[DonaldDuck]

I really didn't even want to respond to this thread. But I did listen to a bit of the first half. It sure sounded like WV had a nice response for the game. They had a good group of kids come out. The pregame annoucements made it seem that they had kids from Wayne (state champs) and a good contigent from Logan Co. (both Chapmonville and Logan) and just had better LOS type guys than KY. From what I could tell, Belfry kids came to play but I heard ZERO guys from Paintsville, Johnson Central, Lawrence Co., Shelby Valley, etc. I think KY only had like 20 guys suit up. Sounded like a big mismatch on the LOS. Props to the WV coach for getting kids to buy in. I sure dont want to come off as sour, cause WV seemed to be the better team and control the night. If the game is going to be plausible, you have to have each squad have people at their appropriate positions.

You are exactly right. I was at the game and only 20 guys suited up for the KY team. 15 from Belfry, 1 from Pikeville, 1 from Letcher, 2 from Pike Central and one from Phelps. KY was clearly out numbered and didn't have many kids suited up for them that was invited to play like Vanhoose, Jude, etc. Game was poorly officiated for the most part and a couple scuffles broke out here and there. Impressed with the players from Belfry and the most standout was #15 Randy Maynard at Qb. Amazing talent. Congrats to WV though! way to play.