[BlackcatAlum]

Although they've played a tough schedule, it's still been a rough year for the Blackcats. They showed that they can compete with every team they lost too this season. They had the Perry Central game won, competed with Belfry for 3 quarters, couldn't convert in the redzone against Hazard, and just flat-out gave up against Leslie County & Pike Central when the going got tough.

Injuries have plauged this team this season, as Jamerson got hurt in the 2nd quarter of the Perry game, Garner & Anderson got hurt during the Belfry game, and Osborne & Collins both ended up going down as well. Those are VERY vital pieces to this teams success. Freshman & some sophomores have had to step into varsity roles against some of the tougher teams in their respective classes and they've been pushed around. This is where some of the seniors need to walk up and put their arm around them and give them some advice and not down them.

This team has got to grow a set and realize that their last game could be Friday. Then they'll look back after they graduated and think about what it could've been. I've talked to a lot of former players and everytime we start talking football they all say the same things, what if? These players need to put this regular season behind them, because whether their classmates, family, friends, etc believe it or not, they can make it to Bowling Green. They have as much talent when the starters step onto the field as anyone else in 2A.

It's time to put everything you've been told or read and put it behind you and play with that chip on your shoulder. Go hit somebody and make sure that they remember who hit them and don't ever let up. Play to your potential and prove everyone wrong.

Go Blackcats!!!