[Harry Rex Vonner]

Guess what your past doesn't mean anything this season should play the game Ashland tried everything Newport powers that be don't want too. Scared? Who knows but it's ashame and if the shoe was on the other foot you would be all over Ashland for canceling out.

Don't pretend to know what I would do if the situation were otherwise. Good teams (those who challenge year in and year out for state championships) operate on a tight and demanding schedule. NCC must start preparing for two excellent Class 6A teams, Campbell County and Simon Kenton. Those games, unlike Ashland, are important games because they are big schools located in NCC's geographic area. Although neither is a district game, both are rigid tests for NCC in preparing for the playoffs. Ashland was not.

I do agree that it is a shame the rain flooded your facility. But, it may have been a blessing for you. Who wants to have a bunch of pomp and circumstance and then get beat by a school two classes below you. But, now you can drop three classes and play little Raceland at home. That is good scheduling.