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

Tyson Hutson is the @minguabeefjerky Protein-packed Performer of the Week… @TyshonHutson @1776Bank @kyhighs @HLPreps @PrepSpin @MaxPreps @KyHighFootball

January 4, 2023 Fletcher Long 0

Tyshon Hutson had a fine year for the Carroll County High Panthers. He helped lead them to a 7-5 mark and Ade All-District at his Defensive Tackle post. We don’t know exactly what lies ahead for the young football star but we do know he has some beef jerky in his future. Enjoy this feature and don’t forget to take the time to #savortheflavor. HB.

A familiar refrain around the Tiger program for decades, ‘Better call Doc Long,’…well, now it may be the Hall of Fame doing the ‘calling.’ @minguabeefjerky @KyHighFootball @1776Bank @kyhighs

September 14, 2022 Fletcher Long 1

A lot goes into a high school football program’s being successful. You have to have coaching, administrators who care about the quality of the product, and medical personnel committed to keeping the athletic talent healthy and able to compete. Hoptown had that guy in its program somewhere around 20-years and for part of five separate coaching regimes. His name was Doctor Long. He was an institution unto itself on that sideline to coaches, players, and even referees. Enjoy the feature. HB.

Charvelle McCallister from @MurrayTigerFB is the @1776Bank Revolutionary Player of the Week!

July 24, 2020 Fletcher Long 0

This week’s “Revolutionary Player of the Week” is a top-flight, 2021 RB playing for Murray High School. His name is Charvelle McAllister. He, very quietly and without much fanfare, rushed for over 1,100-yards in 2019 in only 12-games in 2019. Both Tommy Waldrup and Hunter Utley have moved on to playing on Saturdays, so he will be critically important to his team’s fortunes in 2020. This feature is brought to you weekly by the folks over at Independence Bank. Go on by and see our friends and thank them, not just for this series, but for the outstanding service and products which have started a revolution in the banking industry.

Slow Motion Replay: Remembering Red Dog Daugherty and his 1976 Lloyd Memorial Juggernauts…@CovCathFootball, @bigassfans, @minguabeefjerky, @khsaafootball, @KyHighFootball, @LMHSAthletics, @HighlandsFB

March 26, 2020 Fletcher Long 5

Part of what we do is preserve on our database the history of Kentucky High School football both for the purposes of posterity and because the present recorders of history suck at this. In this article we will go back and look at one of Northern Kentucky’s greatest teams ever, the Juggernauts of Lloyd Memorial.

Conner Knipp, Grant County HS, Class of 2022 is a Brave on the Warpath

October 7, 2019 Fletcher Long 1

We would like to introduce you to one of the very outstanding QBs in Kentucky’s Class of 2022. This is especially true where he is playing Kentucky 5A football and is only 14-years old. One could make a solid argument he should be playing MS football at 14 years of age. There are 14 and even 15 year olds playing MS football all over Kentucky. This kid is flat getting it done. Enjoy the article. Picture has been taken off his Hudl page.

Justin Bair, Kenwood HS, is this week’s Meeks and Meeks Attorneys Montgomery County Player of the Week…

August 23, 2019 Fletcher Long 0

Both Kavarius Moody and Justin Bair grew up playing football for me when I was on the coaching staff in the Packers organization in Clarksville, Tennessee. It is gratifying to see both of them starring for Kenwood High School and both appear poised to factor largely into the game with Hopkinsville tonight. This kid, like Moody, is a winner and a player who makes teams for which he plays better. Can’t complement any young player anymore than that. Enjoy the article.

East Robertson’s Ian McKinzie (c/o 2022) is the Stewart Williams Company Robertson County Player of the Week…

August 23, 2019 Fletcher Long 0

This Stewart Williams Company Robertson County Player of the Week is Ian McKinzie, a 2022 player at East Robertson High School who helps along the offensive line at guard which is, really, the very backbone of any high school football team. Enjoy this look at a guy ready to “come into his own” along the Indian’s offensive front in 2019 blocking for Cameron Swift and the boys as they open with Forrest High School tonight on the road in Chapel Hill, Tennessee. Join us again next week as we look to recognize another of Robertson County’s worthy players.

Class of 2021’s Austyn Day, Springfield High School, is the Stewart Williams Company’s Robertson County Player of the Week

August 16, 2019 Fletcher Long 0

This Stewart Williams Company Robertson County Player of the Week is Austyn Day, a 2021 player at Springfield High School who gets to be the most popular player on this or any team. However, he is one step away from being on the field full-time and the junior has gotten plenty of prep-time in SHS’s scrimmages. Enjoy this look at Springfield’s second string QB and join us next week as we look to recognize another Robertson County worthy player.

Hopkinsville’s Denarius “Red” Barnes (2020) is the Meeks & Meeks Montgomery County area Player of the Week

August 16, 2019 Fletcher Long 0

Red Barnes has been a favorite of ours since he transferred to HHS from Wonder Junior High in West Memphis, Arkansas to play his sophomore season. He is one of the best defensive linemen in the Class of 2020 and one of its leading citizens too. This is a kid who we believe is a college football player (no doubt) but isn’t likely to be positioned in college where the Tigers have deployed him. The fact he has thrived along an even defensive front, though undersized, buttresses everything good about his ability we have consistently maintained. This kid is a winner and a player who makes teams for which he plays better teams. Can’t complement any young player anymore than that. Enjoy the article.