[Hoot Gibson]

If Ashland is healthy, this game should be a blowout win for them, but they could struggle without Baker and/or O'Bryan. If those two are 100 percent and the Tomcats avoid coaching blunders, Ashland will advance.

As for Pulaski struggling against Bourbon last week, Pulaski has shown that they are not a great team without Riley Hall. The Maroons will go as far as Hall can carry them. The same is true of Workman for Johnson Central and Baker for Ashland. It is too late in the season for these teams to replace their best players and expect to win a state title.