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You are good ... spell check is boring anyway! With that said, ... if you truly think it will be a barn burner .... then you agree more with me than you are willing to say. My only point is this ...O Cath is 14-0 and has passed every test. They have played against fast, athletic teams. O Cath is the real deal (I am a Beechwood guy until I die -- both of these teams can beat the other). To dismiss the teams that O Cath has played as not as fast or athletic or both is a road that doesn't need to be followed. LCA dismissed our guys a few years ago and look what happened ... that's all I am getting at. Good luck to both teams and I hope both play their best games and let the chips fall where they may.

Oh wise one, please teach me more? Seriously, pretty sure I know what speed looks like and who has it. You are missing the point. Meaning O Cath plays North Hardin -- they had 2 guys at 11.08 or faster at the AAA state championship last year (Erdman obviously ran a faster 100 and 200). North Hardin had 2 guys running 22's in the 200 last year. Owensboro always has multiple fast guys as well. Guess what? O Cath beat North Hardin like a drum. And beat Owensboro as well. They have seen athletes and speed. In 2020 and 2021 there were a ton of people who thought LCA had more and better athletes. Heck, Beechwood was 14-0, gave up only 86 points going into the game and still picked by most to lose. What happened? The team with the perceived athlete advantage lost. O Cath has been #1 all year and has taken care of their business. I can assure you they didn't get here by being unaware of speed and great athletes. Beechwood has great dudes, athletes, fast guys. But to say O Cath hasn't seen any other fast teams is factually incorrect and it isn't subjective.

Respectfully ... we need to put a lid on all the "O Cath hasn't seen the speed of Beechwood" or "O Cath hasn't seen a team with as much speed" O Cath is 14-0 playing in another state championship game. That doesn't happen by accident. (I remember a similar line of discussion in 2009/2010/2011 ... in relation to a team in Red and Black). We have the two best teams playing for a State Championship. Neither team is going to blink. High hopes for a clean, injury-free game.

Isn’t Rains the DC right now?

I’m kind of surprised the 2019, 27-7 win over the Ohio D2 and GCL champs, LaSalle, didn’t make this list. LaSalle ran through the GCL and the playoffs, where they beat Massillon 34-17 in the finals. I know the 2019 CCH team was really good, but so was that LaSalle team.

Would love to see Matthew Jones at KCD get their first. Very underrated in what he has done at KCD. First class guy and extremely creative.

A very nice experience if you aren't concerned with being part of the energy the crowd can bring. My parents usually do it when the opportunity presents ... and wouldn't do it any other way.

Beechwood had a running clock on them in the 3rd quarter in the 2021 semi finals.

4 class system started in 1975.

100% not happening ... ... ... ... ... ...

Clay Hayden currently sits at 8,027, not sure how many O’Hara had tonight, but both of them could end up 1, 2 in NKY after this season.

For the second year in a row, Danville showed up 30 minutes before the game and warmed up for about 10 minutes before kickoff. Astonishing what has happened to that program.

Not true. The move to six classes was made for 3 reasons: 1. Participation (meaning overall increasing numbers of high school kids playing football) 2. Money 3. To appease certain whining coaches/administrators who wanted to remove private schools from the overall big picture. It is time people realize that the KHSAA is never going to reduce the numbers of classes. There is a better chance of adding classes as opposed to reducing the number of classes. It doesn't matter how watered down things are or feel ... this is the reality. I am familiar with the first 4 seed in KY to beat a one seed in the playoffs. The next week that same team beat the defending state champions ...the next week they were eventually beaten by the eventual state champions (by 4 .. by a slip and fall TD with about six minutes left). Pretty sure those guys appreciated that opportunity.

How every year finishes is important at schools like Beechwood. With that said ...the Offensive staff is basically the exact same. A lot more apples to apples than is being presented. Did you feel the same way after Coach Rash's first season? 9-3 and a loss in the 2nd round of the playoffs ... I know Coach Rash felt that pressure. I am pretty sure Coach Volker feels the same. I think the defense has improved which is pretty interesting considering the fact that T. Fryman hasn't been back yet. Time will absolutely tell. I do find the defense talk to be interesting considering the fact that out of the top 6 teams in RPI ...only one has given up fewer points. (O Cath). The program is in excellent hands with Coach Volker. the middle school and freshmen teams have a ton of players who can play. the foundation of the program is just as good as it has been. You nearly have the same staff in place as Coach Rash did .... so its hard for me took around and be chicken little. Anyone who pretends that it is ... is being disingenuous.

Yeah ... I agree ... why bring facts to the discussion when you can just throw out numbers!? I put up a picture from last week which shows the defense Beechwood has been getting. (It has happened a lot more than just last week). I noticed that you never addressed that? Should Beechwood force the ball into defenses that they are outnumbered in? Or should they run the football when common sense dictates? What is the real issue here? Beechwood making decisions that any coach in America would make --which is based purely on facts and winning games to help the PROGRAM accomplish their goals or should they force the ball into situations where it makes ZERO sense to do so? Serious question ... what is harder to stop ... a one dimensional team that only passes or runs ... or a team that can do both? In fairness ....Beechwood has won championships in 6 of the last 8 years and has lost 3 out of their last 24 games. Oh the travesty ... how dare they make decisions that has produced consistent championships and wins for the program!

I believe Beechwood beat Campbell Co. 34-15.

I will give you a hint - The answer is in this picture

Mayfield, by a lot.

It can’t possibly be worse than Owen County’s field, that field was awful.

Who is Taubee? Are you talking about Tarter?

Bracken was only up 21-6 on Carroll Co., with 9:00 left to go in the game. Beechwood could have beaten Carroll by as many as they wanted to last night, so can’t really compare scores. Beechwood’s varsity ran 13 plays last night and scored 49 points. Bracken runs the ball well, but if they get behind and have to play catch up, their passing game is not great. Looks like Whitten has moved positions and is no longer the QB. Bracken will try and ground and pound and control the clock, if they can do that successfully, they can stay in it, if they can’t do that and have to play catch up with the passing game, it could get away from them.

The funny thing is that everyone in Kentucky who pays attention should know how tough it has been for Pikeville to schedule since RPI came into effect. Puzzling why anyone would wouldn't immediately see through this to begin with. As soon as this dude started talking about "sources" it should have been obvious where this was heading. Pikeville has played anyone who would put them on the schedule for a while now. Anyone anytime ... they have played. The first time a person comes on here and drops an allegation against Pikeville that is 180 degrees from the way they normally handle things and so many of you are willing to take the bait ... hook ... line ... and sinker. Crazy thinking ... absolutely crazy.

can't believe the "my source told me stuff" ...someone put the contract online ....and dude is still pushing this?... With that said ....even if Pikeville did cancel next years game ... instead of canceling really late (like a lot of schools do) Pikeville would basically be giving Ironton 8 to 12 months to pick up an opponent. Yeah ..."oh the humanity ..."

Beechwood running clocked Mayfield in the 2021 semi finals, but it doesn’t happen very often.

Who are the Maroons scrimmaging this summer?