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For 16th region teams:

This is a breath of new life for Russell football.  This is akin to the district they had many years ago when state title runs were possible.  Avoiding Belfry and Lawrence was ideal.

This is fantastic for Raceland football.  Not only did they avoid Pikeville, they avoided Paintsville, too.  And Pikeville got placed with both Paintsville and Hazard.  The Rams got paired with 3 district opponents they regularly put running clocks on.  Raceland remains the best path to the title game for any player in our area.

This is bad news for Ashland.  It's time for Bob Seger to return to the Ashland threads as Johnson Central awaits.  The Tomcats better hit the weight room and get older quick.  They're in trouble.

I disagree thinking that it’s better for Raceland to compete in a district without Paintsville. With the RPI system being is a tougher district isn’t a bad thing cause you will be reseeded after round two. You won’t be playing through your district. Now the Rams better go out and schedule cause they lost their only good district game.

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If the numbers keep dropping across the state something will have to be done. Five classes seems to be the next move and doing away with your smallest 32 and largest 32 ….somethings got to give. Look at the list of schools and the space it took to type out all the teams and the districts. It would’ve been a long scroll to the bottom of it was Ohio. I know Ohio is much larger but man….there just is t a lot of schools in this state. There is no need for 6 classes but I’m afraid we will never go back.