[Old Ball Coach]

Just an observation: I attended this game as well as the JV game between these two teams that was played earlier this week. In all my nearly 50 years of watching KY High School football, I have very seldom witnessed a more consistent display of poor sportsmanship and downright dirty play than that which was displayed both the Varsity and JV squads from Allen Central, the coaching staffs for their Varsity and their JV teams, and their "fans." And I use this term very loosely. Late hits, dirty play and flagrant attempts to injure the opposing players were applauded and even encouraged by the coaches and fans in the stands, and when it finally escalated into an appalling melee at the end of the JV game, the fans in the stands came to the railing, not to attempt to keep peace or assure the safety of their kids, but instead to further ignite the fighting. This administration really needs to investigate their entire football program, and clean it up significantly before something catastrophic occurs at one of their future contests. Absolutely disgraceful behavior by student athletes, coaches and parents equally.