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Apparently no one went to this to provide actual results.  I agree, though, that timocee's Facebook pics and that video likely tell some of the story.  This is one of the reasons I was a little concerned for Russell's fortunes this year, too many players having to play both ways and maybe exhausting them, particularly in the heat of the early season games.  Russell's defense looked like they wanted no part of making that tackle.  It looked like they were still in two hand touch mode. 

On the other hand, I didn't know Boyd had a new running back from Coal Grove.  Maybe he is a beast?  I heard Boyd's coach interviewed saying they return 20 starters this season so I would guess that Boyd is much improved.  They may be contenders with Raceland for potential program of the year in the region this season.  Like GoRedDevils said, this could be the year for Boyd County to beat Ashland, which would be historic.  Ashland currently owns an 18 game winning streak against Boyd in which they've outscored them by an average of 40-10 in those wins.  In the last 5 meetings between the teams, Ashland has posted 233 points to Boyd's 21.  If Boyd does beat the Tomcats this year, someone better protect the goal posts at Putnam because it would be a program changing win.

Any time you return 20 starters as a team you have an opportunity for real growth as a program that second year. The downside is that in a short period you may have massive graduation loss. In these situations it is vital to have a strong JV schedule and get backups as many varsity reps as possible if you are to begin to build a program that competes year in and year out.