[16thregioner]

Ashland is coming off a rough season for Tomcat standards where they lost to Raceland, barely beat Boyd, lost to Russell, barely beat Greenup, and concluded with what was probably their only loss ever to East Carter. With the loss of Padron, Palladino, Pittman, Mullins, and Thacker, they pretty much lose all of their offensive production from what was an average team at best. In my opinion, Padron is the only significant loss as he saved the day for them in several games last season.

Looks like Love picked a good time to leave. Tackett takes on a tough job this season. The team will look completely different from last season...and that may be a good thing. Like Scotty said, though, this would seem to be a rebuilding year for Ashland, but they probably have players coming up through their system who may take advantage of their opportunities this season. Their schedule doesn't seem to account for it being a "down" year.