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Kind of amazing where these teams were 15 years ago and looking at their current success now. Knox won their first district in nearly 40 years last year and Wayne was state runner-up in 2013 and won their first district that year as well. The Panthers have played a tremendous schedule and with so many starters back from last year, should be a favorite, while Wayne County isn't bad, but looks to a lot of underclassmen to make plays. This could very possibly be a regional championship preview, so while this one is important, neither team's season will be made with a win. Experience says Knox Central, heart says Wayne County............Vegas says Pick'em!

I'm curious to know what turned Wayne around? For us that answer is simple - Youth Football. Once we got a youth program in Knox (thank you David King and Steve Bailey) our program improved dramatically. Wayne Mills was part of the turn around but he would have kept posting losses had he not inherited talent that in many cases started playing football in K-2 program.

Now, when a kid (even very athletic) comes out as a highschooler that did not play in youth league they rarely win playing time as they are competing with kids who have 8-10 seasons under their belt. Any similarity in Wayne?