Ladies and Gentlemen, Welcome to my note's page. I will be addressing variois topics, that I am sure you will enjoy. Topics include legacy , inspirational, and focus on the Middies 2009 - 2010, 2010 - 2011 season, with profiles of the players. This page will constantly be in evolution, as the next pre-season and season starts.
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To begin, I will profile the "Middies" players as best I can, and then other topics as we proceed!
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Mr. J.J. Greenwood
For video, please click Link Below:
http://www.scoutingohio.com/index.php/view-pr..
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Prime Time Player, # 4 Mr. Kevin Watts:
http://www.scoutingohio.com/index.php/view-profile.html?task=userProfile&user=910&name=Kevin.Watts
J.J. and Kevin will be playing in the East/West Allstar game on 06-10-2010. Eric Redding and Aaron Lewis are playing in the North/South Allstar game on 06-11-2010. At last years Miami Valley North/South Game. I met Antonio Banks, and hung out to watch the game with Mr. Otis White and friends. Mr. White is the father of Gomez White that played for Piqua.
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Check out "Purples Defense". I give you Mr. Gerry Gates. click link below.
For video, please click Link Below:
http://www.scoutingohio.com/index.php/view-profile.html?task=userProfile&user=822&name=Gerry.Gates
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Check out "Purples" passing attack. I give you, Mr. Nick McKnight!!!
For video, please click Link Below:
http://www.scoutingohio.com/index.php/view-pr...
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NOW, FOR A LOOK AT ONE OF THE PREMIER RUNNING BACKS IN THE STATE OF OHIO, I GIVE YOU, MR. ANTONIO BANKS. ENJOY..
For video, please click Link Below:
http://www.scoutingohio.com/index.php/view-pr...
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The quarterback is one of the best quarterbacks in Ohio,
Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you; Mr. Caleb Watkins..
For video, please click Link Below:
http://www.scoutingohio.com/index.php/view-pr...
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To a great defensive back, I give you Mr. Jahmi Calhoun, he will be surely missed this coming season. However, I know his cousin, Scot, that works in a local store, so I will keep tabs on him. Please check out Jahmi Calhoun's Highlight video. by clicking on the link below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0x_zFgPlK0
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You say you want defense? I give you Mr. Headhunter; Kyle Schwarber..... Need I say more????
For video, please click Link Below:
http://www.scoutingohio.com/index.php/view-pr...
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"Middies" Defensive End, Mr Sam Current (sure missed you at the Anderson Game)
For video, please click Link Below:
http://www.campbellsvilletigers.com/roster/7/12/495.php
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"Middies" Fly Paper Hands, Mr. Zach Ewards
For video, please click Link Below:
http://www.scoutingohio.com/index.php/view-profile.html?task=userProfile&user=4110&name=Zach.Edwards
08-03-2010 I met the Zach Edwards today, right after the practice today.
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"Middies" Mr. All Over You, Mr. Rashad Frazier
For video, please click Link Below:
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"Middies" Aaron Lewis. Aaron is going to Campbellsville, and I intend on attending their first game with the Union Bulldogs
For video, please click Link Below:
http://www.scoutingohio.com/index.php/view-profile.html?task=userProfile&user=349&name=Aaron.Lewis
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NOW FOR UP AND COMMING "MIDDIES":
Mr. Jettie Bailey Profile, Please click link below:
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Middies" Mr. Cody Quinn, Glad you are coming back. Like the Allstate Man says, "We will be in good hands!
For video, please click Link Below:
http://www.scoutingohio.com/index.php/view-profile.html?task=userProfile&user=4153&name=greatness3
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These guys are the Richmond Madison Purples. Madison was also a State Championship
Contender! The # 24 is Kenny Turner. Kenny is the head coach of the Madison Central HS football team. Some of these guyts became good friends of mine. I did, however, played the defensive line against #61 Doug Morgan and # 79 Robby Morton! That was a tall order!!
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"Middies" Andre McDonald, looking forward to some more Purple - DDD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
For video, please click Link Below:
http://www.scoutingohio.com/index.php/view-profile.html?task=userProfile&user=3894&name=Andre44
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"Middies" 2009-2010 game replays, can be viewed by clicking the link below:
http://www.mefeedia.com/tags/middies
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Now for a profile of one of the best that ever came out of Southeastern Kentucky
Coach. Larry Kirksey's story is a profound example of "Desire to Suceed".
Larry Kirksey settled into seat 6F on United Airlines Flight 1689 out of Tuscaloosa, Alabama bound for the Big Time. His playbook was in the overhead rack. His healthy sense of entitlement was stowed in the upright and locked position for a coach whose career seemed destined to take flight.
Only a year removed from winning the 1993 National Championship as a running backs coach for the Alabama Crimson Tide, Kirksey was on a flight to San Francisco to interview with 49ers head coach George Seifert for a position with one of the most respected professional organizations in sports.
"Ever since I was 14 years old, I knew I wanted to be a coach," said Kirksey, the 30-year coaching veteran and current Detroit Lions wide receiver coach. "The ultimate for a coach is always to make it to the top and professional level."
Add to that the fact that the position he was interviewing for would allow him to work one-on-one with the best receiver to ever play the game, Jerry Rice.
"Over the years I have had a lot of great coaches," said Rice, speaking of Dennis Green, Bill Walsh, Mike Shanahan, Paul Hackett and Jon Gruden to name a few. "But Larry ranks right at the top with all of them.
"Larry did a great job of keeping me composed," said Rice. "He was my sounding board and he really helped me to focus in on the big picture. He was always the guy that would fight for me and that's why I would fight for him so hard every Sunday"
To visit Coach Kirksey's current webpage at the Middle Tennesee Blue Raiders, click the link below.
http://www.goblueraiders.com/coach.cfm/name/l...
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This week in Kentucky high school sports history
By Mike Fields.
One of the treats of my job is reconnecting with the past, whether it’s hearing about or watching a former Kentucky high school star excelling in the college or pro ranks, or succeeding in an endeavor that has nothing to do with athletics. That’s why I’ve decided to start this weekly feature. I’ll pick three years at random and do a little research on what was happening in high school sports for a particular week.
Here’s the first installment, looking back at what went on the first week of November in 1968,‘79 and ‘86. Some of the names might ring a bell. Murph Howard, for example, is currently the baseball coach at Pendleton County. Larry Kirksey, a former UK football player and long-time college and NFL assistant, is in his first season as wide receivers coach with the Houston Texans. Steve Parker, who played football at UK and later coached Bryan Station, is now Dr. Steve Parker, an associate professor in the UK College of Education. And Charles Atinay is athletic director at Henry Clay.
One of the treats of my job is reconnecting with the past, whether it’s hearing about or watching a former Kentucky high school star excelling in the college or pro ranks, or succeeding in an endeavor that has nothing to do with athletics. That’s why I’ve decided to start this weekly feature. I’ll pick three years at random and do a little research on what was happening in high school sports for a particular week.
Here’s the first installment, looking back at what went on the first week of November in 1968,‘79 and ‘86. Some of the names might ring a bell. Murph Howard, for example, is currently the baseball coach at Pendleton County. Larry Kirksey, a former UK football player and long-time college and NFL assistant, is in his first season as wide receivers coach with the Houston Texans. Steve Parker, who played football at UK and later coached Bryan Station, is now Dr. Steve Parker, an associate professor in the UK College of Education. And Charles Atinay is athletic director at Henry Clay.
1968
Harlan rips Bell County 34-0 as QB Murph Howard throws 3 TD passes, including 2 to Larry Kirksey. Harlan goes undefeated (10-0-1) but doesn’t make the playoffs ... Paris sophomore QB Steve Parker throws 2 TD passes in a win over Bath County ... Henry Clay QB Robbie Ross passes for 2 TDs and runs for another in a victory over Harrison County ...
Below, are the responses to this blog...
Joe Gibson Says:
Mike, Great to read about Murph Howard and Larry Kirksey. You mentioned that they were 10-0-1 and didn’t make the playoffs. that was because the team I played for (Lynch Bulldogs) tied with Harlan that year 18-18. Our schedule had more quality wins so we made the playoffs and Harlan stayed home. At that time only the district champ went to the playoffs. We also won the state title that year beating Frankfort 14-6. It just so happened the two best teams in the state in class A that year resided in Harlan County. The Green Dragons had an awesome team and would have won the state title had they represented our district instead of us. Our first playoff game was against McKell who beat Lynch 24-0 the year before in the playoffs. McKell was sporting one of the best halfbacks I have ever seen in high school football by the name of Don Gullett who went on to pitch for the Reds and Yankees in the majors. The game before our playoff Mr. Gullett scored 72 points so coach Ed Miracle made us well aware of what we were up against. In all my years of football I have never seen a team so psyched up to play a team as our Lynch Bulldogs were in avenging the previous year’s 24-0 defeat. We won the 24-8, went on the next week to beat Dayton and then sealed the deal at Stoll Field in Lex with a win over Frankfort. Lynch High School is long gone but the golden bulldogs still rank amongst the top 10 in state championships won. That bulldog spirit forever lives in all of us bulldogs who were very fortunate to be part of such a great winning tradition. Thanks for taking me down memory lane this morning Mike, as I read your column every friday via the internet from Morristown, Tennessee.
Go Bulldogs!!!!!
Joe Gibson
(Continuation to the last post....
Benny Adams Says:
Well let me kick this in to go with Joe’s comments, first of all Mike, I really like this new column and boy does it ring a bell!
Old Murph and Larry beat my Pineville team in 68 and 69. Over the years I got to know Murph and Larry and tried to keep up with them, but it’s hard with Larry because he has bounced around the old coaching carousel so often, thanks for letting me know he’s with Houston. I knew Murph had been baseball coach at Harlan for a number of years but did not know his recent whereabouts. Also, I work with Harold Cudd who was their great fullback and DT.
Now back to Joe Gibson’s comments, I would state that the year before, 1967, that my Pineville Mountain Lions had the best Class A team in the state of Kentucky, we also were undefeated, going 11-0 including a 53-7 stomping of AA Regional Champ Evarts with all-stater
Rex Estridge playing HB for them. 1967 also represented the 2nd year of 7 straight wins over the Corbin Redhounds, how many schools can say that?. We had all-staters at every position, David Asher QB, Mike Downey E, John Lefevers DT, Poppy Harrison NG and Tim Stephens (best high school LB I have EVER watched play)
BUT after all of that AGAIN, Lynch went to the playoffs and we were left home after tying them under the old outdated Dickinson System which then sent us to the Alabama System and Lynch outpointed us. I will go to my grave always believing that had we played Lynch in 1967 that Pineville would have won and we certainly could have beaten a pretty good Mount Sterling team that eventually did win it. My Dad, Bill Adams was the coach then and I was just a soph sub, and being the tough old guy he was, he never let it show how much it bothered him, but the whole town was completely devestated over this and all kinds of hell was raised and they eventually did away with the tie system, but too late for the 1967 Mountain Lions. Good stuff Mike and hey to Joe Gibson.
kirk chiles Says:
Great article!
Benny Adams Says:
Joe Gibson Says:
Thanks Joe, we think alike and you’re a good old mountain boy if I ever knew one. Take care.
p.s. I never saw Fred Bishop drop a pass…..ever, but even after catching a TD at LSU his freshman year Curci for some reason put the screws to him. BTW, Fred just won a national amateur seniors tennis title last winter.
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THE UNDISPUTED "2008 4A KENTUCKY GRIDIRON CHAMPIONS.
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!!!!!!!!!THE BELL COUNTY BOBCATS!!!!!!!!!!
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Please click below for BHCS KHSAA Championship videos...
http://www.ihigh.com/school7117/video_882314.html
http://www.ihigh.com/school7117/video_882312.html
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2009 KHSAA Commonwealth Gridiron Bowl Highlights State Championships... click link below:
http://www.ihigh.com/khsaa/video_884497.html
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I attended the Miami Valley North-South Allstar game Friday, and it was quite an experience. It brought to mind, that in 1973, the PHS senior trip was to Daytona, Fla. There were these huge guys around the hotel that stood out past the regular guests.
As I was going to breakfast one morning, I noticed that two of them were wearing 1972 Superbowl Championship rings, with "Miami Dolphins" on the ring. I then said to them, "Your Mercury Morris and Larry Little". We started talking, and they refused to talk about their NFL Championship team. They invited me to have breakfast with them and had tell them all about myself and the 1972 PHS season. "1st rate class act". At the first BHCS Championship playoff game at Covington Catholic, I had the pleasure of introducing; Marty Moore, senior linebacker for the KY Wildcats to Donnie Wilson. For all of us that know and love Donnie, you can immagine the rest. Friday night, I had two of these magical moments. First I met the father of wide receiver/linebacker, "Gomez White" from Piqua, Ohio. I will profile Gomez White soon. FYI, wide reveiver from Middletown, "Terell Ramsey" was voted MVP. The second magical moment came, when I met MR. ANTONIO BANKS #27", from MHS. This guy is a real gentleman. I will tell you later, about when I met Coach Marvin Lewis, Peter Warrick, and Jamaine Stephens. Always remember, "Respect and Represent"!
Click link below for a special on "Antonio Banks",
For videos, please click Links Below:
Post Game Interview: Antonio Banks - Middletown -10.02.09
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opSKUL-Ic_c
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Now for Fred and Eddie Bishop. I am very fortunate, to have played with them, and grow up with them. The Bishop brothers, were like brothers to me, and a lot of people in Pineville. You know the legend!
For pic of Fred and Eddie, please click link below:
http://www.bellcountypubliclibraries.org/crm/...
Eddies story was published in Sports Illustrated.
A Twilight's Last Gleaming
The story of Eddie Bishop, small-town football hero, was an American classic—until he came home to Pineville, Kentucky as the high school coach.
Eddie's story can be found at the Sports Illustrated Vault, by clicking the link below:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1135930/index.htm
1972 coaches, trainers and captains.
Please click below:
http://www.bellcountypubliclibraries.org/crm/...
For Fred Bishop in action, click link below:
http://www.bellcountypubliclibraries.org/crm/pinecones/1973/page73117.jpg
The Crocodile", and Fred Bishop @ PHS
http://www.bellcountypubliclibraries.org/crm/pinecones/1973/page7318.jpg
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Officials time out to remember the late Mr. Al Miracle. Al was one of the best linebackers, that ever played at BCHS. I played against him. He was a great guy off the field, as well. I only saw his son Adam, play once at the Covingto Catholic game. Al was a sports writer for the Middlesboro Daily News. I lived out of state, and had a subscription. When I got the paper, I always first looked up the "Jacket Jottings", which was the title of his sports writings. I was honoured to have known Al, and his wife, Ruth. I knew them from my high school days at PHS. ________________________________________________________________________________
FOR PAST KHSAA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS:
LEASE CLICK LINK BELOW
http://www.khsaa.org/records/football/pastwin...
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IN MEMORY OF MY FRIEND, COACH EDDIE BISHOP...
http://www.bellcountypubliclibraries.org/crm/...
http://www.bellcountypubliclibraries.org/crm/...
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If you recall, I posted that I had seen, Reading's Deshawn Wynn, and Cheasapeake's Kenny Easley play at the high school level. I now give you Reading's Deshawn Wynn, and Cheasapeake's Kenny Easley at the PRO level..
Please click links below
Deshawn Wynn at Florida
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l61z0zBv4fU&feature=related
Deshawn Wynn at Greenbay Packers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mL9piwa8JaE&feature=related
Kenny Easley at Seattle Seahawks:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quxbCQ4m8Ww&feature=PlayList&p=59B9967C70AB05D8&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=37
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As you recall, I saw the Miami Valley North/South Allstar Game.
I had the experience of meeting Mr. Otis White. Mr. White is the father of # 40 Gomez White, from Piqua. I also met Mr. Whites friends at the game. I want to thank Mr.White and his friends for allowing me to hang with them. They treated me very well. I will now profile Gomez White.
PIQUA HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
Gomez White
(When this page opens, you will see a players photograph posted. Select the next picture button feature, Until you reach the players picture whose # 30. This is Gomez White
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"Middies" own Mr. Tyrel Ramsey was the MVP of the Allstar Game
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Please click links below.
http://piquafootball.com/main/players.php
North/South Allstar Game pics of Gomez White
http://mvpmagazine.exposuremanager.com/p/nort...
http://mvpmagazine.exposuremanager.com/p/nort...
North/South game video:
http://www.whiotv.com/sports/19701426/detail....
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My favorite college football announcer was Keith Jackson. Listening to him call a Florida State or
Alabama game was just heaven. I remember that when he was in Tuscalusca, he always talked
about the "Cathead Bisquits and Sawmill Gravy", that was served at the bed and breakfast he stayed at, when calling an Alabama game. Please click links below for videos..
Keith Jackson tribute to the great Grambling Coach Eddie Robinson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_kvor-CO_g
In 1974, I was a student at the University of Kentucky. I was dating a girl named Cindy. She and her family were from Los Angeles, and we watched the University of Tennessee vs UCLA together. You got it, the game was called by the one and only Keith Jackson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG1WgL2rD34
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Please check out the links below. They are of our very own, Mr. Antonio Banks at the University of Indiana's Spring Prtactice Crimson and Cream game. Antonio is wearing # 27 in the crimson Jersey.
Antonio Banks I. U. team profile:
http://iuhoosiers.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/banks_antonio00.html
Crimson and Cream game photos:
http://iuhoosiers.cstv.com/view.gal?id=67768
Video Highlights:
http://all-access.cbssports.com/player.html?code=ind&media=178436
http://iuhoosiers.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/recaps/041710aab.html#
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