News and Notes from the Gridiron…

May 8, 2018 Fletcher Long 0

We have begun featuring, here on KPGFootball, a weekly variety of shorter stories in one combined article about football news from around the coverage area. These articles feature snippets of information for the football enthusiasts which we consider, without a doubt, of interest to the Kentucky high school and middle school […]

Owen LeMaster; 2022 OG/DT; Paintsville, Kentucky

May 8, 2018 Fletcher Long 0

I hear they call Paintsville, Kentucky the Oasis in the Mountains. An oasis is generally described as a fertile spot in a desert where water is found. When it comes to mining for football talent, the mountains of Kentucky are hardly a desert. There is talent in football all over the mountains, especially […]

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 […]

All-American Jacoby Thornsbury

April 18, 2018 Fletcher Long 0

The Kentucky Future Stars are headed to Louisville, Kentucky where, if tradition holds, we should see some filthy speed coming out of the Derby City. The western Kentucky combine, which didn’t posses the speed we will see in Louisville, had a very nice array of bigs as we reported. One of […]

Ben Vaughn, another Taylor County beast

February 5, 2018 Fletcher Long 0

We’re plowing already plowed field here featuring another Taylor County, Kentucky star in Ben Vaughn. Seems like we have before been here. Remember Logan Parker and Campbellsville’s own, Arren Hash (April 1, 2017, Arren Hash, The Rifleman)? Sure you do. I wrote about Logan on June 13, 2017 in an […]