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Middlesboro had a solid 7-4 year. Would have been 8-4 if Knott would not have dropped district play. Middlesboro battled injuries and a couple of players having to sit out games for several reasons. Lost to a very good Hazard team on the road early in a competitive game. Which we thought  would be an uphill battle replacing 10 senior starters off the Semi Finalist team- and they had the Johnson kid at RB.

Went to Williamsburg and lost a heartbreaker by one - we had the ball going in to score and had a fumble ruled against us.

Played pretty solid the rest of the year. We went to Breathitt for a district championship game without Cayden Grigsby (QB/Db) due to concussion protocol and were in a 14-0 battle late in the fourth but just could not find a way to score. Lost 20-0. Then went on to the second round and battled a very good Shelby Valley team on the road to a one score loss in the rain.

Not the results we wanted but was another solid year given the injuries and absences.  The best news is we have almost every contributor coming back for next year.

Vincent Smith and Jack Yoakum were nice surprises in the backfield this year.
Grigsby was as solid as ever 1500 yds passing 1000+ rushing. Absolute baller.
Kam Wilson returns. Very very nice WR I think will get some nice offers.
Many many more as well as most of the line back on both sides that improved each week. (Bowling, King,Hatfield, Coffey and Harold I think?) all return (several nice WR’s also in Bayless, Sheehan (so?) #3 Foster) - all very talented. Nice freshman class this year that can contribute also. Looking forward to 2023 and interested to see what the schedule looks like and what district we fall into in 1A!  Go Jackets.

I would have loved to have saw Middlesboro with Grigsby play Breathitt. That would have been a classic.