[WestCoast]

All guesswork, hopes and wishes. None of it means anything. We will find out how Pikeville and Raceland stack up very soon. Pikeville will have the best skill position group in Class A and can always dial up a great defense (allowed Raceland 29 total points in last 4 meetings). Anybody who thinks Pikeville isn't as good as anyone in Class A is kidding themselves. They will focused and in it to win it.

Raceland and Pikeville are eerily similar. Raceland and Pikeville BOTH have a lot of great skill players, but you would never know it once the games start. Both teams are carbon copy gameplans when they play each other. When playing weaker teams they play aggressive, being creative on offense and non-predictable. But when both teams play a team of equal or greater skill level, their coaches clam up and call some of the most conservative games you can imagine. Both teams just try to run it...run it... run it....up the middle....up the middle....up the middle...trap, QB draw, Wildcat, etc...praying to God that their RB breaks a long run. It's hard to watch. 3rd and 9 and both teams throw screens, or my personal favorite....a draw.
So really talking about Pikeville's skill players doesn't mean much. They could have Justin Jefferson out there and they are going to die before they throw it past the sticks.
I really think Pikeville fans (like Raceland fans) think *skill guys* are running backs only, not QBs, WRs, or TEs.