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5 hours ago, mcpapa said:

Out of curiosity, where is everyone going?

Somewhere with jobs.

43 minutes ago, ATLCat said:

Pikeville dynasty rolls on and as a Belfry fan it pains me... but I think this now puts Pikeville on the door step of claiming the King of the Mountains for all-time program supremacy.

Pikeville and Belfry now each have (8) State Titles. The lone thread Belfry hangs on to is they have (7) Runner-Ups to Pikeville's (4). With that said, if the Panthers can get one more Championship Trophy you have to give them the overall edge.

 

Side Note: That's also really dang impressive accomplishment for a rural Appalachian County to have (16) titles and a combined 27 Finals Appearances between two programs.

Really impressive. I got a feeling your pain is going to get worse because this Pikeville run isn't close to being over. Belfry on the other hand is playing in 3A with a 2A enrollment. It is possible they could have a 1A sized enrollment the next time they realign. Everyone is leaving.

2 minutes ago, 9068 said:

Much different animal in NKY. There are 3 5A schools, a 2A school, and a 6A school in Boone County. Very similar in Kenton County and not quite the same in Campbell County. There are plenty of good coaches here but the talent is spread out.

I know it is different, but I also that there are more kids in Boone, Campbell, and Kenton counties than all of the mountains. And the land area isn't as big as Pike County by itself. There are lots of good coaches everywhere but when a school board hires the right coach and the community gets behind them it can happen. You get the right coach in a good public school you might get all the kids that live in your district and some more might be willing to move there.

With so much population and talent so close, it is just a matter of making the right hire. I live in Johnson County so I got to watch it happen here.

I can see, it is an 8 hour bus ride from PT to Belfry, we have seen that matchup in the finals. And with Belfry's falling enrollment we could definitely see a Belfry Mayfield matchup in the future, another 8 hour ride. One of the downsides to RPI.

Congratulations to CovCath, the defense in second half was great. Only team all year that JC couldn't run the ball against.

Just now, GottaLuvFootball said:

The CCH D has made some adjustments 

Very good ones apparently 

Apparently Ashland's offense is very,very good.

On 11/14/2023 at 9:25 AM, gchs_uk9 said:

They're 3-4 all-time against Covington Catholic in the playoffs. Their record against Highlands (0-4) isn't quite a good.

I think all 4 losses to Highlands was during Highlands' 6 titles in a row run. Man they were good.

3 hours ago, TheConch said:

This coincidentally occurred once CovCath and Highlands moved out of their class. 

In 16 it would not have mattered. 19 would have been a good game.

19 hours ago, The Double Deuce said:

Can't imagine you can win at this level, against this kind of balanced opponent, being (virtually) completely one-dimensional.  

Even though it would be a really tall order this year, Johnson Central has made 6 of the last 8 4a title games being one dimensional. It seems to work there.

It's on 94.7 wklw.com.

It is hard to have a best coach ever discussion without mentioning Phillip Haywood.

This is going to be a great, competitive game. The 4a championship is almost always very close. 4A hasn't had a dominant, way better than everybody else team since 2016.

2016 Johnson Central vs 2019 Johnson Central