’28 DE got three (3) games of varsity run in his sophomore year but made the most of it
Connor Miles is a guy who played sparingly on Friday Nights over his sophomore season. However, he has put in the offseason work and his finish at the Kentucky Powerlifting Meet (5th place, 220 pound division) has informed onlookers he will be a player to deal with as the Storm prepares for the ’25 season. Good football begins upfront. Coach Manning tells us he believes this Miles kid is ready for two-way, line of scrimmage deployment.
HB Lyon, Scouting Director, “KPGFootball”
Morton’s Gap, KY: I don’t know how many of you follow the sport of powerlifting at the high school level in Kentucky. It isn’t a KHSAA sport, and with the liability which potentially comes as a result, it isn’t likely to be anytime soon. It is one Hell of a fun cover.
We have covered the sport for years in Kentucky as a regular part of our offseason, football coverage. Powerlifting is an important part of offseason, football regimen.
Owing to our longstanding practice of covering the sport, we have come to learn and thing or two about a thing or two when it comes to Powerlifting.
For starters, not all weight classes are equal. The toughest classifications are generally the 175-220-pound classes. This isn’t hard and fast, we have seen 310 on the bench press win the SHW and we have seen 475 on the bench take the title in SHW.
It depends on the year and the lifters. One of the best powerlifters we ever saw, Red Barnes from Hopkinsville, who was appointed to West Point and competed for the Black Knights powerlifting team, never finished “in the money(1st, 2nd, or 3rd) ” at 220-pounds.
Barnes has been a star at the collegiate level. Why has he been better in college? Well, maturity for one; and the other reason is there was a glut of all-time guys competing against him when he was in high school at that weight.
If Barnes were lifting today, he might be an easy Kentucky HS champion at that weight lifting the same number of pounds in each discipline. It varies from year to year.
Connor Miles only played in three (3) varsity games but registered 4-stops from his DE position
KHSAA Statistical Website
Connor Miles, a ’28 guy who reports DE as his primary position, finished 5th at 220-pounds at this year’s Kentucky HS championships. For a sophomore, at one of weightlifting’s more crowded and tougher competitions, that is really good.
Coach Manning tells us he is also good at football and ready to step into a leadership role. Miles got three (3) games of varsity run in ’24 but he registered four (4) tackles. That is called making the most of your limited experiences.
The Storm are being ravaged, up front, by the spring graduation stage. Coaches Manning and Vaughn will be searching for young guys to “fill some shoes.”
Among those young guys who will be called upon, expect to hear the name “Connor Miles.” We expect he will be a two-way guy in ’25. We also expect he will regularly be in the lineup.
This is Friday Night Fletch, reporting for KPGFootball, reminding you to PLAY THROUGH THE WHISTLE!
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