[Pulp Fiction]

Ashland and Johnson Central are both plagued with the same fate that Raceland faced for so many years, the dreaded Northern Kentucky teams. I traveled to Paintsville a couple of years to watch JC in their deep playoff runs. The first year I went up they didn't even have the visitors side stands in place, I think they played Cov Cath, you take away a couple of bad calls by the refs and a couple of questionable calls from the coaching staff and I think JC wins state.

Your right... that was 2006. That was the first game all season that Cov. Cath. played on real grass.

I was as close as anybody in the entire world on that measurement that was ruled short, and to this day I know it wasn't. That stopped a big drive for JC. Then our 'train' Blake Johnson went down with a knee injury.

IMO, the state championship has been played between JC and either Highlands or Cov. Cath about 5 times since the 2006 season.