[Can you dig it?]

Last year the Tomcats came to Newport out of shape and paid for it. They had the size and speed, and NewCath was very accommodating in refusing to deal the death blow, but most of the Ashland kids were bent over by the second quarter. They were cramping from before halftime onward, and play was stopped at least a dozen times. Get the kids in shape and Ashland should defend home turf successfully, but if the conditioning is the same as in the past it could be a long, hot night.