[BlackcatAlum]

I believe Breathitt beat Prestonsburg 12-7 earlier in the year. How was Prestonsburg successful at slowing down the Breathitt County offense?

The defensive formation we ran was the 4-3 and we played man to man coverage on there offense. The only thing that hurt us was the screens, and shovel passes, plus there line blew us of the ball almost everytime, and we relied on our linebackers and safeties to make tackles. But the thing that kept us in that game was that they couldn't hold onto the ball. We probably stripped it from them around three times and picked off Fugate once or twice, but there defense was just to quick and had more size and they had more players to rotate in and out, and we had most of our guys playing both sides of the ball. Thats what really killed us.

The Bobcats are very physical and they will hit you, they can also get to the ball quick. They are well coached and there staff knows what it takes to win games. If Russell calls the right plays then they should be able to make this a real good game, but if Russell doesn't make the right calls then that could really cost them come crunch time. There offensive line is big, and they know how to pass block, so it will be hard to get to Colby Fugate. I know most people are worried about there pass but they can run the ball just as good as anyone else Russell has faced.

Good Luck Devils!