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Congratulations Ashland They out played Bell 5 turnovers hard to overcome  Bell Played Nothing like they have the last 7 weeks with lineman injury last week then The Thomas kid going out with injury Buty hey No excuses Ashland executed and did what they needed to do to win that's what good teams do!! Bobcats get back after it the Sun will rise tomorrow it's a new day!!

That sucks. I knew Ashland would be tough. IMO, even if it's a Bell with tradition, in 3A if  you lose 2 or 3, and sometimes even 1 starter it can mean doom for the playoff. I know it's hard to say this or that, but say you have just a great outside contain defensive end or OLB and he goes down, it really could be a 21 point difference in a game. But congrats to Ashland, they are definitely good and I figured would be a tough close game.

This is so true.  If you have 8-9 that can play and are already hiding a couple out there…..losing one stud player at some programs can wreck a season.  I’ve dealt with it twice.  Congrats to Ashland; heck of a year.  Good to see Tackett redeeming himself. I remember thinking he was the “next big thing” 20!years ago at Fairview.

If I am not mistaken, I believe Coach Tackett has been on the Ashland staff for a long time coaching under Leon Hart and Tony Love.  His success really is no surprise after working under successful Tomcat coaches and being groomed for this position.