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 […]

The Freshman All-State Defensive Line

November 29, 2017 Fletcher Long 0

I don’t know whether any of you remember a player who played for the Chiefs for six years and then was traded to the St. Louis Rams in 2007, out of Texas A&M, named Dante Hall. You might know him as The Human Joystick, his nickname, but he is considered, by […]

All-State Specialists…Special being the operative word

November 27, 2017 Fletcher Long 0

I don’t know that players in High School today have the respect for Specialists and Special Teams our football forefathers had. I can tell you Frank Beamer made a fine career, and won a lot of football games, focusing on special teams’ play. Tennessee had a pretty good football coach one time named […]

Class of 2020…Calling the Hogs…Sooee!

November 26, 2017 Fletcher Long 0

I have entitled both articles describing just how and why the linemen in the Classes of 2020 & 2021 were selected to the Football, All-State Teams, Calling the Hogs. It dawned on me some readers may be too young to remember and appreciate the reference. I certainly mean no offense, au contraire, […]

Dru Flener, Carrying James Madison’s Torch to the Maroons

September 8, 2017 Fletcher Long 0

There is a lot of excitement right now around the Maroon Football program at Madisonville North-Hopkins. Well, with the young talent accumulating in Madisonville, Kentucky, frankly, there should be. We wrote just this week about a Team Kentucky Future Star, Davyon Vanburen, and alluded to the fact there were more […]