[pirateforlife00]

I think Ashland proved last year that Kentucky high school football is way better than WV high school football when they went to Charleston, WV last year and beat the #1 ranked team in not just their class in football but in the whole state of WV in George Washington. Ashland is a very good team in Kentucky but they arn't even ranked in the top 25 and I'd say they arn't even one of the top 40 or 50 teams in the state in Kentucky. If Ashland played in WV they would be competing for state championships every year and be a top 10 team and heck maybe even one of the top 5 teams in the whole state of WV. In Kentucky they can't even get past the second round in their class because Highlands is in their way every year. I would bet 1000 dollars that no team in the state of WV could beat Highlands and Highlands isn't even the top ranked team in KY. You could arguably say that there are 3 teams in the state better than them in Trinity, St. X, and Bowling Green.

And 0304, instead of KY getting all of those kids from Louisville and Lexington to come play, just imagine if KY could get the best kids from the mountains to come play in the bowl game. Kids from Harlan County, Belfry, Bell County, Johnson Central, Prestonsburg, Knox County, and Breathitt County. Bryson Williams from Pburg would have been a big help at wide reciver this year for the KY team and just imagine if JJ Jude would have play last year for team KY. That would have made a huge difference in the game. If people remember back in 2011 the last game at the old Matewan field, Kentucky only had Mountain school kids, no Lexington or Louisville boys and whipped WV all over the field. That team had boys from Belfry, Bell County, Johnson Central, Clay County, Harlan County, Hazard, and Rowan County.