Mother Says Super Competitive Cutter Boley is a Survivor

Cutter Boley was pressured often by the Boyle County defense Saturday. (Chris Zollner Photo)

Mary Beth Boley admits she was an “average” athlete in high school but did have one special trait.

“I was super competitive because I had four older siblings, including three older brothers. Hard-nosed, fight to the death … I was better at softball than basketball. I was not really skilled at basketball but you knew if you played me. My high school coach said I was probably the most aggressive person he ever coached,” said Boley.

Her youngest child, Cutter, is no average athlete. He’s the starting quarterback for Lexington Christian Academy and also a Kentucky committee after turning down scholarship offers from some of the nation’s elite programs.

Cutter has two older siblings. Erin, age 25, is a former Gatorade Player of the Year in Kentucky who played collegiately at Notre Dame and Oregon. His brother, Jax, age 23, was a gifted baseball player before an injury ended his career and he ended up playing college football at Wyoming.

Mary Beth Boley says her children were “super competitive” in any sport they played growing up.

“I don’t know how that happens but they all are,” she said.

Cutter certainly will be the focus of every opposing defense he faces. The four-star prospect is the state’s top-ranked player in the 2024 recruiting class after throwing for 3,901 yards and 36 touchdowns last season after transferring to LCA from LaRue County.

He completed 22 of 34 passes for 342 yards and three scores in a season-opening 56-52 win over Bowling Green. In Saturday’s 47-38 loss at Boyle County, he was 23 of 41 for 406 yards and three scores with three interceptions and ran for 31 yards despite playing with hand and leg injuries.

His mother says Cutter Boley is a “little survivor” because of his upbringing.

“We said he was raised at every gym and ballpark. He has been dragged around since day one. We were into ball big with them (his siblings) by the time he came around — travel ball, baseball, softball, football, basketball,” Mary Beth Boley said.

“I always felt like he is so joyful when he plays and just enjoys it.  Not that they didn’t but that is something different about him and I think it just stems from being around it so much and not pushing him to do it. He wanted to be with his friends, wanted to play.”

She can remember Cutter “toddling around” outside with his siblings and would get hit in the head so much with the basketball when they were shooting that she hoped he was not hurt.

“Being the youngest, you get used to that and don’t go inside crying. You just learn to tough it out so you can stay outside with the big kids. You go inside crying to momma and you have to stay inside,” she said. “Being the baby toughens you up. It makes you thick skinned. There is not much an opposing player or fan can say to you that your older siblings have not already said.”

However, she understands social media can test her patience at times now and definitely will at Kentucky.

“I do try to avoid it.  I understand how people have an appetite for media and I just try when things come out about him that I don’t look at any social media for a while. Let things pass and something new will come up,” she said.

“It’s my baby and I don’t want to hear that. Everybody is entitled to their opinion but it seems like the negative ones are always going to have their opinions. That’s the way it is in sports. I am not upset about it. That’s how I protect myself, I just don’t look at it and know I will definitely have to make sure that’s what I do once he gets to college.”