28-01-2025
Woodford County High School wins FOX 56's first-ever Home Team Hype Award
LEXINGTON, Ky. (FOX 56) — Months of excitement at sports events paid off for Woodford County High School (WCHS), which now can hang a new banner in its new building.
Each home game during the football season, no matter the circumstances, the Yellow Jackets proved they were going to show out for their team on the field. They brought enough noise and energy to claim the first-ever FOX 56 Home Team Hype Award.
Carson Bugg, a WCHS junior, is on the football team and brings the same spirit that motivates him to win the basketball games.
'It's great to get this award,' Bugg said. 'I can feel the hype on Friday nights when we took the field, the student section going crazy, and now to be a part of it in the basketball season, it really shows how special this team is.'
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Senior Braxton Brock captains the ship, leading the student section.
'Ever since my freshman year, I've always wanted to be in the front of the student section and cheering on the jackets, and now that I'm a senior and I got the spirit overalls and leading the student section, I'm definitely happy,' Brock said.
He said this school spirit has been around for decades.
'Ever since, like, 1964, since Woodford County had a high school, we've always just loved bringing the energy, I think, and it's just been a Woodford County tradition; we're the small town in the state of Kentucky that has a big name,' Brock said.
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Those in the student section said their best advice to other schools is to not be afraid of a little fun.
'My big takeaway from getting to always participate in student sections is, just do it. Like it's never going to matter how silly you look, you are gonna have fun,' said senior Payton Asher.
FOX 56 will choose another hype winner at the end of the basketball season. WCHS students said they would do their best to win that one, too.
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