TheLastDon

Look, haterade is not a strong or ugly word. If I wanted to be ugly or mean I would have sat on here and ripped up and down on this team. However, I didnt and for good reason, b/c with a young program its good for the kids to see what success is like. Same thing with Brossart, they win a few games and now look at them. I simply stated that I think people may overlook the fact that this district is hugely soft this year and that WV had a great year to make a playoff push. I may not be a fan of the staff in place (which is my god-given right) and that I am sure they are getting more kudos than they deserve, but that still doesnt mean I dont want to see this team succeed. I have made that very clear. If I were commenting on CovCath's staff or another team that people love to hate, there would be tons of people right there sayin the same thing, but since WV is a young program that makes it not okay to say something like that? WRONG. In my second post I mentioned the fact that WV had been winless the year before when Dayton had a better team, Bellevue had that Buckler kid, Brossart was coming on strong but not sure how they lost to Ludlow last year.. Ludlow is a fledgling program like Dayton right now.. I do believe those two teams are on the upswing eventually by starting thier own middle school programs.. If I am correct tonight would be senior night in Walton and this is the first graduating class that would have played all four years of football at Walton. Should be an exciting night for those young men and I wish them all the luck to get a W going into the playoffs.

Nobody is discounting their wins, was merely stating that the district this year was quite soft and played well into WV favor for making the playoffs.. in the same district the previous year I do believe they were winless.. low football iq? Nice personal attack try... I also believe I picked wv to win this week and have in previous posts... except beechwood.. and any team with less than three wins in a year should not be in the playoffs (bracken and probably others)... just sayin, nice to se adults not being able to conversate without personal attacks on posters....

Eminence should still be playing 8-man if it existed. What an easy schedule for the bearcats this year... Gonna drink some haterade and say it couldnt have been any easier for them to make the playoffs this year and then to possibly draw Bracken in the first round? That team (Bracken) should never be allowed to play in a state playoff, what do they have 3 wins in their program history? Me thinks people are overlooking that and giving to much credit to this staff for their record this year.. Dayton, Ludlow, Gallatin, Eminence, Berea, even Bellevue this year are all sub-par teams in general.. The young men must be stoked though to make the playoffs and I wish the players the best of luck in the coming weeks... Seem like a good group of young men and sounds like they have finally meshed as a team and not individuals playing for the same team. Amazing what maturity can do for a team.. BEARCATS big vs. Eminence....

Shouldn't be an issue for WV this week.. Dayton is down big time as are alot of the schools in this district and will struggle mightily to keep WV out of the endzone... Dayton hasnt played a legit opponent close all year, and as far as this district is concerned, Walton would be a legit opponent for Dayton. Nice to see WV in the playoffs for the first time, hope those young men savor the experience set forth for them by two classes of young men who fought, scratched, and clawed essentially just to play football and not able to compete in any playoff at all... To the WV players, I say this-- Never forget where you came from and why you are where you are... A lot of sacrifices have been made by a lot of people to bring WV into the football arena, make those people proud and dedicate that first playoff win to your original proprietor (McMillen)... WV- 41 Dayton- 14...

From what I hear Collins' QB is a stud and should throw all over SC defense... I will also be cheering for Coach Lucas to top his longtime coaching buddy Shipley in Collins' first year. Heard there was a mass exodus of football players wanting to play for Lucas instead of Shipley.. SC seems to be building hopefully for the future, starting a decent amount of under-classmen... I would like to be in the stands for this game, but cant make the trip back to S-ville on a friday night (work).. I personally will be rooting for Collins, I really like Jerry Lucas and think he is one heck of a football coach. Collins- 35 SC- 13.

Must be nice for Walton to make it to the playoffs without the coach that put in ALOT of the work for the first 7 weeks of the season. Was told Walton let him go after 3 years in the program including helping start the high school team for no particular reason. Mainly b/c he was young and kinda arrogant.. Isnt that what you want from a coach? Headstrong and ready to win?!? This was the coach some of the people in the Bellevue vs. Walton HS thread were talking about when they discussed the JV team beating Bellevue three times in the same season, he was calling the offense for the JV that year and went 7-1 sweeping the 1A district (minus Beechwood). Not sure why you wouldnt want to keep a young guy like this in the program... Anyway, congrats to Walton on getting to play a home playoff game this year, which I also found out was the previous coaches doing over the offseason.. Look at the record- first year in NKYMSFL walton goes to playoffs over teams who had been playing football a lot longer than they were (newport,holy cross) also beating teams they should have in brossart & sharp, this year loses back to back games against the two best teams in the small school division (NCC & Newport) and all of the sudden they let him go? Seems like a sham to me.... I hope he gets back on his feet and continues to coach, seemed like a really nice guy who is very knowledgeable about football... Should be some good games this upcoming weekend, look forward to seeing the results from round 1... Sounds to me like NCC could very possibly repeat this year after winning it all last year... ENJOY THE WONDERFUL COLD FALL WEATHER!!! ITS FINALLY HERE!!!

Assuming the 20 (or atleast 14) came during garbage time... With what Walton has in place it could be another 10 years before they are competitive with the likes of Beechwood... Right place, right time for Walton this year.... Almost smooth sailing for Walton here on out (except a tight one vs. Brossart) the rest should have nothing but dust in thier faces and a few more W's for the bearcats... Will be interesting to see what happens next year at WV...

Beechwood as usual here folks... reference my last post in the bellevue v walton thread... after beechwood this is a soft district.. good years for both walton and brossart to get some success... talent seems to be pulling away from the river schools.. whole different ball game for walton if they go 2A...

Was waiting for someone to bring this up. The group of seniors and juniors at Walton had a great start when they were freshman and sophomores playing against future district foes. Lest we forget that JV team went undefeated and hammered Ludlow, Brossart, and Dayton while beating Bellevue 3 times. I believe that team was run by some young guy I didn't know, still on staff? Which was why some of us were so surprised last year when Walton didnt win a single district game. Also notice that the level of talent in this district is leaving the river and heading elsewhere. Ludlow, Dayton, and Bellevue are nowhere near as talented as they have been in the past. This district is a one man show in Beechwood. It will be interesting to see how this 1A district outside of Beechwood will fare in the playoffs. Look for more wins down the road for Walton this year, they picked a heckuva year for some success--everybody would tell you this district is soft....(minus Beechwood for all you Fort whatevers)... Dayton hasn't played a close game against an average opponent all year, Ludlow has struggled against anybody not named Bracken, and Brossart's schedule looks like 8 man football from the 90's, Bellevue harder to figure out since they do play a decent pre-district schedule (holy cross, holmes, scott, newport).. Good thing Walton won this Friday, might take a little sting away from that B.O.E guy who lied through his teeth... Anybody notice that McMillen is the middle school coach now?!? Interesting...... "Congrats to Walton on a huge win, I have always been kind of a fan of Walton since they started because of Coach McMillen. I think he did a great job getting the program going, and the guy now is doing a great job keeping it going in the right direction."--futurecoach....

Any thoughts on matchups for this weekend 8/28? Where are games being played and who vs. who?

Can Ludlow compete with the likes of newcath, covcath, walton, and I believe brossart who were all in the playoffs last year? Have their kids even played together before? What about tichenor? I don't really see ludlow being a force in the small school division this year... newcath will probably be at the top w/ covcath and I would say walton (from what I saw last year) would be the top three.. brossart close to walton...

Anybody know what the league is looking like this year? Any frontrunners in either league, or is it wide open? Post your thoughts...