[pjdoug]

My mind, no better coach (some equal), to both coaches in this game, Hilton, and Stonebraker. In my mind, Casey is a better team than last year. Lost some BIG TIME players, one on the U of L roster, fighting to make the team, 2 at Lindsey Wilson, and another at Center, already playing. DJ White playing as a freshman for Eastern Ky, defensive end. Anyways...with losing those guys (we lost DJ 2 years prior), Casey seems to be a more solid team, somehow, than before. Maybe just 2 years in Stoney's system. Biggest improvement is their defense. AJ Glenn, man, I hope colleges are looking at this kid. He's like a lot of your kids, all our kids here in this forum, came from nothing, a mixed race kid in a very white town (and our town has been better for it), to be a leader. Having said that, Log Mountain is hard to win. I totally get it. Just glad we are no longer feeling (as fans), we are going to play Bell and get beat by whatever they want to beat us by. That won't happen, ever again. We are going to start throwing (this next year), about 30 seventh graders into middle school year in and out, good ball players with at least 5 to 8 years of experience (counting kindergarten). This has been a concerted effort by many folks. It only makes 3A better as well, makes Bell better, makes Corbin better (by not just having to schedule out of district tough games vs Mayfield, Tennessee teams, etc..). It's a long time coming for us. It's why I can empathize with the Jackson counties, and even McCreary Centrals, of Kentucky high-school football. I think the whole state is becoming more of a football state.

never say never. Bell and Corbin don't have to schedule teams like Mayfield. They want to face the best competition.