[Orange Blaze]

So, you’re saying that this Hazard team didn’t prove themselves at the end of the season?

No. They caught lighting in a bottle and upset Pikeville. Then they came to Paintsville and looked like a middle school team.

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1. Pikeville when healthy should be a top 2 team. But as we seen this year depth was an issue.
2 Raceland .The Rams beat Paintsville the first go and took them to OT the second time. Rams return all but 6 guys who played in the second meeting . This team may be the Rams best team since 08 honestly.
3 Paintsville loses a lot but still has the pieces to be a problem.
4-10 honestly until I see someone knock off one of these 3 when they are at full strength it does not matter how you rank 4-10 . The gap is pretty wide from those 3 to the rest of 1a in my opinion.

I look for Raceland to be solid for the next 2 seasons.  We had a lot of Freshmen and Sophomores step up get some quality playing time in big games this year. 

That 08 team was something really special so I am going to hold off on using that comparison.  I think this team would be more like the team from 07.  We have the pieces to be great but we might still be a year away from getting there.  

The advantage that Raceland has going for them this year is the fact that 1A is very weak compared to other years when Raceland has had teams that could make a run.  Other than Pikeville, there won’t be a team in 1A that I would call elite and for the most part Class A is wide open and I wouldn’t be surprised to see the Rams make it to the Semis next season.

I agree with what you are saying, but if anyone thinks that round 2 of the playoffs is going to be anything other than a knock down drag out fight to the end is delusional.

The Tigers will definitely have something to say about how far the Rams go next year.  With what both teams return next season I would give the Rams the slight advantage simply because the Tigers are replacing a lot of key pieces while the Rams return most of theirs.