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We were pretty big that year. Probably the biggest team we had since the 01 season.
And we actually had 301 yards that night :biggrin:
Even though we lost 42-16 it was much closer than that, if thats possible to say.
We fumbled 2 or 3 times on 3rd and shorts and Collinsworths speed was ridicolous.
Highlands only outgained us by around 30 or 40 yards.
The dup of Powers and Jones in the backfield was maybe the best Whitley ever had. Powers was a rock and just ran through lines while Jones was the speed and could flat out fly. An interesting note you may not know is that Jones actually plays for UK and will be playing this year.
The turning point of that game was when we went up 8-7 midway through the first quarter and we had held you all to a 3rd in long deep in your territory and Collinsworth came up with a catch that ill never forget. A one handed, falling down, dipsy doo. Our biggest problem that night was that our defensive backs, who were a junior and sophomore, couldnt keep up with your recievers on deep balls. They did a lot better than i thought, but it just seemed like every loose ball and bounce went Highlands way.
Ill never forget standing on the visitors side as i always do and watching Highlands Defensive coach ripping your guys defenses ass apart after we pretty much ran it right up the middle for about 86 yards on that first possession. It definitely got your kids attention.

http://thetimestribune.com/sports/x10652...s-too-much

Man, you probably weren't too far from me then. You could have gotten my autograph in the stands and be a very rich person right now hahaha.

In all seriousness, I clearly remember that series after Whitley scored and how we had to make a big play. They had everything going their way (crowd momentum, ball movement, even a 2 point conversion after a careless penalty on us) and it looked like they were going to stop us. I was most relieved when we fumbled around our own 20 yard line and recovered before that huge play on 3rd down. As to Powers and Jones, they were the real deal. I was actually more worried about Jones coming in, as I felt he would be more of a threat but I thought we did a pretty good job on him. Hope to see him do well for the Cats this year. Powers probably had a good majority of that 301 yards rushing against us...he would just fall forward and get five yards. That kid was insanely good.

You look at the scores on the 08 Highlands team playoff games and they don't do justice as to how the games went. Whitley County played their tails off and was in the game in all phases except the scoreboard. Bryan Station gave us a great run in the first round, and Johnson Central had probably their best team in the Matney era. Ashland kept it close early before we pulled away. Then you look at Christian County in the finals and it took a couple of big plays in the 4th quarter to put them away. Shows how good 5A was that year.