Christian County’s “Big Poppa” Jerome Smith, “throw your hands in the air, if you’se a true player…” Notorious B.I.G.
Not a nicer kid competing anywhere across the commonwealth of Kentucky that Jerome “Big Poppa” Smith. Throw your hands in the air…
Kentucky State Powerlifting Champion
So your big plan is to jam Class of 2021’s Reece Jesse, Jr. at the line of scrimmage? Better get another plan…
Reece Jesse, Jr. is a 6-4, 178-pound, long-armed, vertically explosive athlete tearing it up on the Seven’s circuit and on the gridiron. He has a 78-inch wing-span and a 38-inch standing vertical. We have before shown you video of his 360-degree, spinning, two-handed slam dunk, now hit this link and […]
Austin Mitchell, Class of 2019, Trigg County, is just a classy guy and a gutsy competitor
If you regularly read the site you know we just got back from covering the Kentucky High School Powerlifting State Championships in Cecelia, Kentucky on the campus of Central Hardin High School. One obvious reason for why we annually cover the event is we get reams of material from it, […]
Class of 2020’s Noah Knight, McLean County HS, is the Independence Bank Revolutionary POW
There is no better time than the present to anoint another Independence Bank player of the week. Independence Bank is proud to sponsor a weekly article highlighting players in the areas where Independence Bank flourishes who embody the same type of revolutionary service to their respective football teams which has made Independence Bank unique […]
William Long, Class of 2021, may he, one-day, be the best there has ever been?
With apologies to Charlie Daniels, “Fire on the mountain, run boys run!” We don’t know at KPGFootball whether the “Devils in the house of the rising sun…” or not, but we believe we may have witnessed a “Devil went down to Georgia” moment yesterday in Paducah, Kentucky. Now, both readily […]
William Long, Class of 2021, Hopkinsville High School
What I am about to say is commonly referenced as throwing shade, though it isn’t meant that way at all. William Long went to a powerlifting meet in Hopkinsville this Spring where he set 4 new Kentucky state powerlifting records for a lifter his age. He is the, newly minted, 16 year […]
William Long, Class of 2021, enjoys visit to #UTMartinFootball for Spring Practice
Hopkinsville High School freshman footballer and reigning Kentucky State Powerlifting Champion in the 250 pound weight class, William Long, got the opportunity to take in a Spring Practice scrimmage with the University of Tennessee, Martin, SkyHawks and came away really impressed. William was invited up by HC Jason Simpson and […]
