[Orange Blaze]

I've seen both teams this year and while I think Raceland is better I don't think they are head and shoulders better than Russell. Raceland has been very inconsistent offensively all season and depends too much on big plays. We need to be able to string together long drives to keep the defense off the field. Raceland has had trouble scoring all season and if Russell can play some defense then they should be able to give Raceland all they want.

Defensively Raceland has played good all year but in the games we have lost we have given up too many big plays and we cannot do that of we want to win this one. It will also be interesting to see how Raceland comes out to play after the loss at Paintsville last week. Given how both teams have struggled offensively this year I don't expect to see either side light up the scoreboard. I think Raceland will win but it won't be a large margin like some are predicting.

Raceland 20
Russell 14