[footballfanuk]

I watched these games as well. Both sides had personal fouls in both games. The fight in the jv game broke out due to the flagrant face masks that were not called when paintsville players ripped the helmet off of Central kids on two consecutive plays. Lastly the tackler from Paintsville put a fist under the facemask and into the face of a Central ball carrier when the fighting bagan. There were examples of poor sportsmanship on both sides and having watched Central play this year multiple times this game was the first time all season that they have had any issues. To say that this is coaching philosophy on the part of Central coach is an assumption on your part and knowing the men that coach this team it is an assumption that is incorrect. I will agree that some of the parents got upset and added more fuel to the fire in the situation. Lastly if you think that there were no players on your side of the field that did anything wrong I think you are giving Paintsville too much credit. These boys will learn from this on both sides. Their coaches will coach these mistakes and these young men on both sides will display better sportsmanship going forward.