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42-0 5:11 2nd qtr

29-0 1:26 1st qtr

21-0 4:28 1st qtr

14-0 Birds 6:23 1st qtr

Highlands 7 Ashland 0 9:04 1st qtr

Russell at Bourbon County (WLGC 105.7-FM).

Ashland at Highlands (WBVB 97.1-FM)

This is what the Ashland Daily Independent predicts for tonight's game: :eek: Johnson Central 48, Covington Catholic 14: Every time Johnson Central has entered a game that has the potential makings of a close one, it shattered that notion in a matter of minutes. This Golden Eagles team is legitimate, and they begin to truly reveal that tonight.

Especially when Grandma emails..."

Yeah, are the CovCath guys going to do this one. I know it's always a technical challenge to broadcast from down there.

1A: Beechwood - Gotta go with our local compadres 2A: NewCath/Walton-Verona winner - Have a cousin coaching for NCC and WV is my niece and nephew's school 3A: Belfry - Would love to see the Pirates finally get over Mt. Central. (Even though we're not getting any reciprocal love from a certain BGP Pirate fan) 4A: CovCath - I know it seems off to pick your team's rival, but that's just the way things are up here. If we can't have it, we don't want someone else getting it. (But I think we'll get it. ) 5A: Conner - NKY Loyalty 6A: Simon Kenton - As much as I fear the gloating we would hear, I would love to see a NKY team finally bring down the L'villians.

We were told there would be no math! :irked:

Yeah, it just doesn't seem right that a team can't just end it's season with a win -- or at least on a positive note -- instead of the anti-climax of getting destroyed on the field in their last game.

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Heard a story once, from the mother of a kid whose team suffered a (predictable) blowout in round one. I don't want to say which team or year this was. She said that the team actually tried to lose their last district game, because A. they couldn't afford to make the long road trip and B. the kids didn't want to go all that way just to get clobbered on the field as much as the scoreboard.

Better keep that aluminum foil hat ready just in case the Klingons start shooting is with poppy rays. :lol:

I didn't have to grab at any straws; the science backs up everything I've explained here. I do appreciate your kind patronization though. :thumb: While I'll give you that alcohol is a very dangerous drug in itself, and very addictive, to paint marijuana as a completely safe, mind-opening wonder plant is just ludicrous. It's the kind of bizarre thinking espoused by Timothy Leary and his type back in the 60's. And well, the whole poppy field conspiracy theory stuff is baseless and not worth the time to argue it. It simply doesn't exist.

I know there will probably be a million logical holes in my plan, but this just came to mind while I was reading through the thread. Would something like this work?: First Round District 5 #1 vs. District 6 #3 District 5 #2 vs. District 6 #2 District 5 #3 vs. District 6 #1 District 5 #4 vs. District 6 #4 The idea is that there would be less #4's being blown out. In a sense they'd have a play-in game against each other. The other six teams would follow the normal pattern. The main drawback I see is that it lets a #4 team get one round farther. But if they're truly bad, they're going to get killed in the next game anyway. At least their presence in the playoffs will have been somewhat earned. Okay...let me have it!

The mods will be closing this thread up. Let's continue our discussion over in the final score thread. :thumb:

FINAL

Covington Catholic 41 Rowan County 14 FINAL

CovCath 28 Rowan County 7 3:43 3rd qtr.

Covington Catholic 21 Rowan County 7 Beginning of 3rd qtr.

B-Ball-Fan - I understand that you have a pro-marijuana agenda and that it has shaped your reasoning a bit, but there are some errors in your remarks which need to be addressed. First of all, you've chosen to point your finger at Run to State as if he has no appreciation for the dangers of alcohol. Oh, how badly mistaken you are! I would venture to guess that there are but only a few members of BGP who have been more bitterly affected by someone who abused that particular substance. Now, as to your comments about marijuana, I'm afraid there is some misinformation there as well. Marijuana is a drug just like any other. It can cause people to do things which lead to death just as easily as alcohol or other drug. It can lead a person into drug dependency just as easily as alcohol, pills or anything else. It's a first step...and when it stops being satisfying, the user often moves up the ladder. Heavy use of marijuana produces cognitive impairments that make it difficult to learn new material. This is an especially troubling issue, given the age group that is most likely to use. Also, the most recent evidence shows that 25% of people carry a gene that gives them a 10.9-fold chance of developing schizophrenia if they use marijuana. It's not candy. It's not tobacco. It is a psychoactive drug with REAL dangers. As to the discussion of heroin, we can't do much about the alleged international conspiracy theories. All we can do is deal with the problem here at home. We have to treat those who are affected, try to limit the supply, and work to make heroin less tempting to those who might fall into its trap. Heroin is pervasive in NKY right now and there's no end in sight. There certainly aren't any easy solutions. And has anyone heard of the new Heroin alternative coming out of Russia, called "Krokodil?" It was meant as a cheaper alternative to Heroin, but what it does is travel around the body and eat a person up, from the inside out. You talk about scary! This past couple weeks, as part of my training in addiction counseling, I've had the opportunity to attend several Narcotics Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. I listened to addicts tell their stories. I heard them talk about how it was not, they who were using the drugs, but the drugs that were using them. They talked about how easy it was to slip into dependency -- sometimes without even seeing it coming. For most of them, drugs became their best friend. In truth, it was their ONLY friend and they would sell out their mothers to maintain that friendship. Giving up their drug of choice was like suffering a death in the family. The only difference is, the ghost is still out there, and it calls to them every day. The weekly meetings, and the support system that comes with them are the only protection they have from falling back into the hole they crawled out from.