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Game conditions favored Russell considering Casey's normal offense yet the score was not indicative of that. Russell is an improved team however. The jury is still out if Casey is better than last year, but have now had almost an entire high-school career in the same system. The past 2 years Casey players came from a specific offense (Split-back veer) to a more modern offense. Now the seniors have 3 years in this system. We could still use a few more players and eventually our youth numbers hopefully will pay off. With TOP "3A teams" coming in with 75 to 100 kids, with only small dropoffs from their 1st team to their 2nd teams, even when your numbers climb to a 53 man roster, you're still a little outmanned. Russell looks like their numbers are starting to climb back up as well.