[Ref Devil]

Russell has now officially played 2 good teams this season. Not GREAT teams but a good team in Ashland and a pretty good Corbin team. Russell had Corbin down bad early and let them creep back in and hang around. Corbin's hard schedule had them ready to hang around and Russell's schedule allowed Corbin to hang around. Nobody should be more thankful than Russell for the new playoff alignment cause it could have been Mercer and the Russell ride would be over. Russell's cupcakes cost them next week. "We played the same teams last year" before you even start that, Russell's district this season was the weakest 2a district in the state.

It didn't hurt to bad tonight against a VERY,VERY good Corbin team. We did play the same schedule last year when we won it all and 90% of the players on this team were on last year's team. You don't think about that though, this team has been through very tough games and are a seasoned team. I think this game was good for them though after having a weak district this year, other than Fleming. I think it will better prepare Russell for a tough Belfry team but I don't think the weak district will be an issue since this team is so seasoned.