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The Knights best two big men are Reid Brown and Nathan Novosel. With Reid gone, Novosel will have to be even bigger tonight. Brown is most likely the big strong kid your referring to. Still Novosel is only a sophmore and looking pretty tough down low.

While I don't think the weak district comment directly applied to Franklin Co. this season it still is pretty accurate as an overall assessment, no one has beaten the Knights in district and Harrison has been closest of late. Problem is that few of the teams in the district are consistently good and many are only a season or two of mediocracy before going back down. So while I think this year Franklin Co. has a great chance of pulling off an upset against a team doing a little rebuilding and reshuffling until the district consistently competes w/ the Knights, I find nothing wrong w/ calling it weak.

Im interested to first see who all stays around from the assistant coaches. The recievers coach and running back coach have helped run the offense w/ Sphire for a long time and could probably help at least keep it similar to Sphire's if that is what Coach Letton wants. Its really up to him to decide how he wants to procede from here.

A good point I can't argue since im going by other people's evaluation of the game.

I think a lot of people think Lex Cath was drained from the Scott Co. game when they played Ashland, accounting for a close margin.

Agreed, the family is very excited about him going there and many people at NC State from what I was told, are excited about him coming.

I agree Newton could be big w/ his outside shooting. I wasn't impressed w/ him handling the ball against Scott Co. because he forced too much and made silly passes but it was one game so im not sure if that was just an off day or what. The big men will be crucial to the team and getting them the ball is important. Thepeopleschamp, while I agree Scott Co. is still the favorite, the Knights beat them at Lex Cath but I felt proved they could hang w/ them. I'd say the margin isn't too wide. This region has a lot of solid teams w/ potential to upset anybody on a given night.

It will depend on who stays at Lexington Catholic but I know that many of the assistants on the offensive side of the ball have been w/ Sphire ever since he switched to the West Coast style play and they have all helped run it. I think that could be a big help to Coach Letton in helping move the offense along w/ this transition of head coaches. He definately is blessed to have a stud running back next season.

Right, on the Ashland game that is what I thought though from reading how bad Ashland had been this year it still sounded like a lethargic game. Still the Scott Co. game had to take a lot out of the guys.

Looks like besides a down game against Ashland Blazer the Knights have gotten back on track after a bad start to the season. Still they are in a competitive Region that will make winning it very hard.

This move doesn't suprise me much, many people were happy w/ how Coach Letton ran the defense this year. Sounds like the school got a good coach.

Well from the article in the Herald Leader it looks like Sphire is going to North Gwinnett High School. Can't say im real suprised, a lot of parents at Lex Cath felt he might leave after this season w/ Burke gone and his best chance at a 3A title for awhile being this year. Congratulations to him and I hope he does well down in Georgia.

I don't know about Catholic lacking athletes, this may be the only game I've seen this season but they looked like they had enough players who can handle the ball and keep up w/ the athletes Scott Co. had. Reid Brown is definately a force in the paint for the Knights. Hewitt has been in a funk shooting lately but tonight he looked pretty solid. The Knights biggest problem is this game was trying to move the ball up the floor too quickly and making bad passes. If they can get a little control there I think this could be a tough team to beat in the 11th. Also Freak, don't forget about Lafayette.

#14 for Scott Co. hit some big threes tonight, I hate this, i wish I knew who all the guys were by name but I've kinda gotten behind in my high school basketball knowledge. Scott Co. didn't really have any one star for this team but a bunch of guys who collectively played well and got the points when needed. For Lexington Catholic Hewitt played a great game and recieved great help from Reid Brown, Nathan Novosel, Zach Newton and others.

Pretty good game tonight and physical throughout on both sides. I don't know what other people will say but I felt both teams definately played rough tonight and the refs for most of the game let them get away w/ it. I think it was the Hundley kid for Scott Co. was ejected midway through the first for throwing a punch at Brian Hewitt of Catholic. Pretty intense the whole way. I know there are some great rivalries in the state of Kentucky but I have to say that this is one of the best I think. Both teams are usually pretty talented and ranked near the top of the state and they have high tempo games which make for lots of running up and down the court. This game had a good crowd and was a fun game to watch. The Knights ultimately won w/ swarming defense and a few nice baskets but to be honest this was anyone's game. The Knights had gotten down early by about 10 or 11 points but fought back at the end of the first to trail 6 or 7 going into the 2nd quarter. From there this game involved a bit of sloppy passing and mini runs by both teams.

I'd say Lexington Catholic won't be a favorite going into the season. Despite returning two of the best offensive players in 3A and maybe the state, the loss of Burke will be huge and they are going to need to find a QB to replace him. Also a lot of senior leadership was lost on the defensive side of the ball and they will need to get a few guys to step up there. I believe they have Jacob Locknane though to at least help out seein as he was a leader of the defense this season. A lot will be riding on Israel coming out and performing well early until the passing game gets on track.

Add teams like Boyle Co., Bourbon Co., Lexington Catholic, Danville, Mayfield, and wasn't Bardstown's title in 2A? Either way, that group of teams in 2A I think make it tougher in a 15 year span. The '99 and '00 Boyle and Lex Cath teams were both pretty good.

To be honest, I always thought Willie Graham meant more to Lex Cath and the 2004 team than Green at times. His ACL tear in the first round of Region may be the only thing that kept Lex Cath from winning state that year. They definately would have made the sweet 16.

To be honest I think a lot of you questions may be unanswered for awhile, at least till the second or third game. A lot of people I asked didn't really know what to think of next year and who will be QB. A lot of skill players will still be around though. Israel will definately be needed early.

Last!!! So your saying every team ahead of them would have played Lex Cath better and done as well all season as they did. They had one bad game, while I think Catholic proved they were better I feel Bowling Green had an off game which hurt them.

Your right Defenses win Championships, that is why the Knights are champs, their D dominated Highlands all night in a 17-0 win where Burke was apparently limping and appeared hurt most of the game from every account I heard. Than they held strong in the second half against Rockcastle to end up rolling over them. Finally 2 Defensive TDs and four total turnovers forced really crushed Bowling Green whose D was considered the best in state. I think you shortchange the Knight's D some.

Senior leadership and heart really played a huge roll with this team's success. The defense was really energized by guys like Davis Page, Patrick Schwendman, Will Osborne, Zach Jeter and others really getting after it the past few weeks. Having your star player on O be a senior also helps leadership. Im still stunned the Knight's D was so good early saturday, definately the key to such a huge win.

Being the first game early and not many people besides LC fans really caring about Lexington Catholic, the number doesn't suprise me much. It didn't seem like Bowling Green had a large following either which did suprise me some.

Waking up an hour late saturday Cost: Missing a quarter of this game Four hour Drive from St. Louis to the 'Ville Cost: 40 dollars in gas Getting pulled over and recieving a warning for speeding Cost: Delayed 10 Minutes Parking, finally Cost: 5 dollars Game ticket Cost: 10 dollars Standing on the sideline for the last 5 minutes watching Lex Cath win their first State Title and shaking off 14 years of failed attempts Cost: PRICELESS :dancingpa IT WAS AMAZING