[THOMCAT]

Belfry and Johnson County is always a hard hitting contest. Go to any high school or middle school game and you will see penalties for horse collar tackles or a facemask. You will see players get tangled when getting up from tackles. Football is a physical sport. When two good teams like Belfry and Johnson County Middle or Belfry and Johnson Central play you will see a different level of physical play from each team. It has never been a secret who I am of Rivals, my name is Willard Burton and I am one of the assistant coaches at Johnson County Middle. I can guarantee you that Coach Holbrook, myself or any of our other coaches would never instruct a kid to do anything that would deliberately injure an opponent. To accuse someone that you do not know of doing such shows a lack of class that is not typical of most Belfry fans. If you have a problem doubting what I have posted, show what I have said to Coach Oliver and get his opinion. With have spoke my feelings, I will close by saying good luck to Belfry and lets go to Lexington and bring back a state championship for each school.