[david5164]

Russell was 0-3 last year when they lost to GC in OT, Ironton 35-7 and then Ashland. I still believe if Coach Maynard continues to play the offense he played last week vs. Ironton and the Defense plays like it did last week I don't believe this will a 42-14 or 49-14 game. I believe that Ashland with its talent will win by 2 TD's but I don't see a 4 or 5 TD win. I know Ironton is still not the Ironton team yet but last year in 2017 they beat Russell 35-7 and they basically have almost everyone back on Offense & Defense. I was surprised how well both the Defense and Offense played last week for Russell. If we can continue to be more consistent in our Running game we can have 2 or 3 RB's Duvall, Conley, and Sharp that could run for over 100 yds. We also threw for approx. 100 yds in passing and missed several easy throws last week. We gave up the 9 points to Ironton on 2 terrible snaps over the Punter head for a safety and TD. That made the score 9-7 and we had a couple of chances when Russell was driving in Ironton's territory and turned it over on downs in Ironton territory. Then the last TD for Ironton was when Russell once again was driving to Ironton's 20 yard line and Russell Fumbled the ball. If Russell goes in for TD or gets a FG they win the game. After the fumble Ironton runs a long 74 yard TD to go up 16-7. Russell could have easily won this game 14-0 or 21-0 if they don't give up the Turnovers and no fumbles on offense when driving into Ironton's territory and take it in for a score. I see Russell improving since game 1 and if they continue they should do well in there District.