[Hoot Gibson]

You are absolutely right about them being able to compete in our district the past couple of years and I do not think you will find many HHS fans that would disagree (there are those goofballs who love to stir up the pot). I also agree JC is trying to beef up its schedule, but is room for improvement. I also believe most posters have agreed many times that JC has been our best 5A competition the last several years. I think the winner of the JC/Cov Cath game might be the best competition agian this year (all though I think BG would be a good game also).

I agree on all counts. The BG-Christian County outcome will be a pretty good indicator on how strong the teams from the west are. It is really impossible to compare teams from different regions until some common opponents are thrown into the mix. I believe that the JC-CovCath game will be much closer than it was in the past two years but I don't think CovCath is the only team that has improved since last season. JC has a very experienced backfield and its first team defense has been playing very well. Coach Matney has been criticized by fans around the state for playing Hall and Jude so much in games that had already been decided but both are in great game shape as a result. I don't think that they are going to cramp up or collapse from fatigue regardless of how many minutes they log in this game.