Tiger coaching staff about jumping ship. How many kids have we lost in the last few years to Beechwood? Our coaching staff needs to get their arms around the talent! If he is not happy move him up or he is probably moving out.

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