[HCS]

2008 was all Whitley. Even though you weren't yet playing up.

2009 was very competitive. You barely beat a NL team that didn't make the playoffs, and beat a PCC team by 1. You did beat LCC by 5, but got killed by Whitley again. Still to this day believe Whitley should have been playing Highlands in the state semis again that year but off the field bull *#$# screwed them and they have still yet to recover.

2010
Everybody in the district sucked except Whitley and HC and HC won by two scores at home in a very close game.

2011
Was all HC, and you kind of blew it on that one. The set up was perfect for you. You still gave up some points to district competition but nobody could stop HC's run game.

2012
Was once again your year and probably the best and maybe the best for a long time that HC had. Blew everyone out and ill give you that one. Was a few snaps away from playing in a state title.

2013
District sucked once again and you plowed through it. No excuses here. HC benefited from a horrible district and it ended up showing out against MS.

2014
Worst year HC has had. One point away from finishing last in district and winning only one game. The complete melt down.

2015
Middle of the road. Playoffs for sure, but nothing special.

So REALLY, the only years it wasn't competitive was 2012 and 2013. I think you had to work for it in 2011 even though HC won handily in most of the games. Larkey was in the middle of building that really good team.
A lot of teams have pulled off a three year stretch of winning. Now that the new car smell of consolidation has worn off welcome to normal :welcome:

How had HC done in frosh and JV ball this year?

Like I've said before, consolidation doesn't mean automatic success. Mercer had one great year after consolidation. Who else in eastern Kentucky had the kind of success that HCHS did after merger?
The majority of teams aren't very strong after merger - Letcher, Shelby Valley, East Ridge, Pike Central, South Floyd...

HCHS didn't lose a district game in three years, so it wasn't very competitive after 2009. I agree that was a very competitive year. This year appears to be pretty competitive, but North looks like the best team by far.

Harlan County is below average in JV this year. They are starting seven or eight sophomores, so the sophomore class is good but the JV isn't that great without them playing. Harlan County has a real small senior class this year, so they should be better next year and potentially really good in 2017.
Their eighth grade class is stronger and 7th is stronger. New Harlan (one of 3 middle school teams) has won 7 straight since losing the opener to Whitley at Whitley.