[Harry Rex Vonner]

I agree with most everything you have said but what is the solution? Not play local rivals like Russell, Ironton, and Raceland? The scheduling of Sheldon Clark is odd but



And nobody is disputing that yet, you find it necessary to mention it in almost every post you make.

With the class playoff system in Kentucky, there is little that can be done in scheduling. That is the dpownside of the system. You will always be stuck with perennial lightweights like Rowan County, Boyd County, and Greenup County or similar nonentities.

However, you could try to do better than Raceland and Sheldon Clark. Raceland is a decent Class 1A school that normally gives you a good game and always on your home turf. Still, it is Class 1A and you are Class 4A. Beechwood, a Class 1A school with a much superior history than Raceland, is never scheduled by Fort Thomas.

Overall, West Virginia football is weak. Maybe you should schedule Wheelersburg or a decent Cincinnati or Columbus area school. Of course, it would likely be difficult to get a good Ohio school to come to Ashland.

Still, in the end, Ashland's schedule enhances the probability that it will lose to a northern school every year.


As for mentioning our championship collection, I am stating reality. And, somehow, it seems that you Ashland boys are always talking about some perceived "tradition" which, I suspect either is in the ancient history or never really existed. It reminds me of the old saying that some are legends in their own minds. No offense intended.