[Blue_Bird96]

Prestonsburg loses 3 starters on offense and 3 starters on defense off a team that started the season 4-1 and finished 5-6.

Schedule should look about the same as last season:

@ Leslie Co
East Ridge (Pike Co Bowl at Pikeville) ???
Paintsville
@ Lewis Co
Pike Co Central
Betsy Layne
Martin Co
Floyd Central
@ Knott Central
@ Breathitt Co

Key Losses: RB Jacob Rose, OL/DL Josh Elkins, DL Nick Adams

Key Returners: WR/DB Dalton Elliott, WR/DB Alex Harris, OL/DL Cole Laferty, LB Logan Stumbo

Players to keep an eye on: Westin Harris, QB Bryce Holbrook, WR/DB Kain Patton, RB/LB Colin Hatfield, TE/LB Baron Craft, OL/DL Daniel Adams, DL Noah Price, LB Tyler Stephens, HB/DB Drake Hatfield, QB/TE/LB Brady Allen

Should have 15 or so incoming freshman. I expect to see some freshman play varsity minutes next season. Have some studs coming up.

Dalton Elliott has nearly 2000 yards of offense and 27 touchdowns under his belt as a Blackcat. He's been killing it at indoor track meets as well. He's going to be one of the fastest players in the region next season.

Coach Wes Hager will have a athletic team with playmakers to work with in year one. I think they're capable of winning the district, but Martin County will be the preseason favorite. I'm not sure on who might transfer in. I've heard some names, but we will see over the next few months.

Hager has already hit the ground running and I'm excited to see what he and this new staff can do with the program.

Go Blackcats!!!

Didn’t Martin County graduate a lot? 

Are y’all expecting a bunch of transfers in with this hire? Things ain’t like they used to be. People actually have to physically move to be eligible now.

bet you believe in the tooth fairy too!

No, but I’d be willing to bet that if a bunch of kids from Martin County follow Hager to Prestonsburg, they won’t be eligible unless they move to Floyd County.

We’ve seen quite a few get eligible without moving.

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....is "concerned_blackcat" about to say something positive about Prestonsburg football?

Tune in later to find out...

There’s not much positive to say when the head coach is taking vacation time and robbing the youth of our town of valuable practice time. 

It’s a shame for the kids this is the best we could do. There’s legitimate talent at the skill positions

It's not a big deal.

Prestonsburg still had practice Monday-Thursday. They lift weights, conditioned, and then they split up and linemen did linemen drills and skill guys done skill drills. Same thing they've basically been doing all spring/summer thus far. No beat was missed.

It’s a big deal. The head coach should be at every thing baring a family emergency. 

Shows a lack of leadership and maturity.

i really appreciate that you feel like you have to defend the program on here like this but ignoring red flags isn’t going to help the program out.

How ANYONE can see the amount of work that Coach Hager has already put into this program and still try to shine a negative light and question his dedication and commitment to Prestonsburg’s program is just crazy.

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Pburg needs to get rid of the parents some how. They are the problem. When it gets tough they just take their kids and transfer them.out instead of staying and competing and making pburg Great again. Not the coaches fault these kids are transferring. Better look in the mirror. 

Would you leave your kid in a toxic environment just because that’s your hometown? 

it’s not just about winning and losing football games, this town and the athletics associated with it, is extremely toxic. There’s a handful of people who are football dumb but think they know everything and they want to manipulate and twist it so their children are the “stars” when they’re less talented than the teammates that are losing playing time to them.

I’ve noticed you account is relatively new. You’ve said things like “toxic program”. We must be watching two totally different programs. I’ve seen nothing “toxic” in Prestonsburg football program. Great kids with unbelievable team chemistry from freshmen to seniors. It’s clear someone has found a few sour apples in their basket but I think it’d be best to give the new HC at least until week 1 before you start calling for their job! lol