Pikeville 21 Johnson Central 14

i82much · (This post was last modified: 08-27-2023, 11:39 AM by i82much.)

(08-27-2023, 11:19 AM)pjdoug Wrote:
(08-27-2023, 11:11 AM)Orange Blaze Wrote:
(08-27-2023, 11:04 AM)i82much Wrote: 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.

I remember Hazard, Raceland and Williamsburg competing with Pikeville every year, with Williamsburg representing the East for a couple years, then I picked on Jet for a few years saying Williamsburg would win again, but now I can't even joke about that. Raceland is the only 1A team that can compete with them now, but Pikeville is on another level. They have a great coach that has returned that program to the glory days.

Can't argue with that brother, I feel like we are headed to the principal's office this week.....

(08-27-2023, 11:11 AM)Orange Blaze Wrote:
(08-27-2023, 11:04 AM)i82much Wrote: 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.

I think you're correct, at least for now.