[Tomcat68]

Wow what a game! Playing against Prestonsburg in '03 was the last time I'd seen such an exciting football game. I still can't believe May wasn't given the ball on the last 2 point conversion. Ashland knew he was going to get the ball most of the night and very rarely stopped him before he gained 4-5 yards.

I agree that the officiating was spotty at best. The great run by May down the home sideline was called back correctly. There was a clear clip about 5 yards behind him that didn't effect the play at all but someone made a poor decision. As for the QB keep on the option and May's punt return on the visitor's sideline, they were both called back, but I didn't notice any glaring penalities.

Ashland's offense was much improved this week with the conversion of McDavid back to receiver and bringing Mahan in at QB. Most fans had been expecting Mahan to start this season and were surprised to see McDavid get the start in the opener this year with Mahan seeing very limited playing time. This change became absolutely neccesary after the injury to Luke Bonner last week (who is rumored to be able to return in 3-4 weeks from a knee injury).

Belfry's offense dominated Ashland's defense most of the night. The only things that stopped Belfry, were Belfry's mistakes, primarily fumbles. May was a man among mostly boys tonight and it showed as he was nearly unstoppable. I was also very impressed by Belfry's QB. This QB looked much, much better than the Belfry QB I saw play last season against Russell.