[Ref Devil]

i dont get how mercer pulled that off will someone enlighten me on how exactly a 4A school can play 2A football? Like what was the technicality?

After you find out could you please let us Russell people know because it's boggled our mind for a while now. Then you can let Owensboro Cath, Trigg, Larue, and everyone else Mercer thumped this year know because it makes no sense what's so ever. It comes down to the KHSAA being afraid of a lawsuit that was threaten. They were going to make Mercer play a 10 game schedule with no playoffs but the glory hungry at any cost officials of Mercer brought up a possible lawsuit and the KHSAA bowed to their knees. It worked like a charm for Mercer. The folks of Mercer say " What were we supposed to do, we didn't merge until June and the schedule was already made?" What a coincidence? Well, they should have waited to merge until they could have been realigned into their proper class. According to Mercer folk, the merge has been talked about for years now, so why did they wait so late to merge? You can figure that one out. They completely manipulated the KHSAA and it worked, the KHSAA broke like a twig. I don't blame Mercer County or the kids in any way, I do however think it's a bit classless on the Mercer officials for doing this but it's the KHSAA's fault for allowing them to get away with it. It's a true shame because it cost a true 2A school a championship and it probably would have been Russell. They were the best 2A team in the state.