The Iron Tigers’ Iron Will

May 25, 2018 Fletcher Long 0

Football is a game played between predator and prey. It is a game won by bullies who are able to move people from point A to point B when the latter hasn’t the least desire to go to point B, with apologies to Hall of Fame member, Russ Grimm. Hopkinsville High School […]

News and Notes from the Gridiron…

April 16, 2018 Fletcher Long 0

We are starting a new feature here on KPGFootball and that is a weekly variety of shorter stories in one combined article about high school football news from around the coverage area. These articles will feature snippets of information for the football enthusiasts which will be, without a doubt, of […]

Kentucky wins Food City 2018 Border Bowl over Tennessee

January 20, 2018 Fletcher Long 0

Kentucky and Tennessee met this afternoon in the Food City Border Bowl in Sevier County, Tennessee and the Kentucky team was littered with stars we have covered right here on Kentucky Prep Gridiron. Kentucky rode behind big offensive line play and an effective ground game, which averaged, on the day, […]

Dion Pearson, Franklin-Simpson’s Bull in a China Shop

December 6, 2017 Fletcher Long 0

It is hard to put into words the terror interior offensive linemen across Kentucky experience knowing they will be aligned across from Dion Pearson from Franklin-Simpson High School. It reminds me of some of my favorite stories about Doug Atkins, who, for 17 years, terrorized the NFL playing some 12 […]

The Freshman All-State Defensive Line

November 29, 2017 Fletcher Long 0

I don’t know whether any of you remember 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 know him asĀ The Human Joystick, his nickname, but he is considered, by […]

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, […]

HHS vs. Caldwell, The Battle Between the Tigers

September 2, 2017 Fletcher Long 0

  Today at the Stadium of Champions beginning at 3:00 p.m., in what has been forecast to be perfect weather, the game originally contracted to be played last night will get underway. It is a pivotal game for each team going forward though it has zero play-off implications for either. […]