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Unfortunately for the Tiger’s I think the days of the great teams left with Chirico.  Paintsville seems to have built a program for short term success and not longevity.  They had a solid 6 year run that ended with the grand prize but now they look to be trending towards being mediocre.  Paintsville will continue to be a respectable program but I don’t see them being an upper level contender again for a long time.

As for this game,  if Pikeville is who we think they are and Paintsville is who we think they are then it’s a long night for the home team.

I don’t have the enrollment numbers in front of me but Paintsville is one of the smaller classes A schools that plays football. Ebbs and flows with numbers and talent are going to happen. 

Even in the years that weren’t “Raceland’s best” I never discounted what could happen in a rival game, and it sometimes did.