And that's the finale

Much is to be said in the upcoming days about the playoff teams from around the tristate. This is to be the same in Northern Kentucky's 4A district. There will be very little talk of those 4 teams that did not make the playoffs, so I am going to give them their props right now. It is tough enough to practice for a whole summer and fall, but to not reach the goal you set is possibly the toughest of all. Every team's original goal is to make the playoffs. This year, Scott, Conner, Simon Kenton, and Holmes all saw this goal fade away from them. Each team did have some spots of brightness though.

Scott
Even though they finished 8th in the district, this team showed that they had some heart and senior leadership. It is tough to come out and play when each week you are picked to lose, and I give these boys props for never giving up.

Conner
This is the team that I know the most about considering the fact that I was a senior ont he team. Conner looked decent out of the gate winning 2 out of their 3 non region games. Then they stumbled on Homecoming night and lossed a game to Holmes that they shouldn't have lost. The next couple weeks were tough as we lost 3 in a row. We then defeated Scott, which kept us out of the bottom spot in the division. Then we lost to SK and the n lost a tough game to Boone County on Senior Night. The Cougars were led by seniors Shane Taylor, Kyle Scroggins, Brian Samad, Alex Cote, Evan Draper, Andrew Hill, and Zack Ryle. The first three are talented backers, Shane being probably one of the best runners in the reigion. The last four led the offensive line that allowed Shane to run for over 800 yards on the ground. kyle Scroggins amassed over 200 tackling points for the Cougars and beat the old record previously held by linebacker Cole for the 1983 state championship team. These Cougars showed glimpses of glory, and could be poised to make a run next year on the promising young arm of Sophmore quarterback Chris Vargo.

Simon Kenton
This team was better than their record indicates. They had some tough running backs in Mike Haught and Ben Bishop, and a good QB behind center. This team just seemed to lose some tight games, even though they would put up a lot of points on the board. They put enough points on the board to beat the previous school record. Congrats to that bunch of players.

Holmes
This was possibly one of the best years for the bulldogs as Univeristy of Kentucky bound Duran Jefferson led them in every way possible. He led the team in offense and ini defense and was there main player. Rodney Covington was the other big man on offense. This team was just short of making the playoffs, but it was a good season for them none the less.

And those are some recaps of the teams that didn't make the playoffs. I wish all the seniors on these teams good luck and it has been fun playin against everyone.