[BellCoFaithful]

No HC fan including myself penciled us in for the state game, did some predict yes, but most of the predictions came from outside Harlan County, which built a bunch of pressure but there was not a bunch of fans picking us to go.
2 state titles, congrats. How long have you existed 50 years?

How long did it take you to win a region title?

It took us 3.

Oh you guys . I don't know how to put this without sounding rude, or obnoxious..but you wonder why the good folks of Bell County don't show you much respect. I'll tell you, because of stuff like this. Most of you HC fans, not all, I enjoy a few, I enjoy talking to some. But a hefty majority of you guys, since Harlan County merged 3 years ago, you've acted as if you should be handed respect because your HC and have the potential to be good. From the first time Bell played HC and whipped them all over the place all I heard was "it's just the first year, wait 2-3 years and Bell will be begging to be dropped from the schedule" We've waited. You gave us one good game..but flopped in the 4th quarter. In that one good game, a couple bone heads tarnished it for me by yelling at the kids. Act like You've been there before, give respect where it's due, and earn your own respect..don't expect it to be handed to you. You guys have a great team, you really do. But you wanna throw up 2 state titles in 50 years compared to your 1 region in 3? Guess what...2 state titles is better than 1 region. and the majority of those years, we had to contend with the likes of Highlands, Lex Cath, Boyle, tough as nails Ashland teams just to even hope to make it to state. HC ran into Highlands once and folded. Just to point out as well what I think Bobcat_Dad and Amped is getting at saying HC puts to much into the Bell game, You guys looked like you was gonna cruise into the state championship before Bell, then looked flat every week after the Bell game. Like an emotional hangover of sorts.