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Dysinger being out for southwestern hurts them. They need him back ASAP if they’re going to compete.

Tommy is a fantastic player and an even better young man. The sky’s the limit for him. I would’ve liked to seen Kaden stay put at Boyle, but I do think Franklin will be good for him.

Tommy may end up being the best player from that team, but they won it in middle school because of Kaden. He’s the best middle school player I’ve ever seen. He is now at Franklin.

That sophomore class lost their best player to Franklin.

Yes.

1A: Pikeville and Paintsville will both be tough. Would love to see NCC get back to the level they once were at. 2A: Somerset will be the favorite and be tough again. As will LCA. Breathitt loses some studs but will be in the conversation. 3A: Belfry is always in the conversation at seasons end. 4A: Johnson has to be the favorite. Boyle will be good but will fall off from this past year. Wayne will be extremely tough with Sloan back. Corbin will be good but will have to replace key defensive pieces, which makes me think they'll be second to Wayne again after allowing them to score 63 to end the year. 5A: FD, Cov Cath, BG, South Warren, your typical 5A powers. 6A: Trinity, Male, Dupont had a nice season.

Also agreed.

I understand the question. But I also think the players would understand because he went to IMG Academy, not another local school.

Congrats to Chris McNamee from Pikeville on Coach of the Year. Michael Mayer from Covington Catholic also named Mr. Football.

Congrats to Michael Mayer from Covington Catholic on Mr. Football. Chris McNamee from Pikeville also named Coach of the Year.

If you can add juniors in then Bradeon Sloan needs to be mentioned. Kid had a video game numbers kind of year.

6A Trinity 7-3 5A Cov Cath 7-3 4A Johnson Central 6-4 3A Belfry 8-2 2A Mayfield 6-4 1A Pikeville 10-0

Thought that was a gutsy call on fourth and 2. Everyone's thinking a run or pass to the sticks, and they run the double move. Great throw and run after. Should've ruled it a TD he was in.

Completely deserved. Dominance.

I felt the same way with the fourth down. Looked like the fourth and 6 call was the same thing the fourth and 1 call was going to be. Why not run the RPO stuff they had been running that seemed to work. That's insane though.. first class in ten years without a ring. Says a lot about their dominance they've had.

After watching the state games, how would you rank the 12 teams playing this past weekend? 1. Trinity 2. Male 3. Cov Cath 4. Johnson Central 5. Frederick Douglass 6. Boyle County 7. Belfry 8. Pikeville 9. Somerset 10. Bell County 11. Mayfield 12. Paintsville Thought about flipping 2 and 3. Also, the 7-11 range was tough. I know Pikeville beat Belfry, but Belfry was also without Isaac Dixon.

I disregard the PI because it could have went either way. I get going on two.. but why not run your best players and trust your guys to get one yard?? Then the last drive.. how do you get beat deep twice when you know they're going deep? Why do you have a QB spy with a kid who got two sacks the prior drive? If he runs he runs.. a lot of questionable coaching decisions on Mayfield I thought during that last minute of the game. It looked like Mayfield's first time in the situation, not Somerset. Crazy game on a day that was full of three great games.

Great game by both squads. Yesterday was a great day for football.

Michael Mayer is a BAD man. Should be your Mr. Football hands down.

Well.. alrighty then me.

I’m not going to judge an entire fan base off of one ignorant persons comments. But, you better believe Matney will use that as fire for those boys and that the boys will watch it and feed off of it. What an idiotic move. I bet Smith is furious.

Yes he did. He played with it hurt, then later in the game.. third quarter I believe got knocked out on a pretty hard hit over the top.

If I had to put money I would certainly pick Belfry, but I do believe Bell will give them problems. I believe the QB will be able to make enough plays to keep this one close and give them a chance in the end.

Think any of the OC's or DC's from the area make the move over? Pikeville or Paintsville coordinators?

I think Pikeville pulls away in the second half, but if Paintsville is going to have a chance they have to ride the legs of JW and play turnover free football.