[Rob Van Winkle]

Ashland needs to start scheduling schools of their size and caliber to prepare them for the playoffs. That wouldnt of beat Highlands anyway next rounds so this game really has no meaning. Ashland schedules area schools taht are all smaller then them, they beat them by 20 or more and think they have an all time team. If a 5A school doesnt finish 9-1 in regualr season with a week schedule like theirs then that school is a joke. Ashland does this every year, well when they even make the playoffs, Hart needs to stop bein scared and schedule more games that will actually prepare them for November and on. Who cares about a good record if you go out in the first round?

The playoff game does matter, even if you're going to drilled by Highlands the next week. It can be a program building win, regardless of the opponent the next week. To say that the game is meaningless takes too much away from the Dixie players who worked hard and played thier tails off. If Ashland wins this game, it would have the same impact on them.
That being said, yes they need to schedule harder teams, and yes whoever plays Highlands is going to get beat.