Darkwing

Yep. Nailed it.

Central played them in 2019. We have huge problems trying to find a ten game schedule. They were a real team then, and they played OHSAA teams. Thanks, ESPN.

It isn't like teams are lining up to play Central. They'll come to Paintsville. We have played them before, so we know they're real.

Haddix got handed a full cupboard of well coached, fundamentally sound players from the previous coaching regime. Now we will see what we does on his own merit. Chuck Smith is a giant footprint to follow in, I think anyone would agree there.

Expected Boyle would gradually regress with Smith handing it over. Regression is ahead of schedule, 4A wide open.

44-7 Johnson Central at the half.

As a Johnson Central fan, now he's just making me anxious.

Johnson Central defeats the #1 team in the state in Paintsville, 4-2. JC moves to 5-0 on the year.

Johnson Central goes to 14-1 on the season.

Johnson Central moves to 13-1. Only loss at Ashland in a game they led well into the fourth quarter.

It definitely should be impossible for this to happen again. Was just talking about this recently. I bet there are plenty of Russell fans with long memories on this topic.

Are we basing this on what they did in HS or what they did in college/NFL?

They have Chad Pennington coaching...

Watching these teams in person, I’m not sure CovCath and maybe JC/Boyle couldn’t hang right in with them. Neither looks particularly impressive.

Those are big numbers. I may need help counting...

Good catch on the edit, I was already writing my mental reply before I saw the bottom! Mayer has been the most impressive individual talent I have seen, not really sure the 6A will change my mind. Physical specimen. I was wondering if I could spot him just looking at the field. Yes. Yes, I could. Head taller than anyone else. Man among boys. Better on D than O. No slouch on O, but he lays the wood on D. Those are hits you HEAR, not just see. I’m sure the 6A champ is very likely the best team in the state, as is true about every year given size and talent pool, and likely their runner up is number two. But the “who was the best at finals” is always fun speculation. Regardless, I’m just ecstatic that my JC Golden Eagles can even be mentioned in this conversation these days. When I was a student there, we weren’t the best team in Johnson County, much less top tier in the state.

Believe that is 56 wins in a row for Martinsburg. They’re a machine. A lot of folks on the WV boards are surprised Midland kept it that close.

Right now, based on the games so far I have seen, I’d personally say CovCath 1, JC 2, Boyle 3, FD 4, Belfry 5, Somerset 6, Mayfield 7, Pikeville 8, Bell 9, Paintsville 10. Just my observations of a single game set.

This is some awesome pot stirring. I’m here for it.

I just wanna thank whoever resurrected this.

One thought on the FG - they’re kicking here on college uprights, considerably narrower than HS. JC set up a replica of the college uprights dimension wise and practiced kicking on it all week. Perhaps concern about accuracy on these uprights from that distance in that pressure?

Can tell you after two games today I haven’t seen anything resembling parking enforcement in the lots.

We didn’t think so, but man, that guy tried real hard to dig his own grave in those videos. Surprised Coach Smith didn’t show up and grab him and carry him off stage before he could provide any more bulletin board material.

Under the old system playing semi states, you were guaranteed one team in each final from the western half and one from the eastern half. Now it can be set up in the semis such that two eastern or two western teams meet in a final, and the other half of the state gets shut out of that final.

To echo a poster above, don’t sleep on JC’s team speed. It’s probably better than you think...