[Hoot Gibson]

I think the Saturday Afternoon helped but more importanly i think is the familiarity with highlands. remember last year cov cath only lost by seven at highlands and JC ran all over the colonels. so if that tells us anything its that Cov cath knows highlands very well and it being a big rivalry the kids play harder in that game. but is also tells us we shouldnt use the Highlands score as a barometer as to how cov cath will perform against the top teams in our district.

Excellent point, and a point that is lost on a few of the Highlands fans. To them, a NKY team that challenges Highlands just has to be heads and shoulders above anybody else in Highlands' class. The same people were predicting last season that CovCath would hammer JC based on the fact that the Birds struggled with the Colonels. It took a very good team to handle JC late in the regular season, to easily beat Ironton, and to hold Belfry to one touchdown on the road. I don't think that any team in 4A is capable of going to Ashland and blowing out the Tomcats - and that includes Highlands.