[Hatz]

Whatever....success is relative. When Danville was beating Boyle like a drum through the 80s and early 90s success to Boyle was beating Danville. Things change when and when it does your ideal of what is or is not a successful season does as well.

This is just my opinion, mine alone and I could care less if anyone agress, but success is consistently winning and producing well-rounded, productive young men who look to go out into the real world and be positive contributors to our society. Bell Co. and Belfry are as good of examples of that kind of success as you'll see statewide.

Championships??? Well, the team with the most football talent gets those. Sometimes we've been that team, but often times we haven't. When our kids play up to their potential I feel like they're having a successful season.

As to which program is more successful, who could say?? I feel like both have had tremendous amounts of success, and are in contention each and every year. They are almost models of each other, and although I'm a Belfry fan, I find myself rooting for Bell because of the respect I have for their program...except when they play us.

Boyle did that many times in the 60's and 70's and even early 80's. They had a number of winning seasons, big wins (vs. Danville, Harrodsburg, Henry Clay, Somerset, etc) but did not have the same success in playoffs and/or getting there. (As to the Danville dominance: that really begin from 1985 on. The games in '81, '82, '83, and '84 were all very close with a break or two deciding the outcome. After that, the games were decided by the Ads talent walking off the bus.)

I posted the titles because the poster stated that Bell/Belfry were without a doubt, among the top 10 programs in the state. I simply pointed out that other programs would be in consideration and I'm not certain that statement is easily made.

That said, I respect what both have continued to bring to the table and my hats off to them. They are among the best in the state and are worthy of the discussion. :Thumbs: