BuddySugarDavis

When should I start the "Is it time Cov Cath stops playing Beechwood" thread? At least it was correct....today it was "men among boys".

I ALWAYS hated playing on Saturday afternoons. Such a drag waking up in the morning and preparing for a game when I am still asleep. Fridays you have all day long to prepare mentally and physically. I don't know. I was superstitious. Always had a routine for games on Friday. Saturdays always just threw me off that routine and just didn't like it at all. The sun is a factor that high school players never have to deal with.

I don't see what makes this game any different than any of the other games against big schools this year. Just go out and play hard.

Wrong. Zach Larimore played Freshman, JV, and Varsity when he was a freshman. As mentioned, so did Gage Erdman and Max Nussbaum.

That's now 11 TD's on the year for Studer through 5 games.

I got a little off topic though, I apologize. Congrats to Cov Cath on their new turf and the 200k donation. Hope everything works out for them.

And for the record, Beechwood DID get their new field and locker room from fundraising. Superintendent Fred Bassett was in charge of the $600,000 track and field idea. He credited athletic boosters for holding fundraisers, generating a lot of money. He also said they solicited thousands and thousands from local businesses. Also, several alumni from Beechwood and faithful fans donated a lot of money as well. Hint the stadium name of "Gene Daniels Stadium". Bassett was quoted as saying, "We couldn't dream of doing this on our own with our own money without hurting academics. " He also stated that with the boosters help with fundraising and such, he was able to focus the district's taxpayers' money on academics rather than athletics. The school spirit shop generated $11,000 for the boosters in the year that the turf field was announced. Think about it, it all starts and ends with boosters. Not the money public schools get from the state. You buy your ticket from a volunteer working on the boosters. Then you buy a soda from someone working in the concession stand on the boosters. Also, the concession stand was built by the boosters. You then proceed to find your seat in the bleachers...built by no other than, the boosters. And watch your kids run around in uniforms, paid for by....YOU GUESSED IT! The boosters. SO while you continue to believe that everything paid for by public schools comes from the state, taken by our tax dollars, you may be right. Beechwood just built a new elementary school, and cafeteria with that money. So yes that helps in that aspect. But as far as our athletic facilities go, they are built because of our boosters. We have sports at public schools, because of the PRIVATE athletic boosters at those schools, not our tax dollar money. Think before you talk!

Boosters. Boosters. Boosters. Dayton, Ludlow, Bellevue, Newport, etc. don't have the same money flow coming in from their boosters, if they have boosters at all. Not hating, just thinking $200,000 is a lot of money to be giving to a school that can get $200,000 a lot easier than the schools that are in desperate need of new facilities. Congrats to CCH. You get a new field. Oh well. Just would have liked to see the Bengals contribute to a better cause. The Reds donate several new fields to schools in need annually. Granted they aren't as expensive, it still would have been cool to see a new field in places that we typically don't expect to see. That's all.

I thought it would. Surprise, surprise! :clap:

I understand "need" wasn't mentioned. I understand it was business. CovCath has high income parents that send their kids to this school. Therefore, in return they are expecting to get more support from the CovCath community for this generous, to say the least, donation. They want these above-average income adults to come to Bengals games, buy Bengals merchandise. Listen, I get it. We all get it. Parents in Dayton likely aren't going to have a whole lot of extra money to attend Bengals games and such. But come on man. Yeah, they asked for the money and they got it. But you seriously can't feel right about that. My stomach churns over it and I don't even like CCH.

Not quite. I'm actually dead serious. You can't seriously think Cov Cath needed this money more than other schools in this area. Sad if you do. I feel bad.

I live right next to the school. I get off work when they are all going to school. Nice try :ylsuper: and when a 16 year old kid is driving a car that costs triple the amount of mine....i have no sympathy for this school in 'need' of 200k....sorry.

Who said turf is the only available option to "upgrade"? How about simply planting grass and leveling out the football field? Let's get serious....Covington Catholic is the last school in NKY that needed this grant. Period.

You're right, I know nothing about this because all I see are parents dropping their kids off in cars that cost more than my home. What sacrifices? Don't sell me some sob story.

1. Highlands 2. CCH 3. Simon Kenton 4. Campbell County 5. Dixie Heights 6. Beechwood 7. Cooper 8. Scott 9. New Cath 10. Anyone but Boone County

Highlands-83 Covington Catholic- 82

5- Oklahoma 3- Alabama 3- Florida State 1- Virginia 1- EKU 1- ECU 1- Michigan 1- Murray State 1- Nebraska 1- Arizona Tiebreaker: 59

:laugh: gotta be the right answer.

we'll let it slide. lol. we like to avoid any association with those guys across the river as much as possible. haha

Like I said in the update thread, just to add a little insight. Thought this game would be a lot closer. Was excited for it. Stokes scored right off the bat. Studer then caught a TD pass from Feiger. Then Studer saw the Bengals players on the sidelines and broke off a 60 yard TD run. Stringer played well too, scoring twice once on a screen from Feiger. and Stokes ran the ball in for a second TD as well to top it off. 2 TD's for Stokes, 2 TD's for Studer, 2 TD's for Stringer. I like the distribution. Burns had some nice catches as well. Feiger played well, very composed even when forced to leave the pocket. The line played one hell of a game. And the defense was cracking players left and right. Tigers were hot from start to finish. Good game by Franklin County. Beechwood looked really ticked off though. Hope they finish the rest of the season with the same intensity win or lose. They looked very impressive. Frankfort has to be getting a little nervous for the rematch.

I sure hope so. So tired of hearing about it.

Final from Ft. Mitchell.

Very impressive. Stokes with 2 TDs, Studer with 2 TDs, Stringer with 2 TDs. Beechwood Tigers dominated from start to finish. Never took the foot off the gas.

Every game is. but yes....this more than others.

Beechwood wins first home game this year.