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All I can say is congratulations to the TIGERS! They kept their heads high and played the game. I haven't heard anyone quote the difference in numbers of players on each team. (Approximately 138 to 32) And yes, Paintsville is 1A and JC is 5A. When you are playing a contact sport, this must be considered. It has just taken JC a WHILE to build their program. NOW the 2008 Apple Bowl is over maybe JC needs to look into playing more 5A schools.

So you're saying that Johnson Central has 138 players? Sorry man but that's about the funniest thing that I've ever heard. Johnson Central has about 60 players. Yes Paintsville is 1A and Johnson Central is 5A but you didn't here of Johnson Central trying to tuck and run when they were getting beat in the Apple Bowl all those years. I believe they lost eight in a row at one point. This is just a simple case of wanting to take your ball a play elsewhere because your pride is hurting. In my opinion it has nothing to do with the class size because we never heard that excuse when Bill Musick was at Johnson Central and he won his share of Apple Bowls. It's all about pride and ego.