Recognizing a Lost State Championship

December 20, 2017 Fletcher Long 5

The earliest I have seen KHSAA State Championship recognition bestowed is 1959. There were only three classifications in 1959 and the 1A State Champion was Lynch East Main, the 2A State Champion was Henderson, and the 3A State Champion was duPont Manual. That doesn’t mean teams weren’t considered State Champions […]

The Sophomore All-State Defensive Line

November 30, 2017 Fletcher Long 0

Yesterday, in presenting the Freshman AFI-KPG All-State Defensive Line,  I told you an anecdote about a player who played for the Chiefs for six years and then was traded to the St. Louis Rams in 2007, out of Texas A&M, named Dante Hall. You might remember he was nicknamed, The Human […]

Clayton’s Cubbies are growing scarier and scarier…

November 11, 2017 Fletcher Long 0

Etymology is the study of the origin of words. That definition of etymology may not be completely accurate but the gist is basically on target. It was one of my favorite subjects in College as my undergraduate degree was in English/Creative Writing and, as free-spirited and permissive as Universities tend to […]

Hopkinsville opens 0-2 but what does it mean?

August 28, 2017 Fletcher Long 0

  Well you had to see this coming. Hopkinsville lost 4 out of 5 of its starting offensive line from last year’s 10-2 team and the fifth elected not to play before the team got out of Summer drills. Hopkinsville’s two most potent offensive weapons, Jalen Johnson and Steven Cager, […]