[Scotty_Bronson]

Hoping you are right. Raceland looks to be a team that can get over the hump if they are healthy. From what I coukd see, Raceland should have lost to Coal Grove. I am not one to complain about officiating and how it sometimes determines a games outcome. I say if you play good football, it shouldnt matter. But with everything that happened(a no call on a late hit spearing play that could have left Conner Messer unconscious, then Beech retaliates and gets tossed due to recieving his 2nd PF, the Coal Grove MASSIVE offensive line), 2 no calls of pass interference that honestly stopped 2 more Ram TDs. Gance and Messer were both tackled before they got the ball on two skinny post routes).

If this game were played last year, Raceland would have been broken and tucked their tails, hung their heads, and left CG w a loss. But they didnt this year.ashland was a better conditioned football team in week 2. Raceland played their sloppiest game of the season that night and Ashlands numbers wore them down. But they responded well the following week at Boyd Co.

This Raceland team is much MUCH more mentaly tough than in previous years. They hae finally started playing with some swag offensively. Messer is a Play maker. Even though the same guys got Pushed around defensively, the Oline dominated the los against CG. Elkins had plenty of time and Beech is running his way into a small d1 or large NAIA D2 schollarship. Throw in Snyder and the running game is stout. Best part is, this Raceland team hasnt Played a full 4 quarters yet. The starters hae had to go the distance twice this year, once was a 1 point loss to Ashland and the other the win over Coal Grove. Slowly but surely, with a few more things to do before i completely buy in, this Ram team is restoring my faith.