[Scotty_Bronson]

Belfrey, Johnson Central, and George Washington(WV) are probably the only and closest thing to, mountain teams. Highlands is due to fall from grace eventually, they have completely dominated over the last decade and a half. At some point they will either slow down, have an off year, or others will begin to close the gap, there are seceral contributing factors to that. As I have always said, its just a matter of time before all these schools in NEKY end up having to consolidate or go private. but Ashlandbeiń a 5A school, itd be hard to see them absorbing Boyd and Fairview. One would think any consolidations would be bringing those three together and Greenup/Russell/Raceland together. Id hate to see all of those log standing rivalries come to an end though. Russell is on the rise again and Ashland seems to be doing the little things to keep themselves in the thick of it in their district. Next year is a ver important year for Ashland, IMO. They hae two good games right at the get go though vs NCC then the following week against Raceland.