Around the Horn

Tigers, and senior Paul Abren, brace for second season…will play Daviess County at the Stadium of Champions…We will scout that matchup for you. #Kentuckys #fletcherwlong #LeadershipLegacy #CoachingExcellence #MentorshipMatters #characterbuilding #SportsLeadership #BuildingChampions #kentuckyfootball #highschoolfootball #DisciplineAndDedication #athletics #successmindset #bookstagram #booklovers @KatherineL58069, @coachclsmit, @ChiefSmoke10, @LasatersCoffee, @bigassfans, @CoachJEzell, @eCampusdotcom, @HenryMi74881410, @HopHighTigers, @FC_FALCONS_FB

November 3, 2026 Fletcher Long 0

’27’s Paul Abren has had a tremendous season The Tigers have been a mystery this season. Some weeks the team looks like a contender and other weeks not so much. The Tigers looked, in the game with McCracken, like a real threat to stay around a few rounds when the […]

Salazar leads Webster to ‘Senior Night’ win, has LaRue waiting in the wings #Kentuckys #fletcherwlong #LeadershipLegacy #CoachingExcellence #MentorshipMatters #characterbuilding #SportsLeadership #BuildingChampions #kentuckyfootball #highschoolfootball #DisciplineAndDedication #athletics #successmindset #bookstagram #booklovers #fletcherlongauthor @Wchs_Athletic

October 31, 2026 Fletcher Long 0

Webster County got themselves a big time, Senior Night victory and their first win of the season on the season’s final regular season game. Better late than never. Todd County has had a disastrous year and even forfeited a couple games owing to depleted roster numbers. We will look at the game, feature some of its finer performances, and preview the trip to Hodgenville, KY to face LaRue, one of 3A’s better squads, commonwealth-wide. Enjoy the article.

Friday Night Fletch

Jackson Stephano from Barren County is our @bigassfans Kentucky Comfort Creator of the Week #Kentuckys #fletcherwlong #LeadershipLegacy #CoachingExcellence #MentorshipMatters #characterbuilding #SportsLeadership #BuildingChampions #kentuckyfootball #highschoolfootball #DisciplineAndDedication #athletics #successmindset #bookstagram #booklovers #fletcherlongauthor, @BCHSTrojanFB, @JJStephano06, @eCampusdotcom, @KHSAAFootball, @KHSAAMain

October 30, 2026 Fletcher Long 1

John Myers has done a fine job building a winning program and culture at Barren County High. Of course, if you are a fan of KHSAA football, and avidly follow the sport, you know that is what you get when you hire a John Myers. Should we expect any less from a 140-career game winner and 70% winning percentage, Hall of Fame caliber coach? I didn’t think so. Players like today’s feature, Jackson Stephano, are the reason Myers finds so much of his success and he would be the first to tell you that. Stephano has length, explosion, sneaky speed, and the requisite size to continue to play in the slot or out wide or bulk up and play some TE in college. He will get the chance. There are a number of in-state college programs targeting him as we speak. Enjoy this look at our Kentucky Comfort Creator Feature of the Week from your friends at Big Ass Fans.

Friday Night Fletch

The Regular Season’s Grand Finale…Matchups across the KHSAA (October 30, 2026) #Kentuckys #fletcherwlong #LeadershipLegacy #CoachingExcellence #MentorshipMatters #characterbuilding #SportsLeadership #BuildingChampions #kentuckyfootball #highschoolfootball #DisciplineAndDedication #athletics #successmindset #bookstagram #booklovers #fletcherlongauthor

October 29, 2026 Fletcher Long 0

This usually is a pretty fun article. This is the final push before we begin playoff football. Man, this is a fun time of year. Win, and you advance. Lose, and it is basketball season. A few days ago we posted the “KPGFootball Scorecard.” On that document we memorialized the matchup and just who we believed would win and why. What we do in the scorecard is give you the solution. What we don’t do is demonstrate how we worked the problem. Thursdays, during the football season, we often publish an article which “shows our math.” If you read this article you will see why we picked the teams we picked to win and why we picked the teams we picked to lose. You may not agree and that is okay. We are wrong between 5-15% of the time. It makes for fine reading and generous discussion. Enjoy the article.

Friday Night Fletch

Lexington Christian Academy will look to enter the playoffs 8-2 when they play 6A Pleasure Ridge Park (Lou.) this Friday Night #Kentuckys #fletcherwlong #LeadershipLegacy #CoachingExcellence #MentorshipMatters #characterbuilding #SportsLeadership #BuildingChampions #kentuckyfootball #highschoolfootball #DisciplineAndDedication #athletics @KHSAAFootball, @bigassfans, @eCampus.com, @LasatersCoffee

October 28, 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 players who are “Big Men on (our) Campus” and should be a Big Men around your campus too. Thank you, eCampus.com for taking this step to provide worthy high school kids this type opportunity and exposure.

Friday Night Fletch

Tigers drop a tight one to 8-1 Somerset and prepare to play Tighman High’s ‘Blue Tornado;’ We will scout that matchup for you. #Kentuckys #fletcherwlong #LeadershipLegacy #CoachingExcellence #MentorshipMatters #characterbuilding #SportsLeadership #BuildingChampions #kentuckyfootball #highschoolfootball #DisciplineAndDedication #athletics #successmindset #bookstagram #booklovers @KatherineL58069, @coachclsmit, @ChiefSmoke10, @LasatersCoffee, @bigassfans, @CoachJEzell, @eCampusdotcom, @HenryMi74881410, @HopHighTigers, @FC_FALCONS_FB

October 27, 2026 Fletcher Long 0

Mike Shannon, the color analyst on Jack Biuck’s broadcasts on St. Louis Cardinals network used to say, “Well Abner (Doubleday), you’ve done it again.” It looks as though Abner Doubleday may have been dabbling in KHSAA football schedules as the Tigers put an unlikely win over district heavyweight, McCracken County, to the test and came up a bit short against a very good, 8-1, Somerset High team. The Tigers brace and prepare for a season ender against Tilghman’s “Blue Tornado” just before the commencement of “season number two,” the KHSAA playoffs. Enjoy this article as we will attempt to make some sense of it all. Well, not really, we’re just enjoying the melee. You enjoy it too. One only gets one life to live.

Friday Night Fletch

The Bank of Cadiz & Trust Company Superior Performance/Exceptional Quality Player of the Week is Deonatae (Deon) Edison (ATH) from Trigg County High #Kentuckys #fletcherwlong #LeadershipLegacy #CoachingExcellence #MentorshipMatters #characterbuilding #SportsLeadership #BuildingChampions #kentuckyfootball #highschoolfootball #DisciplineAndDedication #athletics #successmindset #bookstagram #booklovers #fletcherlongauthor @KatherineL58069, @Quinbaggett73, @LasatersCoffee, @bigassfans, @khsaafootball, @KyHighFootball, @TriggFootball, @murrayFB

October 26, 2026 Fletcher Long 0

Sometimes individual performances give rise to promise and expectation for the future even where it came in a blowout victory against a near winless opponent. This past weekend the Trigg County Wildcats put it all over Todd County 57-20 and several Wildcats had really big performances. Coach Curtis Higgins’s ‘Cats improved to 3-6 and are hoping to beat a very improved Fulton County team and slide off into the playoffs with some momentum. Deon Edison had another strong night and turned in a hundred plus yard rushing performance. These kids getting all these valuable live game reps will pay off before too much longer and Edison coming up, big-time, in pivotal moments will too. It just goes to show, one has to be omnipresently prepared, ready. This week our jacket patch goes to the senior athlete who played his butt off in a pivotal moment, giving his team a shot at victory. He has been expected this year to be prepared, to be ready, and to perform and, thus far, he hasn’t disappointed. Enjoy this look at Deon Edison who (for a second time) is our Bank of Cadiz & Trust Company All-State Player of the Week and another patch-recipient as we brace to close out the regular season and prepare for a playoff run.

Friday Night Fletch

So far, first year head coach, Adrian Stringer, has been weathering ‘The Storm’ #Kentuckys #fletcherwlong #LeadershipLegacy #CoachingExcellence #MentorshipMatters #characterbuilding #SportsLeadership #BuildingChampions #kentuckyfootball #highschoolfootball #DisciplineAndDedication #athletics #successmindset #bookstagram #booklovers #fletcherlongauthor @AdrianStringer6, @HopkinsCentral

October 24, 2026 Fletcher Long 0

We remember when Adrian Stringer was a record setting QB on Morton’s Gap. We spilt some ink on this dude, in the day. That is the thing about getting old; the guys you cover become the coaches you cover. Central had a difficult pill to swallow this weekend; but, overall, Stringer has done a nice job in his first season “back home.” What does the future hold for this program, for this bright, young, energetic head football coach with a college pedigree both playing and coaching? I suppose we shall see. All journeys start with a first step.

Friday Night Fletch

Simon “Tank” Felker, ’29 C/OG, is our @bigassfans Kentucky Comfort Creator of the Week @cleats2whistle, @eCampusdotcom, @KHSAAFootball, @LMHSCoachWolfe, @FitzOn840WHAS, @tonyvanetti, @840WHAS, @simon_56_felker, @WJCOLTSFootball, #Kentuckys #fletcherwlong #LeadershipLegacy #CoachingExcellence #MentorshipMatters #characterbuilding #SportsLeadership #BuildingChampions #kentuckyfootball #highschoolfootball #DisciplineAndDedication #athletics #successmindset #bookstagram #booklovers #fletcherlongauthor

October 23, 2026 Fletcher Long 0

West Jessamine is cooking with grease and their big, impressive, offensive front has a lot to do with the 8-0 start and the 2-0 District 7 mark so far (as of October 23, 2026). There are two regular season games remaining, Madison Southern and 6A, Tates Creek (Lexington 6A) and both of them are games where West Jessamine figures to be (somewhat) heavily favored. Will the Colts pop a 10-0 heading into the playoffs? They will if their “Tank,” Simon Felker, has anything to say about it. Felker is a 6’0,” 280 pound C/G who squats nearly a quarter ton and deadlifts a cool 550-pounds. Felker is also our “Big Ass Fans,” Weekly Kentucky Comfort Creator. Enjoy the feature.

Friday Night Fletch

Week Ten Matchups across the KHSAA (October 23, 2026) #Kentuckys #fletcherwlong #LeadershipLegacy #CoachingExcellence #MentorshipMatters #characterbuilding #SportsLeadership #BuildingChampions #kentuckyfootball #highschoolfootball #DisciplineAndDedication #athletics #successmindset #bookstagram #booklovers #fletcherlongauthor

October 22, 2026 Fletcher Long 0

This usually is a pretty fun article. A few days ago we posted the “KPGFootball Scorecard.” On that document we memorialized the matchup and just who we believed would win and why. What we do in the scorecard is give you the solution. What we don’t do is demonstrate how we worked the problem. Thursdays, during the football season, we often publish an article which “shows our math.” If you read this article you will see why we picked the teams we picked to win and why we picked the teams we picked to lose. You may not agree and that is okay. We are wrong between 5-15% of the time. It makes for fine reading and generous discussion. Enjoy the article.

Friday Night Fletch