[Crossbones]

For the purpose of this discussion, most people do not consider Ashland a mountain team, so what is the relevance of the outcome of last season's Ashland-JC game? JC returns most of its team for next season and Ashland will suffer heavy graduation losses. JC will enter the season as a heavy favorite to win its district, IMO.

The reason for mentioning that JC beat Belfry on the road this past season, in a late season game, was to establish that JC was one of the top teams in the mountains, they return most of their key players, and they should be included in anybody's top 10 list. It was not a knock on Belfry, which should also enjoy another great season in 2012.

Like I said, I have no problem with someone wanting to rank JC ahead of Belfry because of the win against Belfry, but as the old saying goes "that was last year". JC has become a powerhouse football team in recent years and should be the favorite in their district. But they lose more talent than alot want to give into. They are losing their Mr. Football in Jude, which will be hard to replace IMO. I do understand the whole Ashland is not a mountain team idea, but I was simply bringing out the entire picture. Yes, JC beat Belfry and IMO dominated the game, but by showing entire picture of how Belfry beat Ashland and Ashland dominating JC, showed that JC is not that far ahead of Belfry.