[E's Army]

This was not meant as a slam on Pikeville. Last year Williamsburg was playing very well coming into the Hazard game. They limped into the Pikeville game this year. With Hazard last year I had no doubts that they would beat Paintsville. Pikeville could easily win the next two weeks. But they could get beat by either of the 3 other teams in the East. Pikeville matched up well to Williamsburg's weaknesses. My real question is whether Pikeville was that good or Williamsburg that weak. I did not have that question last year with Hazard. Williamsburg struggled with both Lynn Camp and Middlesboro in recent weeks. Williamsburg could not stop Lynn Camp from running the ball. They could not stop Ludlow from running the ball. Somerset and Paintsville ran over top of them. You have a great coach who watched film. He lined up and ran over Williamsburg. Williamsburg had to sell out to attempt to try to stop the run. That gave Pikeville opportunities throwing the ball. Losing Davis and Ponder caused Williamsburg to move kids around on defense. Your coach did a good job of finding those spots. Pikeville played well but it was like shooting fish in the barrel. You come home with a lot of fish but not the test of catching them with a fly rod in a stream. Good luck to Pikeville who were a very classy bunch last night. One question for Panther fans. Why do you pooch kick when your kicker seems to have a very strong leg? You were giving up short fields last night when Williamsburg did not have a return threat without Ponder in the game.