[LWC]

Kenton Adams, BB Bradley, Spencer Childress, the Thomason boys, Clark Rowe (injured much of the last season), Zach Reams, Chris Luna and Ben Lake were the players Rockcastle County lost this past season to graduation.

So of the 11 graduates, about 5 of those really hurt. Lake is virtually irreplaceable, Bradley has a great motor that will tough to replace and I could say something about each player but the idea is the loss will not be as grand as imagined.

There are some VERY good Freshmen, Sophomores and Juniors that are going to step up. Every player brings their own element that makes them different so I cannot say that a player can be 'replaced' by anyone else. However, Rock has at least two good RB's to play, there is still a Lake on the team and remember, the QB will only be a Junior!

I will not predict another 9-win season, and I will not predict for them to win their District again. They will be a solid good team and they will certainly be young and/or inexperienced but they will get better as the year goes on.

Russell County will be a dominant team with a chance to make some noise in the playoffs. If it wasn't for that, I would certainly give Rock or Knox a chance to win district.

There are probably 12 legit top-10 teams, it is hard to classify them all.