12-02-2019, 06:43 PM
I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and a good semi-finals weekend. I know we Belfry fans did. Picking back up where I left off last week finishing up the M schools.
Morganfield Guerillas (18??-1964) – Morganfield High School football is first mentioned in 1903 and had a team until they merged with Sturgis in 1964 to become Union County High School. Morganfield appears to have presented a talented squad in the mid-50s but by the time the school closed in 63 the team was posting 2-7 records.
Mullins Tigers (-1993) – While Mullins consolidated into Pike Central in 1993, their football program had folded a decade earlier after the 1984 season. The Tigers went 2-51 over their last 5 years on the gridiron. With 4 winless seasons and 25 straight losses starting in the middle of the 1982 season Mullins decided to drop the program. In their 17 years between the hashes the Tigers won more the 2 games only once, their lone bright spot came in 1974 when they finished 7-4 and 2nd in their district .
Mt. Sterling Trojans (1884-1975) – Football in Mt. Sterling started in the early 1900s. In 1928 Bain “Tiny” Jones took over as Trojans coach in all sports and quickly turned Mt. Sterling into a Central Kentucky power. From 1928-1953 Tiny would lead the Trojans before leaving to coach at Dayton and later helping Bourbon Co found its football program. A book called “Tiny and the Trojans” can be found on Amazon. Jones departure wasn’t a major setback luckily as the Trojans would win a regional title in 1962. Mt. Sterling would be considered a 1A power for the remainder of the schools’ existence. 1967—1969 would prove to be the most fruitful going 26-5 winning a state title and a runner up trophy. Overall in the playoff era Mt. Sterling would win 4 regional titles, 5 district titles and a state championship. In 1975 Montgomery County High School opened a new facility and Mt. Sterling was absorbed into the county high school.
Mt. Sterling Dubois Hornets (1939-1964) – One of the KHSAL schools to join KHSAA play after integration, the Dubois school has one of the sadder stories, while most of the segregated schools closed in the mid to late 60s and integrated into their all-white counterparts peacefully, for the most part, Mt. Sterling Dubois did not have that luxury. In August 1964 amid integration controversy over the amount of black students Mt. Sterling could accept an arsonist called in a fire at one of the white schools and while the Fire Department was responding to that call broke into the Dubois school and burned it to the ground. The Hornets are credited with an 0-1 record in 1964. The team had been competitive in 1961 going 6-3, their overall record while in the KHSAA play like many of the other former KHSAL schools was not stellar.
Mt. Vernon Red Devils (1920s? - 1971) - The Red Devils of Mt. Vernon existed on the hardwood for decades, their grid days were limited to a small snapshot in school history. In 1963 they played a 7 game slate in their first season going 7-0 and finishing 3-0 in district play, good enough for a 3rd place finish. Over the next 8 seasons, they would win a total of 6 games, with 5 winless years. In 5 of their seasons, they reported fewer than 30 total points scored on the season. Things never got better for Mt. Vernon and in 1972 they were gone, absorbed into the newly opened Rockcastle County.
Muhlenberg North Stars (1990-2009) – Opened with south in 1990 to consolidate the 7 Muhlenberg Co schools into two. North fielded its first varsity football team in 1992. They went 0-8, The next season seemed like it would be the start of a turnaround at 6-4 but the team fell back to 2-win seasons from 94-96. The Stars would post an 8-2 record in 1998 but were outside district play and did not make the playoffs. They would have 3 winning seasons in their 16-year history. The schools (North and South) would be further consolidated in 2009.
Muhlenberg South Suns (1990-2009) – The South Suns would fair slightly better than their county counterparts. Starting play in 1990, the Suns never won a district title or playoff game, unlike North however they would play in 8 playoff games in their 18-year history.
Murray Douglass Bulldogs (-1965) – Fredrick Douglass High School, better known as Murray-Douglass was another of the many “separate but equal” schools from the Jim Crow era. In the late 50s the Bulldogs, with star Dennis Jackson was a force to reckon with. Jackson would enroll at Murray State in 1960 as the first black athlete to attend the school. Over their final two seasons, the Douglass school went 1-9 playing a limited schedule.
Morganfield Guerillas (18??-1964) – Morganfield High School football is first mentioned in 1903 and had a team until they merged with Sturgis in 1964 to become Union County High School. Morganfield appears to have presented a talented squad in the mid-50s but by the time the school closed in 63 the team was posting 2-7 records.
Mullins Tigers (-1993) – While Mullins consolidated into Pike Central in 1993, their football program had folded a decade earlier after the 1984 season. The Tigers went 2-51 over their last 5 years on the gridiron. With 4 winless seasons and 25 straight losses starting in the middle of the 1982 season Mullins decided to drop the program. In their 17 years between the hashes the Tigers won more the 2 games only once, their lone bright spot came in 1974 when they finished 7-4 and 2nd in their district .
Mt. Sterling Trojans (1884-1975) – Football in Mt. Sterling started in the early 1900s. In 1928 Bain “Tiny” Jones took over as Trojans coach in all sports and quickly turned Mt. Sterling into a Central Kentucky power. From 1928-1953 Tiny would lead the Trojans before leaving to coach at Dayton and later helping Bourbon Co found its football program. A book called “Tiny and the Trojans” can be found on Amazon. Jones departure wasn’t a major setback luckily as the Trojans would win a regional title in 1962. Mt. Sterling would be considered a 1A power for the remainder of the schools’ existence. 1967—1969 would prove to be the most fruitful going 26-5 winning a state title and a runner up trophy. Overall in the playoff era Mt. Sterling would win 4 regional titles, 5 district titles and a state championship. In 1975 Montgomery County High School opened a new facility and Mt. Sterling was absorbed into the county high school.
Mt. Sterling Dubois Hornets (1939-1964) – One of the KHSAL schools to join KHSAA play after integration, the Dubois school has one of the sadder stories, while most of the segregated schools closed in the mid to late 60s and integrated into their all-white counterparts peacefully, for the most part, Mt. Sterling Dubois did not have that luxury. In August 1964 amid integration controversy over the amount of black students Mt. Sterling could accept an arsonist called in a fire at one of the white schools and while the Fire Department was responding to that call broke into the Dubois school and burned it to the ground. The Hornets are credited with an 0-1 record in 1964. The team had been competitive in 1961 going 6-3, their overall record while in the KHSAA play like many of the other former KHSAL schools was not stellar.
Mt. Vernon Red Devils (1920s? - 1971) - The Red Devils of Mt. Vernon existed on the hardwood for decades, their grid days were limited to a small snapshot in school history. In 1963 they played a 7 game slate in their first season going 7-0 and finishing 3-0 in district play, good enough for a 3rd place finish. Over the next 8 seasons, they would win a total of 6 games, with 5 winless years. In 5 of their seasons, they reported fewer than 30 total points scored on the season. Things never got better for Mt. Vernon and in 1972 they were gone, absorbed into the newly opened Rockcastle County.
Muhlenberg North Stars (1990-2009) – Opened with south in 1990 to consolidate the 7 Muhlenberg Co schools into two. North fielded its first varsity football team in 1992. They went 0-8, The next season seemed like it would be the start of a turnaround at 6-4 but the team fell back to 2-win seasons from 94-96. The Stars would post an 8-2 record in 1998 but were outside district play and did not make the playoffs. They would have 3 winning seasons in their 16-year history. The schools (North and South) would be further consolidated in 2009.
Muhlenberg South Suns (1990-2009) – The South Suns would fair slightly better than their county counterparts. Starting play in 1990, the Suns never won a district title or playoff game, unlike North however they would play in 8 playoff games in their 18-year history.
Murray Douglass Bulldogs (-1965) – Fredrick Douglass High School, better known as Murray-Douglass was another of the many “separate but equal” schools from the Jim Crow era. In the late 50s the Bulldogs, with star Dennis Jackson was a force to reckon with. Jackson would enroll at Murray State in 1960 as the first black athlete to attend the school. Over their final two seasons, the Douglass school went 1-9 playing a limited schedule.