[Backwoods]

How should the Dragons fare next season after a season plagued with injuries and a 6-5 record? All and all next season is to be the one they have waited on with 14 talented senior's and 8 junior's. They lost two linemen,Dylan Chasteen and Christian Turbyfill,and one WR,Vince Bianchi,to graduation.

I think the sky is the limit for this group of kid's. Last season,at one point,they were so injury riddled that against Jenkins they were down 6 starters on offense and defense. I think the key for them is to have a good off season in the weight room. I think that had an impact on a lot of those injuries. They need some of those senior's to step up and become good solid leader's. I think that by the time they got to the playoffs they were just so beat down they couldn't get fired up to play. They should have been able to compete with Williamsburg better than they did. After all they did beat them handily in the early season and they did give Hazard a better game than Williamsburg being only down 21-13 at the half. They lost to a good Pikeville team by 7 and a good Leslie Co. team by 6 and those teams beat them in the waning seconds of those games. Nobody blew them out other than that last game against Williamsburg. So if they can keep the injuries to a minimum and develop some leadership I could see them in the semi's next year. Saragas should have another banner year with those reciever's that return and Williams and Logan should give them that running threat and I think they should use the run more next season. They will need to get a solid line together but I don't think they should have a hard time doing that with what they have coming back. From what I hear they have added Lex. Christian to the schedule and I look forward to that game. LCA should be better next season than they were this past season. The future is bright for the Dragon's and I think they have two or three freshmen coming up next season that can have an immediate impact and that also is a plus for them.