[Mr.Kimball]

If memory serves me correct, I think there were four players on that team that were from outside the city school district. Wes Ward came to Paintsville his sophomore year I think, with Matt Blevins, H. Doderer and Subby enrolling their freshman year.

I think that Wes transferred right in the middle of the season his freshman year. He did play some freshman games at JCHS, but didn't play the entire season. I cant remember the whole roster, but Adam Cummins was another county boy that comes to mind. Could have been more, IDK, maybe not. Cody Reynolds was another one, even though I dont think he played a great deal. Sheesh 8 years ago seems like half a lifetime, when trying to remember something. But even with those, that was the basis for the backfield (minus Pugh) for 4 years and pretty much the linebacking corps and a good part of the lines. Those players were all major impact players offensively and defensively for the program at that time. I dont know who Paintsville would have had homegrown to replace those guys if they had not have transferred and what the success of the program would have been without them. Perhaps they would have fared just as well, IDK. That's all just hypothetical speculation anyways. Obviously, they took someone else's spot and played in front of them. But regardless, that's 5 players out of an 11 man starting lineup. That's half the team when you look at it in those terms.