[tomcatfan722000]

Ashland like anyone else has to play their district, but their nondistrict schedule ain' a cakewalk. George Washington, Belfry, Ironton, Russell to name a few. These may not be HHS caliber, but they can play football non the less. Of those nondistrict teams only GW beat them last year and only by4 points. If you're looking for some Eastern Ky or Mountain team to consecutively compete with Highlands, Then I'm sorry to disapoint you, but it ain't gonna happen.

Compared to the schedule of highlands and cov cath that schedule is weak. None of those teams would compare to lasalle,Cincinnati elder,or Boyle county. The problem is travel its a lot easier for the NKY schools to play tough competition cause it's in there back yard. For Ashland to play that type of schedule it would require 3-4 hours of travel. So you figure 3 busses a game with travel,gas,and bus driver pay that gets pretty expensive.