[Orange Blaze]

My dark horse would be Raceland.

Can you consider Raceland a dark horse? I don’t know. They are very good football team with a lot of experience but Pikeville is the main name your here when you say 1A which is very much deserving because they are unbelievable. But I think Raceland could make a game of it potentially.

I think Raceland has a good chance of winning 1A, which is why I didn't list them as my 1A dark horse. Pikeville is the obvious favorite to win 1A but I don't think that the gap between the Panthers and the Rams is a big one.

My 1A dark horse is NCC.  Traditionally they have always been a small school power and although they haven’t really beaten a good team this year they still seem to be a pretty good team.  I don’t think they could beat Pikeville but they could be good enough to beat Raceland should those teams meet.