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I totally agree Raceland and Lawrence are nothing but games that bring big paychecks. GW is very comparable to cov cath the difference is the tomcats played the game if the year on defense. russell is Ashlands biggest area rival so that game isn't going anywhere neither is ironton.

If I made the schedule it would look something like this.

Boyle Co

Belfry

Ironton

GW

Russell

Bell co

I could understand not wanting to play cov cath or highlands if u dont want a region opponent to see u first hand

I do feel this is challenging schedule that would be great for the tomcats.

I agree. You only get better by being challenged. I would think that Ashland would draw as big a crowd with some of these better teams as they do with the locals. Of course, district play limits options. Still, if you look back at some of Ashland's old schedules you will see some tough opponents, often from Louisville, each year.

FTH and CovCath lose many key seniors this year. CovCath has a lot of juniors and sophomores on its roster. So a lot of talent and potential will be returning. FTH will merely reload. A review of the rosters would seem to indicate that Ashland will have a much more difficult time replacing seniors than will FTH or CovCath. The quarterback and some of those defensive players will be missed.