[Scotty_Bronson]

Very. I’m hoping it continues to be the norm though. I hate not having the close rivalry games, but for a rivalry to be worth while, imo it’s got to be beneficial for both teams. Has to provide a good gage and or some sort of preparation. Greenup didn’t supply that it recent years. Russell always did and that’s the one I really hate to lose bc it was a close game that stayed pretty close minus a handful of blowouts either way. Something else I never considered until today though with that game, is Russell may have seen the writing on the wall when it came to realignment. When they were playing in a similar district before, they were competitive for regional championships and making semi state appearances on a regular basis. With RPI the way it is, they could lose points losing to a smaller school. So maybe that had a little to do with it. Just a thought.

I completely understand why WC, RC, and LC dropped us as those games were not competitive on a regular basis by a long shot. These games we have scheduled now will provide us what we have all been thinking that we needed in the regular season. It will be a tougher go in 2024, but by 2025 I look for us to start making noise again. We just gotta keep working and not let momentary fall from being a contender cause us to change our focus. Hope I never see us step away from competition because we “simply can’t be competitive”