The Purples Right the Ship against Owensboro High

September 11, 2017 Fletcher Long 0

Bowling Green High School came into the home game against the Red Devils of OHS reeling, or so conventional wisdom would certainly have indicated. Bowling Green High School was coming off of consecutive losses to Pleasure Ridge Park (Louisville) and Saint Xavier (Louisville) which found the Purples in uncomfortable and, […]

Kelley and Hughes make the Bret Cooper Junior All-American Watch List

August 31, 2017 Fletcher Long 1

Two area Middle School football players have been initially released on the Bret Cooper Junior All-American Game Watch List. This signifies the players have been identified by the selection committee as players the committee will monitor going forward to determine whether their ability and scholastic achievement are sufficiently excellent to warrant […]

Who’s the best Line-backer in Kentucky’s 2021 Class?

August 30, 2017 Fletcher Long 0

We have before talked about the incredible amount of talent Kentucky has in its 2021 Class of football prospects. We at Kentucky Prep Gridiron have published a 5 part series on it entitled, in relevant part, Plug-In Players. The talent around the Bluegrass is really deep with explosive, powerful, fast athletes all […]

LaVell Wright…2021 RB North Hardin

August 21, 2017 Fletcher Long 0

This article is about a player who possesses a skill set that is just terrific. I have before labeled him one of my Fantastic Four. The Fantastic Four are the four rising freshmen in Kentucky I believe to be the best overall in the 2021 class (LaVell Wright, William Long, Justice Thompson, and […]

Plug-In Players….part 5…the final installment

August 15, 2017 Fletcher Long 0

This is our final installment (Part 5) of our series on Plug-In Players. I know we have been over this before but the criteria to be considered a true Plug In Player is a freshman player (2021) who is either starting, week one, or almost certain to start by year’s end, meaning […]

The Masters at finding the “Plug-In” Player

July 25, 2017 Fletcher Long 0

  I am pretty sure when Ricco Hughes (Kentucky Future Stars Director) and Josh Jones (Ricco’s Tennessee counterpart) first got their respective heads together and finalized the concept of pitting the elite Middle School players from Kentucky and Tennessee against each other annually, while they knew it would be quite […]

OMS, in the race for Number 1

July 8, 2017 Fletcher Long 0

As all of you are aware, Kentucky Prep Gridiron is releasing its Pre-season, All Classification, Middle School Football top 20 poll next week. This poll is being brought to you by a new corporate sponsor and will be something we continue weekly through the season up until and through the […]

Salute to the Red Devils

June 27, 2017 Fletcher Long 0

Well, if you are any type of Kentucky High School Football fan, or even University of Kentucky football fan, you have to remember Mark Higgs. In a real lesson for all young ballers, it is reported that Higgs was discouraged from playing football because he was 5’7″ tall. Granted, Mark […]

Austin Gough Multi-Sport Superstar

June 4, 2017 Fletcher Long 2

Yes, I realize this on-line magazine is Kentucky Prep Gridiron.  Yes, I realize Gridiron denotes football.  That is why, to the casual observer, this article about Austin Gough’s phenomenal accomplishments at yesterday’s State Championship Middle School Track & Field Meet will, initially, seem out of place.  If you really believe excelling in more […]