[honestjchsfan]

[quote=Pulp Fiction]Since paintsville won't play us (JC) in the Apple Bowl anymore....

Think about how big the crowd would be for a Johnson Cenntral vs. Prestonsburg game on Apple Day Friday night. No matter if the game was played at JC or P-Burg. The schools are only about 15 minutes apart. And I can't remember the last time JC and P-Burg played a varsity game. I know it's been atleast 10+ years. [/If I remember right the last time JCHS and Prestonsburg played a varsity game was in 1989. Prestonsburg won that game 6-0 at Eagle field. The Ashland Daily had JC as the preseason pick to win the district that included, Belfry, Clay Co, Breathitt Co and Knott Co. JC had a talented team but the football gods can be cruel, JC's talented QB broke his leg the 3rd game of the season. It was Breathitt Co that stepped up and won the District that year by beating a very very good Belfry team. Many long time Breathitt Co fans point to the 1989 season as the turning point in Bobcat football histroy. Prestonburg's new principal Jerry Butcher was the O-line coach for the 89 JC team. Butcher insisted that his whole O-line block out of the 4 point stance which made a modern blocking system impossible. When JCHS/Marshall great Chris Deaton signed with Marshall it was the out spoken Jerry Butcher who insisted that Deaton couldn't play at such a high leval. Deaton ended up being a 2 time All-Amercian and national Champion at Marshall and that's why Butcher is a principal now and not a football coach!