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Centre’s RC, Nate Simmons, stoped by Morton’s Gap hunting talent

Centre College has been on a roll. The Colonels tied for the conference championship in the Southern Athletic Association and earned a berth in the NCAA where it made a more than respectable showing, dropping a nine (9) point decision to Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh. The Colonels have heard there may be some talent around Morton’s Gap which could help them continue its climb toward national championship contention.

HB Lyon, Scouting Director, “KPGFootball”

Morton’s Gap, KY: We had an opportunity to chat with Centre College’s defensive coordinator, Carter Conley, at the Colonels’ end of the year banquet a couple months ago. Centre had a tremendous season in ’24, won a share of its conference crown, and made a really nice showing on the road at Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh.

Let us paint you a picture. The Colonels earned a bye to the second round. The Colonels drew Carnegie Mellon, one of the best football teams at its level of competition in the nation. The Colonels had the football, trailing 17-15, with three mixtures remaining.

The Colonels had an all-conference QB, under center, to lead the drive and the conference’s premier place-kicker waiting to trot out and win his team the game. They had to move the ball approximately 45 or so yards and it would be Tegge-time (Cam Tegge, PK).

An unfortunate “pick-six” later, on a ball that just slipped out of the QB’s hand, and it was a 24-15 final score. Point is, Centre prove itself as good as any team in the NCAA, Division III, on any given game day.

Now it is the offseason. The Colonels can afford to be “selective” on instate talent it seeks to bring to Danville.

“Coaches out there are pretty mad at us because instate players we have taken in the past are not hitting our sweet spot this offseason,” Conley told us at the banquet. “We aren’t hearing many no’s, if I am being honest,” Conley continued. “Centre’s become a tough ticket.”

That brings us to our point. Even though a “tough ticket,” the Colonels are still coming to Morton’s Gap looking to fill the limited amount of space it has for the ’26 class. The ’25 class is finished, not something all D-3’s can claim.

So, who is it? Who’s the player or players which brought the recruiting coordinator to Hopkins County?

We believe we know. We aren’t going to either out the player or derail the Colonels’ ’26 recruiting efforts until an offer is extended.

Just know, Coach Manning and staff are doing an excellent job developing next level talent at our beloved Central High on Morton’s Gap. The Centre visit illustrates that point clearly.

Central to Centre…that’s a winning combination and quite the budding pipeline. Then again, what do we know?

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