[ArmChairHC]

I’m still trying to find my way to a prediction on this game. Preseason picks I had Pikeville, Highlands, and LCA as games we really shouldn’t win. Not saying we couldn’t, but on paper and historically, we shouldn’t win. But I did predict we would win one out of those 3 games. Imo, this game holds more weight for Raceland as they already have the one loss and in terms of the RPI, losing this game could quite possibly mean Raceland will be on the road late in the playoffs. As stated before, Pikeville already has the advantage of winning on Racelands home turf. A win at Pikeville not only helps the Raceland momentum, but also puts them in the drivers seat to home field through the semis. In any event, I just hope these two teams stay on a course to play each other again at Kroger and not before. Because I’m still a firm believer that these two are the best teams in 1A by at least two TDs, no matter who you put at #3.

Looking at the match up in detail…I think Pikeville still holds the edge at just about every spot that’s not the QB spot, but on his best night, Duty is damn good enough to put the team on his back. To me it comes down to can we avoid giving up the big play and can we make some big plays of our own.