TOMPKINSVILLE — Monroe County football coach John Petett is pleased with his team thus far.
The Falcons wrapped up their ninth practice of fall camp on Thursday evening.
“I feel like we’ve done good,” Petett said. “The weather’s been great on us compared to last year. We’ve had a good practice.
“Our numbers have been excellent. I think we’ve been averaging 71 out of 73 every day, and the two that miss normally call in an excused absence, so I couldn’t ask for anything better up to this point. This was our ninth day and I’m tickled to death.”
The Falcons went in full pads on Thursday. It was their second day in pads.
“I hope next week we’re not as sore as we are today,” Petett said. “We’re pretty sore because we jumped right into the fire yesterday.”
Monroe hopes to improve off last year’s disappointing 2-9 campaign. The Falcons are counting on their upper classmen, notably 18 seniors, to turn things around in 2008.
“We just have great leadership,” Petett said. “I’ve got 73 kids - 18 seniors - and everything they do they do hard, and they want to work hard, and they want to win this year.”
The most notable change for Monroe this year is on the offensive side of the ball where Petett will call the plays. It’s the first time in five years that Petett will be the playcaller.
“I’m calling the offense this year, the first time I’ve called it in five years,” Petett said. “Basic running plays, but just a change in number, the whole system, so it’s taking a while to grasp onto it.
“It’s a whole different terminology scheme. That’s probably the biggest problem we’re having right now.”
Although things are early - with about a month to go until kickoff - the Monroe coach is happy with what he sees out of his team so far.
“It’s a little early. We feel like we’re a smart, knowledgeable team,” Petett said. “We’ll make good decisions. We’ve got a lot of good skill athletes.”
The Falcons open the season Aug. 29 at Taylor County.
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Underdogs...
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Champions...
Another chapter in the Glasgow High School Lady Scotties’ fairy-tale softball season was written Wednesday night as they became the first GHS team since 1996 to claim the District 15 Tournament championship, after beating the tournament’s No. 1 seed and the No. 1 team in the state, the Allen County-Scottsville Lady Patriots, 1-0.
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Couldn't give it up...
Until a few weeks ago, Glasgow High School senior Shelby Ray wasn’t sure if she would pursue sports into her college career. Although a standout basketball and softball player, Ray thought it was time for her athletic career to come to a close so she could focus solely on academics in college. But in the end, she said she couldn’t imagine walking away from softball.
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Finally
After Glasgow High School center fielder Jordan Alexander settled under a fly ball to make the final out of the Scotties’ District 15 Championship game victory over Allen County-Scottsville Wednesday night, he raised his hands above his head, let out a big yell, and took off running to be with his teammates.
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Cornerstone
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Season ends
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Opportunity knocked
Going into Monday’s baseball game against Glasgow, Monroe County High School coach Jerome Taylor said the Falcons, to have a chance to beat the No. 1 seeded Scotties, would have to take advantage of every one of their opportunities.
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Big obstacle
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