[Bear_Paw]

First and foremost I'd like to congratulate Pond Creek Nation on a great and hard fought win.

On one of the most historic nights in Harlan County my body decided to let me down with sickness, however I'm much better today. HC Fans know that I was near death ( not really ) or I would have been there. I actually almost drove up there even though I hadn't moved off the couch in two days.

Saying that I did not get to see the game first hand, rather had to listen on the radio. I can't comment on Belfrey because I honestly couldn't even to begin to visualize what their team looked like, how they line up ect. One thing I know though is they made every big play in the second half and we obviously wore down.

As previously stated by my BB Cuz HC is clearly not the same team offensively or defensively without Wilson. I think we made so mistakes on special teams and looked for things that were not there. The other thing I noticed was penalties at inopportune times. If you look at big games HC has lost....Bell County 2011, Morristown West 2012, KC 2012 and Cooper 2012, all involved penalties that killed scoring drives that probably otherwise end up as HC wins.

I think both teams will get there, Belfry looks poised to bring it home. I think HC will be fine.

One last thought...I read and heard a lot of criticism of our players and coaches...people we played our butts off and got beat by an excellent team. Don't even criticize if you couldn't begin to walk in their shoes.

Bear Paw Out