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It was indeed Belfry. Evarts had the game well in hand and had all the momentum when the electricity went out late in the 3rd quarter due to a house fire at Verda. After what seemed like a two hour wait. Everyone traveled to Huff Park to finish the game. At Harlan the momentum turned and it was all Belfry. I think the final score was something like 26-21.

If I am not mistaken, Lynch won the state title in 1969 with star running back Joe Washington. Lynch had only one defeat on the year, to Evarts 31-19. Lynch's last great team was in 1972. Evarts again upset Lynch in a pouring rain 7-0 on a blocked punt by Thomas Fields.

Evarts was AA in 1975 and for a few years after. I don't know what year EHS went down to class A. In 1975 a great Corbin team beat us 12-7 on a touchdown with no time remaining on the clock. We had held Corbin at the 1 yard line for 4 plays. On 4th down there was a pass interference penalty on EHS on 4th down that gave Corbin an extra play to win the game. Corbin and Middlesboro were both state powerhouses in those years.

The Evarts-Harlan game was not always a district game. Throughout the 60's and 70s Evarts was a AA school (when there was only A and AA outside of Louisville) and Harlan has been A since classes were formed. Evarts big district rivals in the 60s and 70s was Middlesboro and Corbin.

Tim Browning has done a fantastic job building the Gallatin Co program from scratch. Browning may be one of the better young coaches in the state.

I think every HS radio broadcast crew are homers.

Nor should they. However, its my personal belief that with Johnson and Crawford Corbin has the potential to be a state power again. Its also my opinion that to be a state power you need to have a few state powers sprinkled through your schedule. Maybe they will this year, who knows.

The last couple years Corbin's schedule has been very typical of other 13th region teams. Other than South Laurel they haven't played any of the state's powers. I don't think you would include Adair Co or Shelby Valley as state powers. Its not been a bad schedule, just nothing real special. It would be nice to see them schedule a hand full of games against teams like Madison Central, Henry Clay, Bryan Station, etc.

Dang. Two seperate newspaper's editors print a story about the dead playing football.

According to the Times-Tribune Corbin has a good "corpse" of receivers. To watch a "corpse" catch a football would be worth the drive from Harlan and the price of the ticket. “We had seen them on film last year and they have an excellent quarterback and an excellent corpse of receivers,” said Haywood. “We were well-pleased with our defense.”

I know Scott Co plays Vashon Mo, Chicago Whitney Young, St Anthony NJ, Beach Ball Classic, and City of Palms. Plus they play in the 11th region.

LC will be very good this year. Easily top five IMO.

I still think Cumberland and Corbin are the two favorites.

Morrow is a very good coach who has had a few good teams and one great team. He needs a couple more runs deep into the Sweet 16 to be compared with coaches like Renner, Hicks, Riley, and Mabry.

Too many vacations, baseball games, and football camps will stunt your growth.

South will not be the same team we have known for the past several years.

I really don't see South in the top 25 this year. I hope the surprise me.

Surprised you think South Laurel will be in the top 20 this year.

Other than June Buchanan's game against Henry Clay do any of the 14th region teams play any of the state's top teams? I noticed Buckhorn is playing a couple of the better teams in the 13th region in Clay Co and Corbin.

They had one of the best inside games last year but had a hard time handling the press after Miniefield was injured.

Those are projected figures for the future. The estimated growth figures from the US Census Bureau for the period of 2000-2006 are: Spencer 37.1% Boone 26.5% Scott 24.4% Shelby 18.3% Bullitt 18.2% Gallatin County's growth was way down the list at 3.7%. Below is a link to the complete list. http://www.kentucky.com/news/state/story/144855.html

Officially, the KHSAA commissioner makes the decision. The KHSAA askes the member schools to present a plan on where the tournament is held but the official decision is made by the commissioner.

I don't know, maybe Paris or Harrison County.

I dont think Mason County being centrally located holds a lot of water either. According to my map Maysville is on the Ohio River, on the northern edge of the region. Montgomery county is on the southern edge of the region. Neither are the least bit centrally located. According to Mapquest the 8 teams in the 10th regional tournament in 2007 averaged driving 56 minutes each way. If the same teams played in Mount Sterling they would have averaged driving 68 minutes each way, a whooping 12 minute difference.

Yep. According to their web site the Lousiville Gardens was built in 1905 and celebrated their 100th aniversary in 2005.