Steve Partin from Knox Central High is the @minguabeefjerky Protein-packed Performer of the Week- @PartinSteve @3hoss606 @coachelam7 @bwells34 @Egregory3222 @evans02_mike @_CoachManning @1776Bank @HopkinsCentral @PrepSpin @teeroyhowell

June 7, 2023 Fletcher Long 0

This kid here has to be mentioned in discussing ’23 Mr. Football candidates. We don’t know how far in the playoff structure Knox Central will advance. They were outed in the first round a year ago. We do know they will only go as far as Steve Partin carries them. Enjoy this feature and get some of the country’s finest all-beef jerky today and #savortheflavor! FL

@gavinchadwell from @FbKnox is the commonwealth’s top TE/DE prospect and may be its top-rated ’24 player, period. @jsmitty1K @minguabeefjerky @1776Bank @PrepSpin @MaxPreps @KyHighFootball

May 23, 2022 Henry Lyon 0

Gavin Chadwell is easily among the top players at his position in the commonwealth. This goes equally for his secondary position (DE) like it does for his primary position (TE). He has a college frame, right now. UK confirmed this with an offer for this top prospect as a sophomore. Enjoy this feature. HB.

@BrentonWilloug1, Class of ’23, is ready to get on the field for @FbKnox. All indications are they are equally excited about him. @PrepSpin @minguabeefjerky @1776Bank @KyHighFootball

May 27, 2021 Henry Lyon 0

Brenton Willoughby will play for Knox Central in ’21 and nobody is more excited than the people in Barbourville, Kentucky. This kid is a warhorse and has to be among the best ’23s anywhere across the commonwealth of Kentucky. If you want to know why that is, we have some answers for you in this article. Enjoy the feature. HB.

Brody Wells, Knox Central, Ready for the Friday Night Lights

August 5, 2019 Henry Lyon 0

This guy has represented Kentucky in the Future Stars game and, coming out of middle school, is widely regarded one of the best football players in Kentucky’s 2023 class of prospects. What will he do under the shine of the lights on Friday Night? Well, that is anyone’s guess. We believe he will be an early contributor for the Panthers coming off a 10-4 season in 2018 and a birth in the Class 4A semi-finals. Enjoy this article.

And so it begins…July 22…

July 22, 2019 Henry Lyon 0

Today, all over Kentucky, is the first day teams have been able to wear what the KHSAA calls “shells.” What gear constitutes “shells” is set out in Bylaw 23 and its subparts. “Shells” are defined as shorts, helmet, and shoulder pads. Judging from some social media postings we have viewed in advance of today, some of you were confused as to exactly when you could add shoulder pads to your practice equipment. We watched one middle school video of a member school practicing in “shells” last week. Anyway, the donning of shoulder pads means different things to different players so we sent out a query to some of Kentucky’s best high school players to see what, if anything, it signified to them. This article contains what we received back from some of the players asked.

Knox Central’s Ethan Mills, Class of 2021, RB

October 18, 2018 Fletcher Long 0

Pretty easy to write about Knox Central’s Ethan Mills. After all, we ranked him the 8th best football player in Kentucky’s Class of 2021. We have been big Ethan Mills fans from his days tearing up middle school football and starring, annually, for the various Team Kentuckys to which he was selected […]

2019 DT, Matthew Masternak, Corbin Redhounds

June 8, 2018 Fletcher Long 0

Matthew Masternak is Masternasty. Okay, that is not the most clever pun ever but you get the point. I will tell you who else got the point…Corbin‘s 15 opponents last year. Mr. Masternak, or should we say Mr. Masternasty, anchored a defense which allowed 85 or so rushing yards per game over 15 […]

Knox County Middle’s Bracken Castle…

May 18, 2018 Fletcher Long 0

Writer Taylor Hall, writing for theodysseyonline.com, wrote an article entitled People Are Like Flowers: They Can Bloom Beautifully. In that article she went on to say that… [s]ometimes the ones that take the longest to bloom end up being the most beautiful or strongest. In talking with Bracken Castle’s dad, Sam, he thinks […]