jeff jackson

The Cardinals will be just fine next year. Next years OL will likely be their biggest and deepest they've had in a long time, mixed in with experience and a few up and coming underclassmen. They also return both their defensive interior linemen in Tre Jackson and Ashton Rogers as well as all 3 starting LBs. They'll be extremely tough to run the ball against. Starks was a great back and will be missed, but, they have 3 or 4 fast and athletic guys to fill that void and a potential star in England, who'll be a sophomore and is already over 200 lbs with power and speed to burn. They have 2 or 3 proven WRs in Kirby, Morris and Hoover along with a couple high potential younger kids that will give them solid depth. They also return their TE who made several big plays for them this year. Losing Cartwright is the only player that they lose that'll be hard to replace. The Robbins kid got alot of playing time last year in lopsided wins and may struggle early, but, I expect by the time playoffs roll around will be performing like a seasoned veteran. He's got good size and arm strength and will end up being a good one before all is said and done. I expect they'll take a step back in the kicking game, just not sure how big a factor that turns out to be. Overall, expect Mayfield to reload and be right in the hunt for another title.

I think Mayfield will be better than projected. They should be very solid on both sides of the line and their defense should be stout, especially against the run. I'm excited with what they have in the RB room, 3 or 4 really quick backs and England has a chance to be special. Hoover and Kirby give them 2 quality receivers and they have a couple more underclassmen that will provide solid depth. I look for Will Morris to be a big part of their offense next year from the TE position. The big question mark is at QB. If they can get just a solid game manager, they should be fine. Plenty of explosive offensive playmakers everywhere else to go along with a deep and experienced OL. .

Yes, I should have specified.

1 Trinity 2 Frederick Douglass 3 Male 4 St. Xavier 5 Ballard 6 Manual 7 Bryan Station 8 Ryle 9 Tates Creek 10 Fern Creek Who else should be considered? Who's to high, too low? Thoughts?

1 Bowling Green 2 Highlands 3 Cooper 4 South Warren 5 Scott County 6 Owensboro 7 Southwestern 8 Dixie Heights 9 Graves County 10 North Laurel Who else should be considered? Who's too high, too low? Thoughts?

1 Boyle County 2 Paducah Tilghman 3 Corbin 4 Covington Catholic 5 Franklin County 6 Ashland 7 Johnson Central 8 Taylor County 9 DeSales 10 Logan County Who else should be considered? Who's too high, too low? Thoughts?

1 Christian Academy Louisville 2 Lexington Catholic 3 Central 4 Bell County 5 Hart County 6 Belfry 7 Union County 8 Glasgow 9 Mercer County 10 East Carter Who else should be considered? Who's to high, too low? Thoughts?

I agree. Someone's gonna have to knock them off before I'd place anyone above them. They are currently on a level all by themselves.

Disregard above. Here's my actual 2a rankings. 1 Beechwood 2 Owensboro Catholic 3 Mayfield 4 Lexington Christian Academy 5 Somerset 6 Murray 7 Green County 8 Monroe County 9 Crittenden County 10 Breathitt County Any other teams out there worth consideration? Who's too high, too low? Thoughts?

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1 Pikeville 2 Campbellsville 3 Raceland 4 Sayre 5 Kentucky Country Day 6 Paris 7 Newport Central Catholic 8 Bethlehem 9 Frankfort 10 Louisville Holy Cross Are there any other sleepers out there that may be better than expected? Who's too high, too low? Thoughts?

You may be right. I do think BG was playing much better in the latter part of the season. I think they would have beaten LCA and B Station if they played them late.

Better all around season, plus the head to head could have gone either way.

I think I can do better than that. This would be mine: 1 BOYLE CO 2 TRINITY 3 MALE 4 CORBIN 5 F DOUGLASS 6 B GREEN 7 MAYFIELD 8 LCA 9 CAL 10 ST X 11 B STATION 12 OB CATH 13 COV CATH 14 PAD TILGHMAN 15 HIGHLANDS 16 COOPER 17 BALLARD 18 BEECHWOOD 19 FRANKLIN CO 20 MANUAL 21 S WARREN 22 ASHLAND 23 RYLE 24 LEX CATHOLIC 25 PIKEVILLE

They'll have some talent and be pretty good. I really like there new coach. He likes to sling it around and get his playmakers in space and making plays. This is completely different from prior coach who believed in grinding it out 3 to 4 yards at a time. I've heard that several of the Calloway Co kids like there new philosophy and could make the move to Murray. If they do, they could be a lot better,