[Bob Seger]

Regional Finals or State Semi's are like walking on the moon for JCHS football. I can remember when beating CovCATH or playing Highland was like some kind of pipe dream. You got to crawl before you can walk. I remember when Tim Couch rolled in to JCHS throwing the ball all over the field. Leslie CO had already beat Highlands at the Fort in a shoot out, JCHS couldn't stop a good grade school team from running the ball that year. They had some Speed and some good DB's and they beat MR Couch because Leslie couldn't run the ball at all. In the playoffs Highlands beat Leslie CO by dropping 9 guys in coverage. Running the ball and stopping the run are the foundation to any solid football program. To say Mantey has choked is wrong because Highlands has always been the favorite in those games. You can't choke if your not the favorite. How many D1 players has Matney had? ZERO, on the other hand Highlands has had a truck load, there QB is comittied to UK, they got receiver that can pick his school, Collinsworth went Notre Dame to name a few. The Highlands fans all knock JCHS for not throwing but the fact is they have won because they are more talented and Matney's system shortens they game nutralizes there talent advantage. Keeps there speed off the field. When Matneys has D1 QB watch or tight end watch what happens.

When he had a kid that did have that talent, he set state records for PASSING at Sheldon Clark.