[Rock007]

Rockcastle County by a pair of TDs or more. If ROCK secures a win this Friday night in Manchester, it will mark Rockcastle's 29th winning regular season in school history. The Rockets & Tigers started playing against each other in 1977... ROCK started this series winning the first 3 meets, the 2nd meet was a 2-0 victory in Manchester. During the early-mid 1980's Clay started winning by more than 3 TDs, they had a good QB around 1984-1985. The series ended in 1986 after a 9-6 double OT victory.... a certain ROCK quarterback was selected as the Appalachian Bowl offensive MVP of that game, now the HC @ North Laurel. The series resumed during freshman year of 2003 winning the next 5 games including a 1st Rd playoff win Senior year of 2006. That 1st game of 2006, some reason the field was in muddy field conditions. That didn't stop us from executing on both sides of the ball... the game marked Coach Tom Larkey's 300th game at the time. 61-13 was the final score, our running back ran 277 yards in that contest. This series overall is another long rival. 18 times these 2 schools met.... ROCK holds a 13-5 lead in the series. Best of luck to both teams. Honestly believe ROCK will end up being the 2nd place in the district, Clay is in the struggle mode this season.