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

Flashback Article: Is Owen LeMaster, Johnson Central, Kentucky’s best interior OL in the Class of 2022? @eCampusdotcom, @khsaafootball, @KyHighFootball, @bigassfans, @lemaster_owen, @Gtown_Football

June 25, 2026 Fletcher Long 0

It is “Dead Period,” so a good time to revisit some work formerly published. This is an article we first published in 2019. We thought it would be fun to dust it off and spruce it up and bit and re-run it. That is called having tradition and it lends itself to doing this type thing. Enjoy this look at a former great we greatly miss covering. Owen, if you’re out there, we wish you nothing but success.

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Nash Whelan is our @eCampusdotcom Big Man on the eCampus Feature of the Week @eCampusdotcom, @NashWhelan2, @bigassfans, @khsaafootball, @KyHighFootball, @LCAEAGLESFB, @CoachDCharles, @matthewmont57, @Oakley_Watkins

June 24, 2026 Fletcher Long 0

We are proud to add eCampus.com to 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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Tavares Burgess is our Lasaters Coffee & Tea Wake Up and Smell the Coffee (or Tea) Feature of the Week @County_TigerFB, @LasatersCoffee, @bigassfans, @eCampusdotcom, @khsaafootball, @KyHighFootball

June 23, 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. Lasaters, where you aren’t just served; you’re loved.

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Kelton Forrester, from Murray High, is the Bank of Cadiz & Trust Co.’s Feature of the Week @MurrayTigers, @MLT_Sports, @khsaafootball, @KyHighFootball, @bigassfans, @eCampusdotcom @MurrayLedger, @teeroyhowell, @LasatersCoffee,

June 22, 2026 Fletcher Long 0

We continue on with our offseason coverage not really discussing players of the week so much as discussing featured players and prospects. Kelton Forrester is a kid with a ton athletic ability and potential who was put in tough spots particularly for a freshman on a championship caliber roster at the 3A level. He will be called going forward as many seniors have exhausted eligibility and are headed to play football on Saturdays. Forrester is a track & field prospect in the commonwealth among ’29s and is already enjoying success as a varsity performer. Forrester 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. Enjoy the feature.

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JT Judd from Rowan County is a stud! @VikeN8ionRC, @CoachElfers, @bigassfans, @KyHighFootball, @khsaafootball, @eCampusdotcom

June 20, 2026 Fletcher Long 0

There are good players on literally every roster no matter. how much that particular roster struggles. We have shown you, the reader, countless examples of this. Coach Kelly Ford’s Vikings aren’t getting a ton of ink these days. One and nine seasons will to that to any program. Still, the Vikings return most of its production from a year ago and JT Judd is a multi-phase, multi-sport stud. Last year, Judd was the ball club’s leading INT guy, leading fumbles recovery specialist, leading rusher, receiver, and scorer. That is leading the ball club in several crucial statistical categories. Heading into ’26, this is a kid who could end up on some all-state teams, like our’s (Big Ass Fans, Large School) for instance. Play hard, young man; we will be watching.

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David (Deegan) Ortega, Eminence High, is our @bigassfans Kentucky Comfort Creator Feature of the Week @g_mcpeek, @DeeganOrtega, @khsaafootball, @KyHighFootball, @bigassfans, @eCampusdotcom

June 18, 2026 Fletcher Long 0

Back the old days, coaches generally (particularly in high school) would take the best athlete and make him the QB. After all, let your best athlete handled the ball most of the time, right? Coach McPeek is familiar. He’s been around a while. Last year, the year before hiring McPeek, Eminence High had Deegan Ortega at QB. While there he threw for three TDs, ran for five scores, was the second leading scorer and contributed some tackles along the way. What is in store for ’26? You may see Ortega at QB some more but we believe his next level home will be at WR or DB. He is 6’2,” 180, carries a 3.3-GPA, and is one of the best athletes on any field he enters. Oh yeah, before we forget, he is this week’s Big Ass Fans Kentucky Comfort Creator Feature of the Week too. Enjoy the feature.

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Will Stickdorn stick at QB for Bullitt East? @GarrettSticky1, @BE_Chargers, @drew_toennies, @BECoachKendrick, @khsaafootball, @KyHighFootball, @eCampusdotcom, @bigassfans

June 18, 2026 Fletcher Long 0

The Chargers are not too many years removed from winning a 6A title (2022) in football. Bullitt East didn’t contend in ’25 (7-5) but it isn’t like they were a bad ball club either. The Chargers beat Fern Creek (Lou.) and North Hardin (Elizabethtown) while dropping games to Boyle and Franklin Counties, Manual, Male, and St. Xavier (the last three among the toughest opponents the Derby City can muster in its 6A classification). The Chargers are going to need consistent and reliable QB play in 2026 and we believe we know where they might find that and more. Enjoy this feature.

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John Seigler is our @eCampusdotcom Big Man on the eCampus Feature of the Week @eCampusdotcom, @bigassfans, @khsaafootball, @KyHighFootball, @LCAEAGLESFB, @CoachDCharles, @matthewmont57, @Oakley_Watkins

June 17, 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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Hopkinsville’s Bobby Rogers has passed…

June 16, 2026 Fletcher Long 1

No matter the age of a love one, and regardless of the certainty of death, we never seem ready for someone to leave us. We shouldn’t feel for the one who leaves, they are going to a better place. We should (and often do) feel for the ones left behind. My best friend’s dad has passed and my friend is (understandably) distraught. We all are, especially around the offices of the magazine. Bobby Rogers was a one of a kind guy who knew just how to father, husband, or even pull off being a great friend. Bobby will be missed. Enjoy this memorial to him and his memory.

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 TJ Booker, the Christian County Tigers ’29 prospect is our Lasaters ‘Wake Up and Smell the Coffee (or Tea)’ Feature of the Week… @KatherineL58069, @coachclsmit, @ChiefSmoke10, @LasatersCoffee, @bigassfans, @CoachJEzell, @eCampusdotcom, @HenryMi74881410, @HopHighTigers, @FC_FALCONS_FB

June 16, 2026 Fletcher Long 0

There will be those who will tell you the newly consolidated “Tigers,” from Christian County High, will go as far next season as new players like the one we are today featuring can lead them. The newly consolidated school shouldn’t hurt for talent and the Tigers are amassing an array of coaching talent to “put the team through its paces” in its upcoming inaugural season. Regardless, young guns will be critical. Good thing there will be young men roaming the hallways who are also extremely talented. Enjoy this look at one of Hopkinsville, Kentucky more talented prep-level athletes brought to you by your friends and neighbors at Lasaters’s Coffee & Tea where you aren’t just served; you’re loved!

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