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I’ll say this if LCC beats Pikeville especially by a couple tds as some of you are predicting, then they may actually give Johnson some competition for the first time in district play.  Won’t be the first time I’ve eat crow recently but I’m gonna say 28-7 Pikeville, nothing against LCC just gonna have to prove some people wrong.

Pikeville is really good and might very well win this game but I will be shocked if they win by 3 TDS or more. Most forget a less talented LCC team beat the 1A state champions Paintsville last year by 2 TDS. LCC team is way better this year so it should be a good game. LCC team beat a top 10 5A team from Tennessee last week with more speed than we will see the rest of the year.

Pikeville this year is a completely different animal. Much more like Johnson Central than the depleted Paintsville team you saw last year. And you will see I am right early in the 1st quarter...

I don’t doubt that Pikeville is great and they and they absolutely could win this game going away but comparing them to the teams Johnson central has had the last couple years is a little bit of a stretch. Haven’t seen JC this year but I watched the Pikeville Vs Paintsville game a couple weeks ago and there is no way that team could stay within 4 TDS of that team JC had last year. Pikeville looked really good against Paintsville but Paintsville isn’t nowhere near the team they have been the last few seasons.

Here are the calpreps final rankings for 2019. JC #4 in all classes, Pikeville #7. Pikeville didn't get the job done last year for whatever reason but they are absolutely loaded again. I didn't say Pikeville would beat JC although pretty sure Pikeville Jr High or JV beat JC last year, just saying Pikeville is more like JC than that Paintsville team last year. Of course we are speculating on here but IMO you are going to see a Pikeville team that COULD turn out to be something special.

http://calpreps.com/2019/ratings/Kentucky_all.htm