[Orange Blaze]

As both a Raceland and Ashland fan I believe Johnson Central is the best mountain team from the last decade. Over the years if Raceland was playing Pikeville I always felt we had a chance, when Ashland played Johnson Central I always felt like we were on our way to the principal's office to get a reality check. The path to a championship in 4A is probably the toughest road to travel right now, 1A offers the path of least resistance. Pikeville has an amazing team and an outstanding program and they are poised to make a run but they are definitely the big fish in the small pond. If championships are the standard then Pikeville will be the mountain program in the foreseeable future. But make no mistake, if these two teams continue to play Pikeville will soon be headed to the principal's office.

I think things have changed and now Raceland is in the same principals office situation.  We haven’t had a competitive game with Pikeville in 4 years and this year doesn’t seem to be changing that.