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Damn good second half by Raceland. I figured Paintsville would ground and pound and wear us down in the second half, but we buckled down and played with a lot of grit. Best defensive game we have played all year imo. The personal foul was massive on the punt return. We had all the momentum at that point, but emotions got the better of us . I think Heighton being out for awhile has the timing off in the passing game. Timing seemed off and we dropped more balls in this game than we have all year. We also shot ourselves in the foot too many times with stupid penalties. Paintsville won that game on the work of Jalen Allen. He was in Jake's face the entire first half. It's a shame we gotta wait for the rematch while both teams try and not get any key players hurt in the next 2 weeks. A dry field will make it higher scoring imo. Lot of dropped balls by both sides. Until next time...

I don’t know what the Raceland player said after the big punt return but about 12 Paintsville players threw there hands up all at once like “you gotta call that” for all you Bull Durham fans “Crash must have called him a .....”

For you young guns, YouTube that that clip and you will understand.

Each team has 3 weeks to prepare for the rematch, let’s face it, no way either team spends a minute preparing for their playoff opponents. Paintsville may even take it easy against LCA unless that RPI boost is worth.