The AFI-KPG Freshmen All-State Linebackers

November 30, 2017 Fletcher Long 0

The selection committee believed this position group to be the deepest and, maybe, best pool of talented football players in the Class of 2021. It was really hard to narrow down the nominees. There were several nominees who didn’t make this year’s edition who would have in any other. We […]

The Sophomore All-State Defensive Line

November 30, 2017 Fletcher Long 0

Yesterday, in presenting the Freshman AFI-KPG All-State Defensive Line,  I told you an anecdote about a player who played for the Chiefs for six years and then was traded to the St. Louis Rams in 2007, out of Texas A&M, named Dante Hall. You might remember he was nicknamed, The Human […]

The Freshman All-State Defensive Line

November 29, 2017 Fletcher Long 0

I don’t know whether any of you remember a player who played for the Chiefs for six years and then was traded to the St. Louis Rams in 2007, out of Texas A&M, named Dante Hall. You might know him as The Human Joystick, his nickname, but he is considered, by […]

The All-State Football Athletes…

November 28, 2017 Fletcher Long 0

There is a saying that has been around football for years the exact origins of which I can’t pinpoint. I know Coach Phillip Fulmer, formerly the HC at the University of Tennessee, used to say it commonly, but I don’t think it originated with him. It really sounds like something […]

All-State Specialists…Special being the operative word

November 27, 2017 Fletcher Long 0

I don’t know that players in High School today have the respect for Specialists and Special Teams our football forefathers had. I can tell you Frank Beamer made a fine career, and won a lot of football games, focusing on special teams’ play. Tennessee had a pretty good football coach one time named […]

Class of 2020…Calling the Hogs…Sooee!

November 26, 2017 Fletcher Long 0

I have entitled both articles describing just how and why the linemen in the Classes of 2020 & 2021 were selected to the Football, All-State Teams, Calling the Hogs. It dawned on me some readers may be too young to remember and appreciate the reference. I certainly mean no offense, au contraire, […]

Class of 2021…Calling The Hogs

November 25, 2017 Fletcher Long 4

We can’t publish the two-classes of All-State Offensive Linemen selections together. We would like to, but attempting to feature 11 or so linemen in one article might be more than a reader could digest in one sitting. Therefore, after mentioning this to the Director of the Selection Committee, he has […]

Boyle County visits E-Town, who escapes and advances?

November 24, 2017 Fletcher Long 0

I would like to begin by thanking Athletic’s Director, Glenn Spalding, @EHSPanthers19, for accommodating Kentucky Prep Gridiron’s eleventh hour request for Media passes for three for tonight’s Semi-final contest. I am taking two recently adorned Aspirations Fitness Institutions All-State players in William Long, Class of 2021, and Jay Bland (a.k.a. […]

The All-State Receivers and TE

November 24, 2017 Fletcher Long 0

We, at Kentucky Prep Gridiron in connection with the Aspirations Fitness Institution, hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving celebration with the family or team, as the case may have presented itself. Now that the holiday is over, it’s back to business. In this piece we will break down the Receivers and the […]