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I am really impressed by what RC has done over the past few seasons.
Something is being done the right way in Russell County.

It has been fun to watch. I honestly feel like it started in 2009. An average Laker team with some good young athletes finished the regular season 5-5, but made the playoffs only to have to go play Lone Oak in Paducah. There was a lot of excitement around the playoffs and while the final score of that game was lop sided, the Lakers proceeded to put 27 points up against the ultimate 4A State Runner up, who lost to Boyle in 42-39 in the Championship.....Only Lexington Cath and Boyle scored more points against the Purple Flash that season.

In 2010, the Lakers went 6-4 and finished 3rd in the district. First round game we traveled to Hopkins County Central and on a bitterly cold November night proceeded to beat the Storm 27-6. We went on to play Allen County Scottsville the following week and had every chance to win but finally lost the game 24-15. Of course ACS went on to the championship game and lost to Boyle 21-14. So for the second year straight, the Lakers were ousted from the payoffs by the eventual state runner-up.

Of course in 2011, we moved from the west to the east and finished 9-1 with our lone loss coming to a "rock solid" Rockcastle team in an overtime classic.

It just so happens that the recent success of the Lakers coincides with the arrival of a talented freshman class that included Nick Britt. I think a lot of the excitement around the program is the result of how he performed on the field. He gave the Lakers an equalizer, and all of sudden we were competitive in games that we would have certainly lost without his talent. As the excitement grew, more and more boys began to come out for football, and the entire team, and perhaps the staff, began to take things much more seriously. As a result, the Lakers became a more and more complete team, and with the arrival of this current year's senior class, we had even more top notch athletes to spread the load.

I truly hope that the excitement around the program continues to grow, and we continue to get athletes on the field who are willing to put the work in to become the best football team we can put on the field. We have been fortunate to have players the last few season like the Manns, Fletchers, Lucas Williams, Blake Ellis, Nick Coffey, Matt Adams, and so man others on the team this year and coming the few seasons before, but I give must of the credit to Nick Britt who was a true statesman for Laker football, and was just as classy on the field as his performances were aw inspiring.

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