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I went to the Belfry/Highlands game on a frigid Friday night in 1989. Pikeville played Beechwood on Saturday afternoon. Highlands radio guys were so arrogant it wasn't even funny. Belfry outplayed Highlands and should have won. Highlands pulled off a couple of miracle plays to win. Only time in my life I felt bad for Belfry. There were a ton of Pikeville fans at that game.

I was also sad for Pikeville when they lost at Beechwood in 1999 in a similar game. Panthers controlled that game and Beechwood got lucky on some crazy plays late to win in the Final Minutes. That was one of my favorite Panther teams to watch and they would have easily went on to a State Title over Hancock County. Their lone other loss that year was to Boyle County in the Pike County Bowl... that was the official start to the Chuck Smith dynasty as Boyle went on to go undefeated and claim the 2A Title.