WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.960 --> 00:00:07.040 It's time for coffee and company, fueled by Thornton's on 2 00:00:07.240 --> 00:00:09.039 Sports Talk seven nine days. 3 00:00:09.400 --> 00:00:11.279 Now, here's Nick Coffee. 4 00:00:14.000 --> 00:00:17.039 Welcome back to Sports Talk seven ninety. I'm Scott Fitzgerald 5 00:00:17.039 --> 00:00:18.600 filling in for the next couple of days for the 6 00:00:18.679 --> 00:00:21.960 vacationing Nick Coffee, who is taking. 7 00:00:21.640 --> 00:00:23.359 A well deserved two days off. Bind you. 8 00:00:23.399 --> 00:00:26.039 I don't think people understand just how hard this man works, 9 00:00:26.320 --> 00:00:28.559 and so when he takes some time off, well, it's 10 00:00:28.600 --> 00:00:31.280 great to see him be able to step aside and 11 00:00:31.359 --> 00:00:34.399 get away. It is so hard to believe, but it 12 00:00:34.479 --> 00:00:39.079 is time again for Kentucky State high school football and 13 00:00:39.399 --> 00:00:40.200 it won't be long in. 14 00:00:40.240 --> 00:00:41.679 Friday night lights will be a thing. 15 00:00:42.280 --> 00:00:45.159 And we've got the one man, the authority with Kentucky 16 00:00:45.200 --> 00:00:47.960 Prep Gridiron dot Com. He is Fletcher Longie's back for 17 00:00:48.000 --> 00:00:50.679 a second season with us. How are you, brother man? 18 00:00:50.719 --> 00:00:52.479 I am doing great, Scott, and I got a little 19 00:00:52.520 --> 00:00:56.359 announcement if you'll indulge me, please do so. I'm also 20 00:00:56.479 --> 00:01:01.280 repping Prep Red Zone, so wow, I've joined the folks 21 00:01:01.280 --> 00:01:04.280 at Prep Red Zone and I'm still doing Kentucky Prep 22 00:01:04.319 --> 00:01:07.959 Gridiron and most of my middle school content, if not 23 00:01:08.000 --> 00:01:11.000 all of it, will be over on Prep Red Zone next. Okay, 24 00:01:11.920 --> 00:01:13.599 but I want to give a shout out to al 25 00:01:13.680 --> 00:01:17.079 Papadines and Jake Lemming, my and my new crew at 26 00:01:17.120 --> 00:01:19.879 the Prep Red Zone. So what this makes me really 27 00:01:19.959 --> 00:01:23.719 is a football monopoly you're talking to. You're talking to 28 00:01:23.760 --> 00:01:27.920 a middle and high school football monopoly. You can't really 29 00:01:28.000 --> 00:01:32.120 monetize such a concept, but it does exist right well. 30 00:01:32.400 --> 00:01:36.000 And the important thing here, Fletcher, to document is why 31 00:01:36.400 --> 00:01:39.519 if you really want to fall high school football as 32 00:01:39.560 --> 00:01:42.239 big as it's getting, you've got to start at the 33 00:01:42.280 --> 00:01:45.079 younger levels because players are getting younger and younger now 34 00:01:45.400 --> 00:01:49.079 and they're starting to form relationships now, and those relationships. 35 00:01:48.519 --> 00:01:50.599 Turn into bigger relationships, et cetera. And we move on. 36 00:01:50.760 --> 00:01:53.359 So good to hear, Fletch. Glad to hear your working 37 00:01:53.400 --> 00:01:53.760 through that. 38 00:01:53.840 --> 00:01:56.200 Fletcher and I of course ran down all last year, 39 00:01:56.239 --> 00:01:58.760 as we will again this year. Every Saturday we'll be 40 00:01:58.799 --> 00:02:01.280 out with the recap of what is the high school 41 00:02:01.319 --> 00:02:05.599 football week in Kentucky. So, Fletcher, in the limited time 42 00:02:05.640 --> 00:02:07.680 we have here, Buddy, we could probably talk for hours 43 00:02:07.719 --> 00:02:09.280 on this, but let's start right in. 44 00:02:09.360 --> 00:02:12.400 This is our season preview as. 45 00:02:12.240 --> 00:02:14.560 We look at what's ahead coming up in high school 46 00:02:14.560 --> 00:02:16.360 football around the entire comming wealth. 47 00:02:16.439 --> 00:02:18.479 Let's start in Class one and a what do you have, brother? 48 00:02:18.840 --> 00:02:23.520 Well, you know, it's hard to unseat the Pikeful Panthers. 49 00:02:23.599 --> 00:02:27.479 They're almost at Boyle County level, and that is they're 50 00:02:27.520 --> 00:02:30.840 gonna be our presumptive state champion till somebody beats them. 51 00:02:31.120 --> 00:02:33.680 But if there's a team that can beat them, a 52 00:02:33.759 --> 00:02:37.000 team that has more talent than even Pikeville has, you'd 53 00:02:37.000 --> 00:02:39.840 have to say that. You got to like Sayer High School. 54 00:02:39.960 --> 00:02:42.400 I mean, is it their time? They've got the best 55 00:02:42.680 --> 00:02:46.159 quarterback in the classification. This guy had a sixty seven 56 00:02:46.159 --> 00:02:51.000 percent completion rate in twenty three fifty touchdowns against zero picks, 57 00:02:51.639 --> 00:02:54.360 which I don't know how in the world that's even possible. 58 00:02:55.280 --> 00:02:59.159 They've got Charlie Slayball is probably gonna be incidentally, that 59 00:02:59.199 --> 00:03:04.120 guy's name is Pennington, Luke Pennington's quarterbacking. They got Charlie 60 00:03:04.159 --> 00:03:06.439 slay You know that shit sound familiar, right? They were 61 00:03:06.520 --> 00:03:10.400 Chad Pennington of NFL and Marshall Fame. They got Charlie 62 00:03:10.439 --> 00:03:12.800 slat Ball is going to carry the load on the 63 00:03:12.840 --> 00:03:16.479 ground this year. But I really I kind of like Sayer, 64 00:03:16.639 --> 00:03:19.439 you know, I you know, I picked. If you're reading 65 00:03:19.439 --> 00:03:22.919 my magazine, I picked Pikeful, and I don't like going 66 00:03:22.960 --> 00:03:25.840 with last year's champion. But there comes a time when 67 00:03:25.879 --> 00:03:28.199 it just gets ridiculous and you have to say, Okay, 68 00:03:28.639 --> 00:03:31.719 you know, I'm going with last year's champion until somebody 69 00:03:31.759 --> 00:03:34.479 shows me that they can beat last year's champion. And 70 00:03:34.560 --> 00:03:36.719 you know, but anyway, I don't like going with last 71 00:03:36.800 --> 00:03:39.479 year's champion, but I picked Pikeful. But I'm telling you 72 00:03:39.599 --> 00:03:40.560 Sayer could win one. 73 00:03:40.599 --> 00:03:43.439 A wow, all right, Fletcher Long joining us in. 74 00:03:43.599 --> 00:03:46.400 Fletcher is the guru, the okay so grande, the big 75 00:03:46.479 --> 00:03:48.960 cheese when it comes to high school football in Kentucky. 76 00:03:49.319 --> 00:03:52.800 He's web His website is Kentucky Prep Gridiron dot com. 77 00:03:52.800 --> 00:03:56.000 And again he's also with Prep red Zone in Prep 78 00:03:56.000 --> 00:03:56.360 red Zone? 79 00:03:56.439 --> 00:03:57.759 Is that right, Fletch? Do I get that right? 80 00:03:58.000 --> 00:04:00.360 That's right? Yeah, it's Prep red Zone. I think I'm 81 00:04:00.360 --> 00:04:02.919 with the next. I think I'm with Prep reads on Next, 82 00:04:02.919 --> 00:04:04.800 but it's all prepreds on Baby. 83 00:04:04.759 --> 00:04:08.439 I got you, brother, Okay, perfect, perfect, Well, Fletch and 84 00:04:08.439 --> 00:04:10.639 I will be breaking down the high school football week 85 00:04:10.719 --> 00:04:14.000 that was throughout the season, and you can follow along. 86 00:04:14.080 --> 00:04:16.519 You either follow Fletch on actions. You can follow me 87 00:04:16.560 --> 00:04:18.959 on next whomever, but get connected with Fletch. He'll take 88 00:04:19.000 --> 00:04:21.279 you where you need to be. Okay, Fletch. As we 89 00:04:21.519 --> 00:04:24.399 preview the upcoming season, let's move over to class to 90 00:04:24.560 --> 00:04:27.600 a Mayfield where you're state champions last year after they 91 00:04:27.639 --> 00:04:31.279 beat Owensboro Catholic a very high scoring affair fifty three 92 00:04:31.319 --> 00:04:32.040 to forty eight. 93 00:04:32.279 --> 00:04:34.360 How does Class two a shake out this year? 94 00:04:34.600 --> 00:04:37.839 Well, nobody's going to be surprised. Everybody knows that I'm 95 00:04:37.879 --> 00:04:41.879 a big fan of Owensboro Catholic. You know, Mayfield lost 96 00:04:41.920 --> 00:04:46.040 their coach in the offseason, Joe Morris retired. They lost 97 00:04:46.240 --> 00:04:49.720 about every line of production that they could put on 98 00:04:49.759 --> 00:04:53.079 a football field. I like Owensboro Kathla to win it. 99 00:04:53.240 --> 00:04:56.040 I mean they got Brady atwell Back at quarterback. He 100 00:04:56.160 --> 00:05:00.920 completed nearly seventy percent of his passing attempt for nearly 101 00:05:00.959 --> 00:05:04.560 five thousand yards and sixty eight touchdowns. He was also 102 00:05:04.680 --> 00:05:06.920 the leaguing rusher with six hundred and ninety five yards 103 00:05:06.920 --> 00:05:10.560 and seventeen Russian touchdowns. Hecky had ten tackles and a 104 00:05:10.639 --> 00:05:13.120 tackle for loss on defense. You talk about your do 105 00:05:13.199 --> 00:05:16.120 it all guy, Vince Karko's back he had one hundred 106 00:05:16.120 --> 00:05:18.360 and ninety seven tackles a year ago. They got their 107 00:05:18.360 --> 00:05:21.519 placekicker back. Always look at the place kicker. That's Uncle 108 00:05:21.519 --> 00:05:24.879 Fletcher's tip of the day because that's sixty eight made 109 00:05:25.000 --> 00:05:28.160 pats in a field goal. That's seventy one points. It's 110 00:05:28.160 --> 00:05:30.759 hard to you know, when you lose seventy one points, 111 00:05:30.800 --> 00:05:33.360 you know. So they got their placekicker back. You know, 112 00:05:33.759 --> 00:05:37.199 they lost William. They lost William Carrico, he graduated, but 113 00:05:37.240 --> 00:05:41.759 they got Darien Crowe coming over from Owensboro Senior High. 114 00:05:41.879 --> 00:05:44.240 I can comment on this transfer because he's been cleared 115 00:05:44.240 --> 00:05:47.600 for play. This guy has a four to six five 116 00:05:47.720 --> 00:05:51.240 second forty yard dash in a three seven grade point average, 117 00:05:51.319 --> 00:05:54.879 and he's already committed. It looks like that he committed 118 00:05:54.920 --> 00:05:59.199 to I think it's an FCS school, but it looks 119 00:05:59.240 --> 00:06:02.800 like that he's he already committed to Illinois State. Yeah, 120 00:06:02.800 --> 00:06:05.279 I think they're State. They could be FBS, but but 121 00:06:05.319 --> 00:06:10.079 their division one. So I mean, I like the aces Man. 122 00:06:10.120 --> 00:06:13.199 They got a great coaching staff, but I also like Beechwood. 123 00:06:13.279 --> 00:06:16.560 You know, Clay Hayden's back and he completed seventy three 124 00:06:16.600 --> 00:06:19.879 percent of his passing attempts. At forty eight touchdowns. Chase 125 00:06:19.920 --> 00:06:23.160 flowerty is back at running back, you know. And they 126 00:06:23.199 --> 00:06:26.240 got Tyler Freeman, who's probably one of the best twenty 127 00:06:26.279 --> 00:06:30.040 seven white outs in Kentucky's twenty seven class. He had 128 00:06:30.079 --> 00:06:33.879 forty seven receptions and one thousand yards receiving and ten touchdowns, 129 00:06:34.000 --> 00:06:36.480 was the third leading scorer, and he was a freshman 130 00:06:36.600 --> 00:06:39.480 last year. He was just a frosh. You know. They 131 00:06:40.279 --> 00:06:43.439 got Larr Coulson back at placekicker. This Uncle Fletcher's tip 132 00:06:43.439 --> 00:06:46.600 of the day. This guy scored eighty one pats and 133 00:06:46.720 --> 00:06:49.199 was three for five on field goals. Was their fourth 134 00:06:49.240 --> 00:06:52.720 leading scorer. So they lost Xavier Campbell and Talon Lender 135 00:06:52.759 --> 00:06:55.519 and Noah Rash. Of course, their legendary coach retired before 136 00:06:55.600 --> 00:06:58.759 last year. So I mean I like them. I like 137 00:06:59.000 --> 00:07:03.480 LCA two. They've got the best offensive line, you know, 138 00:07:03.680 --> 00:07:06.879 in the game. They've got out of their five slots, 139 00:07:06.879 --> 00:07:09.800 they've got four of them holding multiple D one offers. 140 00:07:10.040 --> 00:07:12.920 You got Hayes Preston's headed to Air Force. Jake Darby 141 00:07:13.240 --> 00:07:15.240 I think is gonna go to West Point. He was 142 00:07:15.279 --> 00:07:18.360 their player of the year at their camp this past summer. 143 00:07:18.399 --> 00:07:21.639 You've got Trey Forod Thomas headed the Navy, and Brooks 144 00:07:21.680 --> 00:07:24.800 Kerwin has been offered by E Ku and U. T. Martin, 145 00:07:25.199 --> 00:07:27.439 and I think he's going to Gardner Webb is what 146 00:07:27.519 --> 00:07:30.839 I heard. The other day. They got Hunter Adams back, 147 00:07:30.959 --> 00:07:33.720 so they lost a lot, and Cutter Bowley and Brady 148 00:07:33.759 --> 00:07:36.600 Hensley and Parker Cheney and Will Howell and Major Brown 149 00:07:36.639 --> 00:07:39.199 can Yatta ours, but they got a lot coming back 150 00:07:39.240 --> 00:07:41.839 to So I'm gonna say those are my top three, 151 00:07:42.000 --> 00:07:45.839 and look look for Summerset and Mighty Mayfield to jump 152 00:07:45.879 --> 00:07:48.519 in there too. And I just want to mention Mike 153 00:07:48.600 --> 00:07:51.399 Hocomb's back at breath At Height, and they've got two 154 00:07:51.480 --> 00:07:54.879 young stud twenty eighths and Eli Thomas and Miles halland 155 00:07:55.079 --> 00:07:58.120 Hocomb's helping with Kyle Moore staff, the Hall of Famer, 156 00:07:58.360 --> 00:08:00.920 the guy you know, the guy with over three victories 157 00:08:00.920 --> 00:08:03.839 and three titles. He's he's helping coach at breath At again. 158 00:08:04.360 --> 00:08:07.920 And they've got two stud twenty eighths and Eli Thomas 159 00:08:07.920 --> 00:08:11.199 and Miles Holland, and Holland could be the quarterback they've 160 00:08:11.199 --> 00:08:14.600 been looking for. Eli Thomas is a little running back, 161 00:08:14.639 --> 00:08:17.040 a freshman that can box jump on a fifty inch 162 00:08:17.160 --> 00:08:21.279 box sideways on one leg. Pretty impressive. And Austin Sperry's 163 00:08:21.319 --> 00:08:23.720 back at receiving. I've seen him do it. I mean, 164 00:08:24.040 --> 00:08:27.160 I'm not just saying that, right, I've seen it. You know, 165 00:08:27.480 --> 00:08:30.600 they got Austin's Ferry back. Of course, Corey Combs is 166 00:08:30.600 --> 00:08:33.279 coming off the injured reserve and he should be back 167 00:08:33.360 --> 00:08:36.240 and healthy. So I mean look for breath at High 168 00:08:36.279 --> 00:08:39.159 and Murray Hyde to get into the mix. You know, 169 00:08:39.279 --> 00:08:42.159 Murray High's got Melvin Conningham and his second year's coach. 170 00:08:42.200 --> 00:08:47.120 And of course Jeremiah Jones is committed to Nebraska six four, 171 00:08:47.159 --> 00:08:52.159 two hundred pound stud. Yeah, fladed Wow. 172 00:08:52.279 --> 00:08:53.879 Fletcher Long joining us again. 173 00:08:54.360 --> 00:08:57.759 He was year two now with Fletcher breaking down Kentucky 174 00:08:57.799 --> 00:09:01.279 state high school footballs with Kentucky gred Iron dot com 175 00:09:01.279 --> 00:09:04.080 as the website and also prep red Zone next. You 176 00:09:04.120 --> 00:09:06.120 can check him out there and also follow him along 177 00:09:06.159 --> 00:09:08.960 line ax as we give you up a preview of 178 00:09:09.000 --> 00:09:11.960 the season to come. And of course flat sharlright, let's 179 00:09:11.960 --> 00:09:14.639 take it over to Class three. A Christian Academy cut 180 00:09:14.679 --> 00:09:16.600 through three a like a hot knife through butter in 181 00:09:16.600 --> 00:09:20.279 the playoffs last year, winning the championship forty one to sixteen. 182 00:09:20.360 --> 00:09:23.639 Over Bell County. Are the Centurions gonna do it again 183 00:09:23.720 --> 00:09:24.159 this year? 184 00:09:25.279 --> 00:09:30.600 No, I'm alright, I've already started some controversy. Three al 185 00:09:30.759 --> 00:09:37.360 wants to kill Friday Night Flitch. They've already gotten mad 186 00:09:37.399 --> 00:09:37.639 at me. 187 00:09:37.759 --> 00:09:37.840 No. 188 00:09:37.960 --> 00:09:42.200 I like Belfrey High School's their last year in three A. 189 00:09:42.399 --> 00:09:45.559 They've won eight championships under Philip Haywood. You know I 190 00:09:45.600 --> 00:09:47.000 love the legendary coaches. 191 00:09:47.120 --> 00:09:47.759 Yes, you know. 192 00:09:48.240 --> 00:09:51.200 They've got one of the best offensive lines in the 193 00:09:51.240 --> 00:09:54.519 state of Kentucky. And they got a guard, a twenty 194 00:09:54.600 --> 00:09:57.480 six guy that I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't 195 00:09:57.519 --> 00:09:59.720 get in the Mister Football race next year. His name 196 00:09:59.759 --> 00:10:03.639 is Wolford. He's six to three each hundred and ninety pounds. 197 00:10:04.360 --> 00:10:06.840 I mean the guy clip saw forties and five point 198 00:10:06.879 --> 00:10:09.919 four seconds. He runs the shuttle in four nine didn't 199 00:10:09.919 --> 00:10:13.240 allow us sack the entire last season. Benches three forty five, 200 00:10:13.519 --> 00:10:16.759 squat's five twenty five power cleans two sixty five. He's 201 00:10:16.759 --> 00:10:19.039 a gull of a man. You know. They got Chase 202 00:10:19.080 --> 00:10:22.639 Barney back at quarterback. He was effective last year. He 203 00:10:22.759 --> 00:10:25.600 threw it more than than Belfry guys generally do. They 204 00:10:25.720 --> 00:10:29.080 got Ace Caudle back and he's gonna lead the He's 205 00:10:29.120 --> 00:10:31.519 gonna fill the shoes that left by Caden Woolham and 206 00:10:31.600 --> 00:10:35.159 Dre Young graduating. But I like them. I like Union 207 00:10:35.200 --> 00:10:39.279 County as runners up. That Jaron Johnson is scintillating a 208 00:10:39.320 --> 00:10:41.960 twenty five dual threat quarterback. He had a two to 209 00:10:41.960 --> 00:10:45.919 one TD to interception ratiow. He ran for two thousand 210 00:10:46.000 --> 00:10:48.200 and ninety one yards, and I did say ran for 211 00:10:49.279 --> 00:10:52.840 you know, this guy had thirty three rushing touchdowns from 212 00:10:52.879 --> 00:10:56.519 the QB slot, average close to nine yards per carry. 213 00:10:57.360 --> 00:11:00.240 They got a lot there at Union County. Now like 214 00:11:00.320 --> 00:11:03.759 Christian Academy a little, but all my cl centurions, and 215 00:11:03.799 --> 00:11:06.799 I know this is a Louisville station, I'm on, but 216 00:11:06.840 --> 00:11:08.639 I just want to say that you don't lose a 217 00:11:08.720 --> 00:11:11.679 quarterback that threw for over four thousand yards and fifty 218 00:11:11.679 --> 00:11:15.279 seven touchdowns and was also your leading ground gainer and 219 00:11:15.360 --> 00:11:17.879 think that his LEVI didn't gonna hurt you. I mean 220 00:11:18.360 --> 00:11:22.080 what even gonna hurt you? And they lost Justin Ruffin too, 221 00:11:22.080 --> 00:11:26.279 who caught nearly ninety balls for nearly fourteen hundred yards 222 00:11:26.279 --> 00:11:29.879 and eighteen touchdowns, was a second leading score a year ago. 223 00:11:29.879 --> 00:11:33.039 They're both gone. That's gonna hurt any offense. That's gonna 224 00:11:33.120 --> 00:11:35.919 hurt any football team. Now they got some weapons returning. 225 00:11:36.240 --> 00:11:39.960 They got brother Connors coming back with twenty three receiving touchdowns. 226 00:11:40.080 --> 00:11:42.200 Somebody's got to throw in the ball. I don't know 227 00:11:42.240 --> 00:11:45.960 who that's gonna be in neither to you. Jeffrey Vanzana's back, 228 00:11:46.000 --> 00:11:48.200 and he was the second leading rusher year ago. And 229 00:11:48.240 --> 00:11:51.440 they got Maidan Miller and Gary and Hobbs is one 230 00:11:51.440 --> 00:11:54.639 of the top tackle men out there in three eight. 231 00:11:54.720 --> 00:11:58.320 They're very talented. But you know, it's tough to not 232 00:11:58.480 --> 00:12:00.759 lose something when you lose a quarter back the ilk 233 00:12:00.799 --> 00:12:03.799 of Cole Hodge, you know, and sure Lex will be 234 00:12:03.879 --> 00:12:07.120 in the mix, and so will s Central High School 235 00:12:07.159 --> 00:12:09.320 with probably the best running back in the state, and 236 00:12:09.360 --> 00:12:14.320 cortest Stone. So that's how I see that shaken out. Well. 237 00:12:14.360 --> 00:12:16.799 We had a chance to talk with coach Philip Haywood 238 00:12:17.039 --> 00:12:20.799 last year Fletch and just an amazing, amazing interview, and 239 00:12:21.039 --> 00:12:23.159 so glad we had that opportunity. So I wish them 240 00:12:23.200 --> 00:12:25.480 all the luck as they move forward again. Fletcher Long 241 00:12:25.600 --> 00:12:27.759 joining us. Fletcher and I are back for our second 242 00:12:27.799 --> 00:12:30.720 season talking about high school football in Kentucky. Follow us 243 00:12:30.759 --> 00:12:33.519 along on x on Twitter, you can listen along here 244 00:12:33.559 --> 00:12:36.480 at on any of our local stations. Here is Fletch 245 00:12:36.480 --> 00:12:38.480 and I are going to sort of break down the 246 00:12:38.519 --> 00:12:41.559 week that was in high school football each week as 247 00:12:41.600 --> 00:12:43.759 we come back. You can find Fletch at Kentucky Prep 248 00:12:43.840 --> 00:12:47.679 gridiron dot com and Prep red Zone next as well 249 00:12:48.159 --> 00:12:50.679 if you want to follow along there. All right, Fletch, 250 00:12:50.759 --> 00:12:52.320 let's take it now too well. 251 00:12:52.480 --> 00:12:52.840 Four A. 252 00:12:52.960 --> 00:12:55.159 To be honest with you, Boyle County winning the state 253 00:12:55.240 --> 00:12:59.320 championship last year. You also had Bardstown went deeper into 254 00:12:59.360 --> 00:13:02.600 the playoffs before getting ousted by Franklin County thirty seven 255 00:13:02.639 --> 00:13:03.559 to twenty nine. 256 00:13:03.759 --> 00:13:06.320 But are we looking at another repeat from Boyle County? 257 00:13:06.480 --> 00:13:10.639 Uh No, Okay, that's gonna cause a lot of crap too. 258 00:13:11.200 --> 00:13:15.799 I think I don't think they win their fifth straight championship. 259 00:13:16.240 --> 00:13:20.679 I think that Paduca Tillman's two too talented. Yeah, you've 260 00:13:20.720 --> 00:13:23.360 got a quarterback returning in Jack James that threw for 261 00:13:23.399 --> 00:13:27.759 over four thousand yards and fifty six touchdowns only six picks. 262 00:13:27.759 --> 00:13:30.320 You got DeMarcus Wilson is back, and he's a thousand 263 00:13:30.399 --> 00:13:33.320 yard rusher from a year ago with fourteen touchdown. They 264 00:13:33.360 --> 00:13:39.000 even had fifteen receptions. You got Martell's carter. Mister football contender. 265 00:13:39.360 --> 00:13:43.519 This guy had seventeen rushes, three for touchdowns, forty three receptions, 266 00:13:43.519 --> 00:13:47.240 ten for touchdowns, housed five punts and a kickoff to 267 00:13:47.320 --> 00:13:50.000 lead the team and scoring with one hundred and fourteen points, 268 00:13:50.240 --> 00:13:53.600 and then threw in forty four tackles, a tackle for loss, 269 00:13:53.600 --> 00:13:57.120 a forced fumble, two fumble recoveries, and three picks. This 270 00:13:57.200 --> 00:14:00.799 guy's already committed to the University of Kentucky. You know, 271 00:14:01.159 --> 00:14:04.799 ukn't since al down Martell's carter. He had been offered 272 00:14:04.840 --> 00:14:08.840 by about everybody. You got Jimmy Mooney back at linebacker. 273 00:14:08.840 --> 00:14:11.279 He's a twenty five guy. He had ninety tackles a 274 00:14:11.320 --> 00:14:14.559 year ago, and probably the kicker here is maybe the 275 00:14:14.600 --> 00:14:17.200 best player in the twenty sixth class at all of Kentucky. 276 00:14:17.600 --> 00:14:22.919 His offensive lineman, Jarvis Strickman. This guy is a total monster. 277 00:14:23.039 --> 00:14:25.919 He's about six foot seven, two hundred and eighty pounds 278 00:14:25.919 --> 00:14:30.039 and he plays football in a very ill humor. Okay, 279 00:14:30.519 --> 00:14:34.240 now they lost Shep Esper last year. This guy made 280 00:14:34.360 --> 00:14:38.200 ninety eight pats for them. Again, Uncle Fletcher's tip of 281 00:14:38.240 --> 00:14:41.240 the day. You know he lose that placekicker back in 282 00:14:41.320 --> 00:14:46.000 hurts you now, Boyle's good, okay, But Boyle's Boyle is lost. 283 00:14:46.679 --> 00:14:52.440 Avery Bodner, who had twenty two rushing touchdowns, four tds receiving, 284 00:14:53.039 --> 00:14:56.000 was the second leaguing scorer. Their leading tackler. Had two 285 00:14:56.039 --> 00:14:59.799 force fumbles, two fubble recoveries, an interception, seven sacks and 286 00:15:00.039 --> 00:15:03.120 fifteen tackles for loss. That's a lot of production. You 287 00:15:03.279 --> 00:15:06.840 just lost, you know. Sage Dawson is gone. Their quarterback. 288 00:15:06.919 --> 00:15:10.200 He signed with a Service Academy Division one FBS. He 289 00:15:10.279 --> 00:15:14.360 completed sixty percent of his passes. He had twenty five 290 00:15:14.559 --> 00:15:17.600 hundred yards passing, twenty nine t d's. That's a big loss. 291 00:15:17.879 --> 00:15:20.720 They lost their top sack guy in Jocks Bixler now 292 00:15:20.720 --> 00:15:23.960 and Josh Bixler. Now, they got guys back. You know. 293 00:15:24.039 --> 00:15:27.399 They got at Austin Badner, who's Avery's little brother. They've 294 00:15:27.399 --> 00:15:31.600 got the Q mont Haven Quizzingberry, probably the favorite to 295 00:15:31.639 --> 00:15:35.080 win the Mister Football this year. Preseason, this guy had 296 00:15:35.799 --> 00:15:39.240 a variety ways of scoring. He had eight hundred rushing yards, 297 00:15:39.600 --> 00:15:43.360 eighteen rushing tds, forty three pass receptions, eight hundred and 298 00:15:43.360 --> 00:15:47.279 sixty four receiving yards, twelve tds receiving, he scored two 299 00:15:47.360 --> 00:15:50.240 hundred and ten points. You know, he also housed some 300 00:15:50.279 --> 00:15:53.720 putts and kicks. This guy had fifty one tackles and 301 00:15:53.759 --> 00:15:57.399 four tackles for loss and two fubble recoveries and two 302 00:15:57.440 --> 00:16:00.159 forest bumbles and two picks. I mean he did everything. 303 00:16:00.559 --> 00:16:02.360 But you know, so Boyle County is going to be 304 00:16:02.519 --> 00:16:05.120 right there, They're gonna be good. I like Paul Blazer 305 00:16:05.200 --> 00:16:09.960 height and in the third slot, give me the Corbyn 306 00:16:10.000 --> 00:16:14.679 Redhounds at number four, and give me tied for fifth. 307 00:16:14.720 --> 00:16:18.720 I've got Johnson Central and then I got Covington Catholic. 308 00:16:18.759 --> 00:16:21.200 Now you may say, and I can hear you saying it, 309 00:16:21.360 --> 00:16:27.679 Where's Bardstown? Where's Franklin? Bardstown was probably the most loaded 310 00:16:27.879 --> 00:16:32.360 classification in high school football. Is for a they're just 311 00:16:32.480 --> 00:16:35.919 that good. Yeah, you know, And I just got to 312 00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:39.320 say that Franklin County and Guardstown, I just don't think 313 00:16:39.360 --> 00:16:41.919 they have the talent. I mean, they don't have the 314 00:16:41.919 --> 00:16:44.519 tradition of a cub Cat, they don't have the tradition 315 00:16:44.559 --> 00:16:46.279 of a Johnson Central, and I don't think they have 316 00:16:46.399 --> 00:16:49.679 the talent of those other teams have mentioned. So, I mean, 317 00:16:49.759 --> 00:16:51.960 we look at these things. And you know, it's not 318 00:16:52.039 --> 00:16:55.360 like we didn't look at Franklin County. We did. They 319 00:16:55.440 --> 00:16:59.480 almost made it, They almost got in there, but they 320 00:16:59.559 --> 00:17:01.879 just weren't. They're probably a top ten team. We just 321 00:17:01.919 --> 00:17:05.119 didn't like them. We didn't like them as top five ish, 322 00:17:05.319 --> 00:17:07.640 you know. And another team to look out for, Perry 323 00:17:07.680 --> 00:17:11.559 County Central is just making waves in five A in 324 00:17:11.599 --> 00:17:13.920 the Mountains. Look out for them. They lost Kaiser Sloan, 325 00:17:14.000 --> 00:17:16.519 but they got a young quarterback named Aaron Johnson that's 326 00:17:16.559 --> 00:17:19.000 a transfer from breath That. He's a twenty six kid, 327 00:17:19.079 --> 00:17:21.519 makes all the right reids, can make all the throws, 328 00:17:21.839 --> 00:17:24.400 been excellently trained to play the position. And his brother 329 00:17:24.839 --> 00:17:28.559 Bryson Johnson is the top twenty eight linebacker coming up 330 00:17:28.559 --> 00:17:30.440 out of the middle school ranks. They call him mister 331 00:17:30.519 --> 00:17:33.119 b If they call you mister anything, you're probably pretty 332 00:17:33.119 --> 00:17:36.079 good at football. And this guy is likely to be 333 00:17:36.160 --> 00:17:40.119 a night one, snap one guy for Mark Dixon and 334 00:17:40.960 --> 00:17:44.759 his commodores. Also look out for Taylor County Scott Parky 335 00:17:44.799 --> 00:17:45.799 can flat. 336 00:17:45.400 --> 00:17:49.240 Coach outstanding Fletcher Long joining us now at Kentucky Prep, 337 00:17:49.279 --> 00:17:53.240 grid ironm Prep Red Zone Next. And you can follow 338 00:17:53.240 --> 00:17:55.960 along on Twitter or Ax and Fletch will be with 339 00:17:56.119 --> 00:17:58.960 He and I'll be together each Saturday breaking down the 340 00:17:59.000 --> 00:18:01.920 week that was in high school football has move over 341 00:18:01.960 --> 00:18:04.359 to five as we're giving you a season preview here 342 00:18:04.400 --> 00:18:08.759 Fletch the Bowling Green Purples obviously state champions last year. 343 00:18:08.799 --> 00:18:10.400 Who do you see shaking out in five? A? 344 00:18:11.519 --> 00:18:17.200 Well, I really think you know, Cooper almost lost nothing. Okay, 345 00:18:17.319 --> 00:18:20.640 they've got Austin Alexander back. You know, they got Cam 346 00:18:20.640 --> 00:18:23.640 o'harrowback at quarterback, and he threw for thirty three hundred 347 00:18:23.640 --> 00:18:26.559 and sixty one yards and forty seven touchdowns. They got 348 00:18:26.640 --> 00:18:28.960 Keegan ma Her back and he ran for twelve hundred 349 00:18:28.960 --> 00:18:32.160 and four yards. You know, Isaiah Johnson's back. You know 350 00:18:32.240 --> 00:18:35.960 they lost some things, but they didn't. You know, Isaiah 351 00:18:36.000 --> 00:18:38.759 Johnson had seventy six receptions for thirteen hundred and seventy 352 00:18:38.759 --> 00:18:41.400 two yards and twenty one touchdowns. Was was their league 353 00:18:41.400 --> 00:18:44.440 and score. Now they lost their place kicker in Carson Taylor. 354 00:18:44.880 --> 00:18:48.359 He converted sixty seven of seventy pats and was five 355 00:18:48.400 --> 00:18:50.960 for five in the field goals. That's hard to replace 356 00:18:51.039 --> 00:18:54.039 the high school eleven. They lost Jack Loneker, one of 357 00:18:54.079 --> 00:18:58.200 their top defensive guys. But you know, they didn't lose 358 00:18:58.240 --> 00:19:00.240 a lot. And the only thing I can say that 359 00:19:00.440 --> 00:19:02.759 is is Bowling Green lost almost nothing at all. 360 00:19:03.880 --> 00:19:07.400 Right, right, poor Cooper, You know, poor Cooper. 361 00:19:07.440 --> 00:19:09.839 They got all this young talent. They were a young team. 362 00:19:09.880 --> 00:19:12.039 They made it to the state finals and they played 363 00:19:12.039 --> 00:19:16.440 another young team. Deuce Bailey is a Mister Football candidate. 364 00:19:16.440 --> 00:19:18.599 He threw for thirty five hundred plus yards and forty 365 00:19:18.640 --> 00:19:22.319 three touchdowns last year. Scored eight times all on the ground. 366 00:19:22.319 --> 00:19:26.400 They got Jackson Smith back, who scored ten rushing touchdowns. 367 00:19:26.400 --> 00:19:30.000 He caught eighteen balls and had six touchdowns through the air. 368 00:19:30.039 --> 00:19:32.680 They got Trevy Barber back. You know, this guy is 369 00:19:32.720 --> 00:19:36.039 one of the top twenty sixes in Kentucky. Caught eighty 370 00:19:36.079 --> 00:19:38.359 four passes for eleven hundred and eighty nine yards and 371 00:19:38.480 --> 00:19:41.640 sixteen tds when he was just a sophomore. You know, 372 00:19:41.680 --> 00:19:45.000 they got Sweeney back. You know, they got so many 373 00:19:45.079 --> 00:19:48.640 pieces back. I also think that that senior high will 374 00:19:48.720 --> 00:19:51.200 be good, even though they lost Darien Crow to Catholic. 375 00:19:51.599 --> 00:19:53.359 You know, they got Evan Hampton back. He's one of 376 00:19:53.440 --> 00:19:56.079 the top recruits in the state of Kentucky. I mean, 377 00:19:56.119 --> 00:19:59.920 this guy's being recruited by D one FBS Power five 378 00:20:00.079 --> 00:20:02.880 types left and right, and they're all over him, you know. 379 00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:06.880 And so he's good as twin brother Elijah Hampton, all 380 00:20:06.960 --> 00:20:09.759 so good, one of the top defenders on the team. 381 00:20:09.920 --> 00:20:12.519 So they're they're gonna be pretty good. And you know, 382 00:20:12.640 --> 00:20:16.720 I think that be looking for South Warren has lost 383 00:20:16.799 --> 00:20:19.200 quite a bit. But they had Bryce Button back, you know, 384 00:20:19.240 --> 00:20:21.880 who reminds me of Benjamin Button for some strange reason, 385 00:20:23.279 --> 00:20:25.880 even though he's not Benjamin Button. But they had Bryce 386 00:20:25.960 --> 00:20:29.480 Button backing and Colton Van Camp one of the top 387 00:20:29.480 --> 00:20:32.440 players in the twenty five class. It's a tight end linebacker. 388 00:20:32.960 --> 00:20:35.839 Brother was a fantastic player and signed with Western Kentucky 389 00:20:35.880 --> 00:20:38.240 and Colton may end up at the same place. But 390 00:20:38.279 --> 00:20:40.799 I'm this guy had nineteen tackles for lost in six 391 00:20:40.839 --> 00:20:43.599 sacks on defense, you know. I mean, they just have 392 00:20:43.799 --> 00:20:48.839 so many good players. But be looking for a Madisonville 393 00:20:49.000 --> 00:20:52.440 North Hopkins to get in the mix a little bit, 394 00:20:52.599 --> 00:20:55.079 you know, or or the big A train should be 395 00:20:55.119 --> 00:20:55.599 good again. 396 00:20:56.359 --> 00:20:59.000 Do you think do you think Atherton can recreate some 397 00:20:59.039 --> 00:21:00.400 of that magic from last ye here. 398 00:21:01.079 --> 00:21:01.440 I do. 399 00:21:01.559 --> 00:21:05.119 They they got they got some key pieces back, and 400 00:21:04.920 --> 00:21:08.920 the main thing they got back. Is is Nino White. 401 00:21:09.119 --> 00:21:12.759