gbballfan21

The district is actually helping a little this year. They are positioned much better than the last few years. Last year the district had 3 teams in the bottom 10 ...this year just one. Beechwood needs their previously defeated opponents to start winning games ...SK, Covington Catholic, Dixie ... don't want to imply that the Campbell game is a sure thing but wins from them will help as well.

Score?

Did some double checking --Beechwood most certainly did not cancel, Beechwoods JV guys were ready to roll. Pretty sure the JV game was looked at last year as a potential St. Henry win ...but it was 34 to 0 or 37 to 0 (sorry ...memory doesn't work like it used to!) at the half when St. Henry requested shorter quarters. Crazy to think that Beechwood would even entertain the thought of canceling a JV game against St. Henry. Definitely didn't happen.

I believe you have it backwards. Was told St. Henry canceled due to injuries at certain positions.

Zero chance Beechwood plays St Henry in the next scheduling cycle. They lose 2 bad district games and pick up one with Brossart dropping down, it would make no sense to then add St Henry back onto the schedule by choice.

Haven't they already played a couple of 1A schools in Paintsville and Raceland?

Pabst last TD was a 1 YD reception from Queen, Pabst didn't have any carries tonight, Beechwood's ones ran 9 plays of offense tonight. 2 rushes and 7 passes.

Pretty sure they just beat the varsity and JV as well.

Definitely not the worst I have heard ... with that said .. I have never heard an announcer get the phrase "pitch and catch" 3 times in one ... down

Curious on Jordan Whiting as a 2nd team guy? If I remember correctly... he was pretty good and well thought of. Not really questioning...but interested in the thought process.

That would Brad. Still crazy to think that Brandon Berger, Joey Johnson and Brad Wulfeck all went over a 1000 in 1991. If I remember correctly, Wulfeck averaged either 10 yards a carry that season or just under.

Yeah not so strange. Easy example ... Lickert was at Kings and one of the Cincinnati publics while he was the head coach at NCC. Not saying there are 100's of coaches each year who teach at one school and coach at another ...but it happens enough to where I can't justify "strange"

Yeah ... playing against one of the teams felt like a normal beating playing against the other team is still with me physically to this day. And to answer your question ...who cares what happened Conner, SK, Scott, Dixie? Not sure I would be bragging about all those whippings. Should we discount Cov Cath's mud Bowl victory due to it being muddy? I don't think so. Teams and coaching staffs have to be able to adapt to the conditions and overcome the obstacles that are presented. I get your point with Moeller ... I probably would have left out Newport (and yes .. I know how good Adam Brown was ...but shouldn't be in mentioned with the others). Simon Kenton? Seriously? I would get your point if it was SK 93 ... but they in 92? Sorry, they shouldn't be involved in the discussion. Boone County .. not sure I would lump them in with a Moeller win .. They obviously finished well ...at the same time they were life and death with Conner ...needing a late score to win. We could probably throw out comparisons, common opponents all day ..doesn't change the fact that the trophy resides in Fort Thomas to this day. The Beechwood game is an interesting comparison ...but in order to prove the point that the regular season vs the playoffs means not so much ... I give you Beechwood 99. Bellevue handled them easily in the regular season (23 to 0 maybe?) Beechwood won easily 35 to 0. Not a perfect comparison ...but same point ... when it comes time to survive and advance ... give me the team that survived and advanced. I think your points are 100% valid in relation to "Best team to never win a title" ... we probably aren't going to ever agree with the "who was the better team" discussion ...which is fine. Good to see Jude Hoffman's name come up. Great dude to this day.

Interesting pick. From my point of view that Highlands team was a complete wrecking ball filled with size, talent and speed as well. Thinking more D1 guys possibly. Schlarman, Reynolds, Berringer (Jr), Scarlato ...playing them both that year, I was surprised Cov Cath won the first game and a tad bit more surprised it wasn't a wider margin in the playoffs (and not to take anything away from the Colonels at all). There were about 25 kids on that team and they were all tougher than a two dollar steak.

Joe Morris?