 Old school wrestling fans, you remember the faction that had all the glory, success and gold. Being the king of the hill, the symbol of excellence, oh yeah, the four horsemen. Just like the saying of nature boy Rick Flair, to be the man, you gotta beat the man. Well for the last 14 seasons, the Johnson Central Golden Eagles have chopped their way and put the punishing figure for leg lock on a lot of opponents. Matney Mania has been running rampant in Painesville. Jim Matney has turned around the Golden Eagles into a class 4A well oil machine. Since Matney took over, Johnson Central has a record of 145 wins and only 34 losses. The last five seasons, the Golden Eagles have compiled a record of 60-8. Jim Matney squad is looking to give back to the championship game for the fourth consecutive season and take the class 4A belt off the waist of Franklin Simpson. Matney talked about what happened in last year's championship game and also how his program can no longer fly under the radar. Very few teams in the history of the state, as a county team, has been to the state championship four years in a row. Stay healthy is what we learned more than anything. But be prepared and know your opponent and I think more than anything we were a little bit overconfident because we had played in the year before and I think that as an athlete and as a coach that you have to learn to respect your opponent. And one of the first rules I learned as an athlete is never ever underestimate an opponent. Honestly, I feel like we're just starting to pick up, you know, this is probably the first year that we've had big numbers. Our numbers have always been a little bit smaller due to proximity where we're located and there being other schools in the area. But I think our program is now growing to the numbers that I had hoped for and was expected when I got here. Well, I think it's a good thing and it's a bad thing. You know, as a young coach, I experienced what it was like to be the underdog almost every game and nobody looked for you. And really it enabled us to slip in and have some great upsets when we were flying off the radar. And when I first came here, I think we were still off the radar and we were able to upset quite a few teams that just didn't expect it. Now there's not really upsets. I mean, you have to go into every game and, you know, of course, everybody's looking to upset you. Logan High School's David Earley still has two years of high school basketball remaining. But Earley's collegiate basketball future is also on the horizon. Earley, the 6'4 all-state guard, received a Division I offer this past week from Ohio University, a mid-American conference school located in Athens. It becomes the fourth school to offer him a scholarship. Earley had also received offers from West Virginia, Marshall and Duquesne. Now he led the Cardinal Conference last season in scoring at 22 points a game and had many big games including back-to-back 39 point performances at mid-season. He was fourth in the league in scoring two years ago with a 20 point per game average. Logan was ousted in the Class AA Regional Co-Final at Winfield last season as the Wildcats went down 55-50 to close out its season at 16-10. With many players back from last year's squad, the Wildcats are expecting a big season during the upcoming 2018-19 campaign. Earley was the second-team all-state selection last season by the West Virginia Sports Riders Association. Two years ago, in his freshman season, he was special honorable mention of all-state. All the Cincinnati Reds on how difference a week makes after being manhandled by the Pittsburgh Pirates coming out of the all-star break. Evidently, the Red Legs have rebounded as they have throttled National League Division-leading Philadelphia by taking three out of four. The Reds have now won five of their last seven. Luis Castillo hurled seven innings of shutout baseball. Here's manager Jim Regelman. He was really good. He had it all working today and, you know, that's a very good lineup he's facing over there and to throw zeros up there for seven innings, that's very impressive. They got a good club, you know. They're starting pitching. We didn't see NOLA or Arietta, but the four guys we saw all through very well. So, you know, you can see why they're in the first place with that pitching and, you know, a nice lineup like that, they're going to be tough. It's going to be tough for other clubs to overtake them. That's Lucas Sports, EKB-TV News will return right after this.