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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
I would have suspected HHS would suffer a winless season if you would have told me, at the beginning of the year, the following things: 1. HHS was going to play the season without it’s senior QB who had, for the two immediate previous seasons, been District Player of the Year […]
At the season’s mid-point, and with a reference to the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, we at Kentucky Prep Gridiron would like to look at two teams we think are hot, two we think are cold, and two we think are just about right. Here we go… Too Hot… The […]
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, […]
Football season opens around the area August 18, 2017, which is tomorrow night, and we at Kentucky Prep Gridiron couldn’t be happier or more excited. There are some huge games as three area teams on whom we choose to focus in this article are well-matched and high regarded squads all […]
There is a rather poignant scene from my favorite movie, Remember the Titans, where Coach Bill Yost opts out of an attempt to fix the outcome of a playoff game. The plan was for T.C. Williams High School to lose its playoff game which would result in the termination, from the […]
While I am tipping the hat to top High School programs in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, it hardly seems fair that I should omit my Alma Mater, Hopkinsville High School. Hopkinsville High School is the 12th winningest program in KHSAA history, coming in with a career mark of 650-476-33. Coach Fleming […]
Hopkinsville High School and The Silver Fox, Craig Clayton, have announced naming Tim Wharton Sr. its Head Football Coach for the Freshman Tigers! Wharton, above pictured, played his prep football for the Christian County Colonels where he played receiver and defensive back before playing collegiately for the Kentucky State University Thorobreds. After […]
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