[SportsKing]

THIS MAY BE THE MOST BELLYACHING THREAD I HAVE EVER SEEN...PIKEVILLE, I AGREE THAT A TEAM SHOULD BE MORE COMPETITIVE AND YES THEY SHOULD WORK TO GET BETTER, BUT SO SHOULD YOUR TEAM...STARTERS IN THAT LATE DOES NOTHING TO HELP YOU AND DON'T GIVE ME NO BS ABOUT GETTING PREPARED FOR THE PLAYOFFS...PLAYING YOUR YOUNGER GUYS FOR AT LEAST A HALF NOT ONLY BUILDS DEPTH FOR THIS YEAR'S TEAM, BUT HELPS MAINTAIN THE CONTINUITY OF THE PROGRAM FOR NEXT YEAR AND AFTER...IF THOSE KIDS GET A BUNCH OF REPS IN A VARSITY GAME, THEN NEXT YEAR THEY ARE SO MUCH FARTHER ALONG...BELFRY HAD THEIR FRESHMAN QB IN WITH ABOUT 3 OR 4 MINUTES TO GO IN THE FIRST HALF AGAINST EAST RIDGE, AND HE TOOK ALL THE SNAPS IN THE SECOND HALF...BELFRY PLAYED THEIR JV AND FRESHMAN THE WHOLE LAST HALF WITH A RUNNING CLOCK...BELFRY USED 16, YES, 16 DIFFERENT BALLCARRIERS AND ALL 59 OR 60 PLAYERS THAT DRESSED PLAYED...
BETSY LAYNE, YOU MUST GET BETTER AND PROVIDE BETTER COMPETITION...GOOD LUCK TO BOTH TEAMS NEXT WEEK AND HOPEFULLY THE SPORTSMANSHIP WILL BE IMPROVED...

Pikeville had a freshmen game the night before against Johnson Central, which they lost in 2 overtimes. So, the Freshmen and JV are getting plenty of reps. Their Varsity needs to treat games like this as a practice and work on things that they need to improve on for future games. At a 1A school you don't always get the team reps you need in practice. Besides I was at the game, and they played alot of Freshmen and JV the whole game, they just performed like varsity kids.