[pirateforlife]

I’m with you sportsfan, Beechwood/Pikeville needs to happen every year. This year I started to get that feel from the Pikeville fan base that winning is just expected not appreciated. Which I’m not saying is an entirely bad thing. If the Panthers pull off the 4 peat next year, then another, then another what happens? Winning state championships should be special and celebrated not taken for granted. Maybe the solution is just having an absolutely killer pre-district schedule and the goal to be undefeated along with state titles. That’s how these kids and teams and fans could really get into and behind each team. As many have said 1A, outside of a few teams isn’t a gauntlet by any means. Unless something changes, and honestly it usually does, Pikeville is going to dominate 1A for many many many years. Now are they going to win 20 in a row? No…..but winning 3-4 in a row shouldn’t be less exciting than when it was when we won in 2015 and it had been dang near 30 years since we won. The fire and desire from the kids, coaches, fans and community needs to be there every year. Goals of not only state titles but undefeated seasons against stellar competition could be that inspiration.
But hey that’s just my two cents. I love seeing state titles piling up. But I don’t want our community getting complacent.

I feel Belfry fans were that way during the run a few years ago. To the coaching staff credit they did beef up the schedule playing teams like Cabell Midland and Knoxville Catholic, etc. fans also seemed to get complacent with titles in a sense. I can remember some fans booking trips to Bowling Green in August before games began. I seen where Raceland played Highlands this season. Pikeville should contact them or a school like that cause other than Belfry and JC teams in our area won’t play them and Pikeville wouldn’t benefit if they did. I think Pikeville vs Bell County or Ashland would be good games too