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The real question is ... can they win the district to avoid a 2nd round matchup with Sayre? I'm assuming they wiped Fairview's roster clean again this year, and Nicholas is still way down, but I think the Paris game will determine if they are still a top 3 team in 1A.

Why? Did sayres defense learn to stop 443 yards on the ground.

The real question is ... can they win the district to avoid a 2nd round matchup with Sayre? I'm assuming they wiped Fairview's roster clean again this year, and Nicholas is still way down, but I think the Paris game will determine if they are still a top 3 team in 1A.

Why? Did sayres defense learn to stop 443 yards on the ground.

Does Raceland have all of that 443 back? Sleep on Sayre if you want too. They still put up points on that Raceland defense last year.

This year is a new year and last year means Jack. Raceland is way way way far from being the same team as last year.

You make the same mistake every year bac. Last year does mean jack, and the year before that, etc...
Sayre has never proved they are a top Class A team. Every time they play a top team they get drilled. They didn't magically learn to stop the run since their last 443 given up to Raceland and their awful schedule won't teach them how either. And do you think Raceland magically forgot how to run the football just because they had a big senior class last year?

Nope not forgot how to run the ball. Just won’t be well seasoned n experienced to do so. Too many studs back there last season that won’t be back there this season.

Sayre beat a solid Paris team last year. Ludlow wasn’t a bad team either. They are Power houses, but a solid team.

There is arguably a better stud back there this year than last year. Probably should have had more touches last year as a freshman.

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Paris? PARIS?????????????????????

Like I said, they are going to have to beat somebody.

Paris played Raceland tough for 3+ quarters last season. They was solid. It’s possible Paris may be even better with what they’ve added in the transfer portal…

Tough? It was 43-13 and we had 500 yards of offense

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I haven’t talked about my thoughts coming into the season and wanted to drop my 2 cents real quick.  I think this is going to be a serious learning curve year for what will be the youngest team Raceland has had in a few years.  The trick with this team is how they will respond to adversity especially after starting the season with a few potential lopsided losses. Here are my predictions for the schedule.

Ashland: 3-4 TD loss
Letcher: Toss up
Pikeville: 3-4 TD loss
Highlands: 1st Half Running Clock Loss
NCC: Toss up
Hazard: Toss up
Fairview: Running Clock Win
Paris: Should win but could lose
Nicholas: 3-4 TD Win
LCA: Running Clock Loss

I am not trying sound like a total pessimist but the reality is this could be a 5-5 season at best or 3-7 at worst.  The trick to managing this season is to keep morale up especially after those first few tough games.  I also think a game will be lost that everyone feels like should have been won.  If that happens that could be a push that breaks the team for the season.

That being said I think the primary focus this season should be developing younger players for the next few years.  Obviously everyone wants to win and have a deep playoff run but realistically I don’t see that in the cards for the 2024 Rams.  If I am wrong I will happily eat my crow in November.

We will beat Ashland.

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21-13 Varsity. Raceland really did a lot of moving around though. In all 3 Varsity quarters., there were almost two completely different OLs used on seperate drives and we were also without our #1 and #2 receiver. I have no clue the prognosis but they were supposedly going to be back by Monday.

This scrimmage was much better than last week. Seemed to have a little bit more of a clue this week. If this team keeps learning and getting better each week they will be back at Kroger again this year