Braveheart

WOW!! didn't see this one comming!!!

"Outdated" huh. LOL Football is so faddish and trendy. I remember a few years back the Wing-T was a cult following, then the spread came around, I guess it will roll back to the bone in time! LOL

Why is the school enrollment down?

The team Ironton beat is Mount Carmel, not St. Thomas More. Sorry, you do have the wrong team.

Have they played any games this year? I wonder how the team from Canada will handle the heat...... Could be interesting.

Saunders is a quality coach, his teams will be competitive at least.

People, do you honestly think Billy and his wife would quit thier jobs and move to Boyle Co. with the uncertainty of finding a job just so thier son could play football? Get real! LOL I am not putting them down for moving, I think its a good move for him and his family. Lawrence Co. is just not what it was for sports and the reason being is the administration and until that changes, things will stay the same in Louisa.

This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for Johnson Co. I am going to make the trip to J.C. to watch that one!

How in the world can you determine who will be the best O-Lineman from a class that has 3 years to graduate?

You just gotta love how all these restrictions are placed on football, but basketball can virtually play year round, AAU, leauges, open gyms, etc.

I think Bell is hands-down the favorite to win the district. K.C. is probably the #2 team there, I also expect Rock to slip from thier former status, you have down cycles from time to time and I think they are entering one.

He's an excellent player! I am very high on him! I didn't realize that he was only around 6'0?? He sure plays bigger than that! LOL I am a bit concerned about his weight in the SEC. If you are going to be a DT in that leauge, you better be carrying 280-300 LBS.

I thought he was bigger than that, I thought he was like 6'3 or 6'4. Well, he certainly plays bigger! If that is the case, they might look at him at LB in the SEC.

I watched him destroy Belfry's O-Line, and that was a good unit. He's tall with excellent feet and speed. He also has the ability to pack on some extra weight without it slowing him down. I don't really know where he stands in the order of prospects in the State, but he is clearly the best D-Lineman I have seen.

I have no idea who will win, but I will tell you that the Cobble kid from Central is as good as a Defensive Lineman that I have seen come out of this State. He's big, strong, and quick. Does anyone know who is recruiting him? If UK or UofL isn't, they need to be!

People, the BUILDING PRINCIPAL does all hiring in the school. Not the SBDM Council, Not the B.O.E. and not the Superintendent.

School Boards hire only the Superintendent. The Superintendent offically hires everyone in the school system, but with that being said, the proceedure for this hiring is as follows, the vacant job is posted for 30 days, A waiver may be granted by KDE and someone can be hired before the deadline of the posting date. The building PRINCIPAL interviews potential canidates for the position and after consultation with his or her SBDM council he or she submits a recomendation to the Superintendent for the position. By law, the Superintendent MUST ACCEPT the recomendation of the School Principal for the position.

It is true that Mr. Osborne is the chair of the committee and the B.O.E. member from S.V. However, I think its fair to point out that Mr. Osborne was on the Pike Co. Bowl Committee long before he became a B.O.E. member. Why wouldn't Mr. Wagner accept the recommendation of the Pike Co. Bowl Committee? If he didn't accept thier recommendation, what would have prevented the Bowl Committee from having all the games at Pikeville H.S.?

The Pike Co. School Board had no say in who hosted what game or where. The Pike Co. Bowl has a committee of members that decide the event.

JD, I cannot argue with any of your numbers, I agree with you 100% about the Belfry program, however, I do not think the moving of the Friday night game has anything to do with them personally. I think that they just wanted to give other parts of the County an opportunity to host the game. I don't think its anything more than that.

What happened to Coach Combs?

Please guys, you act like someone bulldozed a school over or something. To say that the State needs to take over the Pike Co. school system because of a change in the Pike Co. Bowl format, is silly to say the least. Sounds to me like we have a couple of disgruntled people who haven't gotten thier own agendas through.

Well, J.D. I think you will find that politics is in all school systems, in fact, politics is in everything. If you know someone, you have a greater chance of rising in any given profession. With that being said, if you are not "in" you have a lot of these avenues blocked. Just a fact of life. I do want to see E.R. make a solid commitment to whoever gets the job and give them some time to get the job done.

Sounds like the committment is a little stronger there.

LOL Lets just say the committment was there from East Ridge.