[bucslover68]

Im not picking on Belfry but they get kids that could go to Pike Central and a lot of kids out of WV. Their coach is a man of good character and I dont think he is out recruiting. But these kids know they can go to Belfry and compete for state championships. Cant blame em.

I am not firing back at you 5timechamp because you are not really downing Belfry. However, if people really knew how few kids are on the high school team and middle school teams from West Virginia, then they would quit beating the dead horse. The great majority of these kids begin classes in Pike County grade schools and stay there throughout their careers. No one ever addresses the fact that Belfry has lost several good players over the last few years to West Virginia schools for different reasons. One of the reasons being a lack of playing time at Belfry. Some girls leave Belfry and go to Pikeville to cheer. When you look at the area in Mingo County and try to find a good football school, there isn't one now. Matewan used to be decent and Gilbert has been OK, but you could not field an all-star team in Mingo County and beat any decent eastern Kentucky team. If I had kids living in Williamson, I would pay or drive or whatever I had to do to send them to Belfry. A lot of kids come to Belfry just to go to school. Belfry may not be the Harvard of Pike County, but they normally are pretty solid academically. Belfry just reloads every year and they continue to do so through their middle school.