[pirateforlife00]

Coach Haywood or none of the other coaches at Belfry recruit these kids to come over to Belfry. They come on there own. Before the Mingo Central school was built you had Williamson, Burch, Gilbert, and Matewan high schools. Williamson is about a 3 minute drive literally to Belfry High School. Williamson was about like an East Ridge or Phelps in WV so tell me why would these talented kids go to a school like that where about maybe 300 people come to the games when they can go to a school 3 miles up the road and compete for state championships and play in front of a packed stadium every Friday night? These kids don't just come for football either. The education system was alot better in Pike County than in Mingo County plus the middle school and little league programs were alot better. It's kind of like the kids in Pulaski County who choose to attend Somerset instead of going to Southwestern or Pulaski County. And Tomcat pride how exactly do we have a cupcake walk to the finals every year? The last 3 years we have been the 2nd best team in 3A easily.