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I would like to add a few comments to EKFF's post.

Ric Flair use to have a saying, "To be the Man, you got to beat the Man". If you’re going to win the Class A title you want to win against Mayfield or Beechwood, because they are the elite programs of 1A football. So to win against Mayfield makes this title all that much more significant.

Hazard has been building toward this championship under Coach Dixon. He has built a winning program into a title contender and now a State Champ. I do want to mention Coach Paul Rains who really got this ball rolling in the early 90’s. With the exception of the 1986 team that lost in the playoffs to a loaded Somerset team, Hazard football hadn’t had much success since the 1960’s when they battled Highlands. Coach Rains laid the foundation for the transformation from a team to a program.

Congratulations to Coach Dixon and the Hazard Bulldogs 2011 Class A State Champs!