[KentuckyHillBilly5321]

Beechwood is the undisputed best team i have seen in 2 classes all year, hats off to their tradition.

With that out of the way, Congrats o my rams. That got hard to watch yesterday but our boys kept fighting. Our biggest downfall all year was not being able to throw consistently enough. Beechwood was far and away the best team we played all season and they exposed that. Tack on that they were deeper and more mobil upfront and there was just no chance offensively. Our defense was solid enough against the run, but they exposed oyr cushion at the corner position. Their qb was crisp and percise and #8 is a great athelete and an incredible reciever. We beat three teams in the playoffs that no one thought, including me(outside of pikeville), that we would beat. These boys over achieved to the 100000000000000th degree and i couldnt be prouder to eat my crow on my preseason prediction. Thabl you to the seniors, it has been an honor to have helped coach you all in the youth league and watch you all develope into wonderful football players, but top notch young men even more so. Thanl you for this memory, that for me was 29 years in the making and nearly a century for our community.

Dont look for Raceland to go anywhere. Paintsville and Pikeville will continue to be in the thick of it as well, and I expect Pikeville to be very potent next year. But I expect Raceland to poasibly be better and more versatile next year on the offensive side of the ball. You dont replace Cam or Whitmoyer on either side of the ball and Fairchild, Cole, and Ferguson will be big losses upfront, but the Rams will build on this seasons massive succes. Prous of this team from the coaches on down. And i am blown away at our communities support and the hord of orange and black that packed out our side of the stands!!! We need that everywhere we gk for these boys from hear on out!

The Raceland community should be super proud of their team and themselves. The turnout from your community was an awesome thing to see, and the Beechwood fans turned out in full force as well. I believe it was the largest single A crowd since 2000.

I agree with you that Raceland should continue to be tough going forward. Pikeville is going to be loaded next year with almost everyone back. I also agree with your assessment about the Beechwood passing game exposing the secondary. IMO, that was the biggest advantage that Beechwood was going to have, was thru the air. The Beechwood passing game was far superior than Pikeville, Paintsville, or Paris.