[EKUAlum05]

Just my opinion but I thought the Dawgs did really good in the play offs last year. Didn't they make it to the simi finals and lost to the State champs.

Regional Finals

They were the only team to score an offensive TD against the Belfry 1's in the playoffs though

[Eagle84]

Just my opinion but I thought the Dawgs did really good in the play offs last year. Didn't they make it to the simi finals and lost to the State champs. Do I think playing JC would have allowed them to beat Belfry ? Probably not. But I always like to state that LC and JC has played each other 10 times in school history and JC will have to beat them 6 more times just to even the record. But I know that is niether now or then. I just can't wait for KY high school football to get started under the Friday night lights. Good luck to all. And go Dawgs.

You can not beat what you can not catch. LC been running from Matney and JC since they last played like 10 years ago. I guess LC will want to play JC when Matney leaves and JC down. Then you can keep posting overall serious lead. That similar to how Paintsville played the Apple Bowl.

[0ff The Chain]

You can not beat what you can not catch. LC been running from Matney and JC since they last played like 10 years ago. I guess LC will want to play JC when Matney leaves and JC down. Then you can keep posting overall serious lead. That similar to how Paintsville played the Apple Bowl.

Yes I know everyone here in LC won't even drive within 10 miles of Johnson County out of fear of running into Matney. Maybe some day when he leaves the program I can visit Kmart in Paintsville again.But until that day, please continue to brag to us about how all these smaller area schools are scared to play JC. :worthy:

[Dawg Family]

You can not beat what you can not catch. LC been running from Matney and JC since they last played like 10 years ago. I guess LC will want to play JC when Matney leaves and JC down. Then you can keep posting overall serious lead. That similar to how Paintsville played the Apple Bowl.

You sure it's LC running from JC or is it that Matney just doesn't want to play LC because were not good enough competition for the Eagles, Just a thought. But either way LC leads the series 8 to 2 all time. And yes it's been about 10 years since to two have matched for what reason I really don't know but I’m sure they will meet up again and when they do no matter the outcome LC will still be leading the series. nicker:

[Dawg Family]

I'm not really sure if this has anything to do with why JC & LC hasn't played each other in a long time but the last time they was on the field together was in 07. It was a scrimmage in Louisa and there was about 10 fights that broke out seems like there was more fights than plays played. This was Goldsmiths 3rd year back at LC and Coach Cecil was the assistant and I know there was some harsh words between both coaching staffs. I really believe in my heart that’s why these two programs have stayed away from each other. Do I think either would benefit from playing each other? Yes I do I think they both would JC is still a power house in the East and LC has a pretty solid team right now. It would defiantly be a good gate for both schools and a good game for both community’s.

[Dawgfan123]

What.... No comments on the above post?

[Eagle84]

You sure it's LC running from JC or is it that Matney just doesn't want to play LC because were not good enough competition for the Eagles, Just a thought. But either way LC leads the series 8 to 2 all time. And yes it's been about 10 years since to two have matched for what reason I really don't know but I’m sure they will meet up again and when they do no matter the outcome LC will still be leading the series. nicker:
100% sure that LC will not play JC. LC will not play JC in grade school, freshman, jv or varsity. JC would love to have a competitive game close to home. Currently only Belfry will play JC in the 15 & 16 Region.

[dawg fan]

100% sure that LC will not play JC. LC will not play JC in grade school, freshman, jv or varsity. JC would love to have a competitive game close to home. Currently only Belfry will play JC in the 15 & 16 Region.

You already play the 4a schools in the 15th and 16th greenup, ashland, east carter, and boyd co. Like I have said before, nobody wants to come johnson central to play and don't want johnson central coming to their place because of the fan base there. Untill johnson central gets a better reputation for how they treat their opponents on and off the field they will have a tuff time getting games, iI would say in the next few years they will be down to 2 or 3 home games a year. I don't think it helps them either that the local radio station acts like any team from johnson central is automaticaly better than any other team in the region. Belfry is a 4 time state champion but when you go to pond creek you are treated very good. You get beat most of the time, but your treated well.

[dawgbyte02]

nice article about Grant Kiser, QB, For LC in the Ashland Daily Independent

[Do-double-gg]

100% sure that LC will not play JC. LC will not play JC in grade school, freshman, jv or varsity. JC would love to have a competitive game close to home. Currently only Belfry will play JC in the 15 & 16 Region.

"Bla bla bla bla" I say set it up! Like I said in an earlier post. People like to talk about the schedule Lawrence has but you wont find one much softer then the ones Johnson Central has had the last few years. I don't buy all the "nobody will play us" nonsense! JC is supposedly a 4A contender this year. If JC is good enough to win a 4A title then I think they are supposed to beat us. Every year you destroy every team on your schedule then you go up against a Highlands or Covington and you get embarrassed. Those two teams are out of your way now but if I was a betting man.........and I am, I would bet that a new team who was busy playing tough competition all year will sneak up again this year and steal your thunder. Lawrence is busy trying to catch up with Belfry the 2 time back to back 3A state champs, the same Belfry team that you beat the last few seasons so I think we all know how a Johnson-v- Lawrence game would go. I would still like to see this game happen because the close proximity. I don't agree with some of the comments about Johnson Central people being mean or unfriendly to visitors. I have been to a lot of games and events at Johnson Central and I have never seen anything like that. I have met a lot of good people from the area.

[Do-double-gg]

For the record I think all the "nobody will play us" stuff if people are completely honest with themselves is more like "nobody we can almost guarantee a win against will play us" lol!

:truestory:

[Eagle84]

For the record I think all the "nobody will play us" stuff if people are completely honest with themselves is more like "nobody we can almost guarantee a win against will play us" lol!

:truestory:

Let's see if I understand the last three post. JC only plays the teams they can beat but LC will not play because of how LC maybe treated on and off the field. My guess would be the treatment LC got on the field in 2005. 43-0 & 2006 55- 12 by JC is the reason LC will not play. I have been very clear JC would put a running clack on LC first few years. But I do think LC Football would improve and become more competitive with Belfry and JC over time. I think you can see the same example with JC playing Belfry in the Matney area. JC between 2007-09 0-3 being out scored 84-46. Since JC is 4-1 out scoring Belfry 89-28 the last two years. You keep telling yourself that you can play with JC if you wanted while the rest of the area understands the truth 🚺

Last, I challenge you to find a team within 100 miles of JC that has not been offered a home / way two year contract. Post that team name so everyone can see.

[Pirate1991#8]

Let's see if I understand the last three post. JC only plays the teams they can beat but LC will not play because of how LC maybe treated on and off the field. My guess would be the treatment LC got on the field in 2005. 43-0 & 2006 55- 12 by JC is the reason LC will not play. I have been very clear JC would put a running clack on LC first few years. But I do think LC Football would improve and become more competitive with Belfry and JC over time. I think you can see the same example with JC playing Belfry in the Matney area. JC between 2007-09 0-3 being out scored 84-46. Since JC is 4-1 out scoring Belfry 89-28 the last two years. You keep telling yourself that you can play with JC if you wanted while the rest of the area understands the truth 🚺

Last, I challenge you to find a team within 100 miles of JC that has not been offered a home / way two year contract. Post that team name so everyone can see.

Not taking away from the great program of JC. But in those two years Belfry was never at full strength. I'm sure JC was not either. I know last year we had 3rd stringers starting with 7 or 8 key players out. I would love to see that game played early In the year. Or a game at full strength. But it is the last game of the year and only for mountain bragging rights. Lol

[Do-double-gg]

Let's see if I understand the last three post. JC only plays the teams they can beat but LC will not play because of how LC maybe treated on and off the field. My guess would be the treatment LC got on the field in 2005. 43-0 & 2006 55- 12 by JC is the reason LC will not play. I have been very clear JC would put a running clack on LC first few years. But I do think LC Football would improve and become more competitive with Belfry and JC over time. I think you can see the same example with JC playing Belfry in the Matney area. JC between 2007-09 0-3 being out scored 84-46. Since JC is 4-1 out scoring Belfry 89-28 the last two years. You keep telling yourself that you can play with JC if you wanted while the rest of the area understands the truth 🚺

Last, I challenge you to find a team within 100 miles of JC that has not been offered a home / way two year contract. Post that team name so everyone can see.

Show me where I said LC could play with JC. If you read my post a little closer I said the exact opposite. You keep telling yourself that coach Matney don't keep scheduling sure wins to make his overall record look good when the time comes to move on........ and that time will come. I think me, you and everybody and their brother knows what program he has his eyes on when that coach decides to hang up his whistle. You need to stop worrying why a down 3A team wont play you and start worrying why your not playing some of the best teams in the state to get ready for a championship run in 4A. Way to many good teams from 1 through 5A in the east side of this state that you could be playing but your not so ask yourself why! And don't tell me that they were all contacted and said no because me and nobody on here believes it.
Highlands
Covington
Pulaski Co
Southwestern
Boyle Co
Bell Co
Bourbon Co
Bryan Station
That is all I can think of right now
Out of state but pretty close
Ironton
Wayne
Cabell Midland
Huntington High

[KyRock]

100% sure that LC will not play JC. LC will not play JC in grade school, freshman, jv or varsity. JC would love to have a competitive game close to home. Currently only Belfry will play JC in the 15 & 16 Region.

:zzz: Paintsville still top program in Johnson Co. JC doesn't want any of Paintsville or Lawrence Co. They wait until the schedule is full and want to go on and on about how no one in the area will play them. You would get waxed and will several times. You might win a State Title this year but will always have over your head that you did because Highlands and CC moved up. nicker:

[LCHSbulldogsalum]

Let's see if I understand the last three post. JC only plays the teams they can beat but LC will not play because of how LC maybe treated on and off the field. My guess would be the treatment LC got on the field in 2005. 43-0 & 2006 55- 12 by JC is the reason LC will not play. I have been very clear JC would put a running clack on LC first few years. But I do think LC Football would improve and become more competitive with Belfry and JC over time. I think you can see the same example with JC playing Belfry in the Matney area. JC between 2007-09 0-3 being out scored 84-46. Since JC is 4-1 out scoring Belfry 89-28 the last two years. You keep telling yourself that you can play with JC if you wanted while the rest of the area understands the truth 🚺

Last, I challenge you to find a team within 100 miles of JC that has not been offered a home / way two year contract. Post that team name so everyone can see.

You are sure full of yourself, aren't you? You think that if LC plays JC, that alone would make LC "better"? What, is JC such the center of the universe that being on the same field with your elite athletes will suddenly rub off on our athletes? nicker: Come on. If the two teams play, the play. If the don't, then they don't. It's not worth debating on WHY they aren't playing. Nobody knows why they aren't....not for sure at least.

And if some of you think "well look how close JC is and LC is afraid and that's why blah blah blah..." There are other local schools that would be a good gate for LC that they don't play. I can think of Wayne, Tolsia just to think of a few. Sometimes coaches have a vision of what they want for competition and preparedness for their team for playoffs. If certain teams don't fit what they want, they don't play. Simple as that. That's not being "scared", that's a coach being a COACH....something none of us on here are.

[dawgbyte02]

The LC scrimmage tonight [8/7] looked like they had some fine tuning to do. Next weeks scrimmage at Besty Layne will help LC solidify both offense and defense. Overall they looked good.. Dalton scored on a 40 yard bomb from kiser and shaffer the te looked good over the middle catching 3 passes. mosely and simpson looked to be in top form in the backfield. defense looked very sharp. offensive line looked sluggish but they seem big.

[dawg fan]

What number was dylan last I thought he is number 8, I did not see him in the backfield last night which surprised me, they have cole mosely and zach keesee in there most of the time. After last year I figured dylin would slide right in the spot he is fast and very hard runner.

[0ff The Chain]

Hard to say which player is which in their practice jerseys because a large majority of them wearing different number practice jersey than the number of their game day ones. I don't know if the old practice jerseys have some missing or sizes are different or what the reason is but I know several of the players had different numbers and quite a few had same numbers as other players. As many different uniforms they have you would think they would have enough to split the team in different colors when scrimmaging but really that is irrelevant I suppose.

[Eagle84]

:zzz: Paintsville still top program in Johnson Co. JC doesn't want any of Paintsville or Lawrence Co. They wait until the schedule is full and want to go on and on about how no one in the area will play them. You would get waxed and will several times. You might win a State Title this year but will always have over your head that you did because Highlands and CC moved up. nicker:

Just a matter of time till you crawled your dumb ass out under your rock. Truly I am sorry the kept you locked up so long this time. I tried to tell you several times that if you did not take your medication what was going to happen. Each time the hospitalize you they are going to keep you longer. You could combine the two teams and let you coach them and JC still put a running clock on. Then if needed JC would assist the medical staff in putting in the straight jacket. Just craw back from where you had been little rock. We talking big boy stuff.

[Eagle84]

Show me where I said LC could play with JC. If you read my post a little closer I said the exact opposite. You keep telling yourself that coach Matney don't keep scheduling sure wins to make his overall record look good when the time comes to move on........ and that time will come. I think me, you and everybody and their brother knows what program he has his eyes on when that coach decides to hang up his whistle. You need to stop worrying why a down 3A team wont play you and start worrying why your not playing some of the best teams in the state to get ready for a championship run in 4A. Way to many good teams from 1 through 5A in the east side of this state that you could be playing but your not so ask yourself why! And don't tell me that they were all contacted and said no because me and nobody on here believes it.
Highlands
Covington
Pulaski Co
Southwestern
Boyle Co
Bell Co
Bourbon Co
Bryan Station
That is all I can think of right now
Out of state but pretty close
Ironton
Wayne
Cabell Midland
Huntington High

We spoke with just about ever team on your list and on one of the was will to do a home and home game. We only had week 2 & 3 open due to previous contracts thus only a few on you list was an option. Pulaski & SW had their bowl game and wanted two year contract with on return games like they did to Belfry. The home and home was offer. If you look at LC schedule you will see they had an open date and LC added Powell County week 3. That did not make any logic to me coming off a 9-4 season. The JC game early allows LC to see very similar style of Belfry. Unless you think you going to be down. Looking at what LC has coming back I would think expectation would be high this year. Much higher than Powell county.

[LCHSbulldogsalum]

We spoke with just about ever team on your list and on one of the was will to do a home and home game. We only had week 2 & 3 open due to previous contracts thus only a few on you list was an option. Pulaski & SW had their bowl game and wanted two year contract with on return games like they did to Belfry. The home and home was offer. If you look at LC schedule you will see they had an open date and LC added Powell County week 3. That did not make any logic to me coming off a 9-4 season. The JC game early allows LC to see very similar style of Belfry. Unless you think you going to be down. Looking at what LC has coming back I would think expectation would be high this year. Much higher than Powell county.

If I'm not mistaken, Powell's coach was once a coach at LC. So, perhaps the reason for them playing is personal? Can someone tell me if the Powell coach was on the staff of Chuke or Goldsmith? I can't remember which, but think it was one of them two.

[Dawg Family]

If I'm not mistaken, Powell's coach was once a coach at LC. So, perhaps the reason for them playing is personal? Can someone tell me if the Powell coach was on the staff of Chuke or Goldsmith? I can't remember which, but think it was one of them two.

If coach Burchett is still at power co. Then yes he is a former LC assistant. I agree if he's still there then most likely that's why they have scheduled them. And in my opioin Mattney is the reason they are not scheduling JC. Like I stated in my earlier post the last time these two teams meet on the field it really wasn't good for either and I personally heard some comments from the coaching staff to make me think they won't schedule them. And it wasn't because LC is so scared of the mighty Eagles. I personally like to watch JC play they remind me of LC when we had Chuke in the 90s very strong teams but never good enough to get over the hump. I really hope this will be the year JC can do it I would love to see another State tittle come back to the mountains. My dream would be for classes 1A through 5A would end up in the mountains. Good luck to all.

[Do-double-gg]

The LC scrimmage tonight [8/7] looked like they had some fine tuning to do. Next weeks scrimmage at Besty Layne will help LC solidify both offense and defense. Overall they looked good.. Dalton scored on a 40 yard bomb from kiser and shaffer the te looked good over the middle catching 3 passes. mosely and simpson looked to be in top form in the backfield. defense looked very sharp. offensive line looked sluggish but they seem big.

It's hard to tell about the offense right now, but the defense looks better then last year. Not a lot of the standing around waiting for someone else to make the tackle. I saw a lot of gang tackling and I love that. As they get a few scrimmages and a game or two under their belts they will all get to the ball a little faster. Like you said, all in all I believe we will be better then last season.
I don't think we have a game on our schedule other then Belfry that's not winnable. :Thumbs:
I would like to say (and you can laugh if ya want), but if Belfry comes in looking like they don't want to be there this October like they did last October then this little team could just get it done.

[Dawgfan123]

Including BELFRY

[Do-double-gg]

Including BELFRY

"Lol" I love your enthusiasm but I wouldn't go that far. I think you saw what they did to everyone in the playoffs last season. Make no mistake, this Belfry team is loaded and they have just about everyone back from last season. The Lawrence County program is moving right along but we just don't have the athletes or depth to consistently compete with this Belfry team. Can they be beat???? sure. If you play lights out and fundamentally sound football and they get sloppy but you wont see a Haywood team do that very often. If they come in playing like they did against Pikeville or against us in October last season then they are very beatable. I just think that this years Belfry team wont be beat by anyone if they decide they don't want to be beat............except for Johnson Central lol!

[Dawgfan123]

Man, haven't you heard, the bridge from W. Va. Fell into the Tug. Hahaha

[Do-double-gg]

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The 2015 Bulldogs!

[Do-double-gg]

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The coaching staff!

[Do-double-gg]

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I will let everyone get a few good looks at this kid from the front because after the season starts all you will see is his back and some dust lol.
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