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Not that Clay County would by any means be a district title contender this year but you all do realize they are playing without Sexton, Fields, Farmer, and someone that gave up on the team, again? All of those guys were starters. Those additions would prevent all these running clocks for the most part. Nevertheless, the real issue lies at the roots. I remember a time when grade school football in Clay County was a spectacle. 4 or 5 teams with 4-5 kids that you knew would one day be really good high school players. Now, there's two elementary schools that dominate both major sports with 2-3 note worthy kids. Get mad if you want but let me break it down, in 2010 Clay County went 8-4 with all losses to very powerful programs (Knox, Harlan County, Hazard, and Pulaski), that's the Class of 2011. That team was dominated by seniors. When those boys were in elementary school, you knew they would one day be a legitimate high school team. John Wilson, CJ Miller, Noah Reid, Tanner Gilbert, John Vernon Hooker, etc. Not to mention the ones that stuck with other sports and eventually went to college in those. The
Class of 2010 never lost a middle school game. You want to fix the problem, get your grade school programs back on track or eat some more cornbread or something. I want to use the excuse that there's a ton of athletes walking around the halls but I can't even do that. I don't know if kids are staying back like they used to, and I've never been a fan of that. However, Clay County used to have grown men playing sports. Now, they look 14-15 as juniors and seniors.