 Hello everyone, welcome to week 13 of armchair quarterback week two of the playoff edition. It's a weekly high school football show spotlighting local high school teams players and coaches in the mountains. Tonight we'll have a complete recap of last week's high school football from around the region of course top individual performances huge upsets week one of the playoffs and there were some big blowouts. Tonight we'll also have highlights from around the region coaches interviews and we'll unveil this week's computer rating. It's playoff time and we'll have a look at the round two matchups in Kentucky and the first round in West Virginia. The U-Pike Bears also will close out the season this Saturday senior day for 17 seniors. All that's coming up and we'll get it started and many years around one of the Kentucky high school football playoffs features several blowouts and this year had its fair share. 42 30 point plus margins in week one of the playoffs. Here's a look at last week's results from around the area. Paintsville defeated Nicholas County 41 21. It was hazard 50 22 over Pineville. Lynn Camp escaped Phelps 32 26 Pikeville rolled over Harlan 47 14. In double A it was Danville 57 16 over Eastridge Prestonsburg defeated Middlesbrough 35 14. Summer set shut out Shelby Valley 42 nothing. In class 3A Belfrey rolled over Thomas Nelson out of Bardstown 63 26 while Louisville Central blanked Pike Central 50 nothing. It was Corbin all over Nont Central 57 6 and Floyd Central in a shootout with Henry County gets the win 43 35. Louisville Wagner rallied to defeat Lawrence County 41 24 in class 4A Ashland Blazer 52 6 over Holmes while Johnson Central shut down Mason County 43 nothing. In 5A it was Southwestern 56 8 over Perry Central. And each week we spotlight top performances from the weekend the area's leaders in rushing and touchdowns etc. Here's last week's big numbers from Belfrey Avery Browning 171 total yards in a touchdown Derek Wellman had four touchdowns Justin Adkins of Belfrey 181 total yards and two scores Eastridge Zach Raimi 143 yards rushing and two touchdowns Floyd Central's Dylan Cottle 299 total yards and four touchdowns Caleb Hager had 126 yards receiving in a touchdown and Ethan Howard doing it defensively 10 tackles on the night Hazards Bailey Blair had 220 total yards and three touchdowns Braxton Whitaker caught two touchdown passes had 112 receiving Matthew Francis with 109 yards on the ground and two touchdowns Blake Blake Gamble of Johnson Central ran for 128 yards in a touchdown while quarterback Riley Priest through three touchdown passes he also had three interceptions defensively Mingo Central's Jeremy Dylan it's weekend and week out big yards 463 total yards four touchdowns rushing four touchdowns passing Dawson Eli had 167 total yards and two scores paintsfields Tyree Salin the big guy the WVU commit had three touchdowns on the ground and Pikeville quarterback Connor Roberts ran for three touchdowns and through three touchdown passes and finally tug valleys Jonathan Blankenship total 210 yards and four touchdowns and of course as some of our coverage area teams are eliminated from the playoffs we still spotlight the leading rushers in the area Seth Johnson of Shelby Valley in his final game of the season goes over the 2000 yard mark 2013 yards Jaden Nice of Perry Central 1754 Blake Gamble of Johnson Central with 1500 eight yards rushing Ethan Barney of Preston'sburg 1506 Noah West of Lawrence County in the fifth spot with 1425 yards on the ground Seth Kahn of Pike Central totaled 1236 yards for the season while Jonathan Blankenship of Tug Valley went over the 1200 yard mark at 1204 Dawson Eli of Mingo Central 1163 Ty Holland of Knott Central 1022 and Belfries Derek Wellman closing in on a thousand yards rushing he's at 982 and who's accounted for the most touchdowns from players around the area naturally Jeremy Dylan of Mingo Central rushing passing defensively he's totaled 51 Cameron Jones of Knott Central in the second spot with 32 Jonathan Blankenship of Tug Valley doing it all he had 27 touchdowns accounted for Seth Kahn of Pike Central will end the season with 26 Ethan Barney of Preston'sburg with 25 and Noah West of Lawrence County with 24 touchdowns a tie in the seventh spot Blake Gamble of Johnson Central and Dawson Eli of Mingo Central with 23 a piece and a tie in the ninth spot Riley Priest of Johnson Central and Bailey Blair a couple of quarterbacks totaling 22 touchdowns on the season those are a look at some big performances individually for the season and last week we're just getting started with this edition of armchair quarterback highlights on the way coaches interviews the Super 7 and the playoff matchups for the week it's brought to you by Jimmy John's gourmet sandwiches will be right back and this has been my definition of fresh since 1983 the good folks at Howard family pharmacy grew up right here in eastern Kentucky they know this town just as well as they know their customers you want to be greeted by a friend and a pharmacist you know and trust come see Wes Howard Tiffany Jacobs and Lauren Mullins at Howard family pharmacy located at eastern near Allen Central High School call or visit Howard family pharmacy dot com most insurance plans are accepted late hours and open on Saturday to Howard family pharmacy the high school football playoffs continue on EKB TV brought to you by Paul Howard junior attorney at law and the Golden Corral restaurant in Pikeville this week the Wagner Wildcats come to battle the belfry pirates the game of the week airs Saturday at 7 and Sunday at 4 and 8 30 only on EKB TV clearest most up-to-date look at your weather check out the EKB weather cam brought to you by American heating and cooling get a bird's-eye view of the skies above Pikeville rain or shine day or night watch for the EKB weather cam every day at 6 and 10 brought to you by American heating and cooling welcome back to armchair quarterback in Kentucky double a playoff first round action at Tico Field last week Shelby Valley the two-seat hosting the Somerset Briar jumpers a very good number three seed out of District 7 one of the toughest 2a districts in the state early on Shelby Valley playing field position Seth Johnson will potting it's a mistake when Josh Cornets on the receiving end he's got a big return all the way down the sideline before being drugged down deep in the Valley territory Somerset a big way to get this one started that'll lead to quarterback Mason Reese looking to throw and he'll find wide receiver Zach Childers in the end zone touchdown Briar jumpers they go on top early later in the game Somerset with possession briefs hands off to tie Tivus he'll find a hole and to the sideline to the pylon touchdown Somerset the Briar jumpers win big 42 nothing over Shelby Valley and we'll face Daniel next week in single a first round action at the Hambly complex Pikeville hosting Harlan the Panthers dressed in the black uniforms and Pikeville jumped out early in this one the Panthers in Harlan territory early on Connor Roberts will hit Jackson Hensley a hesitation move and he goes to the end zone for the touchdown Connor Roberts again in the shotgun he'll give to Zach Roberts this time up the middle then he makes a man miss gets to the sideline and to the end zone for six more Pikeville wins big 47 14 to advance next up the Panthers go to Williamsburg the final play of that Pikeville Harlan game was a special one though check this out 40 yard line watch this guys the Panthers fumble it is picked up by Kyle Allison of Harlan on the fumble Allison the five to the end zone touchdown Green Dragons makes it all worth it right there it does what a tremendous moment memory Kyle Allison of Harlan a highly functioning autistic student scoring the touchdown on the fumble recovery the Panthers a team that played one of the toughest non-district single a schedules in the state have started to play their best football of the year here's Pikeville coach Chris McNamee with his thoughts on Williamsburg I think our guys came out ready to play you know we knew that you know playoff you know first round playoffs and in the past few years it's been we've been a one-seed going against a four-seed and you know we have to approach that a little bit differently this year because we were two going against a three and we felt like Harlan's gonna be a little better competition what we've paid faced in the past but our guys we got off to a good start I thought offensively and defensively and able to pull away there early I think for the whole month of September we were on the road and one of those trips being out to Calloway County which was a seven-hour bus right ride but we try to use that as an example of you know what we did well and didn't do well on that trip and how we can make this trip better and of course this game's a little more meaningful than that and being able to stay focused and and all that will be a big part of this week well really good football team and you know we played them two years ago in the playoffs and they were they were all freshmen and sophomores and now they're all juniors and seniors so it's I know they're a more experienced team in quarterback does a really nice job throwing the ball that's some good receivers to throw it to you know they've had a couple linemen go out with the entry this year but still a solid football team won that district over there had a buy this past week so they've had two weeks to get ready for us and it's gonna it's gonna be a big challenge for us that's Pikeville and Williamsburg coming up Friday night we've got more on the way don't go anywhere I'm back with more right after this brought to you by Jimmy John's gourmet sandwiches and this has been my definition of fresh since 1983 the good folks at Howard family pharmacy grew up right here in eastern Kentucky they know this town just as well as they know their customers you want to be greeted by a friend and a pharmacist you know and trust come see Wes Howard Tiffany Jacobs and Lauren Mullins at Howard family pharmacy located at Eastern near Allen Central High School call or visit Howard family pharmacy dot com most insurance plans are accepted late hours and open on Saturday to Howard family pharmacy hi I'm Ronnie Hilton join us this Thanksgiving on EKB TV for wandering around the hills we're taking cameras to where they've never been before these places they just on the side of the road or a place you can drive to these are places that you really have to work to get to and we're gonna be happy to bring you incredible footage from areas that most people have never seen and they're right here at home so tune in Thanksgiving EKB TV wandering around the hills with Ronnie Hill and this has been my definition of fresh since 1983 welcome back to armchair quarterback we continue with last week's highlights and Friday night the Belfrey Pirates began defense of their Kentucky 3a state title KM Stadium was the scene as Thomas Nelson out of Bardstown made the trip to the mountains in round one of the Commonwealth Gridiron Bowl the Pirates get things started Avery Browning running the option he'll pitch to Justin Adkins and he'll get Belfrey deep in Thomas Nelson territory later Browning with the handoff up the middle Derek Welman the big fullback he breaks free into the end zone for six Belfrey will force a generals punt Devin Varney will field it for the Pirates he's got open field to the near sideline and he's brought down but not before a huge return Browning now takes a snap and surveys the field nothing open so he'll tuck it and run he'll break a tackle and another and he'll get up field to set up the first down again Browning under center this time gives it to wellman straight up the gut and it's off to the races 35 yards untouched for wellman the Pirates now looking to add to the lead Browning will drop back to pass he'll fire deep down the near sideline Justin Adkins holes an end for the huge pickup the Pirates now trying to cap off the drive wellman one more time up the middle touchdown Belfrey the Pirates roll 63 26 over Thomas Nelson and advanced around two of the playoffs Louisville Wagner will be at Belfrey it's our EKB TV game of the week while the Belfrey Pirates continue to roll against class 3a opponents Belfrey currently riding a 21 game playoff win streak we spoke to Belfrey head coach Philippe would about last week's win and this week's opponent it wasn't necessarily great performance but it was we played well and Thomas Nelson had a good football team I thought everyone they did things well their record was a little bit deceiving because of we felt like they played a tough schedule come in with some of the teams there in central Kentucky and they executed well but offensively we played very well and our defense kind of got going along with that and did what we needed to do to kind of put the game away so we were pleased with our kids performance or young guys played the entire second half and added a couple of scores on so we advanced and that's what you have to do in the playoffs you're not always going to play your very best every night and you certainly wouldn't want to necessarily do it in your in the first round well a lot of similarities between say this week and you know five weeks ago but it's you know I think one of our coaches made the comment that we just need to pay attention to detail we just got to do the little things right because at this point in the season you know everybody kind of knows your offense knows your defense when you play different opponents they know what you're going to do it's how well that you can execute your offense how well you play your defense how well you understand what your opponent is trying to do to you so as long as we can do those things and pay attention to the little things and get better at those things that's always our goal is get a little better each day and a little better each week and I think with as much youth as we have on this team you know we've got a good blend of seniors but not necessarily a whole lot of experience so I still think we have some growth to go on this team and hopefully we'll get a play long enough to where we can reach our full potential but these guys the one they've got one great characteristic they play hard they get behind they they get shots thrown at them early in the game so they're kind of used to that and defensively we're not real big but we just get in there and battle people and it doesn't really matter what the score is or if the team moves the ball on us or anything like that we just line up and play hard and play the next play and I think that's the one thing I like about this team I remember one night in the locker room at halftime you know another team been moving the ball on us but we were really battling them and hanging in there in the game and and I just made the comment to them then said you know I'm starting to like you guys and and that's that's kind of this football team their MO is we're gonna play hard we'll play with you all night long something that does concern us a little bit because we haven't really played a spread team in about a month it's been a while since somebody's lined up in a gun and spread us out and got all that speed and quickness and Huntington was like at Bryan Station was like that but that was really early in the season so I'm not sure how we're gonna react to this the first couple of series in the game it's almost like we're gonna have to get used to it again because of the style of play we've had for the last month of the season the key to victory is going to be containing them taking away big plays and then controlling the line of scrimmage the pirates host Louis Wagner Friday night it will also be veterans recognition night at cam stadium all veterans in attendance will be introduced at halftime the belfry community invites each of you to join them in paying tribute to our veterans for their service to our country and Friday night the number two ranked mingo central minors were on the road at number nine winfield in the West Virginia regular season finale the general is looking to secure a home playoff game the minors with their sights on the on the top seed Jeremy Dillon mingo central quarterback in the shotgun he'll find Dawson Eli open down the sideline and into the end zone for mingo's first score again Dylan in the shotgun he'll fake the handoff didn't looks downfield finds drew Hatfield in stride and off to the races a 72 yard touchdown mingo central looking to add to their lead Dylan runs play at action he'll fire the bomb and Josh Reid runs under it to make the catch another minors touchdown they needed all of those mingo central wins a shootout 56 50 over winfield and yet the number one seed in double a Jeremy Dylan four touchdowns rushing for touchdowns passing and mingo central will host Robert C. Byrd Saturday at 130 and speaking of mingo central and quarterback Jeremy Dylan the two sports star signed a D one basketball letter of intent with the marshal thundering herd Wednesday here's Jeremy with his comments on signing with marshal I was just trying to take everything in and take it take it a slow process so I can make sure I made the right right decision and I believe I've done that I made the right decision I feel like marshal can be a second home to me and I really like what then Tony does with the offense up there I think I'll have a lot of fun up there in the next few years playing for him yeah he understands what it's like to be overlooked that's what a lot of West Virginia kids are are done to that they're overlooked he's trying to bring the West Virginia kids together and show them that they can play basketball too he's quite a football player and now has signed with marshal congratulations after week one of the playoffs the Lipkin house computer rankings were updated with the 16 teams remaining in each class in Kentucky here's a look at the breakdown by a class in the lit ratings in 6a Trinity St. X Scott County mail and Simon Kenton your top five in 5a it's Covcat Southwestern Bowling Green South Oldham in Christian County in Kentucky class 4a in the computer ratings Wayne County at the top followed by Johnson Central 2nd Collins 3rd Franklin Simpson and then Ashland Blazer 5th in Kentucky class 3a it's Boyle County in the top spot followed by Belfrey Corbin E-town and Louisville Central the Pirates next opponent Wagner is in at number nine and Floyd Central at number 16 in Kentucky class AA according to the computer Danville number one then Lexington Christian Mayfield the sales Christian Academy of Louisville 5th and Preston's Berg in at number 12 in Kentucky single a beachwood at number one followed by a Kentucky Country Day paintsville 3rd Raceland 4th Hazard 5th Pica Lynn at number eight and the Panthers opponent Williamsburg at number nine according to the computer ratings we've seen our share of some great football more on the way including the playoff matchups and you pike senior day it's coming up next brought to you by Jimmy John's gourmet sandwiches by Bill Thomas I'm Jimmy and this has been my definition of fresh since 1983 the high school football playoffs continue on EKB TV brought to you by Paul Howard Jr. attorney-at-law and the Golden Corral restaurant in Pikeville this week the Wagner Wildcats come to battle the Belfrey Pirates the game of the week airs Saturday at 7 and Sunday at 4 and 8 30 only on EKB TV most up-to-date look at your weather check out the EKB weather cam brought to you by American heating and cooling get a bird's eye view of the skies above Pikeville rain or shine day or night watch for the EKB weather cam every day at 6 and 10 brought to you by American heating and cooling is your boss the worst co-workers drives Kentucky broadcasting we invite you to join our dynamic sales team trading that cubicle for wide open spaces welcome back to armchair quarterback we've had a look at last weekend detail in the playoffs it's about survive in advance here's this week's coverage area teams matchups in week two coming up Friday limb camp will be at Hazard in single-aid action while Bracken County visits Painesville Pikeville at six and four on the road at Williamsburg to take on the yellow jackets in double a Lexington Christian 10 and one travels to Preston's burger the black cat seven and four in triple a Wagner is at Belfrey Floyd central they're on the road they take an eight and three record to face Louisville central who come in nine and two in Kentucky class for a Johnson central nine and two travels to northern Kentucky to face Scott and coming up Saturday West Virginia class double a playoff action 16 seed robert c bird will be at mingo central's Buck Harlow stadium a 130 kickoff and in single a West Virginia playoff action number 11 seed James Monroe will be at tug valley Saturday night a 730 kickoff don't forget Saturday afternoon at 130 it's senior day for the University of Pikeville Bears as you pike will say so long to 17 seniors from this year's team that'll do it for this week's edition of armchair quarterback thanks so much for tuning in and enjoy this week's games