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You would think so, Cougarpride. However Spencer County really hasn't had a whole lot of athletic success over the years, and definitely none that was sustained for any length of time (as in there may have been a district title or runner-up here and there in baseball or basketball). Football is still really new out here. I forget it if this is our 5th or 6th year of having varsity football? Nonetheless, we are slowly changing the culture here so that folks understand what a committment, and BENEFIT, having football is/can be for this community.

Our middle school program (not bragging here) has done fairly well. We have sent players to FBU's national all-star game (last year) and now 4 players to the KMSFA Kentucky all-state game this year. We have had winning seasons every year except the first year we started (5 years ago) and have been to our conference's championship the past 3 years in a row.

Our high school program is on its 4 Head Coach in our brief history. Not that this is a bad place to work or live. I just think that the situation hasn't been perfect for the first 3 guys. The HC we have now is a Spencer County native. He seems to want to be here for the long haul. As with any young coach, there are bumps in the road and learning curves to navigate, but before long we will (hopefully) be cruising the right way.

Football is definitely a year-round sport. The season may be played in the late summer and fall, but the preparations (in my opinion) never stop.

On a last note here, I actually had one of our school board members tell me when we were discussing our high school's facility, "well, if we didn't HAVE football we wouldn't have football problems, now would we?". I asked her if she realized how many other students benefited from a Friday football game (cheerleaders, dance team, band, etc.). I then asked her to name any other event in our little community that brought 2000+ people out without it being a holiday. She walked away.......

Again, good luck to all of you guys. We are fighting our battle here - one step at a time! Any advice is certainly welcome!