[oneijoe]

Prestonsburg and Middlesboro will be the teams to beat in region 4 in 2014. Somerset will be VERY young, which bodes well for 2015. If the jumpers have a good off season they will be competitive but they have one of the toughest schedules in 2a both in non district and district play which will make it tough to find those easy wins. Pburg has a good core coming back, in regards to giving somerset all they wanted I'll agree with you there, the Jumpers took their foot off the gas early in that one after getting up 21-0 and it almost bit them in the butt! That's not taking away from the effort that the Pburg kids play with which is tremendous.

Middlesboro has so much talent it's hard to see them not being the obvious choice for region 4. I hope that my jumpers prove everyone wrong and compete, they definitely have the blueprints in front of them to do so, it will be on them to get better. Everyone knows that those who win big in November and December are those that sacrifice in January-August.

Somerset's biggest lead was 14 before P-burg scored the next 21. Between penalties, a non-existent punt return unit, and a good Jumper defense, P-burg couldn't get out of its end of the field in the 3rd. This resulted in Somerset getting one too many chances on a short field knotting up the score at 21. The Blackcats had a chance to kick a FG from 28-30 yds, but instead failed on a 4th and 8. The last Jumper score was a good gamble with the score tied - P-burg played underneath (on 3rd and 8 in trying to force a punt) and the Jumpers executed flawlessly to score a quick strike.

It was a most excellent game to watch... :Thumbs:

I agree with you, Jumperpride, Middlesboro has to be considered the early favorite in district 7. Somerset is quite a wildcard coming into next year. It'll be fun to watch the young Jumpers develop next year - young teams can improve a LOT through the course of a season. We saw it here in Prestonsburg this season !


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