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I don't think this is an area Log Mtn Boy wants to engage. Lex Cath grew from a 300 student institution to a nearly 900 student school in the decade of the 90's. This did not provide them with a 600 man football team arriving to practice via their Hummer limos. This game was not about a social confrontation nor a public-private exihibition. It was simply the evolution of the playoff system and the two best teams in these two districts. Your suggestions of "class warfare" only serve to denigrate the efforts of a bunch of fine young men, both from the city and the mountains. . . my observations regarding the preparation of Bell Co for the game comes from watching a Very Well Prepared Dudley Hilton Bourbon County team address and overcome every asset a talented Lex Catholic team brought to their field a few years ago-just didn't see that same preparation effort last Friday nite. I really enjoyed the trip and several engaging conversations with some great Bell Co and high school football fans. Good luck next year...

Harrison Co has one of the toughest, strong nosed and most physical football programs I've seen in Central KY high school ball. They aren't fancy or rely on a bevy of trick plays, they just come straight at you, eye to eye, and I've never seen them back down. Over the past three years, our games with HC have been among the most difficult we've faced-and that includes the game with Bowling Green. Ingles Field is a difficult place to play, but I think our line play and a variety of skill players will be the difference. LC 35-HC 13, but it won't come easy.

LC has had a 100 man squad (give or take a few) ever since the program's inception in the early 1990's. Even as a Class A school with a student population of around 325, nearly every boy in the school was on the football team. Participation has always been a mindset standard there and the coachs have been wise enough to take full advantage of it. I think LC and Bell are very similar in size for the total number of students. Yardage-in the first half, it was announced that Bell had 85 yards rushing-nearly sixty of that was on one play. Most prominent evidence that the LC line dominated was Hilton changing his offensive scheme and throwing 3-4 times what he was used to. I thought Bell was unprepared.

The die was cast on Bell's first two possessions-six running plays, a net of four yards. Catholic's line play dominated the game on both sides. Now it's on to more jewelry. And a response to Dudley's rants-one of the best recruiting jobs we did was to get Bill Letton to come to LC-both as a teacher and a football coach.