Cdirty107

Policies have changed at Male in the last few years, and they are no longer getting the cream of the crop athletes that they used to. The main reason Male has made it farther than Ballard in those years is basically because they haven't had to face one of the Big 2 until later on in the playoffs. The one knock on the Ballard job right now is that they have Trinity in their district. That may or may not change with the next re-alignment, as will Male's district and ultimately the route they have to take in the playoffs. Male is still a good job, but it is nowhere near the caliber of place it used to be and probably won't be that way ever again.

I'm not so sure that Male is a better job than Ballard anymore.

John Hardin has a very good defensive line, probably the best I have seen all year. When they go with their base defense and put 8 in the box, they are very tough to run on. I think they get in trouble when they go to their 3-4 nickel package, too vulnerable between the tackles with that look. I know Highlands has an excellent O-line but they will be challenged by that bunch from JH, really good looking kids up front. Speed wise, JH is VERY fast. The Savoy kid is about as quick as they come at the HS level and Wright is not too far behind. Their QB does what he needs to do, runs the Wing-T extremely well but doesn't "wow" you with his arm. Favorite target by far is his big TE, Simmons. Kid always seems to get lost in space when JH runs waggle. Overall, it's the ultimate test for JH, but I don't think Highlands is giving this squad enough credit. Well, I take that back, HHS fan's aren't giving them enough credit. Both teams will show up, you can count on that. JH will give up some points but they can light up the scoreboard as well, ton of athletes. Should be a heckuva ballgame, 14 points or less either way IMO.

Your fan base, on the other hand, has been extremely humble throughout this thread...

7 Oldham County 5 KCD 3 Seneca 2 Central Hardin 1 N Bullitt TB Seneca

Oldham isn't what they used to be. Forest is still one of the best coaches in the state, but they don't have the talent that they did 4-5 years ago when they were winning regional titles and competing for a state championship. Holmes should win this one going away, but all you fans who haven't seen Dunlap for OC are in for a treat. The kid is a player.

Now that you Grant County fans have seen both teams play, who do you like in the Oldham County/John Hardin game this week?

Oldham has Rose Hill in the KOB. Should be a great matchup and will tell us a lot about both teams.

Donta Smith is now over in Europe playing for the Bulgarian league champions. Could probably be making a lot more money in the NFL right now if he had gone that route. The kid was an absolute stud in both sports in high school

You make it sound as if Scott County owned this region while they were in it, which is not true. They had some success in the 90's, but Oldham has won the region 4 times in the last seven years, including three straight in 2001-2003. Most of the teams in the 8th region probably wanted Scott County out, but it's not because they were a perennial power in the region.

I'm guessing his leg was really bothering him. Don't think he ended up with more than 6-7 points.

Colonels pull the shocker, are headed back to Rupp for the 4th time in 7 years.

No problem, can't believe the Colonels pulled it off. Probably Gary Forest's best coaching job.

OC wins 63-57

Hester cuts it to 2, 21.2 seconds to go.