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I'll take the Cougs in a close one because they are playing at home. I hate it that McLean and Hancock chose to play up. Geographically it makes more sense to play 2A for both school. I would assume their biggest gate of the year is the OCath game. Same with Hancock Co. McLean and Hancock are great venues to play at and I hate not playing them. I can see both of them coming back to 2A when the KHSAA realigns next year. What are your thoughts Cougs?

Yeah, I don't have any insight or knowledge as to the reasoning of playing up. To be honest, I think geographically its about the same for McLean as it was the previous years in 2A. I do think geographically for Hancock, 2A District 2 made more sense. Honestly, I like the change for McLean. Mainly just because as a fan, I like getting the opportunity to see us play teams we don't normally get to play against. Since Hancock came too, really the only difference to the MC schedule was losing OCath, because Butler County was moving to 3A regardless. They basically swapped OCath for Union Co - which historically we've not had much success against either of those teams!

Ultimately, I have no idea what they'll do it the next re-alignment. I can see positives to both. I think McLean can be competitive in either. Realistically, I think 3A maybe provides the more competitive path for MC right now. I think district-wise its about the same because they've got Union Co now which has been the dominant team in that district for a few years now - like OCath in 2A. I think the real thing that makes 3A a little more competitive for McLean is the cross-district play in the post-season. To say its a tough road to go through OCath & Mayfield both is an understatement, especially this year, when both teams are serious state champion contenders. That's not to say having Franklin-Simpson, Hart Co, Glasgow, and Adair as a cross-district is an easy road because all 4 of those teams are going to be a tough challenge too!