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And because Matney acted like an ass letting people make fun of kids during a pep rally..

Come on now. I played at Paintsville back in the day and we had something called Ms. Apple Opossum during our Apple Bowl pep rallies. Seniors would dress up as some character, some would be fictional and others would be of their friends from JC. I went out as a former JC principal's oldest daughter, who was a good friend of mine. No one slung mud at Coach LeMaster over that. Heck, he probably didn't even know because we never told him. I'm not sure what a JC Apple Bowl pep rally entailed but being around Coach Matney as much as I have over the past 5 years, I'm sure Jim didn't sit down and choreograph it all out with his players.

One thing that I am ashamed that both schools did was that raunchy Top 10 list that was distributed by kids that had no part in the game. The personal attacks leveled by each school was uncalled for and probably cast the darkest clouds of the game. The game has been over for quite some time and I really wish people would close their yearbooks. I graduated from Paintsville and wish them well. They equipped me with an education that allowed me to obtain an engineering degree from the University of Kentucky and I cannot thank my teachers enough for their valuable time spent. It may be too much to ask, but I wish that the community as a whole would be proud that Johnson County has two top notch football programs that are both highly ranked in their respective class. This year has the potential to be something that may never happen again.

As for the game, Paintsville by 14.