[Dragonsdad]

That sounds off like a defeated team from the start of the whistle to me.
Why does newprt catholic play Highlands, 1a vs 5a, why does beechwood play covington catholic 1a vs 5a, the list can go on and on. It is because it would be a close, financial boost and rivlary between two schools 1 mile apart.

HC does not have 1000 boys to choose from either. Please dont exagerate, it is around 450-500, still larger than H Ind but that is a far cry from 1000.

Playing Corbin because they are 2a and thinking that will make your chances of winning better because of class is like believing in the tooth fairy. Sure you may beat them one day but not because of class size, and the same thing can be said about playing HC.

I think city will not play because they are already losing kids and if they did play and get beat then city is afraid of more kids leaving, just a honest opinion.

Good luck to the dragons though, always wish luck to our county neighbors to make the entire county look good!

The dragons are not a defeated team by any means. From the looks of things we will have the same numbers we had last year,about 31 or 32 players. Newport Catholic fielded 60 players last season and they were the 2A state champion, and they have been either 1A or 2A state champion like 4 times out of 7 times going to the finals in the last 10 years. Also, Newport catholic hasn't played Highlands in 10 years. The last time that Newport Catholic played against Highlands, as a 1A team , they got killed 62-0. What did that do for'em. When Harlan gets where Newport central Catholic is, then yes i would agree to play some 5A schools. Until then, we need wins so we can get on a roll going into the playoffs. It didn't help us one bit to get drilled by Knox Central last game of the regular season last year. I don't care to play 3A Corbin they aren't that far out of our league and are a good goal for our program. Right now we couldn't play H.C. at home because our stadium only holds,tops,1500. A Harlan/H.C. game would require seating for upwards of 4000 plus. You can't expect us to play at H.C.'s place every year. Like you I am for any county team making good and H.C. is certainly doing that. I'm proud of them. I hope they win it all this year. It is only good for the county. GO BEARS!!!