[bhsuknow92]

I trained the JCMS players for over 7 months. I had 22 players everyday in the gym 2-4 days a week. I myself spoke with Blake about playing for Team Kentucky when he was selected, and he declined. He is a highly rated wrestler in the State, and he declined to play. As for any team in this area being able to beat Team Kentucky by 3 TD's is a little far out there. I've seen Belfry play 4 times, I have seen Pike Central play a couple times also, and I was at every game of Johnson's also. It could not happen. They were some great teams, but these teams had 3-4 good players at most, and that's all it takes to win in Middle School. Its easy for a 8th Grade QB to look good against 7th graders, but look average when they play 8th grade teams. I seen that happen, Johnson has a 7th grade team that plays Middle school 7th/8th combine teams. When the 8th Grade QB's played our 8th, they looked very average, and wasn't the best QB on the field that game. Belfry had a great team, and played Johnson tough, but the best RB both of them games was TY Allen. That kid is a stud and will only get better. When Johnson won the Championship, they had a great running game, and like Coach Holbrook said later on the radio, the line opened up holes that even he could run through. So, yes Gamble was great that game, and so was Allen and Dorton, but we had a O line that won that made it easy for the RB's, and like every game, our Defense won the game. And that being said, there is no way, any one player you mentioned, added to Belfry or Johnson would beat Team Kentucky. You take any player you mentioned, and they would be lucky to start at all for the Teams you said. No QB in this area would beat out Steven Gound at JCMS. What I have seen in Team Kentucky, is the Top 2 or 3 players at their spot, and they would over power and out skill any teams in this State. Yes they may not be the #1 player at the spot because that #1 player might be wrestling, basketball or something else, ie Gamble. But Gamble wasn't the best RB that I have seen this year, and he might have been better because he had 2 monster blockers like TY Allen and C. Dorton blocking for him. Gamble is a great player and a great leader and would have helped Team Kentucky a lot, but don't down the Team because he selected not to play. And don't buy into the hype that any team in this State would beat a Team of All Stars by 3 TD's. Ask Belfry's own coach or ask Coach Holbrook, and they would say there is no way also.

we will have to agree to disagree and im not taking a thing away from GOUND he is an absolutel great athlete heck you could put him at hb and hed be fine!!! and another thing im not taking away from allen or varney/wellman from belfry im just saying that i think gamble gound as well as more from belfry shoulda made it but theyre not 6'5 and we both know thats the biggest rason!! ill disagree on gamble not being the best back cause i saw alot of games and hes defiantly top 5........ i will sayy if u put gound conn #22 from wayne #25 from jc the byers kid from pikeville and maybe even the big back from perry and let holbrook and thacker coach them they would beaat the heck out of hawkins circus........ as i said before thats no insult to the kids selected cause i brlieve theyre all good athletes but i see 1 linemen combined from belfry and jc.... i think if u saw that game u knew there was so VERY physical footbnall in the trenches that night id be willing to say the two best lines ive seen in middle school in a long time!!!!!! id take a crew of athletes named gound gamble (even tho he was selected and declined) adkins conn and some more anyday..... hard to be team ky when some of the best athletes in the state arent picked cause theyre only 5'8 in the 8th grade... 6 fooot 3 dont spell good

oh AND As far as top 2 or 3 playersi n the state at each position well the 3 best qbs i saw all year arent on here but there is a kid on the list i watched get off the bus and warm up and was blowed way by until the whistle blwon and he got chomped up