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

Montavin Quisenberry is proving to be the ‘little Q who could,’ and is our Protein-packed Performer of the Week. @CoachHaddix11 @minguabeefjerky @840WHAS @KyHighFootball

September 11, 2024 Fletcher Long 0

We call him “Q,” and we have written about him for years. What we have never said before now is he may be among the nation’s top 100 players. We know he is Kentucky’s top player in the ’25 class but, as a national prospect, we believe him to be well undervalued. The 5’9,” West Virginia commit will show the world as surely as he just showed the country’s 12th ranked, high school football team (St. Edward’s, OH). Enjoy this feature and don’t forget to #SavorTheFlavor.

Friday Night Fletch

Kentucky’s top OG (Bo Wolford) and one of the best teams in 3A (Belfry) braces for tough road trip to even its record @wolford_bo @BelfryFootball1 @minguabeefjerky @840WHAS @sfitz_840whas

September 10, 2024 Fletcher Long 0

We believe Bo Wolford from Belfry is the best OG in the KHSAA. We have bad news for the rest of KY, he’s a ’26 so he’ll be back another year. Bo is 6’3,” and has slimmed to 285-pounds. He bench presses 345, squats 525, and carries a 4.0 GPA. He’s an FBU Adidas All-American. Enjoy the feature.

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The Russell County Lakers would relate, not all 0-2 records are similarly constructed @LukePopplewell0, @Frenchie564, @kinnett_wills_, @sfitz_840whas, @840WHAS, @KyHighFootball

September 5, 2024 Fletcher Long 0

There are some mighty good football teams standing at 0-2 around the commonwealth of Kentucky. Largely, it all depends on whom you have played. For instance, Central High (Lou.), Pikeville, and Lexington Christian Academy are all 0-2. We promise you, none of the three are “throwing in the towel.” The boys from Russell Springs, Kentucky are in the same class. They are 0-2 but have opened with two mighty tough teams and look to get off that “schneid” this evening, at home, when John Hine’s Cardinals come a’calling. Enjoy the feature.

Friday Night Fletch.

Storm Warning: Look out North-Hopkins, you may be in for inclement weather

September 5, 2024 Fletcher Long 0

The Storm have a huge mountain to climb Friday night as it travels to Badgett Stadium, cross town, to play a red hot Maroons team from North-Hopkins. North is 2-0 and ranked the 22nd best football team in Kentucky regardless of classification. We’re not sure there has ever been a Maroon’s team more highly regarded. We will break down this matchup and some of the personnel which will factor into the outcome. Enjoy the feature.

Friday Night Fletch.

Zak Anderson from Pulaski County High is the Mingua Beef Jerky Protein-packed Performer of the Week @PCHSFB, @BradyHull1, @CoachRoberts_PC, @coachtaburns @minguabeefjerky @KyHighFootball @AlPopsFootball

September 4, 2024 Fletcher Long 0

Zak Anderson is a 6’5,” 195-pound athlete who is a star on both the gridiron and the hardwood. Anderson had a tremendously efficient outing this past week against Danville completing seven of eight passes, four of which were for TDs. Enjoy this feature and don’t forget to #SavorTheFlavor.

Friday Night Fletch

Storm Warning: The Falcons invade The Gap, may not like the weather report @FC_FALCONS_FB @_CoachManning, @HopkinsCentral, @KyHighFootball

August 29, 2024 Fletcher Long 0

Hopkins Central got off to a rocky start here in ’24. The same can be said of Fort Campbells opening loss to Clarksville NE. These two teams meet on Friday night and they both badly need to come out on top. We like Central in this contest, but they can’t make the same mistakes made against Caldwell or the result will be similar. Enjoy the feature.

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Lincoln Acree, from Graves County High, wins a second Protein-packed Performer Award from @minguabeefjerky @Lincoln_Acree @GracieAcree @Jody_Acree @coach_debo @PrepSpin @KyHighFootball

August 28, 2024 Fletcher Long 0

Lincoln Acree won this award this past offseason for an incredible outing at the Rivals camp in Atlanta. Once the season commenced, the stud athlete was up to his old tricks. When you play for Graves County, a win over Mayfield doesn’t happen everyday so it should be celebrated and rewarded.

Friday Night Fletch.

Mr. B with the fantastic opener, rockets to the top of the linebacker list @PCCHSFootball, @NoahCreigh, @WYMT @KyHighFootball, @sfitz_840whas, @840WHAS, @AlPopsFootball

August 27, 2024 Fletcher Long 0

We called him the best middle school football player in Kentucky last season. If the opener is an indication, we couldn’t have been any more on the money than we were with Bryson “Mr. B.” Johnson. Johnson had 16-tackles, 1.5-TFLs in the opener against a really good Somerset squad. While Perry County Central fans would have much preferred a different outcome, they still were enthused about the play of the young, freshman, LB.

Friday Night Fletch.