Around the Horn

Dalton Slone will be critical to the Pirates’s Plunder Prospects @bigassfans, @LemmingReport, @CoachStepp, @berea_football, @eCampusdotcom, @khsaafootball, @WBSportsGuy, @KyHighFootball

April 25, 2026 Fletcher Long 0

A “Pirate” may be described or defined several ways. A person who commits robbery, violence, or theft at sea is a Pirate. A person who illegally reproduces or sells copyrighted material (movies, music, software) is a Pirate. Taking something by force or reproducing content without authorization is “pirating” that information. A radio or TV station that operates without official permission maybe referred to as a pirated station. A super tough defensive lineman coming off an impressive freshman season who will be counted on to deliver for his ball club in ’26 is also a Pirate; a Berea High Pirate. Enjoy this feature about a kid from whom you are almost sure to hear plenty beginning this next Fall.

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Miles Hollon, from Breathitt County, has come literally miles in a short time @Qb1miles4, @BreckenHarvey, @cleats2whistle, @wood7walker, @bigassfans, @khsaafootball, @KyHighFootball, @eCampusdotcom

April 23, 2026 Fletcher Long 0

Miles Hollon is a rare commodity among ’28 QBs. While many of them are selling “potential,” he’s selling production. How many QBs throw for close to 4,000 yards with around 50-thrown TDs entering their junior seasons? You can count them on less than a single hand. Hollon’s frame and growth potential are big pluses for him as he is today’s feature and a guy who has won almost every award one can bestow.

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Brody Calhoun, a ’27 multi-phase star, 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

April 6, 2026 Fletcher Long 0

Trigg County, as of the date of our writing this piece, was still in the middle of a coaching search. Its former head coach, Chris Ezell, had stepped down as the head man to take a slot on the new Christian County Tiger staff as a strength and conditioning coach and DEs specialist. We are sure Ezell is excited to be getting a ton of talent on his new, 6A, “active” roster. The cupboard at the old school, Trigg County, won’t be completely barren. Brody Calhoun is among the better linebackers in western KY football. Trigg, with the help of this week’s feature just might be a dangerous team entering the ’26 season. Enjoy this feature on this wonderfully gifted and talented young football star.

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Knox Barrett has been ‘on fire’ among ’28 QBs @FCFlyerFootball, @KnoxBarrett9, @khsaafootball, @KyHighFootball, @bigassfans, @eCampusdotcom

April 2, 2026 Fletcher Long 0

For our money, no one in the KHSAA does a much better job coaching a high school program at the 4A level than Franklin County’s Eddie James. His teams are yearly in contention and develop some of the KHSAA’s better next level talent. A guy who made our Lasaters Nifty Nichols preseason squad is Knox Barrett, a 6’3,” 195-pound, ’28 QB. Barrett has the stature the position craves and enviable on-field performance and production. Perhaps most importantly is the fact the Flyers win and routinely make deep, deep playoff runs. Their time for the title is coming on and it won’t be much longer before Coach James and his crew find themselves in the winner’s circle. Knox Barrett is the kind of QB who can make those dreams a reality. Enjoy this feature.

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Isaiah Kiser from Letcher County Central may prove quite the addition to the varsity roster in the Fall @IsaiahKiser1199, @Chris_Sailer, @Prokickercom, @KohlsKicking, @LCC_Football, @LCCougarSports, @khsaafootball, @KyHighFootball, @bigassfans, @KyHighFootball

March 21, 2026 Fletcher Long 0

Quality programs don’t skimp on any of football’s three phases. You will find that is true of most of your “Big Time,” “Big Boy,” KHSAA football programs. That certainly explains Isaiah Kiser (’30). Kiser is a rising 9th-grade place-kicker who was sending kicks into the end zone and over the head of the deep man on the opponent’s kick return team as an eighth grader. That is called having a lithe leg. Kiser is a soccer player in addition to football. Kiser is a multi-faceted talent who makes a difference on a football team not always noticed by the casual fan. We are a long way from either casual or just a fan of KHSAA football. Enjoy the feature.

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Preston Denton, ’31 BGJHS, setting southern Kentucky a blaze with his talent… @GrahamDenton14, @SOKYElite, @khsaafootball, @bigassfans, @eCampusdotcom, @KyHighFootball, @BGJHSFootball

March 19, 2026 Fletcher Long 0

We cut our teeth in this business covering middle school football. We moved up with our first set of middle school stars into covering the high school game and the rest is history, so to speak. When we write about a middle school kid we do it mostly out of a sense of nostalgia, out of a sense of paying homage to our beginnings. These Denton boys can ball. We featured the ’32 prospect, Graham Denton, in March of 2025, Now, a year later, we are featuring the Denton brother going into the 8th-grade at Bowling Green Junior High School (BGJHS). Preston is quite the prospect, like little brother and both of the Dentons spend tons of time sharpening their skills and technique, offseason, with the Southern Kentucky Elite. Enjoy the feature.

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Jack Long from the Christian County Tigers is our Bank of Cadiz Feature of the Week @khsaafootball, @KyHighFootball, @bigassfans, @eCampusdotcom, @County_TigerFB

March 16, 2026 Fletcher Long 0

Jack Long was medically retired from the active roster in 2025. That doesn’t diminish from a young man who was a heck of a football player over the course of his varsity high school career. Whatever Long’s roll may be going forward, Long will find someway to contribute and his contribution will be meaningful and impactful. That is why he is our Bank of Cadiz, Feature of the Week! Enjoy this look at an extraordinary young man, who accomplished extraordinary type things, both on and off the football field brought to you by our friends and neighbors at the Bank of Cadiz & Trust Company.

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Colleges are looking for QBs like Fox Coons and who could blame them? @coons_foxx, @WoodfordFBall, @PrepRedzone, @khsaafootball, @KyhighFootball, @bigassfans, @eCampusdotcom

March 14, 2026 Fletcher Long 0

Fox Coons comes into the ’26 season a “favorite” to challenge for “Mr. Football.” He is 6’5,” 240-pounds and is coming off a year where he threw for over 3,300-yards and 41-TDs. Coons clocked a 4.9-second, 40-yard dash at the Best of the Midwest college combine and registered 4.83-seconds on his “pro agility shuttle.” This kid is playing at the right program too. Coach Dennis Johnson has his team contending yearly for 5A supremacy and making deep, deep playoff runs each and every November/December. Is this coming season the season where the Yellow Jackets break through and walk off Kroger field with a 5A title. Trotting Fox Coons out to run the offense is a pretty good place from which to start. Enjoy this feature.

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Gavyn Combs…the Mountain Monster! @GavynXLCombs33, @RecruitMatador, @USArmyBowl, @broncofan4life, @bigassfans, @eCampusdotcom, @khsaafootball, @KyHighFootball

March 12, 2026 Fletcher Long 0

Gavyn Combs has listed his residence as “Hazard, KY” on his X-Account Bio. When we featured him during the season, he listed Betsy Layne, Kentucky as his domicile. We aren’t too sure what that means, visa vie, where he is likely to play in 2026. Where he plays is a huge story with big implications. Combs is 6’5,” 275-pound nationally ranked combo lineman who also made our Big Ass Fans, Small School All-State FB team a year ago. Combs has long arms, long legs, great big hands and feet, and a frame which could easily jump up to the 295-305 range without losing any quickness or mobility. Combs is the best line prospect the mountains have produced in the previous five (5) to 10-years simply on the strength of his frame. Enjoy the feature.

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Bryce Blackerby is our Big Man on the eCampus for this week @Oakley_Watkins, @bigassfans, @eCampusdotcom, @khsaafootball, @KyHighFootball

March 11, 2026 Fletcher Long 0

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