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Its hard to honestly gauge either squad simply to the weak early season schedules. Outside of Ashland and Fairview/Breathitt neither team has played a team that shoukd have threatened to beat them. Fairview got to the dawgs simply by being a faster paced team that early in the season. But Cecil and co made the adjustments needed to slow the game down in the 2nd half. The Breathitt game sounded like it got out of control. So i have to toss it out the window. Raceland had a similar, yet not as severe, game against Coal Grove.

Good assessment. I have traveled to Raceland for many years because of the excellent youth league and middle school feeder programs they have worked very hard to build. I always looked forward to the Orange Bowl. All these kids on both teams have a good respect for each other as they have played against each other since grade school. This will be another thriller with LC having the edge because of home field advantage.