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Pillsbury & Cline - we aren't down any from last year (read on).

Cline - yeah, but 21-0 was only 2 quarters.

Pills - We always start "this early" - KY is actually starting a week later this year.

That said, yeah, we're STILL down. We were in the state semis in '02 with 10 wins, lost the Regional title in 2003 to a team whose star player is in the NFL now (Ahmad Bradshaw - NY Giants), and went 9-1 in 2004 before the bottom fell out. We opened the playoffs at home against a team we'd beat 2 weeks earlier and got shut out. Went 2-8 in 2005, and, I know you'll find this EXTREMELY hard to believe, but our ONLY win last year was against, let's see, some ranked, undefeated Ky. team.

We're starting 4 Frosh this year, and from what I heard at the Hurley game Sat. night, looked fair vs. a Haysi team that's picked to win their District (but won't - long story). Had a really bad start and was down 21-0 just 5:00 in, which makes it hard to keep focused the rest of the way. They had 3 TD's of 45+ yards - 1 running, 1 passing, 1 punt ret. Top 3 rushers were 260 on 16 for an avg. of 16 ypc.

No one's expecting us to do much this year, and all eyes are on our closest District rival, which won state last year, so I don't see a big push behind the boys. Considering ER is looking to make some history, I'd have to give them the edge by a TD.