[PHSForever]

Apologies for the use of cupcake. Hazard does not deserve that title. They just aren’t on the same level they have been on the past 3 years. I’m not ready to just say Williamsburg has no shot against Paintsville just yet but I will say Pikeville wins this week. It is impossible for them to lose.

Considering that Hazard beat Paintsville, you can see how it was perceived as a shot at Pikeville, surely that had to be obvious to you. I would attribute the flatness more to not playing in two weeks (thanks for nothing, Jenkins). Pikeville’s schedule was front loaded, and the last several years that has actually worked out well for Pikeville, allowing them to be more fresh as the playoffs arrive. District games are what they are. We cannot help that Phelps and Jenkins are in the same district as us. To compensate, we have always tried to schedule tougher non district games to prepare for the playoffs. Belfry every year, Hazard every year (even when they were in a different district), etc.

How would you (or any Paintsville fan) react if the win over Beechwood were dismissed as “lucky, they caught them early, would get killed if they played them now”? May not be true but some would say it is. We played Paintsville and Raceland, and both were very tough games. Should Paintsville and Pikeville both win out, I expect no less of a tough game in the next matchup.

To answer your question though, personally, I like it. And also personally, I’d rather them have gotten to play Jenkins too, for more snaps for the younger guys. But that’s just me.