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Belfry was still using 8mm reel to reel until just before this era here in the late 80s. There is a group who is converting those now a few at a time to digital. That is some old school film work right there

I was going to post the video Atl. All in due due time brother. A little here a little there. :thumb: ?

No game in the history of this series will elicit an emotional response from fans than the epic game in 1989. Pikeville came into the contest riding a 33 game win streak (2nd longest in KY history at the time). They had won 1A state titles in 1987 and 1988 and were well on their way to a third straight undefeated season, and a third 1A Championship trophy. This was the best run by any Pikeville team in history, and one of the best dynasties by any team in KY to date. Belfry was 1-3 after close losses to Bell Co, Breathitt Co and Russell. Nobody outside of Pond Creek expected the Pirates to compete with the Panthers that night. But as often is the case in high school sports, they forgot to tell the underdog they didn't belong, and the outcome was unpredictable. The game was postponed to Saturday night, Sept 23, due to the threat of the remnants of Hurricane Hugo sweeping through the area on Friday night. A capacity crowd at Vipperman Stadium (which it wasn't named that yet at the time) saw the Pirates come out and dominate the Panthers for 3 quarters, eventually building a 33-12 lead. The Panthers were shocked, and this rivalry only intensified.

Well, they think they did, anyway. :idunno: ‘Hounds come back, end Trinity’s win streak – Hamilton County Reporter By JIM BELSER Carmel football coach John Hebert says this year’s Greyhounds are tough and will always fight to the end, and that’s just what they did in opening their season with a 24-21 come from behind win over Louisville Trinity Friday night at home. Last year’s Kentucky State Champions and holders of a 50-game winning streak nearly returned home with win 51 but it all ended for the Bluegrass bad boys as Carmel Defensive lineman Ryan Tilev hauled down Trinity Quarterback Seth Juntz in the waning seconds of the game...

At this point in time, I think 1-3 are obvious 1. Douglass 2. LexCath 3. Henry Clay Somewhere in the middle of that pack is Lafayette, Bryan Station and Tates Creek. Lafayette beat Bryan Station in a close game and Tates Creek plays Bryan Station this week, so that order will get sorted out. For now I'd say 4. Lafayette 5. Tates Creek 6. Bryan Station And I think the bottom 3 would be 7. LCA 8. Dunbar 9. Sayre.

Ooooh. I forgot about Sayer, thank you @supernat :thumb:

Definitely. That game is on the to-do list to talk about in this thread. Big time part of this rivalry, and probably the biggest game in the series.

How distant?

Now that is a true Pirate tradition. Dancing under the red lights :banana:

Who is the king of Lexington? How would you rank the Lexington teams, 1-8 Bryan Station Frederick Douglass Henry Clay Lafayette Lexington Catholic Lexington Christian Paul Laurence Dunbar Tates Creek

I'll take HHS in this one.

Since we are being nostalgic, why not. Here is a video about Couch's season/record. Too many highlights against Belfry, but that was a special moment when he broke the record. Belfry had jumped out to a 20-0 lead in that game, only to see the Eagles come back to win. Notice about the 1:25 mark when Couch broke the record, the game was stopped and the announcement was made. I remember being impressed that every member of Belfry's coaching staff went across the field to shake his hand. That was an electric night, ESPN was there, helicopters filled the air, it was something else to watch.

100 home wins in just over 13 seasons is not too shabby. (98 in 13 full seasons, 2 this year in 3 games) That is an average of 7.5 home wins per season, which almost sounds impossible.

Interesting tidbit of info on this win, this was Belfry's 100th win in CAM Stadium. Since opening in 2005, Belfry is 100-13 in the friendly confines of their home field. Those losses were Henry Clay '05, '12 Ironton '05 Russell '06 Breathitt Co '08 Ashland '09 Sheldon Clark '09 Prestonsburg '10 Johnson Central '09, '11, '13 Huntington '17, '18

Another notable game in this series was 1995. Pikeville was coached by the legendary Hillard Howard. Philip Haywood was about 10 years into his reign at Belfry. Pikeville had given Belfry a solid beating the year before 42-27. This series was about dead even then. The week of the Pikeville game, Sept 22, arrived with a lot of rain, and the field at Belfry was a mud bowl. During that time this was the only field available and Belfry shared it with the local grade school, which played 4 games a week, plus JV and Freshman games. There never was much grass on the field to begin with, and all that use made it more of a dirt field, unless it rained, then it was just pure mud (and rocks). The game was one of those muddy struggles, where neither team really had a lot of success moving the ball. Pikeville was led by their outstanding RB Brent Coleman, and he had their only score of the game in the 2nd quarter, giving Pikeville the 6-0 lead for the rest of regulation. Late in the game, with under a minute to go, Pikeville had the ball on 4th and short, right about midfield. The Panthers elected not to punt, and went for the first down, which would have sealed the deal. Belfry's defense stopped Coleman short of the first down, and as he got up, he slammed the ball in frustration and received an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. The 15 yards gave Belfry the ball on the Panther 36 yard line with 34 seconds on the clock. Belfry threw 3 incomplete passes, and on 4th down, Pikeville was flagged for pass interference. Next play, another pass interference. Then as time expired, a third pass interference call was made giving the Pirates one last play from the 5 yd line with no time on the clock. Belfry's QB Howard threw a TD to Brad Hatfield and the XP gave the Pirates a 7-6 victory. :banana: The Panther faithful were not happy, and I heard the officials had to go undercover for a couple of weeks. lol It is games like this, that REALLY add fuel to the fire of an already intense rivalry. :thumb:

Belfry had a stud offensive and defensive line during that time, and Pikeville pushed them around in that game. I wasn't real crazy about posting this one, but wanted to get it out of the way, LOL

I agree it should be a good one. Pikeville has been rolling, and can match Belfry on athletes at many positions. One of Belfry's areas of concern though is depth. They are thin in places and a few injuries could spell trouble for the good guys in Red.

2014 Pikeville 29 Belfry 20 video highlights. The first 2:15 or so is hype video, then the game highlights... .https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKDmuOtlJkU

Belfry and Pikeville have long been the pillars of football in Pike County, and in Eastern KY, for that matter. The two schools have played each other a total of 57 times. For a long portion of those games, Belfry was 3A and Pikeville was 1A, however the series was very even during those years. Although Belfry has taken a lead in this series, at the end of the 2000 season, the records stood Belfry 19 wins, Pikeville 18 wins, 3 ties. Since then the Pirates have won 16 of the last 17 games, with the lone Pikeville victory coming in 2014, when they shocked the eventual 3A state champion Pirates 29-20 in a bruising physical contest on Pikeville's home field. Daric Pugh lead the way for Pikeville. See video in next post. Belfry beat Pikeville the following year to return the favor as both the Panthers and Pirates won state championships in 2015. Haywood's record vs Pikeville as Belfry's coach is 22-8 McNamee's record vs Belfry as Pikeville's coach is 3-11

Belfry and Pikeville will tee it up this week in one of the longest running rivalries in the mountains. Belfry has dominated this series since the turn of the century, winning 16 of the last 17. The lone win by Pikeville came against one of Belfry's better teams, though. The Panthers are playing arguably the best football they have played since the good old days, however, and are capable of handing Belfry a loss. There is lots of history here, lots. These two schools want to beat each other, no matter what the competition. Pikeville week has always been an electric time in the halls of Belfry High School. I'm sure it is the same on Hambley Blvd for the Panthers. Like in a lot of rivalries, you can throw out the records and accolades when these two lace it up and expect just about anything to happen. Pikeville shocked the Pirates in 2014, can the Panthers do it again? I don't have the all-time records between the two at hand, but I will try and get them. I'll try to provide some video and commentary on some of the more memorable matchups along the way during this week and hopefully @ATLCat can do the same.

@PurplePride92 @theguru Can we please ban the use of the phrase "Freddy D"? :ohbrother:

NCC is missing those stud DL guys from the past few years

No Kelly isn’t playing. Belfry is resting Mounts and Hensley

@theguru I’ll send you something new

After a pick 6 it’s 28-6 Belfry 3 min to go in 1st. Belfry defense has been on the field the whole quarter. The Pirates have run 3 offensive plays.