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Ashland gave up 37, 34, and 35 points to Newport Central Catholic, Raceland, and GW and then were held to only 7 points by Russell's defense. Johnson Central may not put a running clock on Ashland, but anybody who dismisses that possibility is just fooling themselves. The Tomcats will need to play one of their best games of the season to avoid a running clock next week.

I agree. As long as the Eagles keep focused on the task, I could see a running clock. It will be important for JC to jump out early on Ashland for the longer you allow a rival, an underman rival at that, to hang around the tougher it will be to put them away. The past few seasons Ashland has had decent success in stopping the rushing attack of JC. I wouldn't be surprised to see more of the JC passing attack in this game compared to other games this season.