[Pirate Pal]

irateSho Absolute LOVE being a Belfry Pirate! All day, every day!!!

First, I want to thank Harlan County for being a very gracious host to all of us Belfry Fans. It is a beautiful facility/campus. My only complaint as a fan is..the parking. I felt like I was at Kings Island without the shuttles...Scooby Doo Row 5.

Second, I cannot express how proud I am of those boys wearing those sacred Belfry jerseys. Young, Old, Inexperienced, Experienced are the terms I hear most often describe a football team, but Haywood brings the best out of all of their weaknesses and makes it works like a machine. You learn and learn quickly that you step up your game to cover where your teammate may lack and vice versa causing everyone to play at their highest personal level, I understand that there are freshman playing on both sides of the ball this year for the mighty Pirates, but these are experienced players that won the KY State Middle School Championship Title last year..with an UNDEFEATED season. They know how to play football!

Thirdly, to the seniors on this team...YOU GROUP OF BOYS ARE LEADERS!! They are as coaches for the younger boys as much as the actual coaches. They are a great group of young men who never quit and refuse to lose!

Fourth and Finally, the game itself. I want to give a big shoutout to Joey Duty who was a beast at the linebacker position last night. For a kid to step in to a position that was dominated by Peyton Mullins and Madison Ghormley for the past 3/4 years, he was in the backfield on the qb and backs quite often last night.

I thought that the pass defense looked better than I have seen from a Belfry team this early on in a long time.

The o-line and d-line.. I have to show some love for ya! I'm not sure that many know that we only had 1 O-line player back this year. These boys get it done game in and game out without much fanfare. They are the silent giants of the team.

So proud of the boys with the kicking legs. They have been practicing/going to camps this summer and it shows what hard work and dedication they have put in to it on their personal time.

Austin Hatfield, Justin Johnson, Trenity Carr, Sani Warren..they are some men among boys in the backfield. Warriors in every sense.

Just proud of all of the players for always giving this Pirate fan a show!