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Letcher was ahead of Hazard 20-6 at one point and Hazard beat them 26-20. Everyone said Somerset was a good team they lost to Hazard I guess with 3 starters out 32-28. I just tink Letcher wins this one. Hazard held Letcher scoreless the second half to to win 26-20 at Hazard the first game of the season so check your states before posting.

Somerset actually was beaten 32-28 at Hazard. With FOUR starters down in a 2a school they had a difficult night, (two of their best athletes didn't play that night) although the Jumpers led that game for almost the duration, Hazards' Jones made several big plays at the end of the ball game (including the go ahead score with 3 minutes and change to go that sealed the deal for the Bulldogs). After watching all three of these teams I'll come away with this: Hazard is much improved defensively since the Letcher game, and played just well enough to win on both sides of the football when they played Somerset a couple weeks ago. Somerset has become very efficient offensively averaging about 260 in the air and over 200 on the ground, they have also improved defensively as seen by stifling Glasgow's powerful running game (I think this is partly due to tackling getting much better, I know that there has been an emphasis on this). Letcher has good size up front, I like 21 as well as 5 in the backfield and Coach Holcomb is a great coach for a school like Letcher and will have success if given time.

I don't make predictions, both teams aren't bad. Somerset has had the tougher schedule and has very good athletes, I think by the end of the year when everyone's healthy this could be a dangerous 2a team in the playoffs.