Iggyfan

LC played well defensively against St X and almost stole a win as LC was leading 28-26 with 6 minutes left in the game. With that said, JC OL is a notch above St X and LC will have to outscore JC if it expects to win. Offensively, I think LC will put some points on the board. LC 38 JC 34

Why is a Catholic school practicing on Sundays ? I graduated from a Catholic High School and there was a practice scheduled for a Sunday morning. (Thursday game). As practice was starting, the President of the school, a Catholic priest, walked over to the head coach said a few words and walked away; There was no practice that day. The Coach was let go at the end of the year. As a 17 yr old, I did not understand the significance of that brief exchange between the Priest and the Coach. Today, however, I realize the impact that one Sunday morning had I how I live my life. Seems to me that the leadership at Covington Catholic would benefit from a "brief conversation" between Priest and Coach regarding priorities and what it means to be "Keep Holy the Sabbath". .

I am sure he is a very good QB, but St X staff must feel that Ritter gives St X a better chance to win or he would not be the #1 QB. No disrespect intended, but there is an advantage for LC to play against the #2 QB as opposed to the # 1 QB. Not saying that there is enough of an advantage gained such that LC steals a win, but perhaps enough of an advantage to keep the score close for the 1st half.

St X has to be the favorite to win this game. The fact that St X quarterback is not available and that this is the 1st game of the year for St X may keep LC in this game for the 1st half. In the end, LC plays this game to better prepare themselves for district play and the playoffs.

From the LC side of the field, I saw a different game. 1st quarter, neither team played well and I attribute that it being the 1st game for both teams; lots of nervous energy and getting acclimated to the speed of the game. In the 2nd quarter, the LC offense managed to put up 14 pts in the 2nd Qtr and missed a filed goal. Boone County also scored twice in the 2nd Qtr; one of the scores was on a kick off return immediately following LC'S initial touchdown. I do not think anyone expected the game to be 14-12 at half time but it was evident that BC was much better than in the prior year and that LC needed to play better if they expected to win. In the 2nd half, I thought Catholic came out and began to execute much better and that may have been attributable to the fact that Boone County began to tire while Catholic was also able to continue to rotate its players throughout the game. In the 2nd half, it never felt as if LC was not in control of the game. Boone County has a couple of really good running backs, but the offense is one dimensional. Defensively, the front 7 is good but lacks depth. Not having their kicker (soccer player) at the game put Boone County at a distinct disadvantage. Boone County is a much better team than last year and I expect that they will win 3 or 4 games. Catholic has 11 underclassmen who are expected to contribute; as the season progresses the team will play with more confidence. The talent is definitely there to make another run at the State Championship.

My understanding is that EKU has limited spots for its team camp which is scheduled to begin on July 26. Does anyone know why there are fewer spots and consequently where your team maybe camping.

My father coached high school football for almost 40 yrs. He had a coach on the 8th grade level who refused to run the same offense as the varsity; would take his biggest kid and play him at running back; play the best 15-16 kids and the other 20 -25 kids would never see the field. That coach's only goal was winning. Developing kids; keeping as many as possible in the program were not important to him. I never played for my Dad, but my class was undefeated both as freshmen and sophomores. He would always tell me that not having lost was great, but the only thing that really matters is what your class does on the varsity level. I currently have one child playing middle school football and the other will be a senior. I have found that the middle school parents are much more delusional re: skill level of the their child and the middle school coaches are more concerned with winning and have lost sight of the fact that their goal should be to develop kids and keep as many interested in football as possible. Fair to say that not much has changed over time.

AMEN !! The emphasis placed on athletics by SOME parents borderline NUTS! In today's world, if Johnny can't hit a baseball the parents hire a hitting instructor. But if Johnny struggles in math, the attitude is generally "Johnny just is not at good at math" but getting a tutor to help Johnny is never considered. News Flash: Johnny / Jane may never pay a varsity sport in HS; Odds are slim to none that Johnny / Jane receive any sort of scholarship to play at the collegiate level At the same time, Johnny / Jane will need to be able to read, write and have math skills to be successful in life. IMO SOME adults need to take a step back and determine if they are doing their best to ensure their child has the skills to be successful in life and less concerned how fast Johnny / Jane can run.

Have to imagine that the offer is non-committable at this point.

Based upon the responses to the original post, there are no programswithin the Commonwealth with obstacles to overcome. :isurrender:

I think the 4 losses are irrelevant and would be similar to getting an incomplete on a Science Lab assignment. The purpose of those Lab assignments is to make you better prepared for the State Science Fair If you make it to the State Science Fair and lose, so be it. The point is you were one of 2 individuals in the entire state who qualified for the Finals. The fact that the winner of the science fair was a junior NASA scientist and their project was clearly deserving to win, does not lessen your accomplishment. JMO

Having watched Lexington Catholic last year, I will share what little I know. 1)Belfry has to be considered a favorite to be in Bowling Green the 1st week in December, if the QB plays as well as he did last season and can avoid injury. The QB is what makes that team go (and yes they do have a dominant offensive line). 2) Lexington Catholic will have more size across the offensive line in 2016-question remains as to how athletic that group will be. The development of Brumbaugh is significant and replacing the receiver group will be difficult. I will make a bold statement and say that losing Jaylen Jones may not be as difficult as some may think. He really never got rolling in 2016 for whatever reason. Defensively Catholic loses alot of quality players and great depth on the defensive line. Talented group coming through in 2016 and will the depth will develop as the season progresses. In anticipation of a possible rematch with Belfry in December, I do believe that you could possibly see some of the OL play on defense on a rotational basis against run dominated teams. Linebackers will be a strength of the defense as Catholic returns several 3 yr starters. In the hybrid position Lauterbach and Fagot may be 2 of the better players in 3A and the foundation of the defense. Defensive backfield will be a rebuild but the talent is there but it does lack varsity experience. 3) Garrard was absolutely huge upfront last year but not athletic enough to keep up with Catholic's spread. Team seemed to play with a chip on its shoulder in the playoffs and I expect will be a very good team in 2016. 4) Boyle County-Seems the only thing that changes is the name on the back of the jerseys. Could easily have been in the State Championship game. Fundamentally, the strongest team in Class 3A as Chuck Smith seems to do more with less as well as any Coach in 3A.