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While Highlands may be blessed with a certain amount of innate talent as many players are themselves the children and grandchildren of past Highlands stars, the amount of work and dedication put in by the kids and the community is second to none. Since elementary school, children in the Fort Thomas Junior Football League are taught a watered down version of the Highlands playbook, and spend six years getting acquainted with their future Bluebird brethren.

Once they reach the high school level, they are introduced to conditioning and weight training programs of the highest level and are fully immersed in the Highlands Football tradition.

So while a certain amount of Highlands success can be traced to raw talent, the biggest factor in this fans opinion is the high level of community involvement and the coaching/team management system which has made Highlands football what Highlands football is.

:thumpsup: They have a great tradition, no doubt. They kids in the Belfry area are taught the same thing from grade school to middle school to be prepared for the High school game.