[charlie22]

Ashland will pull through with the victory. Cov Caths qb is not very good and when Ashland bottles up the run game, Cov Cath will be in trouble.

Ashland 14
Cov Cath 10

If you are basing your assessment of CovCath's QB on his performance yesterday, I can understand why you think he's not very good. I wasn't there, but I was told that Bir struggled. But, if what I was told is accurate, it was an anomaly. He's actually a very fine QB. Hasn't shown the ability to threw the ball deep, but generally is very accurate on short and medium passes. CovCath has a pretty darn good running game. When Bir passes off of play action fakes, the passing game works well.

Not having seen Ashland this year, I have no clue who will win. If Ashland has speed on defense, they will need it. CovCath likes to move the ball around and widen the field, forcing defenders to run sideline to sideline. Do the Tomcats play many players both ways? CovCath does not. I understand Rowen did. That may have played a role in the second half yesterday. If Ashland has 4, 5 or more players playing both ways, it could be a factor in the second half this Friday night.

Any one know what Sam Hunter is doing next year? Nice player and as a 4 year starter at QB, he certainly has a ton of experience.

Best of luck to both squads.