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Nice article about that Cougars that recaps their season YTD: Experience gained during difficult season is paying off for Conner football team | NKyTribune

Heck of a baseball player, too.

Look for Ebarb to get more touches on the offensive side of the ball. Article in The Enquirer this week had Coach Trosper indicating they have been limiting his touches until the weather cools off. He essentially plays every play of the game, including special teams and defense. So, Cougar fans, it sounds like many of you will see what you've been asking for the previous four games.

If I'm Conner coaches, I'm working on getting 24 more touches. Seems to be the biggest playmaker for the Cougers.[/quote That is a very popular opinion amongst the "coaches" in the stands. Kid can play.

As a wise sage once told me, a win, is a win, is a win. Dixie was ready to play this evening and did some really nice things. Great crowd for Homecoming. Conner did just enough to win.

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Conner is coming off a big win vs Scott. Dixie is looking to get back on track after a tough start to the season. Who wins and why?

I will bet he has no idea who Fran Tarkenton is!

Correct. Big-time play.

Down year? They are 1-1.

The game is at Conner. Great crowd last Friday for the Boone Co. game. I'd expect another good turnout for this game. Good to see the Conner students supporting the school and team. The "C-Section" was as large as I've seen at a Conner event in a long, long time.

CWB, I know this is a LOT of work and we all appreciate your hard work and insight, but where is the Conner love? Not even trending "up" after a 43-6 win over a 6A county rival?

I'm with you on this. As I've said many times, Conner is clearly a bigger, stronger, and faster team than last year, and the year of experience has really helped what is still a relatively young team. Great win last night (always fun beating Boone), but next week should provide a better indicator of how much better this year's team is.

Interesting that Conner went from unranked and zero votes last week to #8 and 19 votes this week, and didn't play on Friday.

T Correct. Buckler is a junior.

Cougars gain experience

As I've stated in other threads, Conner is noticeably a bigger, stronger, and faster team than last year. They only had 6 seniors on last year's team. Beechwood pounded them a year ago in the preseason scrimmage. Reality is this was only a scrimmage, however, I think it showed Conner is much improved over last year. Both teams still have many things to improve on, but from a Conner perspective I saw many things that were encouraging, especially on the defensive side of the ball. To be fair, Conner's first TD did come after the clock expired in the first half. However, the same opportunity was afforded to Beechwood on their final drive in the second half as their final play(s) were run well after the clock hit 0:00.

Final from Ft. Mitchell. Score pretty indicative of the outcome. Conner fumbled twice inside their own 20. Beechwood had a pick 6 called back on a penalty. Great evening to watch football. Conner D was the story in my opinion (at least from a Conner perspective). After letting Beechwood drive 80 yards for a score on their opening drive they really tightened up, swarmed to the ball, and played really well.

A few observations after attending the Conner intra-squad scrimmage today: 1. Conner is clearly a much bigger, stronger, and faster team than last year. Especially up front on both the offensive and defensive lines 2. Conner will score a lot of points this year 3. Kicker Nate Eberhard is going to have a great season 4. Appears Padgett is going both ways at both QB and CB 5. Ebarb, Buckler, and Nyers are going to have big, big years on offense 6. Defense seemed to swarm to the ball a little better than years past, but, will continue to be the X-Factor 7. This team genuinely seems to like each other and has very good chemistry. A lot of kids rooting for/pulling for others. Again, only an intra-squad scrimmage, but saw a lot of positives today.

Based on early reports and 7 on 7's, it would appear the QB job is Padgett's to lose. That said, anything is possible. As for the WRs, look for big seasons out of Buckler and Nyers (who played on one leg the last few games of 2014). I think Ebarb is capable of having a Cameron Fogle type of a year. Kid is going to be doing it all.

Could Conner be a team considered to be a "wildcard" this year? They return all of their skill-players on offense, and the O line looks to be bigger and stronger this year. I guess the prevailing question for them, as is typically the case, will they be able to stop anyone on defense?

I was told this week that Ian Collier is moving back to Indiana. I was really looking forward to watching him play this year on both sides of the ball. Tough loss for both Trosper and Hicks for the upcoming school year.

17/18U Kentucky Edge Colten Downs (Simon Kenton) Robert Smith (Simon Kenton) Royce McGee (Dixie) Artie Santomo (Boone County) Cameron Pitzer (Cov Cath) Adam Picirrillo (Cov Cath) Gavin Meyer (Cov Cath) Ryan McGinness (Cov Cath) Zack Sprague (Conner) Cody Ware (Conner) Kyler Padgett (Conner) Austin Franklin (Conner) Ryan Ward (Conner)

I think Clyde is referring to a certain poster last year that fearlessly predicted that his son would be the starting QB for Conner, which ultimately did not work out that way.