Bluegrassrivals

Martin County will travel to Shelby Valley this Friday. 

Martin County (1-1)
Aug 18, 23 Hazard home (W) 20 - 7 
Aug 25, 23 Pike County Central at Belfry (L) 6 - 9 Pike County Bowl

Shelby Valley (1-1)
Aug 18, 23 Letcher County Central home (L) 26 - 36 
Aug 25, 23 Lawrence County away (W) 14 - 0 Lawrence County Farm Bureau Bowl

History 
Oct 11, 2019 Shelby Valley 41 Martin County 12
Nov 8, 2019 Shelby Valley 41 Martin County 24 2019 Class 2A 2019 UK Orthopaedics/KHSAA Commonwealth Gridiron Bowl
Oct 9, 2020 Shelby Valley 49 Martin County 36
Nov 20, 2020 Shelby Valley 29 Martin County 22 2020 Class 2A 2020 UK Orthopaedics State Football Finals
Oct 8, 2021 Martin County 49 Shelby Valley 20
Nov 5, 2021 Martin County 53 Shelby Valley 41 2021 Class 2A 2021 UK Orthopaedics State Football Finals
Oct 6, 2022 Shelby Valley 47 Martin County 34


https://scoreboard.12dt.com/scoreboard/k...477a513d3d

Shelby Valley by minimum of 3 TD’s

If martin county plays like they did against pike central its going to be a long night.

Shelby Valley 41 - Martin County 32.

Valley by 21

Sv 48
Martin co. 21

Valley gets the chance to quiet possibly some of their early haters saying they don't deserve what rankings they've received.

These two schools have had a very interesting series the last few years.  From 2019-2022, they were in the same district, meeting 4 times in the regular season and 3 in the playoffs.  Shelby Valley won 5 of those 7 games.

In this one, I would have to go with Valley to win.  They beat the Cardinals by 2 touchdowns last year, and I see no reason to believe that Martin has closed that gap.  

SV wins, 33-20.