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Midway in Fort Thomas x 5!

Arnold’s has the best burgers in town too.

Up down up down left right left right A B A B select start.

B A B A start.

We fired ours back up a year ago or so.

Did you remember the super secret cadence you had to keep while banging the game up and down and how hard to blow on each end of the game to get them to work? I still remember how to get unlimited lives on Contra.

It used to be called the big 8 conference. I am not sure why it changed.

In my humble opinion Nortwest Kentucky is Boone County.

Patiently waiting for the South Northeastern Western, Just around the right side of Joe’s barn (the red one not the white one) All conference team announcement.

Great Crossing is the new High School in Scott County. It opens Aug 2019. Scott Co. and Great Crossing will be 5a schools.

Great Crossing, Scott County, Fredrick Douglas...all in 5A with CovCath, Highlands, Bowling Green, etc, etc. Ouch.

Who, what and where is Great Crossing?

Saw this on Twitter last night, but Andy has "Gamekeeper's Thumb," which is interesting to say the least.

 

Gamekeeper's thumb is an insufficiency of the ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) of the metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joint of the thumb. [1] The injury occurred as the gamekeepers sacrificed game such as rabbits by breaking the animals' necks between the thumb and index finger of the gamekeeper and the ground. As a result, a valgus force was placed onto the abducted metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joint, leading to a ruptured ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) injury and chronic attritional injury that resulted in instability, which was accompanied by pain and weakness of the pinch grasp.

So his thumb hurts...got it.

You are talking about two well established small school programs with a history of success and two larger schools without a real history of success.

 

Dayton has to compete with a plethora of very successful larger programs (Highlands) as well as schools like Newport Central Catholic. Let alone it is a demographic of less and less families with high school age kids moving into the area and more and more young families with either young children or no kids at all.

And with the success Campbell County is having along with their increasing academic scores, the standouts have choices

I would like to agree with you, but it just happened with a N. Ky. basketball player.

I’m guess it can happen from time to time especially if that student has an opportunity to really stand out and possibly gain scholarship opportunities. I would think baseball would be another sport where this may happen. But not on a consistent enough basis to make a difference for that program.

I disagree, Hazard and Williamsburg both routinely pull kids from their respective larger County schools over football. You aren't going to pull a star from a big school, but a kid that might be third string at a school like Highlands might be interested in being a starter on the smaller level. In 1A ball if you can get 35 kids that are decent football players you can be very competitive. My guess is what Dayton has now with the addition of 10-12 kids could completely flip the program.

Trying to be delicate...no parent is going to allow their kid to transfer to a school who’s academic numbers and graduation rates are lower to play football.

I would think a Dayton is a job where the right fit could really succeed. A lot of kids in NKY that I’m sure would love to see varsity minutes, if you can get a few second and third stringers from other districts over you could become competitive in a hurry. 1A football requires a lot fewer kids to compete.

Not trying to be cruel or anything but Dayton isn’t exactly the type of school or program that is going to pull anyone from anywhere. Most Single A schools are like that though. You play the kids who live in your area. Dayton, Bellevue, and a few others are up and coming but they are not Beechwood.

The KHSAA's Consecutive Wins list only goes through last season, but Cov Cath's current streak of wins is at 29 and will put them on it.

 

CONSECUTIVE WINS (Min. 25)

 

50 Trinity (Louisville) (1988-91), Dennis Lampley

 

48 Bowling Green (2011-14), Kevin Wallace

 

47 Boyle County (1999-02), Chuck Smith

 

42 Breathitt County (1995-97), Mike Holcomb

Danville (1991-93), Sam Harp

 

38 Beechwood (1996-98), Mike Yeagle

Paris (1981-83), Randy Reese

 

37 Highlands (2008-10), Dale Mueller

 

35 Ashland Blazer (1929-31), Paul Jenkins

 

33 Trinity (Louisville) (2010-12), Bob Beatty

Pikeville (1987-89), Hillard Howard

 

31 Mayfield (1977-79), Jack Morris

St. Xavier (1973-76), Leon Dunagan,

Bill Glaser, Mike Stewart

 

30 Trinity (Lou.) (2016-) Bob Beatty

Boyle County (2009-10), Larry French

 

29 Mayfield (2010-11), Joe Morris

Highlands (1981-83), Bill Herrman

 

28 Owensboro (1973-75), Gerald Poynter

Hopkinsville (1965-67), Fleming Thornton

 

27 Bowling Green (2015-current), Kevin Wallace

Richmond Madison (1959-61), Roy Kidd

 

26 Bowling Green (1995-96), Dan Haley/Kevin Wallace

 

25 Boyle County (2002-03), Chuck Smith

Nelson County (1996-97), Mark Brown

Male (1963-65), Charlie Kuhn

Highlands (1960-62), Homer Rice, Owen Hauck

That is an impressive list and some good company to be in.

But to be fair...this is a pretty good streak.

While I respect what's happening at CC, it takes longer than 2 great seasons to be a dynasty. I fully expect them to win the 5A title again.

Right now CovCath is on a streak. String together a few more streaks and then you have a traditional powerhouse. Be a traditional powerhouse for a few years and you become a dynasty.

Campbell county doesn’t have 2 teams in Northern Kentucky top 5. Kenton has 3. No way would they be better.

You can’t really look at this on a team to team basis. You would have to break it down position by position if the teams would be combined. Look at QBs in Kenton County alone. You have a few guys that can flat out play but they all can’t play at the same time.

Saying Casey only comes around once in a generation is strong. He may be the all time leading rusher, but that does not mean he was their best. He is in the conversation.

I am not going to get into next year and beyond at the risk of hijacking this thread. Good win Colonels.

With the changes coming to 5A next year and the fact it looks like CovCath is just going to reload instead of rebuilding...will be an interesting thread once it gets started.

Or suspiciously muddy still.

It won’t grow back if it isn’t watered. Where did you guys learn about exterior irrigation techniques?

They ran out of hot chocolate on the visitors side of the field way too early.

Did CCH go for two points to get the running clock? At what point in the game did that happen?

Very early in the 4th. Made the game and cold a lot easier to handle.

Agree, last year's Covington Catholic team was better than this one, which is a testimony to how good last year's CCH team was.

 

Next year I think the gap closes even more.

Next year there are some big shoes to fill but CovCath has some monster contributors coming back.

For all the fans that wanted to put it all on the Cov Cath’s Sophomore QBs shoulders, well you got it. Highlands loaded the box to shut down McGinness, and left it up to the passing game. He connected with Mayer for the first TD, only to open the running game. He threw 1 pick at the end of the 1st half that meant nothing. After that they threw and ran at will. The Birds had a great season. Great kids on both sides of the ball. Love the games, not so much the adults that bash the kids and teams. Just my opinion.

Young man stepped up big last night. Any first game jitters that may have been there were gone after about 3 minutes into the game. CovCath is the real deal. Good Luck moving forward.

Team sport is correct. CCH clearly has the better team. Top to bottom, which why the clock is running!

CovCath was the much better team tonight. Poor play calling doesn’t help but not sure it would have mattered much. But I stand by what I said about this years teams and last years teams. Last years CovCath team would have won by 60 plus. Impressive performance. Thought Birds would keep them in the game but turns out CovCath defense was better.

Two times 4th and 1 and they run a play starting 5 yards deep. Cramer is over 6 foot get under center and fall forward!