[baseball1974]

Both teams played an excellent game, both coaches called an outstanding game. Valley was just a little better last night. People can get on here and coach a perfect game, but it's a little different when you are out there doing it. I don't hold anyone at fault for Prestonsburg on the loss, as I said, I just though Valley was a little better last night.

It happens every Friday night in the fall in every state, one team does everything correctly and how their suppose to, and another team beats them. Those are always the toughest for coaches because the only "teachable moment" you have is telling them that sometimes football isn't fair.

[Gator95]

What a great football game to experience! If you were there you know what I'm talking about when I say the atmosphere was unbelievable. I'm so proud of the Wildcats! They lost 2 very important starters in the first half that didn't play for the rest of the game. They could've folded shop but they rose to the occasion.

Congrats to Prestonsburg on a great season! You have all my respect in the world and I want you to know if my wildcats wouldn't have won, that I would've been cheering your blackcats on to win the state championship. Alot of mutual respect between these 2 teams now I believe, or their should be!

[Football fan 0]

What an awesome game this was to watch . Valleys offfence couldn't gat anything going in the first half but there deffence was pretty lights out all night . This team showed so much heart and over came so much adversity when there all state linebacker Andrew Newsome and there running back - cornerback Jordan Hampton left the game at half time hurt and didn't return . This team just don't know the word quit . Hats off to a very good p- burg football team . They came to play .. It did surprise me they threw the ball at the end of the 4 the qt . Instead of continuing to ride the back of Frasure . I thought that was the worst play call of the night for the blackcats . Great football game though !!!!

[More Cowbell]

Prestonsburg loses 11 to graduation. Of these, 9 had substantial playing time though 2 were lost earlier in the year to season-ending injuries.

Biggest losses: Jarred Jarrell, Thomas Spears, Sean White, Quentin Click, Chase Ousley, Jackson Reed, and Steven Perry.

Important returnees: Dalton Frasure, Chatlin Jarrell, Bailey McCoy, Drake Nunnery, Jordan Ray, Paul Stanley, and Tate Green.

The biggest challenges next year lie at QB and re-tooling the trenches.

If Frasure is back, then I'm sure Prestonsburg will be right there again. He is an absolute beast.

Valley only loses 7 seniors. They return most of the team, including primary RB's Rowe and Tackett, as well as their QB Layne.

Should be another great season in district 8 next year!

[oneijoe]

If Frasure is back, then I'm sure Prestonsburg will be right there again. He is an absolute beast.

Valley only loses 7 seniors. They return most of the team, including primary RB's Rowe and Tackett, as well as their QB Layne.

Should be another great season in district 8 next year!

No doubt Valley will be the District 8 favorite next year and will be a surprise Cinderella team to NO ONE. :biggrin:

P-burg will likely struggle in the early season until the new players adjust to varsity speed. But by season's end will be a tough out. The Blackcats usually follow that roadmap in rebuilding years.

[DarthVader]

Great win Valley!

[More Cowbell]

No doubt Valley will be the District 8 favorite next year and will be a surprise Cinderella team to NO ONE. :biggrin:

P-burg will likely struggle in the early season until the new players adjust to varsity speed. But by season's end will be a tough out. The Blackcats usually follow that roadmap in rebuilding years.

P-Burg struggle? I don't buy that for one second, not with Dalton Frasure coming back. They will be fine.

No sandbagging, Joe! nicker:

[oneijoe]

P-Burg struggle? I don't buy that for one second, not with Dalton Frasure coming back. They will be fine.

No sandbagging, Joe! nicker:

I'm not sandbagging. No running back is good enough to shine without a good offensive line. Prestonsburg has to find replacements for 3 excellent linemen.

Another factor is losing our QB. Another big reason Frasure was effective was Jarrell's ability at QB to run and pass off the playfake. Teams which sold out to stop Frasure got burned another way.

It makes me wonder what Coach D will do for QB next year. There are 2 main candidates. One is a pocket passer and the other is a pure athlete. There is no Jarrod Jarrell type for next year.



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[Peaches]

May need to improve the schedule to find out who the next QB will be and to be able to get over the Valley hump.

[More Cowbell]

I'm not sandbagging. No running back is good enough to shine without a good offensive line. Prestonsburg has to find replacements for 3 excellent linemen.

Frasure is an absolute load. I was so impressed with him this past Friday, he appeared to be the best player on the field. If there's any RB that could still get his yards despite an underwhelming offensive line, it's him.

[More Cowbell]

May need to improve the schedule to find out who the next QB will be and to be able to get over the Valley hump.

The Valley "hump"? Lol, that's quite a compliment considering we hadn't beaten Prestonsburg since 1999.

All the respect in the world to the Prestonsburg program. This is the best team Valley has had in the history of the school, and it still took overtime for them to take out the Blackcats and win the region. I sincerely hope that SV can start to field the same consistent winner that P-Burg does every year.

Much props. :1:

[EKUAlum05]

^^^
HAHA

The Valley hump!
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What on earth, EKU...

[UpYours]

Congratulations to SV on a well played and executed game plan.

I agree coach Ratliff is the coach of the year no matter who receives the honor. And Frasure is player of the year no matter who receives the honor.

I also agree that coaching was the difference in this ball game. When your RB is getting 8+ yards every carry why on earth would you throw the ball. A previous poster said the coach didn't throw the interception...no...but he was the one who calls the plays...and that particular play was a screen pass that was thrown exactly where it was to be thrown, only problem was coach Ratliff sniffed it out long before Derossett called it.

[oneijoe]

Congratulations to SV on a well played and executed game plan.

I agree coach Ratliff is the coach of the year no matter who receives the honor. And Frasure is player of the year no matter who receives the honor.

I also agree that coaching was the difference in this ball game. When your RB is getting 8+ yards every carry why on earth would you throw the ball. A previous poster said the coach didn't throw the interception...no...but he was the one who calls the plays...and that particular play was a screen pass that was thrown exactly where it was to be thrown, only problem was coach Ratliff sniffed it out long before Derossett called it.

Of course, you're free to credit Ratliff for reading minds if you wish, but I believe it was Valley's defense being disciplined in not over-reacting to the Frasure playfake which caused that play turn Valley's way. The ILB on the non-play side side stayed home and picked up the back in pass coverage while Jarrell had the Valley OLB draped around him.

To be fair to the P-burg staff, the power run to Frasure had been doing big damage in the 4th qtr., so the quick pass was no doubt called expecting both ILBs to stack Frasure on the fake. Not unreasonable on its face.

The biggest thing which made it a BAD call, imo, is doing it out of that formation. The weakside OLB backer had been coming hard virtually every play and that side-saddle power formation P-burg uses to run hard right leaves no back to block the weak side. The plays success depended on the back breaking open quickly - and that never happened with the offside LB not committing to the run.


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[baseball1974]

Of course, you're free to credit Ratliff for reading minds if you wish, but I believe it was Valley's defense being disciplined in not over-reacting to the Frasure playfake which caused that play turn Valley's way. The ILB on the non-play side side stayed home and picked up the back in pass coverage while Jarrell had the Valley OLB draped around him.

To be fair to the P-burg staff, the power run to Frasure had been doing big damage in the 4th qtr., so the quick pass was no doubt called expecting both ILBs to stack Frasure on the fake. Not unreasonable on its face.

The biggest thing which made it a BAD call, imo, is doing it out of that formation. The weakside OLB backer had been coming hard virtually every play and that side-saddle power formation P-burg uses to run hard right leaves no back to block the weak side. The plays success depended on the back breaking open quickly - and that never happened with the offside LB not committing to the run.


:popcorn:

There may have been other things during the game where he may have made coaching mistakes, I don't know, but that play was a good call and if it would've been executed properly they'd have had a touchdown out of it. It's easy to sit and criticize a coach's decision when you base it off one play and nothing else. That only shows little knowledge on what goes on during a football game and the rediculous amounts of split-second decisions a coach makes throughout the course of a game. Coaches make good calls and bad calls in every game, and depending on how well his players are prepared for anything determines what the results of those decisions are. I've always wondered how a coach with a gigantic ego will ever succeed with the amount of scrutiny that comes over every decision. One thing is for sure, a coach will never get enough praise for what goes right, but they will get everything and more when things go wrong. For the kid's sake that's how it should be. Unfortunately, that's why there is such a turnover rate in coaching these days. With social media and giving more outlets for people to question coach's decisions, it causes a lot of them to hang it up. It is definitely NOT for everyone. Takes a special breed

[oneijoe]

There may have been other things during the game where he may have made coaching mistakes, I don't know, but that play was a good call and if it would've been executed properly they'd have had a touchdown out of it. It's easy to sit and criticize a coach's decision when you base it off one play and nothing else. That only shows little knowledge on what goes on during a football game and the rediculous amounts of split-second decisions a coach makes throughout the course of a game. Coaches make good calls and bad calls in every game, and depending on how well his players are prepared for anything determines what the results of those decisions are. I've always wondered how a coach with a gigantic ego will ever succeed with the amount of scrutiny that comes over every decision. One thing is for sure, a coach will never get enough praise for what goes right, but they will get everything and more when things go wrong. For the kid's sake that's how it should be. Unfortunately, that's why there is such a turnover rate in coaching these days. With social media and giving more outlets for people to question coach's decisions, it causes a lot of them to hang it up. It is definitely NOT for everyone. Takes a special breed

All true... But I believe the best coaches are confident enough in their knowledge they don't pay much attention to us armchair QBs anyway.


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[oneijoe]

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[Florida5]

Valley defense brought the win