[Scotty_Bronson]

My take on the game...

Ashland in no way came out like a title team ready to defend their title by imposing their will. They looked like a team that expected us to lay down for them. Very undisciplined play put them behind the curve early on. They seemed to lack an identity offensively and looked to be in rebuild, rather than reload, like they usually do. Turnovers, mental mostakes, etc. Very uncharacteristic of the Tomcats.

Raceland, on the other hand, came out with a defensive mindset that they havent had in several years. Very fast, very physical. Shutdown the edge. Held Ashland to well under 100 yards rushing and the 200 or so they gave up through the air, came on a 70 yard screen (#2 from Ashland needs the ball in his hands more), and on the last drive when it really didnt matter woth us in a prevent defense. Truthfully, from the start of the game to the end, Raceland controlled the LOS with its speed and the DBs covered like a blanket, and our LB play was very good.

Obviously you inow most of the big names on the Raceland roster. But can we please take a moment and recognize Ethan Conlon and Issac Browning???!!! Thise two were lights out last night. Our roster isn't as heavy as its been for awhile, this is the first time in a long time that we have had less than 50 kids. But our depth is really nice.

Only negative I can say about Raceland last night, was we left some points off the board. The dropped TD pass that turned into an INT and we were 1 missed block away from another TD the drive after that. Thise two mistakes put points up and its not even a close game at all.

But, this team full of sophs and jrs stepped up and never failed to rise to the challenge, each time Ashland atarted to gain momentum. We are much better this year than last, we are more complete at this point, than i feel we were at the end of the year last year. This could be a special group this year and next.