[Pirate Pal]

First off let me just say that after the experience I have had the last couple years with Belfry I hope they never win another game. Obviously not gonna happen but after watching and hearing cowardly coaches, fans, and players from Belfry the last couple years i will never cheer for them like i used to since they were a mountain team. If a JC kid would have laid down a cheap shot like what DID happen he would possibly be kicked off of a Matney team and at least suspended. Don't expect that from the Belfry staff. Just wish our team at JC was a little more aggressive. Not that i would want a starter out for round one of the playoffs but someone who was in late should have made it known that JC will not allow those type actions against not just a star player but any player on our roster. If this would have been the JC team from a couple years ago this would have been an issue that was taken care of on the field. That would be good in a way and bad in a way as well. Proud our players kept their cool during handshakes however. IMO you win as a team, lose as a team and take cheap shots as a team. I would hope that if one of our players took an unprovoked cheap shot like that our team leaders would have stepped up and did the right thing. Finally vented about this even though i tried to stay silent now i am just waiting for a warning from phs1986.

Well, then you must not have been at the 2008 JC/Belfry game @ JC..when, at the main end of the game, a JC player took an extremely cheap shot at a Belfry player (Andrew Elkins, to be exact), in front of the JC coaching staff, and Matney DID NOTHING ABOUT IT!! There is video evidence and I'm sure a few people can back me up on this. So, do not hold him on such a high pedestal, and pretend that the JC coaching staff has any better morals than anywhere else. ALL CHEAP SHOTS ARE UNCALLED FOR but at the same token let's remember that these are kids which have very short fuses and haven't really learned to control emotions like we, the ADULTS, are suppose to know how to do!!

I would like to congratulate Johnson Central on the win and wish them the very best in the playoffs.