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Then you don’t know football in this area very well. Damien was known state wide at Madison Middle as a 7th grader, ask anybody who coached at Madison Middle or Central around that time...they’ll tell you.

Don't know FB in this area?? Lol. Damien did bring excitement to MS, but they didn't really know who Damien was until at least 6th grade. By then these kids had battled against each other in the Berea league, which at the time was doing good. Then a few went on to play for I think it was the Yarddogs for 1-2 seasons. Then several played together for the MadCo Warriors. Both the Yarddogs and Warriors played every weekend against the best Lexington teams, Rocks teams, in tourneys around the state. By the time they were in the 6th grade they had 50-60 games played against good competition. Though Damien influenced MS big time. It was a group of Will Rodgers, Tony McCreath, Achee Eads, and a few others that had these boys loving FB b4 they knew Damien.