[RUNNING DOWNHILL]

i would like to see estill play harder teams bc you won't get any here by beating the easy teams. this years schedule is ok. from what it looks like we have a few hard teams to play Breathitt, Rowan (heard there suppose to be good and that they returned all of there players from last year), Garrard, & Madison Southern.

First off we have to play Breathitt because they are in our district. Looking at the KHSAA website and Rowan and Garrard were both 4-7 last year, and Madison Southern was 0-10 last year. If you were to go to the KHSAA website and compile the win loss record of the 12 teams Estill played last year ,the combined W-L of those 12 teams is 64-71 with a winning % of 47%. If you were to take the 10 teams scheduled for next year their combined record for the 08 season is 46-67 with a combined winning % of 40%. Estill should have a chance to be competitive and have a chance to win every game on thier schedule next year. I'll be rootin them on hoping they win them all. Please don't try to diminish what this group has accomplished in the past couple of years, be glad that the bar and expectations has been raised and let's get ready for the 09 campaign. Also with Harlan Co. being taken out of the district the probability of hosting a first round playoff game is well within our reach. We were in a very competitive district last year with 3 teams from it being ranked in the top 10 in class 3A. This year in a 4 team district everyone will make the playoffs, but if we beat Powell and Magoffin we will be hosting a playoff game AGAIN in the first round for the 3rd year in a row. I'm proud of what these guys have done and am excited about what they may do in the future.