Chicks dig Scars

If the Hounds win the Rock might as well stop the talk of getting to the AAA state championship game. Corbin isn't considered by most to be a top 10-2A team.

Russellville should be loaded this year.

1 Lexington Catholic -Till they are beaten. 2 Bowling Green 3 Highlands 4 Rockcastle Co. 5 Boyle Co. 6 Hopkinsville 7 Cov Cath 8 Bell Co 9 Bullitt East 10 Franklin Co.

I thought it was X's lines that graduated? In saying that....I think Bowling Green only returns 3-4 starters on defense.

If that is the score then Rockcastle isn't a top 5 team in AAA. I think Rockcastle will win the game easily by 3-4 touchdowns (35-7).

Bowling Green would be hard-pressed to match their defense of a year ago. Many predicted the demise and destruction of Bowling Green by St X last year and it never materialized. Turnovers will determine the outcome.

Not a good matchup for either team, but desperate times call for desperate measures I suppose. Pendleton has only had team for about 4 years haven't they?

http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060703/COLUMNISTS02/607030389/1002/SPORTS

Tennessee wasn't crying about the game being in June when they were dominating the series. This crying started building steam in the volunteer state the past 4-5 years when they started getting beat (minus this year of course). Play it in June or end the series.

That Manual team finished 4-6 if i'm not mistaken. Danville is by far the most successful class A school against 3A/4A competition.

A few stats over the past 5 years. Danville is 8-8 against 3A/4A teams. The 8 teams they beat, 4 had a winning record. Mayfield is 11-10 against 3A/4A teams. The 11 teams they beat, 3 had a winning record. NCC is 7-3 against 3A/4A teams. The teams they beat, 1 had a winning record. Beechwood is 5-5 against 3A/4A teams. The teams they beat, 0 had a winning record.

Danville, Beechwood, Mayfield, and NCC all usually struggle when playing 3A schools or higher. They dominate other A and a good majority of the AA schools they would play.

Gotta love Kentucky. The first basketball game isn't til the first of December with the district tourney at the end of February. The first football game is August 18! Guess Pikeville is getting all those D1 hoop stars in shape. Did you agree to that Coach J? Looks like the football/basketball coaches could work out their own agreement instead some stringent "focus on basketball" rule laid down by the school. Is Pikeville known for their basketball prowess?

Beaumont is very good, but Male will not win unless they change their style of play on the defensive side of the ball.

Harrodsburg went 3-8 and the teams they beat won a combined 7 games.

Male has also exited the playoffs in the second round 2 consecutive years. I'm going with St X this year. It's a YIN-YANG thing.

I don't see this game being close to the best opening game in the state. Might be of interest to those in the Mercer/Harrodsburg area, but of little interest across the state IMO.

Alcoa backing out of the contract the last week of June is bush league. It will be difficult for Hopkinsville to find a game this time of the year. To beat it all, Alcoa picks up Booker T Washington in a game that will not be competitive at all. Here's a question.....who gets the buyout money on the contract, Hopkinsville or Trigg Co.?

Where is Holbrook going to play college football?

McLean Co.- Former Owensboro assistant Marshall Enoch is the new head coach. Perry Central- Hired back former head coach Bert Browne.

Franklin Simpson has beaten Bowling Green 4 times in 20 years. Is that really a rivalry?

Kentucky had over 100 yds of offense in the first qtr and then finished the game with about 235. They were balanced and throwing the football down the field. After the first qtr, it seemed like the offense had no rythm and was just drawing straws for plays. Micah Johnson will not play LB at UK. He is too slow to play LB at that level. He will be a bigtime down lineman as he is a physical monster. He also made a couple of bonehead plays with 2 personal fouls. Tennessee was the faster team and played much like the Kentucky team has the previous 4 years. TN acted like they wanted to be there, KY did not.

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Not sure what players have opted out for Tennessee but this article is disturbing for the Tennessee side of the All-star contest. http://dnj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060613/SPORTS/606130313/1006

I hope the Mercer Trailblazer faithful aren't setting themselves up for a big let down. Mercer Co. lost some very good players from '05 and for '06 you are adding a few skill players from Harrodsburg that won only 3 games against 2-8 Owen Co., 3-8 Trimble Co., and 3-7 Carroll Co. Goodluck to the Trailblazers, but i'll reserve judgement till about week 5 to determine if Mercer is a "state championship" calibar team to deal with the likes of Russell, Newport, Lloyd, and Belfry in order to get to the state championship game.