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Except for the fact that the only request Scott County's BOE made was to have both schools play in the same district.

The fifth-place team in Class 6A, District 7 will not qualify for the playoffs in 2017 and 2018.

It'd certainly be cool to see some local teams make it interesting this season.

I'm not willing to say yes or no outright based on one game and having not seen Trinity/St. X/teams of those ilk in person, but I think they've certainly got the talent to make a deep run. Gonna need those junior skill guys to play a big role if it's going to happen.

It started at 6 actually. It was the first game of a double-header (Scott-Tates Creek was the capper. Another rout from what I saw.) Walker Wood really impressed me in person. A bit indecisive but makes up for it with his improvisational skills. Lafayette size was just too much for PLD. Nate Gay's definitely someone to look out for. I think the PLD sophomore's got a bright future ahead of him. Dunbar could have made it closer but they kept shooting themselves in the foot in red zone situations.

Appreciate that a lot.

Thanks a lot sir. I tweeted a link out to the top 50 earlier. Sometimes Twitter links will act differently thank direct links. Might have luck there?

'Fraid I can't do that. Can't bite the hand that feeds :-)

I appreciate all the support, folks. I hope to do Inez proud. What are some of the things you'd all like to see, especially in a weekly notebook?

There will be a special football section this Friday, yessir, along with exclusive videos and blog posts throughout the week.

Replacing Mike Fields (and Mark Maloney, who also retired and handled a lot of high school soccer, softball and girls' basketball for us) will be tough, but it's the job I'm tasked with so it's something I'm gonna pour my soul into. Rest assured, the HL will continue to serve high schools under my watch. We'll have a ton of stuff online and in print starting this week.

Berea named interim coach Michael Tate their permanent head coach yesterday.