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Their is no disputing Pikeville legacy. I recently watched the championship games, thise Pikeville teams were absolutely stout. Some of the biggest and fastest lineman I have seen outside of NKY private schools. They didnt rely on size though, fundamentally they were extremely well coached. Were they 2A then or still single A? I dont think that Pikeville is far away from getting back to that point. McNamee is a great cosch and surroundshimself with great coordinators and position guys as well. From what I hear Pikeville has a rather tallented group in the feeder system. Had their line been a bit more seasoned last year, they would have been much more capable of winning the region. Raceland's line was just built for the conditions at Raceland that night. I have a good feeling those two teams are set to do battle over the next several years. Paintsville may make some noise as well, then you have Fairview and the what if's there. As for now, Pikeville and Raceland are the class of the region. Hated to see the regular season series end.

Yes Scotty Bronson, they were extremely sound and well coached, and fundamentally as sound as you would see anywhere in those days. They were competing in class 1-A during those years. As far as I can remember, the only time they participated in two A was either in 1979, and, or 1980. They lost to Ft. Campbell in the championship in 1979. As far as getting back to the level of the late 80's, I don't know. Heard someone say in the 88' championship celebration "there will never be another team like this one here at PHS''. Since then that person was correct. Just hope he's proven to be wrong one day, ha ha ! I too hate to see the regular season series end for these two storied teams. Good luck to Raceland this Season. :Thumbs: