[plantmanky]

What does Newport and Middlesboro bring to class A this year? Is either team good enough to make some noise?

Newport probably be in the 14-20+ range. The team to watch and keep an eye on is Covington Holy Cross. They return basically everyone.

Middlesboro is probably top 5 coming into the season.  There season will depend on injuries. But I think there solidly at the 5 spot.

This will probably be the last big run for Cov Holy Cross in football.  After this group, with St. Henry starting football I feel its going to hurt the numbers at Cov Holy Cross the most.

I’m very curious how that’s going to work out both ways.

My guess as to what will happen is that you will get the players that wouldnt start right away at Cov Cath or Holy Cross to St. Henry.  St. Henry itself will have a decent feeder as kids will stay home for high school (rather than going to Cov Cath or Holy Cross to play).  Cov Cath will lose depth but shouldnt really bother them talent wise in the grand scheme.  Holy Cross goes in cycles with low numbers now and adding St. Henry to the mix wont help.   The positive is it will probably keep Holy Cross as a 1A team, St. Henry as a 2A team, and Cov Cath as a 4A team.