Articles by Fletcher Long

About Fletcher Long
Two-time winner of Kentucky Press Association awards for excellence in writing and reporting news stories while Managing Editor of the Jackson (KY) Times-Voice

Allen Cox is our @eCampusdotcom Big Man on the eCampus Feature of the Week @eCampusdotcom, @nick_greer2028, @bigassfans, @khsaafootball, @KyHighFootball, @LCAEAGLESFB, @CoachDCharles, @matthewmont57, @Oakley_Watkins, #Kentuckys #fletcherwlong #LeadershipLegacy #CoachingExcellence #MentorshipMatters #characterbuilding #SportsLeadership #BuildingChampions #kentuckyfootball #highschoolfootball #DisciplineAndDedication #athletics #successmindset #bookstagram #booklovers

August 5, 2026 Fletcher Long 0

We are proud to have eCampus.com on our list of sponsors. These guys have set the industry standard for savings, selection, convenience, and customer service and have committed themselves to helping college students more easily afford to better themselves and develop. Now, eCampus.com is helping high school football players gain notice, attention, and opportunities to play at the next level when their KHSAA playing days are through. Join us each week as we inform you about a KHSAA, high school football player who is a “Big Man on (our) Campus” and should be a Big Man around your Campus too. Thank you, eCampus.com for taking this step to provide worthy high school kids this type opportunity.

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Antonio Ware, from the Christian County Tigers looks to come up big time for his new Tigers and is the Lasaters Coffee & Tea Wake Up and Smell the Coffee Feature of the Week @KatherineL58069, @coachclsmit, @ChiefSmoke10, @LasatersCoffee, @bigassfans, @Ale8One, @eCampusdotcom, @HenryMi74881410, @HopHighTigers, @Jasiahmccarley, @FC_FALCONS_FB, #Kentuckys #fletcherwlong #LeadershipLegacy #CoachingExcellence #MentorshipMatters #characterbuilding #SportsLeadership #BuildingChampions #kentuckyfootball #highschoolfootball #DisciplineAndDedication #athletics #successmindset #bookstagram #booklovers

August 4, 2026 Fletcher Long 0

We are very pleased to welcome Lasaters Coffee & Tea to our growing family of advertisers. The Kelley family has a very long history in the local football industry and several of the Kelleys have had their numbers retired owing to their familial history of playing excellence. Football has been very good to their family and they look for ways to give back to this very special community. Lasaters is a place one goes to get caffeinated and motivated and couldn’t we all use a bit more of that invigoration in our daily routines. Get by one (1) of our four (4) Christian County, Kentucky locations and enjoy the roasted flavor of a hot cup of warmth and love.

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Brody Calhoun, a ’27 multi-phase star holding a college offer with more to follow, is the Bank of Cadiz & Trust Company Superior Performance, Exceptional Quality Feature of the Week @KatherineL58069, @Ahmaariii12, @MurrayQBClub, @LasatersCoffee, @eCampusdotcom, @bigassfans, @khsaafootball, @KyHighFootball, @Ale8One, @CountyColonels, @HopHighTigers, @murrayFB, #Kentuckys #fletcherwlong #LeadershipLegacy #CoachingExcellence #MentorshipMatters #characterbuilding #SportsLeadership #BuildingChampions #kentuckyfootball #highschoolfootball #DisciplineAndDedication #athletics #successmindset #bookstagram #booklovers

August 3, 2026 Fletcher Long 0

The season is just about to start and the Bank of Cadiz & Trust Company has signed on for another exciting season of featuring area star players and helping these young men net scholarships to further their academic and athletic careers. The Bank is committed to its customers and their dreams for a brighter and better future. They have proven it and it is why the Bank of Cadiz & Trust company is our bank, our family. Enjoy this look at a Trigg County Wildcat who has been a staple in the starting lineup since his freshman season. He looks to lead the Wildcats into ’26, his final year, and then will depart us for the college football ranks. We will miss Brody Calhoun when he’s gone but let’s not think about that right now. Instead, let’s all get ready to enjoy this his senior season and the fantastic journey Coach Higgins and kids will travel with all of us this Fall.

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Harrison McGraw from North Oldham ready to help lead his team to the next level @BDRoberts20, @NOHSFball, @cleats2whistle, @KHSAAFootball, @bigassfans, @eCampusdotcom, @LasatersCoffee, #Kentuckys #fletcherwlong #LeadershipLegacy #CoachingExcellence #MentorshipMatters #characterbuilding #SportsLeadership #BuildingChampions #kentuckyfootball #highschoolfootball #DisciplineAndDedication #athletics #successmindset #bookstagram #booklovers

August 1, 2026 Fletcher Long 0

There is an old Greek proverb that reads, “A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.” It’s one the Stoics would have agreed with. This is a concept with which offensive linemen like Harrison McGraw are well familiar. Linemen like McGraw live to make others players more successful, to lighten the burden of those slotted around him, and not to glorify themselves. Still, guys like McGraw are hard to miss; especially for guys who are reputed experts like I am. Enjoy this look at a guy coming back to help insure North Oldham takes that next step. Enjoy the feature…

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Zoe’ Marion Smith from Henry Clay High (6A, Lexington) is our Big Ass Fans Kentucky Comfort Creator Feature of the Week… @coachhawkins1, @HCHSDevilsFB, @ZoeMarionSmith, @KHSAAFootball, @bigassfans, @eCampusdotcom, #Kentuckys #fletcherwlong #LeadershipLegacy #CoachingExcellence #MentorshipMatters #characterbuilding #SportsLeadership #BuildingChampions #kentuckyfootball #highschoolfootball #DisciplineAndDedication #athletics #successmindset #bookstagram #booklovers

July 31, 2026 Fletcher Long 0

Big Ass Fans out of Lexington, Kentucky is one of our most prized and beneficial relationships in the corporate world. This article is a regularly appearing, Friday serial similar to some of the sponsored content we have before published here. Big Ass Fans has committed itself to quality more than the mere size of its industrial sized fans. The product is backed by commitment to performance, reliability, and innovation which has been a driving force behind the company in the twenty or more years it has existed. Enjoy this feature.

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Will Brayden Miles be Greenup’s next Eli Sammons? #Kentuckys #fletcherwlong #LeadershipLegacy #CoachingExcellence #MentorshipMatters #characterbuilding #SportsLeadership #BuildingChampions #kentuckyfootball #highschoolfootball #DisciplineAndDedication #athletics #successmindset #bookstagram #booklovers @eli_sammons, @CoachJones_GCHS, @KHSAAFootball, @bigassfans, @eCampusdotcom, @LasatersCoffee

July 29, 2026 Fletcher Long 0

We got our start in this business covering middle school football. Hey, everyone has to start somewhere. When our first group of prospects matriculated to high school we went with them. Why not? We still like to feature the occasional middle school prospect, through we certainly don’t cover middle school as thoroughly as we once did. Today, we are featuring a ’32 kid who plays QB together with wrestling and being on the track & field team. His name is Brayden Miles and he may be the best QB (skill/frame wise) we have seen out of Lloyd, Kentucky since the great Eli Sammons (who we also feature back in his day). Don’t worry, we will link the Sammons’s article in this one. Enjoy this look at a 3.8 student who is doing things the right way. Congratulations kid…here’s your feature!

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Bryce Blackerby is our @eCampusdotcom Big Man on the eCampus Feature of the Week @eCampusdotcom, @nick_greer2028, @bigassfans, @khsaafootball, @KyHighFootball, @LCAEAGLESFB, @CoachDCharles, @matthewmont57, @Oakley_Watkins, #Kentuckys #fletcherwlong #LeadershipLegacy #CoachingExcellence #MentorshipMatters #characterbuilding #SportsLeadership #BuildingChampions #kentuckyfootball #highschoolfootball #DisciplineAndDedication #athletics #successmindset #bookstagram #booklovers

July 29, 2026 Fletcher Long 0

We are proud to have eCampus.com on our list of sponsors. These guys have set the industry standard for savings, selection, convenience, and customer service and have committed themselves to helping college students more easily afford to better themselves and develop. Now, eCampus.com is helping high school football players gain notice, attention, and opportunities to play at the next level when their KHSAA playing days are through. Join us each week as we inform you about a KHSAA, high school football player who is a “Big Man on (our) Campus” and should be a Big Man around your Campus too. Thank you, eCampus.com for taking this step to provide worthy high school kids this type opportunity.

Friday Night Fletch

Deasian Harris, from the Christian County Tigers looks to come up big time for his new Tigers and is the Lasaters Coffee & Tea Wake Up and Smell the Coffee Feature of the Week @KatherineL58069, @coachclsmit, @ChiefSmoke10, @LasatersCoffee, @bigassfans, @Ale8One, @eCampusdotcom, @HenryMi74881410, @HopHighTigers, @Jasiahmccarley, @FC_FALCONS_FB, #Kentuckys #fletcherwlong #LeadershipLegacy #CoachingExcellence #MentorshipMatters #characterbuilding #SportsLeadership #BuildingChampions #kentuckyfootball #highschoolfootball #DisciplineAndDedication #athletics #successmindset #bookstagram #booklovers

July 28, 2026 Fletcher Long 0

We are very pleased to welcome Lasaters Coffee & Tea to our growing family of advertisers. The Kelley family has a very long history in the local football industry and several of the Kelleys have had their numbers retired owing to their familial history of playing excellence. Football has been very good to their family and they look for ways to give back to this very special community. Lasaters is a place one goes to get caffeinated and motivated and couldn’t we all use a bit more of that invigoration in our daily routines. Get by one (1) of our four (4) Christian County, Kentucky locations and enjoy the roasted flavor of a hot cup of warmth and love.

Friday Night Fletch.

Jackson Wyatt from Calloway County is our Bank of Cadiz & Trust Company Feature of the Week @KYHighFootball, @MurrayLedger, @CClakerfootball, @teeroyhowell, @khsaafootball, @bigassfans, @LasatersCoffee, @eCampusdotcom #Kentuckys #fletcherwlong #LeadershipLegacy #CoachingExcellence #MentorshipMatters #characterbuilding #SportsLeadership #BuildingChampions #kentuckyfootball #highschoolfootball #DisciplineAndDedication #athletics #successmindset #bookstagram #booklovers

July 27, 2026 Fletcher Long 0

We are inching closer to the end of our offseason coverage not really discussing players of the week so much as discussing featured players and prospects. Jackson Wyatt is simply among the best multi-phase football talents in the Kentucky-wide, KHSAA football game today at the 4A level and in the ’29 graduating class. Wyatt came to the Calloway County High roster under new leadership and Coby Lewis has gone about developing some of the commonwealth’s most talented players. Wyatt has done nothing but confirm we were all right about him and Wyatt is only going to improve over his sophomore season, particularly on offense where he should get many more opportunities. Wyatt is the kind of kid coaches want to coach and, in the end, that may be the finest compliment which can be paid to him (or any other kid). Enjoy the feature.
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St. Xavier’s Tigers are donning their leather work gloves and so are the Mulhalls #Kentuckys #fletcherwlong #LeadershipLegacy #CoachingExcellence #MentorshipMatters #characterbuilding #SportsLeadership #BuildingChampions #kentuckyfootball #highschoolfootball #DisciplineAndDedication #athletics #successmindset #bookstagram #booklovers @CoachLandis22, @KHSAAFootball, @bigassfans, @eCampusdotcom, @LasatersCoffee, @stxtigers

July 24, 2026 Fletcher Long 1

We have for you today a story which may end up getting told around the Saint Xavier program for years hence. One of the Tigers tougher players showed up at practice donning a pair of leather work gloves. When Coach Landis asked him why he said, “It was all I had, Coach; besides that, we have work to do.” Don’t be surprised if you see Brian Landis down at Tractor Supply buying all they have in stock. We predict this will be a trend for the ’26 season and (perhaps) beyond. Enjoy the article.

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