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Belfry's Kyle Webb playing fullback tonight, and he is the 7th fullback they've been through this season. lol

Yes, they have several injured and the flu bug hit them this week and a few more are out or didn't practice all week.

14-0 just over 5 minutes to go in first quarter

2nd and goal from the 5 for JC Touchdown Jackson

Johnson Central up early 7-0 and driving Having their way with the Pirate MASH unit so far.

The Pirates will give it good effort but I'm with you ATL, I don't expect the to be able to hang with the Eagles tonight. Too many bodies missing or less than 100%. Hope they prove me wrong.

Conservatively Belfry’s wins per season would be in the 6.5 to 6.75 range. The past 50 years would be much better than the first 43 too as they were pretty bad early on.

Belfry is a little too banged up to beat JC this time around. JC is better than they were last year, and no doubt they have some revenge in mind after losing 3 in a row to the Pirates. Belfry still is searching for the answer on defense against good running attacks. I’m not sure how they will handle a great running attack like the Eagles will have. It it is tough to pick against the Good Guys In Red but I think this battle is a little too much for them at this point.

Week 1 for 2019 starts on Friday August 18 Interestingly enough, over the next few years that date moves up each year, with the 2022 starting date being August 14. Hopefully after the next 2 year cycle they will vote to move it back a week. schedulinggridfor2019through2022.pdf

Raceland by 3 Tds. I'll call it 35-14.

Shake it off, look forward. Not much else you can do. An example why you can't compare scores in this crazy game, especially early season to late season. Aug 24 Warren Central 42, Trinity 41 Aug 31 Bowling Green 24, St X 21 Sep 28 St X 21, Trinity 7

Kudos to 4th in line at FB Blankenship for stepping in and playing after Coleman left in the first quarter.

Bentley and Dixon putting on a show 56-20 with 8:06 to go

48-20 8:45 to go

42-20 Belfry Near the end of the 3rd qtr

They always are in November, especially at home.

Preface this by saying I think Belfry is a 3-5 td favorite vs. Lawrence. So I will pick my Pirates to win. But it ain't no sure thing. Here's my reasons it may be closer than many expect... Lawrence always gives Belfry fits. The game is at Luke Varney Field. Belfry is still without a few starters, particularly on defense. Lawrence plays the style, and has the personnel to run it, that can hurt Belfry. Pikeville did it best. A big offensive line and a powerful running game has been a problem for Belfry's front 7. Lawrence can do that too. Should be interesting...

This game was physical, and Belfry needed that. They hadn't had to play 4 quarters in a few weeks and they needed to play someone who would hit back. Even though physically competitive, the game itself wasn't really as close as the final score indicates, as Belfry held a 36-14 lead with under 5 min to go. CM scored a defensive TD on a Belfry fumble by a reserve RB and then got a late TD with just a few seconds left in the game. Belfry has some defensive problems though against the run and I'm not sure what that answer is going to be. Hopefully they get it ironed out.

I'm pretty sure Cabell Midland didn't renew. It is a tough game for them given the WV playoff system, it hurts them to lose to a smaller school.

Good stuff @gchs_uk9. Life is much bigger than football, but I'm glad we have football I have a million memories of going to games with my dad, and my sons. I think about this kind of stuff a lot. I'm sure there is a good book there waiting to be written. I've been richly blessed to have gotten to know you and your dad and your son.

I misjudged this one, thinking it would be a 2-3 score margin going in. Too bad Fulton Co couldn't hold on to that lead.

Congrats to Coach French, he's been getting it done for a long time and has been a winner every where he has been. He passed Mark Brown recently, too, who has 317 wins.

QB Avery Browning on a long TD and then on the Pirates' next possession a combination drive with Coleman and Webb doing damage. Soph RB Kyle Webb gets the TD at the end of the drive. Pirates lead 40-0 with 6 minutes to go in the 2nd Q

Belfry holds the Jags and Ben Bentley takes the first snap 47 yards for another Pirate touchdown. XP no good again due to a bad snap. 26-0 Belfry

Sounds like a good one, keep it coming Bac.