Morgan County will take the field Friday night looking to end a 14-year Sorghum Bowl losing streak as the Cougars play host to Leslie County at Herdman Field.
It will mark yet another contrast of styles with Morgan's ball-controlled, double-wing offense going up against the Eagle's spread-the-field passing game. Coach Brian Turner likes his team's chances against to get its second win of the season.
"We're looking forward to ending another losing streak," Turner said on Tuesday. "If we'd taken care of the football, we could be 3 - 1 right now. Our guys are ready to line up Friday night and give it another shot. And we feel we're good enough to get a win."
Morgan will have to play without quarterback Jared Curd, who broke his right thumb during a tackling drill this week. This comes after Curd recovered from a broken left thumb suffered during the pre-season. But there is a bit of good news with the expected return of Mitchell Harvey, who sustained an ankle injury in the loss to Magoffin County.
"It's obviously a plus to get Mitchell back," said the Cougar head coach. "Our only concern is with his conditioning and how quickly he can get up to game speed."
Folks attending the Sorghum Bowl should plan to get there a little early. MCHS will honor its 1987 team during pre-game ceremonies set a 7:05 pm. It was 22 years ago that the team began the season at 0 - 4 before beating an undefeated Whitesburg team on the road in triple overtime. It was the first of six straight wins for Morgan as the team closed out his first winning campaign in four years.
And speaking of winning--the Cougars' junior varsity, freshmen and middle school teams all remain undefeated. The junior varsity team scored wins over East Ridge and Estill County last weekend.