[charlie22]

Highlands does everything well. I still predicted them to win by 3 TD's, which is a pretty good margin. They can throw, run, kick, punt, tackle, and block and that makes them a dang good football team. They might score more than 27 but that was just my prediction. To be honest with you, I have never seen Lincoln play. All I know is that the beat a good JC team that whipped Louisville Central pretty bad, and if I not mistaken Louisville Central gave Highlands all they wanted. I know the games are not played by scores of other games, but it gives a pretty good indicator of how good LC is. BTW I coached against you guys last game. It was me trying to figure out how in the world to score on such a tremendous defense!

Thanks for the compliments about Highlands. Letcher County had a nice solid squad, so you, the other coaches and the players are to commended. Really at the end of the day, it doesn't necessarily matter how many points we score. I'd be thrilled to death with a 3 td victory as Lincoln is a very good squad from what I've been told. How did you like playing at Highlands? While the visiting team is somewhat (understatement) crammed in, its is a pretty neat atmosphere to play a game. And don't take this the wrong way, but I'm glad you didn't do a better job figuring out how to score on us. Some folks think our pass defense is weak, but they'd be surprised to know that of the 4 defensive backs named to the coaches All N. Ky team, 2 of them were from Highlands. And that's quite a statement when you consider all the talent that is in N. Ky this year. In support of that last statement, I'd point out that there are 4 teams from our region playing in the semis (6A, 5A, 2A and 1A), which is pretty strong. Its not out of the whelm of possibility that if Highlands had not moved up from 3A to 5A and CovCath had not moved up from 4A to 5A, we could have 6 teams in the semis. Dixie Heights squad was actually pretty good (they would have been a great matchup with Letcher) and had more raw talent than any other team in the region including Highlands. CovCath had become a dang good team by the end of the year also, they just ran into the Highlands buzz saw the week before Letcher did.

By the way, what's the skinny on your qb? I read on another site that he's only a junior and has good size. Man, he looked good (well as good as anyone could look getting chased and hit on constantly). Do you have much coming back next year to support him? If so, I'd say Letcher will be a contender again next year and he'll get some scholly offers.