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Friday Night Fletch’s Picks (09/05/2025)! @RSandidge2027, @jacklongFb, @Gjohnson1418, @coach_chandler, @KatherineL58069, @840WHAS, @Tony840Cruise, @FitzOn840WHAS, @WHOPradio

September 3, 2025 Fletcher Long 0

We have a radio/podcast which is among the highest rated shows of its type across the commonwealth (Friday Night, Kentucky). Having a talent like, Scott Fitzgerald, to host the show with me is the real key to our success. When we convene this weekend, we will discuss some of these games and you will know whether I was right or wrong in my forecasts. Enjoy this “behind the scenes” look at the level of preparation it takes to produce the show you hear weekly.

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Pikeville’s Mikey Hager flying against Christian Academy-Louisville…maybe the commonwealth’s fastest player @PikevilleHSFB, @CSS_TRAINING, @PrepRedzoneKY, @LippertScouting, @khsaafootball, @bigassfans, @KyHighFootball

August 30, 2025 Fletcher Long 0

Christian Academy-Louisville opened with Pikeville High at home and won the game 45-7. That is nice and all but it wasn’t the most significant occurrence on the field on the night in question. If you don’t believe us ask Reel Analytics. In their “Fastest Man” challenge, Pikeville’s Mikey Hager achieved a speed of 20.7 MPH in chasing down CAL RB, Jeffrey Vanzzana, who was traipsing down the sideline toward a score at the time. The ability to run down plays the rest or the team has given up on catching is a very recruitable attribute for college third level defenders. Enjoy this look at a kid on everyone’s radar.

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Hazard, 1-0, heads toward Williamsburg, KY to play Whitley (1-0) County @wccolonelsfb, @Gjohnson1418, @coach_chandler @LasatersCoffee, @bigassfans, @minguabeefjerky, @khsaafootball, @KyHighFootball

August 27, 2025 Fletcher Long 0

We believe the Hazard Bulldogs are well positioned to do something very special this season. We have crunched the numbers, studied the data, prepared ourselves diligently to tell you the following: The Bulldogs just might take this thing this year and we are going to be there to cover it. Enjoy this trip with us as well travel through the ’25 season and let’s just see where this trek ends. Our best guess…Lexington, KY. It will be quit a ride.

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Griffen Meacham (’28 LB) 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 26, 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.

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The Bank of Cadiz & Trust Company Superior Performance/Exceptional Quality Player of the Week is Aiden Goodwin (Center) from Trigg County High @KatherineL58069, @Quinbaggett73, @LasatersCoffee, @minguabeefjerky, @bigassfans, @khsaafootball, @KyHighFootball, @davaree_gude6, @TriggFootball, @CountyColonels, @HopHighTigers, @murrayFB

August 25, 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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Friday Night Fletch’s Week Zero Picks @KatherineL58069, @cleats2whistle, @bigassfans, @minguabeefjerky, @khsaafootball, @KyHighFootball

August 17, 2025 Fletcher Long 0

Well guys, we will be regularly appearing on two different podcasts this coming season. We will be on Cleats 2 Whistle and (of course) our own Friday Night Kentucky which will air for the third season with Scott Fitzgerald. This is just an example of the work required to be “Friday Night Fletch.” Welcome to my life, folks. I absolutely love it!

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For Garrard County to take the next step, a player like Dalton Flannery has to take a step… @FlanneryDalton, @Spencer15Crutch, @GarrardFB, @minguabeefjerky, @CoachJeffHester,@bigassfass, @khsaafootball, @KyHghFootball, @KatherineL58069

August 16, 2025 Fletcher Long 0

If you want to talk about a team on the rise, a team on a heater, may we suggest you buy Garrard County now before the price climbs too high. Spencer Crutchfield has come into the Lancaster, Kentucky and built the programs into quite a formidable one. Adding the games preeminent defensive coordinator in Jeff Hester certainly didn’t hurt. Now the Golden Lions have to develop the roster talent and get it deployed. One guy who should help going forward is rising senior Dalton Flannery. We like his frame, we like his athletic skill set, we love his demeanor and aggression. It is time to get on the field and get it done. Can’t wait to monitor this situation as we go along. Enjoy the 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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Slow Motion Replay: Sam Simpson, over his 27-year career at Henry Clay provided Blue Devil fans lots of shining moments @HCHSDevilsFB, @HCHS_Athletics, @MarionCoKnights, @KyHighFootball, @khsaafootball, @minguabeefjerky, @bigassfans

June 16, 2025 Fletcher Long 0

Sam Simpson went 32-years coaching at two places not easy to win ball games. Marion County was five years and the other 27 were spent in Lexington at Henry Clay High. Simpson won 193-games at Henry Clay, taking the Blue Devils to one of its two visits to the title game. Henry Clay beat St. Francis DeSales back in 1981 for the 4A title under Jack Bell. Simpson would take the team on an improbably four (4) game run through the playoffs which ultimately ended in the title game against Mike Glasur’s Tigers. Well, that ended up like matchups with St. Xavier often do, with the Tigers leaving the field with victory. Enjoy this installment of our “Slow Motion Replay” series.

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