[BlackcatAlum]

Prestonsburg's weaknesses were exposed tonight, but that's the point of these scrimmages. You want to know where teams can hurt you at so you can adjust.

Blackcats started the scrimmage about as well as they could've hoped for. Went up 14-0 with like 5 or so mins to go in the first quarter. I thought they might blow LC out for a moment. Then LC's speed and their QB just took over, and they never looked back.

Lawerence County is VERY skilled. I thought Prestonsburg defended the run really well, but once guys started going down with injuries, especially our best OLB's, they struggled defending most runs to the outside or QB read option. Everything between the tackles Prestonsburg jammed up and defended well. I also don't think LC varsity threw one incompletion tonight. That QB for Lawrence is one of the best I've seen at the high school level in a while. Very gifted player. 22 is a burner for LC on the outside. The Bulldogs will be a force in 3A this season.

Tonight was humbling for Prestonsburg in many ways, but I still think this is a team capable of winning a regional championship. They have a lot to work on and again, this is the point of scrimmages. This is an excellent coaching staff, they'll make the right adjustments and get these boys where they need to be to compete for November. Added Grant Bingham to the staff this week, so I know that'll help a lot as well going forward.

Best of luck to Lawerence County this season... Go Blackcats!!!