[BADCAT74]

Actually disagree in a way. Belfry still has a strong, mean line and guys on D who will pop you, but the Pirate running game over the past few seasons is not your grandfather's Wishbone "run it down your throat" offenses.

Belfry currently relies more on quickness, misdirection, and quick hitters that get the backs into the 2nd level where they can make a move in space. The current Belfry team is a far cry even from other Belfry teams earlier this decade. The 2007 Pirates had Dustin May and Ivan Lee (each 6'2 220+)in the backfield and were all about trucking would be tacklers. That team was like a Heavyweight boxer who would lean on you the entire fight and then pound away with body blow from their heavy hands. This Pirate team is more like a middleweight who beats you by dancing around and mixing in jabs and combos until you can't hold your hands up from fatigue.

I remember those two, they were beasts fun to watch lots of big hits, when they played at Ashland when they were seniors I think, an the game came down to a 2 point conversion for the win with very little time left, an they pitched it to the May kid an Drew Mcdavid for Ashland ran right through the line picked off the pitch that was the ballgame awesome game to watch both teams were spent left everything on the field! Haywood could have kicked the extra point an tied to go to Ot but went for it with that back field couldn't have blamed him they were strong.