[Talon]

We had what could be an unpresidented week here in 1a football this week. I cannot explain how excited I am to see the small schools take it to the larger ones this week. David stood in front of Goliath in 6 separate games Friday night and smacked them right in the mouth. who would have predicted this:

1) #3 Pikeville welcomed #1 from 3a into there house and stole their thunder with a 2 score win at 29-20. No one, including me, would go out on a limb and pick this one. This was a win over the team that almost everyone in the state has picked to win the 3a crown.

2) #6 Beechwood also welcomed in #6 Franklin Co 5a and beat them down and stole their lunch money. This was a statement game by the small school team, who felt undervalued. This 46-22 beat down puts the big schools on notice. No longer will people be doubting the little school tradition rich Tigers.

3) #1 Mayfield traveled across town and into their sister school's stadium and stymied the #14 Graves Co Eagles (5a). The Cards faced a team with a big bruiser back that is very fast and a d1 recruit. This back was averaging 200 yards per game against stiff competition going into this game. Mayfield kept him under 100 yards total and held the Eagles to just over 150 yards in a 21-0 shutout. This is another game in which the little school served notice to the bigger schools around the state.

4) #5 Frankfort welcomed in another 3a team in Western Hills and then began to beat them like they stole something. When the smoke cleared the Panthers were roaring off with a 46-22 victory. Again the small school said, "not so fast".

5) #8 Raceland welcomed in a bigger Ohio team in of Coal Grove, looked them in the eye and said "not in my house" as they stormed from behind to snatch the victory from the team from that place north of the river. You have to love when the little Ky school teams put it to one of those schools from that place north of the river that thinks they invented football.

6) #2 Williamsburg jumped on the little yellow buses and drove 2.5 hours north to let the bigger schools know they had arrived. They found a taker in Newport and took a 31-22, 2 scores, victory from the bigger school. This came from a team from the greater Cinn area. The bus lag didn't catch up with the small school jackets in this one.

7) #9 Holy Cross waltzed into big 4a Valley's house and stood up to say look what we small schools can do, as the 3 scored them 28-6. Jumping 3 classes up to take their milk money on their own field.

Then, of course you can't lose sight of the total domination that #7 Hazard displayed in thumping #12 Fairview.

Last but not least, I would like to say that I hate to see one of our Ky powerhouse teams getting beat, if only by 1 point, to an out of state team. Start a new streak BG.

Coal Grove is about the same size as Raceland . Coal Grove would be considered 1A in Ky , & according to their fans before the game started they said they were very young , & inexperienced , theyalso figured Raceland would have a running clock on them before halftime . So either CG parents were blowing smoke before the game or it wasnt at all impressive by the Rams . Either way always happy to see a Ky school beat a team from the wrong side of the river !