[mr.charlie hustle]

Yea, that wasn't Paintsville's glory days. You said you remembered Paintsville playing Lynch back before the big mines closed down, and Paintsville getting blowed out by them, Bellvue, and Beechwood. That would have been around the mid 70's to mid 80's, which Paintsville did not get blew out by those teams. Close games, won some, lost some. As for the 2001 Pville/NCC State Semi-Final game, NCC was loaded, had their All-State RB not got injured in the game against us and missed the State Championship, NCC wins, should have won anyways. There's not one of Matney's JC teams that could have played with NCC, Beechwood, or Danville back then. I am in no way saying that with the right hire that Paintsville could compete for State, that's just not realistic. Mayfield and Beechwood are in a league of their own. Look how good Hazard has been the last few years, and look how they faired at State. Right now, I think all the Paintsville fans will be happy just to be competitive in district and region play.

My memory Red says you are correct. Let me help just a little. No blow outs per say. Very easy KHSAA back then (monitoring??), I can suggest 61-62 with an All=American Halfback at Tigerville. A tough loss at Lynch. FB on that team has score probably. Your G-father may have been on that team.