[RunItUpTheGut]

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.

That might have been the best year ever for bigger mountain school when it comes to competeing with the big boys up north.
I remember in the first round after we dismantled South Laurel, i got into the car and for some reason there was live feed of the Highlands/Bryan Station game because the radio station was streaming the final few minutes of that game because i think everyone was shocked that Bryan Station was so close to winning the game. I remember thinking of how huge that upset could have been.