[Trouble]

This may be Blazer's year. Got a gift from Fleming in the first round and another break when Skaggs from Russell went down with an injury early in their game with East Carter.

They sure did. A little better coaching from the Fleming sideline with 15 seconds to go and we'd have had Fleming or West in the final.
But Russell would have provided only slightly more resistance than East did. I don't think there would have been much chance in Ashland repeating such a poor shooting performance as they did in the last meeting with Russell.

I think Townsend will be the difference maker in this one, like usual. Pressure that Ashland usually turns into points will be less effective. As a matter of fact, I'll go out on a limb and say that Rowan is able to turn Ashland over more than they turn it over themselves. Still a close one, I'll say Rowan by 6.