[Wildcat18]

Didn't have to be at the game. It was stated obviously. Northern scored by a margin of 21-6 AFTER the clock started to run. I'll even concede that the last score of the first half was legit. Keep your team playing till the half even if the clock is running. That being said, if I'm not mistaken there are 8 minutes per quarter in 8th grade football. That means northern still scored 14 points with 16 minutes of running clock, and south scored 6. There is no way that I believe northern wasn't still trying to score as many as they could. That being said, my distain isn't only for northern, it's for all of Pulaski county, southern and Meece included.

You honestly think that taking a knee on offense for 16 straight minutes (an entire half) wouldn't embarrass an opponent more than a 56 point loss? Your last comment explains all of it. Our scout team got some nice reps to end the game and did well. Here's a key point. A lot of our back-ups for 8th are 7th graders. I don't remember any 7th graders who even played in the 8th grade game to save up for the 7th battle against Ashland. Two players may have played 1 or 2 plays in the 8th grade game. SL saw 3rd & 4th string deep on offense for the most part.

Listen, last year Northern drilled Corbin 44-0 in the regular season. They took it in, went home, worked, and got better. A lot better actually. It took a nice play and some luck to beat them again in the playoffs. If Northern hadn't won that game, Corbin would have another ring on their finger. Some teams, the elite teams, take their beatings and use them to their advantage. I'd be shocked if that group doesn't win a 3A KHSAA state title when they get to high school.

Another example from back in 2010, Northern got drilled by Southern 35-12 (it wasn't near as close as the score indicated). Maroons got throttled from start to finish. Lost again 3 weeks later 23-12. Lost for a third time in the playoffs 7-0. Chipped away all year and improved. Didn't win, but that improvement was what mattered. Another week of improvement and who knows how the season would have finished. Southern went on and won the KYMSFA state championship that year. Those Maroons ended up doing pretty well their senior year by adding a KHSAA championship. To me, it paid off in the end. Got better and showed significant improvement in high school.

Unfortunately for South Laurel, they won't get another chance this year. Hopefully their players will take it in and get better for high school.