[jetpilot]

Pikeville has gotten into a reload not rebuild. I don’t buy in to them taking a step back. 1A over all is too weak for a team that’s been as good for as long as the panthers have to just drop off the face of the earth. They are still the team to beat. A lot of there skill guys that were 2s last year would be 1s in almost any other roster in all of 1A. It’s still Pikevilles world

They’ll be good but they lost ALOT. Kids who started for 3 or 4 years. I compare them to Belfry’s 2016 class that 4-peated. You don’t just replace them without issues. They’ll still be good but I don’t see them running clock half their schedule like they done last season especially teams outside 1A.

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Raceland should have never been the preseason favorite with what Pikeville returned.

I promise you I never thought Pikeville wasn’t the huge favorite going into 2022. But now with losing most their starting D who started since their sophomore year, 4 of their 5 starting lineman, 2 of their top receivers, and the states leading rusher I would pick Raceland to win 1A in 2023 right now. They are more experienced and I think they’ll be motivated to finally finish the job. That senior class that graduated was the last middle school team to beat Belfry in the middle school playoffs.

This senior class and football players graduating from from Pikeville HS this year never saw their team lose to Belfry in HS and Belfry seniors and football players never saw their team beat Pikeville.