Ballard Smokes Eastern, Hopes for Strong Finish in Versailles- @minguabeefjerky @1776Bank @PrepSpin @KyHighFootball @kyhighs @HLpreps @MaxPreps @HopkinsCentral @evans02_Mike @840WHAS @sfitz_840whas @Ballard_Bruins

October 21, 2023 Fletcher Long 0

Ballard certainly knows something about developing top-flight talent at DE. Remember Jadairion Smith? We sure do. Ballard is now 6-3 with Woodford County remaining and Mikel Clack is the new “Jadairion Smith.” Clack leads the commonwealth in sacks and has a long frame, albeit slight, but he can really move. Ballard is staring down the barrel of a 7-3 finish, and with the 7th-highest RPI in the class, the 6A, 5th district Bruins hope to host to host an opening game. Friday Night Fletch

Journey Wyche from Ballard High is the Independence Bank, Revolutionary, Player of the Week-@1776Bank @Coach1Tyme @_CoachManning @HopkinsCentral @kyhighs @HLpreps @KyHighFootball @PrepSpin @JourneyWyche @WycheKannon @CoachBerryKYFB

July 28, 2023 Fletcher Long 0

Talk about your big-time contributors, can’t imagine a single player contributing as much to the success of one of the deepest and most talent laden rosters in Kentucky HS football as Journey Wyche does at Ballard. Enjoy this feature from Kentucky’s fastest growing financial institution; setting the standard for excellence in the financial services, Kentucky market. FL.

Louisville’s Kiyaunta Goodwin ready to bang with the big boys!

August 8, 2019 Henry Lyon 0

When Phillip Fulmer, now the AD at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, but once a National Championship winning football coach at the same school, met Kiyaunta Goodwin he exclaimed it was like being in the movie “The Blind Side” a second time. That movie featured the coming of age of Michael Oher who went on to become one of the NFL’s marquee tackles. Of course Michael Oher was only 6-4, 315-pounds. Kiyaunta Goodwin is 6-8, 350. Regardless, Kiyaunta has been favorably compared to such greats for years now and has the opportunity, this season, to come of age and really showcase what he can do. You see, the player formerly playing 1A football for Holy Cross has now transferred to Louisville’s Ballard High School (6A). Enjoy the article.

Class of 2022’s Connor Carr, CAL

May 22, 2018 Fletcher Long 0

  Well, first it was Braeden and Brandt Babin, and now it is Connor Carr. If you are an upcoming opponent of CAL and hoping to gain ground on the Class 2A, powerhouse which won the State Championship in 2016 and bowed out in the State Semis, last year, to […]

Louisville’s Kiyaunta Goodwin is this Week’s Independence Bank Revolutionary Player of the Week

April 22, 2018 Fletcher Long 0

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 and special […]

So, you don’t play Freshmen?

April 20, 2018 Fletcher Long 0

Got a phone call from a father of a very prominent and accomplished young player whose son, this past Fall, just completed his freshman year in high school. He told me about a conversation he had with the varsity football coach prior to the season. So, the coach calls me […]

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, […]