A New Meaning for the Freshman 15!

March 27, 2018 Fletcher Long 0

Well, we have been discussing the offseason, from Powerlifting Championships to the daily grind. The offseason is important because it is what a football player is doing, right now, which will determine his success next Fall. One thing about which freshmen were warned when going off to college, unless an athlete, […]

With Future Stars Tryouts Upon Us…Why You Want Your Son to Play!

February 28, 2018 Fletcher Long 0

I hope people who subscribe to Kentucky Prep Gridiron have been following the postings on the tryouts to be held for Team Kentucky Future Stars for this year’s Tennessee-Kentucky Future Stars Classic. The Kentucky try-outs will be the following…April 14 Warren Central High School in Bowling Green Ky; April 15 Northern KY -Mason […]

How Important Weightlifting Really is to Football

February 14, 2018 Fletcher Long 0

One almost never gets a straight answer from a high school football coach on the question of the importance of strength numbers and power to the sport of high school football. If your son is super strong, you get anecdotes about some other super strong, former player, who sucked at […]

The Importance of Data Entry

February 13, 2018 Fletcher Long 0

I couldn’t decide whether I was going to write this article or not. Part of the goal of Kentucky Prep Gridiron is to provide information to parents about how to go about promoting their kids to the collegiate level to continue both their academic and athletic careers past Friday nights. […]

The AFI-KPG Freshmen All-State Linebackers

November 30, 2017 Fletcher Long 0

The selection committee believed this position group to be the deepest and, maybe, best pool of talented football players in the Class of 2021. It was really hard to narrow down the nominees. There were several nominees who didn’t make this year’s edition who would have in any other. We […]

Class of 2021…Calling The Hogs

November 25, 2017 Fletcher Long 4

We can’t publish the two-classes of All-State Offensive Linemen selections together. We would like to, but attempting to feature 11 or so linemen in one article might be more than a reader could digest in one sitting. Therefore, after mentioning this to the Director of the Selection Committee, he has […]