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I bet the Cards play with a chip on their shoulder after last night's performance. 63-14 Scott Co

@MikeFieldsNotes: Game is called. Scott county beats Lafayette 42-38.

@KYHighFootball: Bourbon County (1-0) - 42 Montgomery County (0-1) - 17 *This is the 24th straight regular season win for the Colonels!

Lightning delay. 3:24 left. SC still up 4

@NewsGraphic: Lafayette adds a TD on the ground and two-point conversion is intercepted. Cards lead 42-38 with 4:14 to go. Rain pouring here.

@NewsGraphic: Lafayette scores on a QB sneak from the two yard line. Two-point conversion no good. SCHS leads 42-32 with 9:11 to play. Lafayette hanging in there. I can't believe they haven't called the game yet. Bad storms leave to be close by.

@HLpublicsafety: Crews called to Tates Creek High School football field for a player in & out of consciousness, possibly heat exhaustion. #LexingtonScanner I really hope the young man is ok. (This was earlier tonight referring to Miller)

@MikeFieldsNotes: Scott County up 42-26 on Lafayette end 3rd Q.

Will be played tomorrow (Sat) night at 8pm at Tate's Creek

The HS and Freshman Center are connected. It is more like its own wing.

It was nice of John Hood to plant the idea of transferring in the minds of these kids lol.

Good stuff GNGSports. Glad to hear you feel Coach Hicks is honest with you. People don't understand that he is a really good person. That is the part that frustrates me the most about the haters. They have no clue all the things he does for kids and for the community. Things that seldom get published and things that are selfless. Let me know if I need to drop a check off at the office. I will be going past it tomorrow.

Who came from Georgia or Florida?

Thank you. You have to spend two years working through a temp service before Toyota will even consider you for regular employment.

Ok. Thanks for clearing that up. And for providing lots of evidence to support the claim.

I'm assuming this is directed at Coach Hicks response and not my posts.... I'm sure a local reporter thought it would make a good story if he could ask Coach Hicks some questions. I can promise you that Coach Hicks would never seek out the local media as a way to respond to some bush league online media comment. I think he answered the questions as well as he could and lots of people just don't like the answers.

a former assistant coach replying to this article on Facebook today. Rick Jones' Dad worked at Toyota years before they moved up here. He commuted back and forth from Corbin...I remember him always saying..."if they hired me because of little rick they aren't doing me any favors, I haven't seen him play in two months because I'm on second shift." Do you know of others who transferred in because parent worked at Toyota? I don't. For a while now you have had to be hired through a temp agency and work satisfactorily for two years before you can be a full time Toyota employee with full benefits.

What items do you not believe?

The link just takes you to the subscription page.

Haters are gonna hate I'm sure, but Coach Hicks response is pretty solid. By Ryan Alves Georgetown News-Graphic | Posted 4 hours ago Scott County coach brushing off Jon Hood’s recruiting comments It might not surprise you that Billy Hicks isn’t up-to-date on the happenings of social media. So when the 20-year coach heard about former University of Kentucky Wildcat Jon Hood’s comments on Twitter earlier in the week, claiming that Hicks and Scott County “recruited” basketball players, he was a bit taken aback. “I didn’t realize that a guy can say something like that nowadays and it blow up that fast,” Hicks said. “It’s a different world that I don’t know nothing about.” On Monday, news came out about the Kentucky High School Athletic Association’s sanctions against Cordia High School, which severely penalized the school for a long list of violations including the use of ineligible players, falsifying records, recruiting and providing money to athletes. Hood, a 2007 graduate of Madisonville North Hopkins, took to Twitter to offer his opinion of the situation. He wrote: “So if Cordia is getting in trouble for recruiting, when does Scott County and the famous Billy Hicks get sanctioned?” Hicks, who had just returned to Georgetown from a summer-long fishing trip in Tennessee, said he heard about Hood’s comments while shopping at Kroger and getting an oil change at a local Valvoline. The state’s winningest coach, with more than 850 victories under his belt, was matter-of-fact with his response. “I don’t know Jon Hood and he doesn’t know me,” Hicks said. “He doesn’t know anything about Scott County basketball. I don’t know that I’ve ever seen him at one of our games. He doesn’t know what he’s talking about.” For as long as Hicks has been at Scott County, the coach and the Cardinals have been under fire for its high-profile transfers, which have included former Mr. Basketball winners Rick Jones and Scott Hundley. “In most years, we’ve had less transfers in basketball than many schools in the 11th Region,” Hicks said. “Because people know it’s hard to transfer in to play here. Now, the ones we have had have been very good, so I guess it does bring some recognition.” Among others transfers that drew the ire of basketball fans around the state were former University of Kentucky Wildcat Jared Carter, as well as a trio of newcomers in Dakotah Euton, GeLawn Guyn and Chad Jackson in 2009. The last two seasons the Cardinals have also had transfers from a pair of 7-footers, one from Charlotte and another from Florida. Hicks, though, states he’s never picked up a phone to ask a kid to move in. “I never recruited a kid in my life,” he said. “Kids have come to me. That’s the kind of program we have here. Kids want to be a part of it. I won’t apologize for that. “When we won that first state championship, (former school superintendent) Dallas Blankenship said to me, ‘Look around Billy, they don’t talk about losers.’ It’s the price you pay when you’re sitting at the top. People like to take shots at winners. It shows where we are.” In his tenure, Hicks has led Scott County to two state titles, including the championship in 2006-2007. That club had zero transfers and were guided by hometown stars Matt Walls and Bud Mackey. SCHS has also finished as state runner-up three times (1999, 2012, 2014), state semifinalist three times (2000, 2004, 2010) and state quarterfinalists twice (1995, 1996). Hicks said his program’s high level of success has spurred on the cheating allegations. “That’s what happens when you have the No. 1 basketball program in the state,” Hicks said. “Trinity has to deal with it in football and Harrison County probably has to deal with it in baseball. People will always be taking shots at something. I guess it comes with the territory.” Hicks also laughed off what he calls a “myth” that when a player transfers to SCHS his father automatically gets a job at Toyota, on Hicks’ behalf. “In 20 years I can count on one hand the kids I’ve coached whose dads have worked at Toyota,” Hicks said. “That’s a myth. President Obama couldn’t get you a job there. Have you seen their waiting list? “If I could get someone a job at Toyota that easy, I’d get one for myself. I’d like to have some of that money.” Hicks also offered up his opinion on the negative connotation elite-level high schools get when they receive transfers. “Look, if I had a young kid, some money and we lived in a small place and he was good at band or soccer or baseball, why not move to a program that could help him?” Hicks asked. On Wednesday, Hood sent out another Tweet, explaining his initial opinion after seemingly garnering some pushback from several Scott County and Hicks supporters. He wrote: “Look, I said what I said as a general statement. I said what everyone has been saying for years, but never would publicly. I wasn’t attacking anyone. Again, just a general statement. I haven’t run my mouth at all. I will not. As far as the people talking about being classy, you all are the ones attacking me.” Hicks said it was unfortunate people were lashing out at Hood. “I do hate it for him (Hood), because he’s taken some criticism and he’s still a young kid,” he said. “Maybe he was just letting off some steam? I’d hate to be held accountable for things I said when I was 20-something years old. But I guess you can learn from it.” In the end, Hicks said he was brushing off the incident altogether. “Today it’s news, tomorrow it’s a fish wrapper,” he added. But that’s not to say recent events haven’t left a sour taste in Hicks’ mouth. “I am upset though, that I made a homemade raspberry cheesecake the other night and when I came back home 12 women had eaten it and I didn’t get a slice.” Hicks refutes cheating allegations - News-Graphic.com : Sports

Didn't y'all get the memo? Nobody in Gtown goes by the rules... When in Gtown, do as the Gtownians do. Lol

Jermaine was a lefty. I don't remember if Carlos was or not.

A few more to consider Matt Walls - Scott Co, Marshall/Gtown Richie Phares - Scott Co, Louisville/Bellarmine Casey Alsop - Scott Co, Gtown Rodney Haddix - Scott Co, Miami of Ohio/Gtown G'laun Gwynn - Scott Co, Cincinnati Jared Carter - Scott Co, UK Tyler Hicks - Scott Co, (a community college in a Florida) Chad Jackson - Scott Co, NKU The 2000's were good years for the Cards.

Jermaine Brown went to Tennessee and then transferred to Georgetown... led them to an NAIA runner up finish in 1996 Carlos Turner signed with South Carolina and on that same day stabbed his girlfriend and himself. I don't know if he ever ended up playing. Maurice Morris played college ball at Southern Miss. His son is former UK football player Maurice Grinter. They were the big 3 but that Fairdale team had some other kids who could also play. They were fun to watch.

Marquis Estill was really good. Not sure if Madison Central made the tournament either. Sorry