Butchie,
I normally don't reply to posts on here, but I couldn't resist this time. This post you made was absolutely awesome!! All this time I've been thinking that Gleason had more athletes playing football than Lake County, Bruceton, McKenzie, and Union City. Thanks for clearing up the confusion.
On another note, I have made the assumption that you are a long time Mckenzie fan. Let me say congrats on your team. You guys have a great program. Your coach is one of the best, you've had some really good athletes the past few years(Drew Hayes and Derek Carr are great quarterbacks), and the move to single A didn't hurt things. Either way, Mckenzie has a lot to be proud of in their football program. Rightly so. However, you the long time fan will be the first to admit that Mckenzie was a substandard football team for many many years, so you now how that is.
Now, my question is this. How many football games have you won in your coaching career? Better yet, how many games have you won coaching a school with less than half the enrollment of its opponents?
Substandard is a strong word. Especially when you are referring to a school, in your own words, has a lower enrollment and fewer kids to pick from. Based on what you say, the school with the larger enrollment and more kids is supposed to win. If you look at it that way, Gleason's record should be 0-9-1 (the tie is with Greenfield because their enrollment is almost identical). Seems to me a 2-0 start is overachievement, far better than substandard. On another note, for the past two seasons Mckenzie has failed to make it to the state championship while being one of the most populous single A schools in the state. I won't call it being stuck in substandard. That's your word.
Now back to the point of this thread. Congrats to Coach Lampkins and the Gleason Bulldogs on a great start this season. You've already overachieved.