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Fastest backfield we saw this season. They ran us down from insane angles to stop huge plays that would normally result in easy TD's for us. Congrats to them and good luck moving forward.

Lex Cath at Central. Hoping to make a road trip to Caldwell next weekend!

I heard something bad happened at Valley...not sure what. But something went down which caused the vacancy.

You are correct. I heard from a reliable source exactly what happened and could not believe my ears. If you look at the local news you will see vague stories about it I am sure.

CAL by 7. I watched them and Central this year and was VERY impressed. @ND best team we played this season in my opinion after X.

Does LC travel with similar numbers as Boyle? Do they charter buses for fans? I am asking because the big group of buses Boyle used was really nice because it kept a lot of parking open for everyone. If they don't charter fan buses and travel really well, I would suggest getting there 40-45 minutes early to anyone planning on coming.

Central by 3 td's. These young men are healthy and fired up and I think home field is huge in this match-up. 9 Games on turf and your feet start adjusting to it.

One must understand the lay of the land in Jefferson County to get why Manual has such great potential.

 

1) Jeff. Co. is the most talent-rich area of the state.

 

2) Only 4 JCPS schools have the opportunity to accept students from any part of the county and provide them bus transportation: Male, Manual, Butler, and Central. Of those, Male and Butler are "traditional" meaning they are supposed to only take kids who went to one of 3 "traditional" middle schools (though there are ways others can get accepted). The rest of us basically get the kids who live in our 'resides area.'

 

3) Manual is ranked as one of the highest academic-achieving schools in Ky. because of the high caliber of their magnet programs. Add to that they've recently added a program ("High School University") that can accept kids not in their Math/Science/Technology, Visual Arts, Journalism, or Performing Arts magnets and it really opens the door to many of the best athletes in the county.

 

Kids graduating from there whether in a magnet or the "HSU" get a diploma from "Manual High School" -- one of the top schools in the state. Pretty nice thing to be able to tell a parent who wants the best for their kid. Has helped them pull some of the better kids recently that you might usually see go to a private school (pretty good pitch: come to maybe the best academic HS in the state and save $10K a year).

 

Another plus to a lot of coaches is that your Principal would be a former head football coach (Jerry Mayes).

Have you thought about throwing your hat into the ring?

I have a feeling I know who its going to be. Won't share a name yet but I can't wait to see what this guy can do with that level of talent.

We were up 21-0 at Knox and managed to fritter it away. Just goes to show that at the end of the day these are still kids and anything can happen.

Just felt like they were more consistent with their running game.

Good win Lex. Can't wait to see you guys next Friday. Should make for an excellent game.

LEX, disagree it was the reason for this outcome. It was Centrals ability to shut down Boyles run game, making their offense try to be 1 dimentional, But the biggest thing is Centrals ability to run on Boyle. This allowed Central to be very balanced on offense. IMO

Outside of a few big plays I don't think we ran the ball well at all against them. I actually think their running game was way more effective against us.

4 of the interceptions came really late when Boyle started passing the ball much more due to running out of time. It felt like they were in quicksand, the more they struggled and reached out the deeper they sunk in. Boyle is a great team. I enjoyed watching them and talking to several of their fans. Class acts, the whole lot of them. Hope to see you guys next year!

Oh yeah.....just to eat the fish!!:ylsuper:

The line for it can be daunting. If you seek me out I can use my connections... Hope to meet some of you guys. Always nice to put a face with words.

Originally Wednesday's forecast called for Thunderstorms. Not sure what happened there. Central's field will still be awful. I believe Central does not have a practice field, so the game field is used everyday (someone correct me if I am wrong). Having watched the Western Hills game from last week, there isn't much, if any grass between the hashes.

Centrals practice field is attached to the school. Other than games there is no activity on the stadium field all year. Field should be in pretty decent shape (dry). If you think its rough trying to play football on it try coaching soccer on it. Gonna be there Friday Rebel?

No insult was intended and my apologies if I offended. I was under the impression that Central, after the lawsuit about the quotas, was predominantly neighborhood kids. That said I was attempting to defend your program, if I misspoke then I do ask your forgiveness.

I understand. No worries and no apology needed.

Here is a rundown of our stadium. Overall is a great stadium/atmosphere. Great concessions on both the visitor side and under the home side stands. The past several weeks we have been frying really good fish on the visitor side. The field is in decent enough condition. If you venture to the home side concession area you will see our wall of fame featuring plaques with bio's of notable former students and athletes. As for parking there is small lot on the south side of the stadium. You then have several blocks of street parking, as well as smaller pay lots across the street that are usually open. I personally have never felt unsafe outside the stadium or in the general area. I have also never witnessed or even heard of any incidents happening at or outside our stadium during a game or any other time for the matter. We are a good group of knowledgeable fans that want to have a good time and watch some great football. I hope to meet some fellow forum posters there and watch a hard fought game. We welcome you Boyle and good luck!

Bunch of inner-city kids and families, not all of them even have cars. Travelling outside of Louisville can be a huge challenge for them.

I wont jump to conclusions by what I think you meant by this so I offer this retort. Central is a magnet school. We draw kids from all areas of Louisville. We do have a lot of kids from the inner city but MANY are spread out across the city. We may not always travel well so I guess its a good thing the games aren't won in the stands.

Waggener's speed is by far Boyle's biggest concern. I agree with your original statement that Waggener is a faster team than Lex Cath.

 

#9 Very, very, very fast-excellent player-D1 offers

#1, #5, #21: great speed and skill

If I am not mistaken 3 of those players were used both ways against us.

I was at the Central vs Waggener game mid season. Waggener has some SERIOUS speed. They gave us all we could handle till the 2nd half when we opened it up with a pick 6 and some other big defensive plays. I really hope to see Boyle at Central next weekend but would not be shocked at all if its Waggener we are hosting. Overlook them at your own peril.

The parking isn't great. The one thing we have going for us is that most WKU students head home on Thursday nights for the weekends.

I think the C-USA game is Saturday at noon

Then this makes even less sense. Have at least 1 game Friday night, maybe the 6A. Then an early and mid afternoon game Sunday.

Think about a 3 hour game and travel time back home?

100% agree with this. There are places in the state that these people would not even get home until 4-5am. Games should start earlier on Sunday, or have 3 on Saturday. I'm guessing Saturday morning will be cleanup time from Friday? Or if this just a ploy to spread the teams out and pull in more money?

There is no way PRP was the 9th best team in 6A at any point this year. They have 0 quality wins.

PRP was 8th. Scott County and Simon Kenton are supposedly 3rd and 4th with the only somewhat quality win being Kentons win over CAL. By your logic neither of them should be in the top 10 either?

Central fumbled 3 times in the first Quarter within what seemed to be a 5 minute span. They then really moved into a passing game which is unlike them but they looked impressive. Really impressive throwing the ball.