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Watusi

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  1. This PIkeville Offense is going to be very tough for any 1A team to stop

    For real. They are balanced and they have playmakers abound. Roberts runs the RPO well and makes good decisions. The OL is getting a good push and they are gaining yards in chunks on Belfry. And they can throw too but have 3 interceptions tonight I think.

  2. Does Pikeville really have a chance to win this game?

     

    If so, because we know the #1 team in 1A is going to lose this week, I believe the Panthers go to the top of the 1A Rankings.

     

    For those of you in the know, how do the 2018 Panthers compare to the 2015 Pikeville State Championship team?

    I think they do have a chance to win this one. Roberts is the type of QB that gives Belfry fits. A mobile QB that can throw, paired with a good line that can hold their own has been an Achilles heel for Belfry. The Pirates will try to take away the run, and keep Roberts in the pocket and take their chances with the ball in the air. They will rush 3 and drop 8, and that formula works well for them unless they run up against a really mobile QB who can hurt you with his feet. It also leaves about a 8 yard seam in front of the linebackers that is ripe for the picking if you are content with taking those short gains instead of going for home runs. This year it may be a little more scary for Belfry because they are not yet where they want to be in the secondary.

     

    I don't know if Pikeville is good enough on defense to consistently keep Belfry off the scoreboard, but if they can limit them to 21-28 then the Panthers have a shot, IMO.

  3. The guys responsible for producing these videos, Lukas Burchett in particular, do an amazing job.
    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
  4. 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.

     

    Belfry 33 Pikeville 24 1989.JPG

  5. 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...

  6. 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.

  7. Being in the house, the night Pikeville came into old Vipperman Stadium and Belfry ended the Panthers 33 game winning streak is my favorite all time memory in this rivalry
    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.
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