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Coach Matney has burnt the bridge not the kids or administration . I have said this before as long as coach Cecil is head coach I don’t think you will see him schedule JC. The last time these two programs got together I think it was in 07 or 08 it was a pre-season scrimmage it took place in Louisa and there were more fighting then playing that day. I Know that was a long time ago and I’m sure both sides was at fault but I do remember some harsh words between Matney and Goldsmith that day and if I was on the coaching staff I wouldn’t have anything to do with Him either. With that said I’m confident that no one is afraid of each other but some things are just better left alone. I was a fan of Mr. Matney I always liked him when he was at SC I thought he did a great great job with that program as he has with JC. But after that day and the way he conducted himself and let his team conduct there self I lost any respect I had for him as a coach. I’m sure I had my red & black glasses on that day but you would just had to have been there. As for JC I had said for years that they was a sleeping giant in eastern KY with the school that size and centrally located in the county it just took a coach to make them a power house like they are today. I never could see how teams like Paintsville and Lawrence Co was able to beat them for so many years but they did. I think when you see a coaching change on either team you will probably see these two meet up again on the grid iron. Only time will tell and of course all this is just my opinion I’m no longer close to the program as I was back in them days. Heck Joey might schedule them next year and you can say I don’t know what I’m talking about. That will be OK too. I would love to see 1A, 2A, 3A & 4A state tittles be won by Eastern Ky schools this year and I think it can happen this year I’ll be pulling for all the local schools even though I no longer live in the area GOOD LUCK TO ALL . chemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

You've seemed to convince yourself that Johnson Central has scrimmaged Lawrence County in the past. I've been on the staff at JC since Coach Matney's arrival and we've never scrimmaged Lawrence County. LC was in our district in the 05 and 06 seasons and in the 07 season we were moved to the central Kentucky district in 5A. We have scouted Lawrence County scrimmages before though when there were more fights than football and if I'm not mistaken it was either the 07 or 08 season when LC scrimmaged Montgomery County. We were there to watch Montgomery County since we were new to that district and there was multiple fights during the scrimmage. The last time that JC and LC played was in a regular season game at Lawrence County during the 06 season but we have never scrimmaged Lawrence County in the last 12 seasons that I've been involved in.