Fletcher W. Long

Calling the Hogs: Hightower’s run toward ‘Mr. Football’ will start where they all do…upfront @markezz_25, @BlueGreyFB, @All_American_Me, @Maroon_FB_MNHHS, @minguabeefjerky, @bigassfans, @LasatersCoffee, @khsaafootball, @KyHighFootball

August 5, 2025 Fletcher Long 0

North Hopkins is big, fast, mobile, strong, powerful, and explosive all over the field on both sides of the scrimmage line. This is especially true upfront offensively. “The Bigs” don’t ever get enough credit in our humble opinion. Credit or no credit, North figures to have a RB in the thick of a “Mr. Football” race in 2025. To get there, or to get where the team wants to go, the Maroons will rely heavily (pardon the pun) on the five or six guys upfront. Enjoy this feature.

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Aiden Jesse from Hopkinsville High School is the Lasaters Coffee & Tea Wake Up and Smell the Coffee Player of the Week @aidenjesse19, @LasatersCoffee, @minguabeefjerky, @bigassfans, @HenryMi74881410, @HopHighTigers, @ColonelFootball, @FC_FALCONS_FB,

August 5, 2025 Fletcher Long 1

We are very pleased to welcome Lasaters Coffee & Tea to our growing family of advertisers. The Kelley family has a very long history in the local football industry and several of the Kelleys have had their numbers retired owing to their familial history of playing excellence. Football has been very good to their family and they look for ways to give back to this very special community. Lasaters is a place one goes to get caffeinated and motivated and couldn’t we all use a bit more of that invigoration in our daily routines. Get by one (1) of our four (4) Christian County, Kentucky locations and enjoy the roasted flavor of a hot cup of warmth and love.
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The Bank of Cadiz & Trust Company Superior Performance/Exceptional Quality Player of the Week @KatherineL58069, @Quinbaggett73, @LasatersCoffee, @minguabeefjerky, @bigassfans, @khsaafootball, @KyHighFootball, @davaree_gude6, @TriggFootball, @CountyColonels, @HopHighTigers, @murrayFB

August 4, 2025 Fletcher Long 0

We are super pleased to be adding The Bank of Cadiz & Trust Company to our family of sponsors. This is a business which has been around some 55-years and is committed to superior performance and quality service. Each week, The Bank of Cadiz & Trust Company will have us feature an area football player who has engaged in singular and superior performance and played the game according to the highest standards of exceptional quality. Join us here, each week, as we celebrate what is best about amateur athletics in our respective areas and in our shared homes. Thank you for joining us.

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Malik Butler (’26) and his Spartans belong with the ‘Big Boys!’ @CoachDerekMason, @SouthWarrenFB, @Malikbutler23, @khsaafootball, @KyHighFootball, @minguabeefjerky, @bigassfans, @LasatersCoffee

August 2, 2025 Fletcher Long 0

South Warren has some of the best talent rostered anywhere in the KHSAA at any level of competition. This coming year should be no different. The Spartans are 6A, instead of 5A, this season but the argument can be made the trek through 5A on the western end of the commonwealth is at least as daunting as 6A if not a little mores (Louisville excluded). Either way, this Malik Butler is the real-freaking deal. Enjoy this feature about a kid we featured before when he was still playing football at Franklin-Simpson. This kid can do it.

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Samuel Speakes Wilson from Paris, Kentucky is the Big Ass Fans Kentucky Comfort Creator of the Week @11SamuelWilson, @PHS_FB_KY, @LasatersCoffee, @bigassfans, @minguabeefjerky, @khsaafootball, @KyHighFootball,

August 1, 2025 Fletcher Long 0

We started this journey we call Kentucky Prep Gridiron reporting mainly on middle school players. When our initial middle school stars matriculated to high school, we came with them. We don’t cover middle school football as much as we once did but we do cover it. Today, we report on a kid who may be the best 8th-grade QB in the commonwealth of Kentucky. He is darn sure athletic. He is darn sure well developed with room for quite a bit more anatomical development. Let’s keep it comfortable out there, Kentucky, and allow us to help you out in that regard as we tell you the story of Samuel Speakes Wilson from Paris, KY.

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John Luke Minner, the KHSAA’s ‘premier edge rusher,’ has committed to the Ivy League and Brown University @john_minner13, @ChadPennington, @lexsayrefb, @KYHighFootball, @minguabeefjerky, @bigassfans

July 31, 2025 Fletcher Long 0

I got a call one time from a kid who had signed with Princeton. Princeton, like Brown, is an Ivy League school, or the elite of the elite as this country has historically thought of the Ivy League. Well anyway this kid was voicing some displeasure about Princeton’s having a bad season. My response…”Are you kidding me, son? You’re going to Princeton. Who cares if you go 0-40 while there? You’re still getting a degree from Princeton.” You get the point. Football is a tool to a better life if you’re smart about it. Enjoy this feature about Kentucky’s most lethal edge threat and how he has scored a major win.

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Storm Warning: Joel Murrah, Class of 2028, is getting stronger, is getting better @HopkinsCentral, @_CoachManning, @minguabeefjerky, @bigassfans, @khsaafootball, @KyHighFootball

July 31, 2025 Fletcher Long 0

The high school game is a game where players like Joel Murrah may flourish. It is his game. It is the game for the “Chapter 16” type kid, the “Football Playing Jesse.” If these references are unfamiliar to you, you need to read Sam Harp and my book, “Football 101: Boo-Boo’s a Quarterback.” There is a link at the bottom of this article, will take you right to where you can order. It is just $9.99 on “Kindle,” best ten bucks you will ever spend. Joel Murrah will help anchor the Storm front this coming year. He appears well equipped to handle the assignment. Enjoy the feature.
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Jerek Hoover from Holy Cross (Louisville) is the Mingua Beef Jerky Protein-packed Performer of the Week @cleats2whistle, @jerek_hoover_2, @CoachWatson11, @HCougs_Football, @CoachEricDick, @LasatersCoffee, @minguabeefjerky, @bigassfans, @khsaafootball, @KyHghFootball

July 30, 2025 Fletcher Long 0

We continue to feature some of the better QBs in the KHSAA. That being said, there aren’t too many better than Holy Cross’s Jerek Hoover who is 6’0,” 170-pounds, threw for close to two-thousand yards last year while running for another 634, and scored or was responsible for 22-TDs running and throwing. Oh yeah, he sports a 3.7-GPAs. This is a guy who looks very recruitable to us, particularly if your program has a tough admission’s committee to by-pass. Enjoy this feature on a kid very deserving of some of the world’s finest beef jerky products and don’t forget to #SavorTheFlavor out there in Louisville, KY.

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Jack Long, from Christian County, may have saved a coach’s life at practice last night; now that’s a primetime play! @jacklongFb, @KatherineL58069, @LasatersCoffee, @minguabeefjerky, @bigassfans, @khsaafootball, @KyHighFootball, @davaree_gude6, @TriggFootball, @CountyColonels, @HopHighTigers

July 29, 2025 Fletcher Long 0

We are always reporting on some guy making tackles, throwing some passes, catching TDs and the like. Football is more than just making plays; it is about being family. Last night, James Nicholas Whaley (Jack Whaley) Long may have saved one of his coach’s lives. New coach Kelly Myers was having a diabetic episode, which involved seizures, and Jack recognized it and called for his getting some help before the situation descended into the depths of no return. Thank the Lord Jack is as observant a kid as he happens to be. Thank God this situation didn’t end up being much worse. Way to go Jack Whaley Long.

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Stephan Lovan, Jr. from Christian County High is the Lasaters Coffee & Tea Wake Up and Smell the Coffee Player of the Week @LasatersCoffee, @minguabeefjerky, @bigassfans, @HenryMi74881410, @HopHighTigers, @ColonelFootball, @FC_FALCONS_FB,

July 29, 2025 Fletcher Long 0

We are very pleased to welcome Lasaters Coffee & Tea to our growing family of advertisers. The Kelley family has a very long history in the local football industry and several of the Kelleys have had their numbers retired owing to their familial history of playing excellence. Football has been very good to their family and they look for ways to give back to this very special community. Lasaters is a place one goes to get caffeinated and motivated and couldn’t we all use a bit more of that invigoration in our daily routines. Get by one (1) of our four (4) Christian County, Kentucky locations and enjoy the roasted flavor of a hot cup of warmth and love.

Friday Night Fletch.