The Calloway - Lone Oak game needs to be the game of the week next Friday night. Jeff it would be great if you could show the whole game live next week online.  GOOOOOOOO LAKERS!!!!!!!!

great night of play it was - my favorites with-out personal bias of course, was the outcome of these three - daviess @ graves, trigg @ murray, & critt @ m'field...

on the upcoming lone oak cal co. clash, well i'll say this and double dog dare any-body to differ or counter - the 50 point margin days are over for '07...

regardless of this classic battles outcome and whom continues, the road from here on out is crooked, very rough and mostly large gravel...

i 'do' look forward to seeing the total count and pay-offs of 'all' the 'practiced' so called pooch kicks, two point conversion attempts, and the few (what appeared to me as) on-side kick offs - should be a great entertaining game - may the best team (that evening) win and finish injury free...

please please (ALL) fans, teams, coaches, administrations, radio announcers, & fellow bloggers, behave and allow the game to be played on the field and let there be good sportsmanship before, during, and after this anticipated rematch...

both these teams have enough pressure built up currently with-out 'our' stirring the already boiling kettle with plastic ladles - they've each earned and payed the cost individually as players to be where they are so let's respect the squads in such that manner also - what a game 'together' they have put on 'our' menu regardless of personal appetites...

just as in texas, friday night lights will be shining brightly and ( aired ) in lone oak ky  come kick-off time on 11/16 - start those engines boys, tune ups & practice is over and the green flag is waving - we're ready for some football !!!          

o man cant wait for the game friday...... im makin a huge sign and every thing. go lone oak.

You mean Lone Oak and Calloway have played before? Seriously??

Lets go Lone oak...........1.2.3.State Champs

well its do or die time for the Flash and the Lakers.  Anyone at the Calloway game saw what happens when the opposing team plays a flag dance on our field (for those that missed it the S-T-O-R-M flags and their respective carriers ended up as a pile in front of the Laker grandstands after some Hop Central boys thought it would be cool to run in front of us and wave them...)so, its showtime...it will not be easy for either team...game of the week, year and century as far as I am concerned, Jeff.  GO BIG RED!!!  Let's hear that Laker Fight Song ring loud in Lone Oak Friday night.  GO LAKERS!!!  All the way to State!  

LONE OAK FIGHT SONG

On, on Lone Oak High
We've the right for the fight tonight.
Make that goal or hit that line,
Every purple flash star will shine...
We'll fight fight fight
For the true and right
As we roll to our goal varsity.
We will jump, pass, and run 'til our
Battle is won and we'll bring home a victory!!

That's the fight song that will be heard Friday night

ok, I see your fight song Sunday night but you will HEAR ours Friday night.  Nuff said.  

On, On Calloway
We will fight for the win tonight,
All you faithful followers,
Yell and yell with all your might,
On, Lakers win this game,
If we win, we will win HONORABLY,
If we lose, we will lose with a great digity,
Be Loyal to Calloway.

Yeah it's the same fight song. Both schools took it from UK.

So when your band plays your fight song, your playing ours too.

Calloway, Our boys are so ready to finsh you off. We should win by 28!!!

If I was a Laker fan, I would'nt count on the Flash getting off to a slow start like in the first game. This game will probably end up like the Fulton City game.

Win or Lose! Guess we'll see Friday night. No matter what Calloway County Laker Football has more class than Lone Oak will ever see! Our boys will not go down without a fight!  

Smack talk is so wonderful. Look how it worked for Graves and Fulton City.

Fulton City got their only loss of the year against LO and Graves is sitting at home, waiting for basketball to start.

Smack talk is so wonderful. Look how it worked for Graves and Fulton City.

Fulton City got their only loss of the year against LO and Graves is sitting at home, waiting for basketball to start.

Let your boys prove it on the field.

"No matter what Calloway County Laker Football has more class than Lone Oak will ever see!"

Was it more classy when the Laker assistant coach/principal went on TV and insulted the Lone Oak coaches or was is more classy when he insulted Lone Oak's fans and administration?

I don't want to be part of the smack.  So if I appear that way...I appologize.  But I will tell you about being top class...Laker Pride prevents bad unclassy acts like "flags stuck in the logo of  someone elses field".  As good as Lone Oak's season has been, that one act showed Laker Nation that despite a dominant record, they feel threatened and they do not win graciously...otherwise no reason to make that "statement".  Coach Mac has a picture of the LO flag in our filed...it prooves for more motivation from the Laker football team and fans than the Flash will ever know.  On On Calloway...win or lose you are still Top Class!

I thought the LONE OAK FIGHT SONG  went like this

On, on Lone Oak High
We've the right for the fight tonight.
Make that goal or hit that line,
Onsidekick in site
Every purple flash star will shine...
We'll fight fight fight
Onside kick thats right
For the true and right
Ots an onside kick tonight
As we roll to our goal varsity.
We will jump, pass, and run 'til our
Till our next onside kick thats right
Battle is won and we'll bring home a victory!!
With atleast three ooooon side kiiiiiicks toooooooo nite!!!!!

i'm sure 'all' or most anyhow, remember t.o. performing his little dance on the cowboy's field logo a few years back, right - and the results following his performance of such in his philly uniform - now what uniform he wearing...

so let's see here, how might i re-word this old saying - maybe this will work - "always remember and realize that 'thing' you are kicking today 'could' be the 'thing' you are kissing tomorrow" - how's that...

man oh man what a week brewing - bid & gmill might have to recruit help for all the  deletions - so 'blog' with your hearts guys and be nice for 'us' all fellows...      

I know this type of posting gets some going, but I hope both teams  come out friday night, with their best game and leave it on the field! Sometimes this kind of hype brings out the worst in people and we don't want to see anyone get hurt.

All I know is that this game is about the kids.  Both teams have worked hard all year and both teams deserve a positive outcome.  The team that plays the best on Friday night will come out on top....bottom line.  

Let's just all go support our team and try to show Western KY that both schools can act like civilized people.  

I certainly have opinions and jabs that I could share here but really...is that what this is about?????

Steve, don't forget those classy Calloway skateboarders that kept running through our cheerleaders or that classy streaker.  

So does anybody want to talk about Friday's game, or just rehash everything from two months ago?

ill start the talk about friday...

my early prediction loneoak 36 calloway 30

I don't care what team you're for, the fight song Go Lakers wrote on here is pretty darn funny. Honestly! I'm not being sarcastic- that is hilarious!

I don't want to hurt the gate (like there's a chance), but I wouldn't be surprised if this game doesn't live up to its hype. Usually when teams play a close game and there's a rematch, the team that won the first time wins by more the second time. (I know there are exceptions.)

Key is for Calloway to be able to run the ball better than it did the first time. Lone Oak's defense has been very effective against the run though. Calloway's D needs to be able to prevent the big play.

For Lone Oak, it needs to avoid turnovers and concentrate on doing what it does best. Don't worry if it finds itself in 2nd-and-10s, 3rd-and-10s. Special teams need to be solid.

Anyway, I'm predicting Lone Oak 42, Calloway 21, with Calloway scoring late to make it look closer than it was.

how dare anyone! make fun of calloway... they lost to trigg, marshal , and graves and now there going to play lone oak! there humans! leave them alone! leave calloway alone! leave calloway alone right now! i mean it! if anyone has a problem with calloway you deal with me! cuz they are not well right now!





lol

I love how people bring up the "onside kick" if it happens so often then you should expect it. Instead of griping, they should field the ball and take the good field position if they know its coming.

Lone Oak wins this one by 4+ TDs  

I don't care when it is, but I can't wait to see LO fans come back down the Earth with a big THUD.

I'll agree with Lone Oak fan that the improvised LO fight song was pretty funny.  

Many on here know that I am pretty strong-willed when it comes to supporting the flash. I'll bend over backwards defending and supporting them, becuase like all of us on here, that's what real fans do.

My only quam(spelling?) with Haskin's strategy is the constant on-side kicks.  I've seen 3 LO games this year (conveniently enough, the Calloway, Hopkins Cen, and Fulton City games). These were by far LO's (supposed) toughest games of the year.  Calloway put up a knock-down-drag-out fight, and somehow the flash came away with the victory. The Hopkins Central and Fulton games proved to be typical LO blowouts.

However, the constant theme of all these games (besides LO's offense being totally awesome) was me constantly saying "why the h*ll are they kicking all of these onside kicks". I just dont understand it.  I've never seen LO's kicker miss an extra point (I don't think I've ever seen him attempt a field goal), and yet I've never seen the kid kick it past the 40 yd line on a kickoff.  I do not understand this strategy. 95% of the time (a complete guestamation) Lone Oak doesn't recover the onside kick and thus surrenders field position at mid-field. Yet, 9 times out of 10, they stop the opposing team on their first offensive drive, forcing them to punt, and regaining field position at their own 10 or 20 yd line.

Why not just kick it deep, stop the other team (like LO always does), and get the ball back around mid-field? I also don't agree with the onside kicks when up by several touchdowns, or during the late 3rd and early 4th quarter. Practice them in the late 1st and into the 2nd quarter when the game is relatively still close. Kicking them late in the game is just asking for criticism from opposing fans and the media.

Now I'll defend LO until I'm blue in the face about how I don't believe they should be labled as "dirty", or "unsportsmanlike" for running the score up on teams.  This is high school football, not little league T-ball.  In football the name of the game is scoring points. It's the offense's job to score as many times as possible, and it's the defense's job to stop them. Plain and simple. Black and white.

In "most" (dont all you Calloway fans get out of whack) of Lone Oak's games this season they have led by 30, 40, or even 50+ points going into half time. All of these scores would warrant a team to "call off the dogs". But at halftime? In literally all but two games this season (Calloway, and Hop Cen [maybe?]) Lone Oak could have played their second or third string during the second half and won all of the games.

What level-headed, decently intelligent, football-minded coach would ever do this? Play his starters only half of every game? If Lone Oak did this their starting core would have played the equivalent of approximately (in actual on the field playing time) only 6 of their past 11 games. No coach would do this. Play their starters only 55% of the time.  So what do you do? You let your starters play at least 3 out of the 4 quarters. As I stated earlier, it's the defense's job to stop the offense. It's not LO's job to lay down and allow the other team keep it a close game. Allowing the starters to play 3 quarters of every game should not be unheard of. And if you think LO has been running up the score all game long, please note 2 things: 1.)KHSAA rules state that once a team is losing by 45+ points (someone please correct me if I'm wrong here), the clock will run continuously. 2.)Lone Oak hasn't scored very many points in the 4th quarter this year

I'm sure many people who comment on this blog along with myself have played football, in either high school, or college. No honest football player will ever admit to feeling sorry for himself. I played football for LO during the 97-2000 seasons, and for a year in college. Over that course of time we had a lousy coach, and werent the best team in our 3a district. We fought hard and played the likes of Paducah Tilghman, Calloway, Hopkins Central, Madisonville, Hopkinsville, Union County, and Murray on a yearly basis. To say the least, we won very few of these games (over a 4 year span). Many of these teams beat us by 20, 30, 40, or even 50+ points.

But we never moped around practice feeling bad that we got our a**'s kicked.  We went out and practiced harder so that we had a chance against the next powerhouse like Calloway, or Tilghman, or Hoptown, or Murray.  Our coaches didn't talk about how Tilghman had beaten us 58-7, and that they shouldn't have run the score up on us like that. They talked about how we should prepare for the next team coming up, and play our hardest.

We fans, along with the media have created this false sense of self-pitty among these young players.  They dont feel sorry for themselves.  When they lose they lift harder, practice longer, watch film, study plays and prepare for the next week.  And every week befoe the game, in both locker-rooms, the players have dreams of beating that other team. Of stealing the victory.

Trust me, I've been there.

This week, I'm not sure what to think about the LO vs Calloway matchup. This thing has been hyped for the past two months, and it's finally here. Calloway has definitely got a tough squad. After seeing the matchup between the two during week 4 I labled it as "the greastest high school game I've seen in person".  This is going to be a hard fought game and it deserves all the attention.

Bidwell and Miller doing the Friday Night Lights pregame live at Flash field will certainly give it an "ESPN college game-day feel".  I've never been more excited about how high school football is blowing up in West Kentucky. May the best team win in this game, and certainly GO FLASH!!!!!

So, Kyle,

come back to Earth huh? Well I'm pretty sure I am already here.........

Lone Oak has a what record.....oh ya 11-0
Calloway is .......6-4 or 7-4

HMMMMM...........................

And then there was the oh so faithful game Lone Oak vs Calloway.......

Calloway was up 21-0.......21-0  But wait who won......LO

Calloway we may be "classless" as you call it but really do we care.....no.....we've been told we're "classless" ,"Don't know English", etc.

Calloway if you ask me you should be more worried about how you gave up a 21-0 lead rather than if we have class

I believe I am the one on Earth.......I think you may need to return to Earth from that fictional world you call "Laker Nation"

pssst kyle.... could you remind me who won the last time these 2 teams met? im pretty sure im sitting here on earth... and umm i really dont understand why people continue to rant and rant about calloway having more class or this and that. if you think you have more class thats cool, you have your opinion, and i have mine. whats mine?



worry about how you lost when you had the lead 21 0......... not on rating how classes the team that beat you is.

Since Calloway has trouble finshing what they start, I will say L.O. by 3 T.D.s.  Sorry,  Lakers maybe next year.

amen lo alum 01 - well sort of anyway my friend - hey many of your points saluted & accepted while @ the same time a few of 'our' opinions simply differ that's all...

through my eyes the major difference between the past & present 'is' as i've stated all year the questionable schedule & level of competition - so i don't care to go through all of that again but 'you' make that exact case in your reflection of 'your' personal experience...

nice it would have been for 'once' to even up some-what a few of those scores with the teams you mentioned - i realize l oak changed classifications this year, but hey they only had what (4) required district contests - so room there certainly was for more competitive scheduled games & play - see which to 'me' would warrant all the present glory in a much sounder & deservedly manner...

won't re-hash the possible conflicts of / with their '07 schedule either but 'you' know as well as i paducah tilghman, hopkinsville, mayfield and many many other area squads have never been in the past nor were they this year  'shy' of taking the field against lone oak...

they made and took the choice-cuts for game/ team selections scheduled ( and no i don't mean the players ) and that's a verified 'fact' with two sole objectives - those 'both' being quite obvious to many - say as like to 'those' out-side of the purple circle so-to-speak...

see alum, i have and will always have as much respect for 'you' and all those others whom have played on the not so fortunate teams of the past or will play on such in the future - it's not all about wins & losses, stats & records - there are many many other things to be taught and learned on a field of play or court of any sport - or @ least 'should' be...

believe it or not 'alum' one day & time in your life you are likely going to see & understand what i've attempted to share with you - just wait my friend until the time when a 'little lo alum 01' male or female puts on their first uniform in order to participant in what-ever that choice turns out to be - 'see' just a bit differently you will alum viewing things from 'new' angles and i have complete faith in that...        

bottom line they've had a great year and i'll be there to support the flash plus witness history 'if' that's god's will...

oh yeah and that is the correct 'ruling' about the 45 pt. lead & the continuous clock - how-ever i just don't remember that happening prior to halftime or immediately afterwards either pertaining to 'your' leads as mentioned above - maybe such applies only to the fourth quarter i just don't know...

so watch live in person or the wpsd webcast version, or else tune in 106.7 and listen as these two 'fine outstanding' high school football teams lay their differences aside to battle for 4 quarters - with sportsmanship shown through-out and hand shakes afterwards regardless of the victor - now 'if' only 'us' the fans can & will behave...

let's drop all the 'negative' hype, the whos' got class stuff, and all the other crap - let'em play people - it's an awfully 'big' game yes but it's a much 'bigger' life-time memory...

special thanks to channel 6, bid & gmill for their personal roles of selecting the game for 'all' the special coverage ( including before, during, & afterwards)  and considerations for the upcoming night - been another great, very entertaining season coverage wise of the entire area / region - thanks again guys and please pass the same along to all those behind the scenes also - takes a 'team' i know...      


       


         



 

 

Steve I hope your analysis is right about rematches becuase it sure would be great for my Bulldogs to hand Mayfield another loss!!!  GO DAWGS!!!!

LO is going down the lakers will bring the wood on defence LO doen't stand a chance the lakers know what is at stake and they will do anything to get it done

LO is going down the lakers will bring the wood on defence LO doen't stand a chance the lakers know what is at stake and they will do anything to get it done

LO has know idea what is coming. the laker defence will bring the wood on them and shut corey robinson down and stop him from breaking the national touchdown record.

you are right, Bid.  the boys and coaches have enough on their plates without the rest of us creating a broo-haha.  May the best team Friday night win...no one gets hurt...no fights...let's see class from both schools...we both get to replay each other at least 3 more times this year in basketball and baseball, I believe.  But I am still holding true to my Lakers since I do bleed Laker red...score Friday night...27-21 Calloway.  Go Lakers!!!  

shut up kyle, u jus srry graves beat yall haha

and we took yalls basketball coach so srry thur but is guna suck for calloway basketball

Travis, Alex, and all you other Lone Oak fans need to keep something in mind.  There are 32 teams in class 4A.  Out of 32 teams, Lone Oak ranks 26th in the ease of their schedule.  Calloway has played Mayfield, Trigg, Murray, Graves, and Marshall.  All ranked in their classes at some point during the season except for Murray. So lets not brag too much about that 11-0 season.   Now I do give you that LO has beaten Calloway.  And they are capable of doing it again.  But I don't feel that it will happen.  Calloway will rise to the challenge and pull out a win.  My prediction,  Calloway 35  Lone Oak 24

Jeremy,

Accord to my count on the Massey Ratings page, there are 35 teams in 4A and Lone Oak's schedule is 25th. Keep in mind that Lone Oak has defeated everyone on its schedule, so those 11 losses make the schedule look worse than it is (IOW, had Lone Oak lost all of those games, the schedule suddenly gets 11 games better).

To take it another step, there are 222 teams playing football in Kentucky and Lone Oak's schedule ranks 126th, which is far from the bottom.

No, Lone Oak's schedule isn't the toughest but neither is Calloway's (71st). The criticism of Lone Oak's schedule is mostly anecdotal. I really don't think it's relevant.

GC FAN,

Like I said, enjoy sitting at home on Friday. Good luck with the slow-down basketball that Eagle fans complained about while Hatcher was there. Most Calloway fans are actually glad Birdsong left, many time while he was here, players and fans complained that he should be fired. Now we have a coach that Laker fans actually like.

Oh and what basketball team didn't make it to the region tournament last year?

I'll take the loss to the Eagles in football, we're still in the playoffs.

Come on Calloway fans, let's not stoop to their level.

Sure we're all Calloway fans, and if we didn't think Calloway will win, we wouldn't be going to the game.

It's just like Dale Jr. He gets critized for thinking he's the best driver. If you don't think you're the best driver, don't even race.

So, sure I think CC can win and hope they do. Let's just not drop down with them and start smack talking.

How exciting it is for the Lone Oak, Calloway, and Fulton City football programs to be the toast--and the talk--of the region this year. With no intended slight or disresepect to the other remaining teams in our region, especially those still alive in the playoffs--and there are plenty of good teams and good stories out there--to see these three teams, who, historically, are not among the perennial football powerhouses in our area (yet?) rise to such prominence is, indeed, inspiring.

What is not so inspiring, however, is all the smack that is being thrown around by people who will have absolutely no bearing on the outcome of any of these games. It would be almost comical if it weren't so sad, really. I'm all for school pride and competitive spirit, but enough is enough. In the case of Lone Oak v. Calloway, specifically, there existed no ill will between these two teams that I am aware of until one fateful act, one moment, following an intensely contested, emotional roller coaster of a football game, in which one or more individuals got caught up in the heat of the moment. That's it. They're teenagers. And now...there's this blood feud between the two teams/schools/communities? Whatever. I was at the game...I'm a Laker fan. I didn't care for the post-game "celebration", if you will, but it really isn't anything that anyone outside of the two respective locker rooms should concern themselves with. The matter (and really the only matter is the game itself) will be decided on the field Friday night by the coaches and players--the only ones who really have a "say" in this. Whatever the outcome Friday night, BOTH teams should be applauded for their accomplishments this season. Let's not lose sight of that.

just wait until friday jeremy and calloway fans, our boys are plenty ready to finish off all this trash talking.

your coach and principal just added wood to the fire... by actually calling our fans and coaches classes and disrespectful.


i go to school with all of the players and fans that are "disrespectful"

there past mad.

wait until friday.. so then everyone saying we are mean, disrespectful,classless or whatever trash you wanna call us will stop.

its all gonna stop.

Steve,  

I was mainly referring to Alex's bragging of an 11-0 season so far.  To say that the schedule is anecdotal and irrelivant is nieve.   Who you play does matter.  Not that it's LO 's fault on the skill of there opponents.  You can not say that going 11-0 against teams with a combined record below .500 is the same as playing a schedule that constanly challenges a team.  Lone Oak hasn't been really challenged this year except once or twice. The scores show that.  Forgive me if I quoted inaccurate numbers before.  The KHSAA website showed only 32 class 4A teams.  But my point stands.  When your bragging about your team , schedules do matter.  Lone Oak is good.  But we won't know how good till they play a strong, physical team.  No disrespect to there opponents, but they havn't played a powerhouse yet this season.  That may be this week.  

Jeremy,

If we haven't played a powerhouse yet how are we going to play one this week?

Unless you live under a rock we beat Calloway at Calloway from being down 21-0, intercepted the ball in OT and won by throwing it in.

But enough about the past........

My prediction for Friday is............
Lone Oak 42     Calloway 28

I'm curious.  Where were all of you Lone Oak fans when the Flash went 5-5 for the season and didn't even make the playoffs?  Being a TRUE fan means you stand by your team year-in, yearout, not just when they are good.  And by the way Travis, I'm a Marshall County fan and don't even live, work, or attend school in Calloway.  

Wow! Talk about class.  Lone Oak hasn't had to down grade or berate anyone, esp. those with a swamp rat mentality (you Murray Grads  will know this term and what it stood for).  Calloway keeps barking loudly about class, it  has  been known for centuries THE DOG THAT BARKS FIRST AND THE LOUDEST IS THE ONE WHO IS REALLY GUILTY OF COMMITTING THE ACT THAT IS BEING BARKED ABOUT.  

well actually jeremy i have been to every home of loneoaks since ive been in highschool when they were 5-5 so yeah ive supported them when they were not great.

Lone Oak's principal, Assistant principal, coaches, and players know more about class and have more than Calloway will ever know.  Where were the Calloway administrators when Lone Oak was entertained by the half red naked streaker that came out of the Calloway side and streak through the stadium to their get away car at the country club.  I guess their assistant princpal was too busy plannin g  his script on how to justify getting beat by Lone Oak after having a 21/0 lead.  The only thing he could come up with was berating the team, the fans, the coaches and even the superintant fir being on the field for a brief spontaneous celebration.  Our coach and players then walked toward Calloway to shake their hands, but the yapping doga had already left the field.  Instead of berating Lone Oak and Jack Haskins, they should have been creating a positive script about how coach Jack Haskins in four short years turned the Lone Oak program into a 4A state contender.

Jeremy, there are several of us fans who have been standing by our team year in & year out, cheering our team on even those years when we didn't win a single game.  Several of us stayed even after the band left at halftime!   We have been supporting them all along; so please don't say that many of us are not TRUE fans.    PS:  I am not an alumni of LOHS, just a TRUE fan for many years.

Nice post JM. You're probably right.

'jeremy' i live right in the middle of this sudden purple haze syndrome - i've heard, read, and witnessed about all i can stand...

many many of your posted points & comments are on target or @ least in the circle of red any-how...

a lone oak supporter & fan i am but man oh man do 'i' differ with the current purple hazed bunch - i can't believe or understand 'one' winning season having the powerful ability of negative influence over so many of the faithful - i just don't get it - i just don't...      

'jm' my old friend steve yerkes has told you once already and i just wanted to 'second' his posting...

you are exactly right of the flag incident and there should have been corrective action for such...

it's a down-right shame the spot-light on gifted seasons is shining it's beam currently on all the crap instead of the positives of team play & accomplishments - for' all' the teams and many others mentioned as you implied...      

Lone Oak High School Football has always had “true” fans.  It is just that we have not had a head coach since Tom Pandolfi in the 80’s who has had the leadership and class to put not only a school but also a community into the spotlight.  Coach Haskins has been a success at every school he has coached and also brought the communities to life to support his teams.  He also has the respect of all current and past players.  The “true” LOHS Football fans have also endured years of horrendous leadership with the likes of Alan Cox who not only produced losing seasons but brought out the worst in his players, fans, and community.  We could not be more proud of the LOHS Football team and Coach Haskins.

As for our short on sides kicks, back off our outstanding FRESHMAN kicker!!!  Let’s examine some of his kicks from last week against Muhlenburg North.  I think for a freshman he is doing a GREAT job considering all of the pressure and scrutiny he is under.  

Our entire team is made up of great young men who have banded together to become a TEAM.  One that no matter what the score of the Calloway game is have done something no other team in LOHS Football history has done before.  Not to mention Corey Robinson is about to do something NO ONE IN THE ETIRE COUNTRY has done before!!!  Anyone who claims to be a football fan can’t be anything but amazed when they watch him pass with such accuracy.  And in order for those throws to be counted as passes they must be received by someone, namely this season Brown, Edwards, Hickman, and Porter.  And without an offensive line to block for him none of this would be possible.  No one knows this better than Mr. Robinson.  He is one of the most humble, generous and caring young men you could meet.  

As for Mr. Wilmurth’s criticism of the LOHS administration, he is seriously confused.  LOHS could not have a better faculty and administration to lead our high school students.

My final comment is regarding the school fight song.  It would still be buried in the band room if AFCO has not resurrected it and started teaching it to his freshman football team several years back.  And now it has become a proud tradition at all LOHS sporting events.

Agree with JM.  Only a couple of people have really showed their rear ends on here on both sides.  I suspect that much of the recent LO woofing on this blog is done by students (not players) except for the  the aged solitary Sam The Cream Eater who had to jump into this blog.  Play the game.  Pray nobody gets hurt on either side, win or lose, since the winner must play again in a week and hopefully more than that.  Enjoy the moment for THESE KIDS, not for the schools or administrators.  Neither of these schools are normal powerhouses in WKy, so some fans on both sides are showing they don't know how to deal with success.  Great matchup.  Will be a high-charged atmosphere Friday night and can be fun for all if the fans (young and old) don't mess it up.

AFCO's Kid

The Lone Oak fight song was resurrected in in the fall of 2000 whenever AFCO (still teaching pre-cal at the time) started teaching it to the kids in classes.  In fact, the only person who actually knew the words to the song at the time, was former assistant vice principal Buddy Rushing. AFCO got him to write the lyrics down so the students could learn it.  We started singing it after LO won basketball games, and it's stuck ever since.  It's glad to see that tradition continued.

afco's kid, i certainly understand your some-what biased opinions on some of the subjects you touched on - however i beg to differ on a few as we all are entitled to do so and voice such...

true fans of any & all schools support both winning & losing seasons as you're aware - pats on our own backs awarded by our own hands aren't necessary...

same support should hold true for past & present coaching staffs - after all 'they' are hired with the individual school's administration direct input plus the required county or city boards support and final approval - so 'if' they fail in what-ever way or manner and warrant criticism, is it not also unfair to dish such out on an shared equal basis...

your coach bashing of those whom have served really shows your 'true' colors - sure elevate the 'winner' as always is done - we all have or have had 'our' personal favorites along with our not so favored - same holds true for class-room teachers and of administrations also - freely rendered such by individuals whom decide that for themselves, not you...

just curious how supportive the flash crowd would be of haskins had his '07 squad played the 'horrendous' former coaches normal schedules of years past - one season doesn't warrant the label of tradition or turn any-thing around...

see although a 'coach' the leader, the 'kids' are the team - win loose or draw, no more no less...

how about stepping up and airing your opinion of say the long-term baseball (now past) coach - or speak on the short termed glory of a couple of years back the faithful awarded the basketball program's new young head coach's feat of heroism  - and of those before him - so go ahead, write...

and 'lo alum 01' is correct about the school's song resurrection - and get this kid, that b'ball team didn't finish any where close to an undefeated season...

plus by the way, how can 'you' speak for all of haskins past & present players and  their respected communities - do you even know where all the man has coached...