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I went back and watched the previous two state championship games…Pikeville pretty much called everything the same in the run game. They simply didn’t have the pieces to throw the ball like they did in 21 and 22. Duty reached his ceiling his soph/early Jr year and never developed a lot beyond that. So it comes back to coaching. Same issues Raceland had early on, then late in the season. Had a ton of capable weapons, just didn’t get them the ball or didn’t get them the ball in any new sets.

That’s what it’s going to take for Pikeville and Raceland to keep up with Sayre if they start getting kids in. I can see them becoming what LCA did in the early 2000s where they become a legit contender and a pop up favorite, seemingly over night. They could be a flash in the frying pan, but all it’s going to take is the Jimmys and Joes bc Pennington can coach.