EK football teams fall Friday

[imported_VHSLhelper]

Hazard & Breathitt both got doubled-up
http://www.wkyt.com/wymtnews/headlines/36070484.html

Bell Co. plays Sat. at 3.

[TheBeast]

I just found out about the Breathitt game from my s-i-l.

Don't forget KY allows private schools into their playoffs.

[pepporoni]

Beechwood is a beast at 1a. That makes them 11 state titles in the last maybe 20yrs. Their enrollment is only about 485.

[MikMo]

We listened to the Breathitt game on the radio at work today. They got down 14-7 near the end of the half, but put together a drive with under a minute left. Ended up throwing a pick that was returned to their two yard line. Central then scored with no time left in the half to go up 21-7. That pretty much broke Breathitt's back. Good thing for them is that they have practically everybody coming back next year and should be a strong favorite to be back in the championship game next year.

One thing that suprised me, however, was this quote on WYMT's article about the game:

"The Yellowjackets beat Breathitt County 40-19 in the KHSAA state
finals Friday in front of 3,917 fans..."

3,917 fans? A friend of mine from KY back home rails me constantly on how passionate people are about football over here. That few fans at a state championship game is not solid proof of that argument.

[Ironlung]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">3,917 fans? </div></div>

They said the capacity of Salem Stadium for the A VA games was around 7000. The Clintwood side was at least 3/4 full with a few hundred standing a top the hill.

[pepporoni]

I was looking on blue grass rivals and they said there was poor attendance this year. The bad weather may have kept some of the fans at the house. They said on the other forum that their attendance was double that last year