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I think Belfry gets this one as Pond Creek is a tough place to play, and Bourbon obviously struggled to tackle last week because I saw that they gave up almost 400yds rushing.  An interesting thought though, Belfry has not won a game outside of 3a in 2 years and if Bourbon is able to pull it off Friday, that has a strong chance to make it to 3 years.

Well there goes that narrative. Oh well. We almost got ran off the field with all those athletes, lucky we hung on at the end.

What narrative?  The post literally says "I think Belfry gets this one..."  LMAO.   I wasn't able to stay up and watch the game, but it sounded like there was a lot going on and heard the Bourbon County players didn't get home to 5am.  EIther way it went as expected for me.  Bourbon struggled with the run against WJ the week before, obviously they were going to struggle with the run against Belfry.

Enjoy 3a my guy... bc those Pirates get rolled everywhere else.

Considering we know how good Belfry can be when the talent pool is up...

It may be more appropriate to tell the rest of the state to enjoy beating Belfry while they are reloading... unfortunately with the exception of Ashland by a slim margin in 2020... 3A teams were not able to take advantage of this fact.

With the number of Freshman and Sophomores playing key minutes for Belfry this year (I want to say 12 of the starting 22 spots are Freshmen or Sophomores), the Pirates will be the huckleberry to all comers like they were from 2011-2016 soon enough.

Belfry definitely benefitted from a weak 3A two of the past three years, no denying that (although as mentioned previously Belfry would have been just fine in 2A in 2019), but to be fair, a large reason the class was so weak is because Belfry was in their leanest stretch of depth, roster size, and talent and took a significant drop off from their 2015 & 2016 teams who noone outside of the best of 6A would have felt confident beating.


**SIDE NOTE: I fully expect Belfry not to be 3A much longer. It would surprise me if Belfry is not a 2A school in the next realignment.**

Yea, I didn't say they 2024 Pirates get rolled, because I haven't seen them play.  All comers is definitely stretch, and I can't give you 2011 or 2012 because JC and Lville Central were still beating you guys soundly, but 2013-2016 would have won 1,2 or 3a you are correct.

Beating you guys soundly?



2011: 
Louisville Central beat Belfry 15-14
Johnson Central beat Belfry 21-14

2012:
Belfry beat Johnson Central 17-12
Central beat Belfry 12-6 in OT


Central outscored Belfry by one point in those two meetings in regulation, Belfry went 1-1 against Johnson Central those two years with a TD margin.

Beating soundly is not accurate at all.