[Norm Peterson]

Eastham does go up against 5A competition every week except a few where as Manning goes up against 3A competition every week with a couple exceptions and District 5 in 3A has to be on the weakest Districts in 3A if not THE weakest! which I am not trying to take anything away from Manning's accomplishments but Eastham goes up against better competition and you saying that he may not even be the best QB in his county is just absurd IMO.

I'm not saying that Manning is necessarily the better quarterback, I just think the assertion that Eastham is the best hands down isn't true either. It is much closer than Eastham being "hands down" the best.

And as far as the 3A schedule vs 5A schedule? Are you trying to tell me that Pulaski's District is all that tough? They have only played 2 good 5A teams this season. Here are the 5A teams they have faced: South Laurel 0-10, Barren County 2-8,Mercer County 3-7, Lincoln County 4-6, Southwestern 6-4 and Harlan County 8-2. That schedule isn't exactly murderer's row.

Eastham is a great quarterback and he's probably got the build to be more of a prospect at the next level but strictly talking about high school the two are closer than you think.