[Cats2010]

It's hard to tackle a bulldozer, especially one that can spin like a top.

Prestonsburg is very good and well coached team, with a lot of heart and alot of skill. But the fact is, they are a relatively small. 1 Bobcat could tackle 1 Blackcat everytime. On the other hand, 4 Blackcats could tackle 1 Bobcat, occasionally.

Size and strength are tough to overcome if the one who has it knows how to use it. Tonight Breathitt County used their size and strength to full advantage. They kept it simple and relied on their undeniable physical advantages.

With the exception of the shovel pass burning them a few times, the Pburg defensive scheme was fine. Pburg defenders were right where they needed to be, but couldn't finish with a tackle. They obviously need to fix this problem.

After the 1st quarter, which was an ambush, Pburg managed to move the ball in the open field because of their quickness. But when they got to the goal line, they did not have the space to utilize their speed, and their lack of size and strength was more apparent.

I disagree with others that Breathitt O&D lines dominated the Pburg lines. Breathitt dominated the game, but it was the offensive backs, not the line, that ruled. We were in their face the whole game, we just couldn't tackle them when we got to them.

It would not have changed the outcome, but the officials were terrible. I saw several blatant holding violations by Breathitt RIGHT IN FRONT of the line judge on the Pburg side, and he never through a flag. One was a tackle of the Pburg defender that nearly fell into the official. . . no call. This happened nearly everytime they ran around the end. Pburg defenders stood up many times and had to pull their jerseys back over their pads, and yet the officials never seemed to notice. I'm not knocking Breathitt, they played great, they are a physical team and you would expect a holding violation now and then, but the officials should have done their part.

No question though, as a team Breathitt dominated. Hats off to Slone of Pburg who made a great catch on the fake punt. He looked like he was 4 feet off the ground.

Keep the heads up, learn, get better, and let's start the district with a win next week. Go Blackcats.