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Highlands wasn't as good without Sheehan as they were earlier in the season when he was playing. It did bring them back to the pack a bit. However, BG couldn't beat Highlands. Highlands is physically tougher. It's been proven over time. As soon as Highlands leaves 5A, all of the sudden the W. Ky teams now think they're better. They're a joke. Undisciplined W. Ky football can't beat Highlands. Highlands has a better scheme and smarter, tougher players.

You bring up a good point. A lot of people look at the last 3 games scores and do not look at the fact that HHS did change the offensive strategy. First having Sheehan out did hurt deep passing game. But biggest thing is HHS tends to get more conservative in the later rounds of the playoffs. If you look back at the last several years, it has always been this way. The passing game goes way down and the running game gets kicked into high gear. In the last 3 games,when up 2 scores, HHS is the team that went into playing keep the other teams offense off the field and burn clock. HHS coach is fine winning by 14 point margin, even if the fans would like too see a bigger point spread. Other than the Elder game this year, there was not a game that HHS did not have the game under control (also the first Cov Cath game). In the title game, HHS did not try a long pass. If they do,the might put 2 more scores on FS and win by a bigger margin. But that is not important to the coaching staff,winning a title is.