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The Newport Catholic Throroughbreds make the long trek into the mountains of eastern KY Friday night to take on the Pirates of Belfry. CAM Stadium should be rocking for this matchup of perennial powers. Both teams are considered contenders for a title year-in and year-out in their respective classes, and despite the long distance between them, this is a fun and interesting regular season game. Belfry has had the upper hand in the series recently, but you can expect a competitive game that is beneficial to both squads. NewCath is 1-2, and Belfry is 1-1, but both teams tend to "schedule up" and are willing to take a loss or two during the regular season in an effort to test their mettle against bigger and better teams. Hopefully the large 'Bred fan contingent will make the trip and we will have a ballgame on Friday.

Way too little early for that, unless... :sssh:

Burbage played well for Station, but they were outmanned. Belfry rushed for nearly 500 yds in a nice rebound from last week's loss.

Bryan Station scores vs Belfry JV. 2 pt good 54-21

JV squad puts together a nice drive capped by a Kyle Webb TD. 54-13 running clock

Bentley returns a punt 57 yards for another score. Interestingly Belfry takes a knee on the XO to avoid the running clock. 48-13 Pirates

Belfry opens up the half with two quick scores. The second one was a 91 yard option pitch by Ben Bentley. 42-13 Belfry. Bens big brother Cole Bentley will be the starting center for Louisville against Alabama tomorrow.

XP no good 28-13 BELFRY 17 seconds left in the half

Touchdown Bryan Station Burbage taking advantage of the young Pirate secondary on that one

Belfry is up 28-7 Bryan Station has the ball inside the red zone with 21 seconds to go in the first half

Overall, very satisfied with the way the Pirates finished out this one. The young Bucs are so green at key positions, mainly the skill positions, and they came out and got took to task by a bigger, and more experienced squad. Huntington jumped on them 14-0 fairly early on, and it was a concern that maybe the good guys in red were going to get the woodshed treatment. Belfry's kids showed a lot of grit, and clawed their way back to cut the lead to 14-9 in the 4th quarter, thanks to several nice defensive series and a "give it time" vanilla offense that chipped away and finally broke one against the Highlanders. The Pirates have a lot to work on, and a long way to go, but they showed me tonight that they have a lot of physical pieces in place, they just need time and reps. More importantly, especially with a young team who dug themselves an early hole, I saw some of the intangibles that I didn't really expect this early on. This group has a fire in their belly. You gotta love that.

Belfry will have a really tough uphill battle in this one. With key injuries, inexperience in the secondary and a HUGE Huntington team, the Pirates will be a heavy underdog, IMO. One observer described HHS's size as "bigger than Belfry was in 2015 and 2016, and talented"

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Belfry and Hazard have a really good relationship and have scrimmaged for several years. The coaches have a mutual respect and it is a good opponent for both teams. They generally do not follow a game situation format, instead going several series of 10 plays each, subbing liberally, and then do the same for JV players. It is great for individual players and coaches, but from a fan's perspective, not much of a true look at the "team" in action. Never ever read too much into a Belfry scrimmage, good or bad. It is just a glorified practice against guys in different color uniforms.

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I caught a ton of bluegill and a few bass this weekend. Had a ball. I recently bought this combo for my son at Bass Pro and it performed well. A good price for all you get in a beginning flyrod combo... https://www.basspro.com/shop/en/white-river-fly-shop-adventur1-streamside-fly-outfit-100072076

There is no week 0 anymore. Under the old system, there were 11 weeks, (0 through 10) and if you played a game week 0, you gave up a scrimmage and still had a bye week during the season. However if you wanted 2 scrimmages, you had to take the 2nd one in week 0 and then you wouldn't get a bye week during the regular season. But under the new system, if I understand it correctly, there is still 11 weeks, all of them regular season. Weeks 1 through 11. Everyone can have 2 scrimmages AND still get a bye week during the season. That is the way I understand it too.

You may be right. I was told that the old rule of having to choose between a 2nd scrimmage or playing in week 0 (now week 1) was gone and everyone would be able to have 2 scrimmage and still have the bye week. I couldn't reconcile that in my little mind with the calendar.

I've heard bits and pieces about the calendar change, but haven't read anything. Can anyone explain the new calendar starting in 2019? Am I right in that the nomenclature has changed, and there will not be any more "week zero" references? Can you now have 2 scrimmages whether you start play on the first weekend (week 1, I presume) or the second weekend? What else has changed?

They are grass mowers now, but still really comfortable. :thumb:

It's spring fly fishing time again. I thought about this old thread. Anyone else ? @formerkywrestler

Happy Birthday to the WHM. :thumb: