Boone County versus SK from 2008

As the Volleyball Season wraps up, I'll be shutting the Blog down from active posts but I decided to posts some of my favorites.  This one was published exactly 6 years ago today and goes out to my brother-in-law Timmy King.  Boone County would absolutely trounce the Neers on this date but the loss woke SK up on route to their appearance in the State Finals.

10/10/2008-A tough night to be a Pioneer fan. I was to have met my sister, Laura, and brother-in-law, Tim King, at the game tonight. Kind of lucky for me; I was late. By the time I found Tim and Laura on the Boone side of the field, it was time to head for Atwood. He just looked at me and smiled. My sister, who didn’t attend SK or Boone, was ready to roll long before we started walking to the gate.

Who is Tim King? Tim was a one of the Boone County storied running backs who rang up gaudy stats at the school. He graduated in 2001. Tim is one of just a couple of former football players at Boone to have been four year letterman in football. From what I can tell, Preston Heron was the other. Tim (we call him Timmy) tallied 1,697 yards in his junior year at Boone. Tim was on target to break school records held by Shaun Alexander before he tore his ACL early in his senior season in a game against LaSalle. Even though he tore his ACL in the first week of September of his senior year, he still amassed nearly 500 yards in just a few games. I found some old stats where he tallied 380 yards in one game against Scott County on 38 carries while also scoring 3 TD’s. Tim has been a good resource for another family member dealing with the same injury. Tim works at SWECO and spends his free time fishing. There will be a Little King here in a few months.

We didn’t really talk about the game once we got back to the house. We watched television and munched on some Kettle Corn.

I really don’t know what to say about the game. As I arrived at Meneffee Stadium, I was scratching my head why there were several parking sports available and people were leaving. Once I got to the gate, the thing I noticed was things were quiet. Funny thing was I didn’t even look at the scoreboard until I had my camera out and ready to go. 42-0! I was shocked. I talked to a couple of other photo guys who basically said it was a case of one team showing up and one team not. If you want to read about the game; the Enquirer sent Ryan Ernst and had long-time Post photographer Jim Osborn on-site. If you really want to read about the game and see pictures, check out; http://nky.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20081010/SPT030201/310100075/
(Sorry, link doesn't work any longer.)

The playoff picture for SK will come down to the Campbell County game. If they win; they make the playoffs; they lose, it is time for basketball. Also, Miles Simpson left the game with an unknown shoulder injury. He was shaken up after a collision with Boone County QB Nate Alford who left on a stretcher in an ambulance. I read on BGP that Alford was OK and that everything was precautionary.

Here's an old picture of Timmy in his senior season against CovCath.