Heard through the grapevine that Russell and Estill County were renewing their rivalry, starting next year with Estill traveling to Russell. I believe this has something to do with Russell and Raceland ending their rivalry

 

 

Anyone confirm or deny?

I heard the same thing, seems pretty reliable.

 

But, it does baffle me, Russell drops Raceland which yields a really good gate, a two mile drive, and great competition to prepare them for the post season to sign a contract with a team that is 130 miles away, and will have a fraction of the gate that Raceland/Russell yielded.

 

Wow.

I heard awhile back that Estill County was going back to the old school schedule. Not sure how accurate that is just something I had heard. Also heard that Madison Southern was dropping Garrard County and picking up Estill County

Also heard that Madison Southern was dropping Garrard County and picking up Estill County

 

It hasn't been guaranteed, but I have heard the same as you about Madison Southern/Garrard County.

 

As for Russell/Estill, it isn't inconceivable that they could meet up in the playoffs, along with their regular season game.

Other than a consistent cakewalk, I see no benefit for Russell.

It has came to my attention that Estill County has backed out and will not play Russell. Not sure what happened their.

Interesting, who will they try to schedule now?

They may play an 8 game schedule.

They may play an 8 game schedule.

 

To me there is no reason why the Greenup and Boyd county schools wouldn't all play each other every season. Obviously some of those games would be required district games, but if you played each other you are guaranteeing five local games that would either be a huge money maker (if home games) or a close travel game to provide a nice road crowd (if away games). Any argument against this is silly and counter-intuitive to what high school sports should be.

To me there is no reason why the Greenup and Boyd county schools wouldn't all play each other every season. Obviously some of those games would be required district games, but if you played each other you are guaranteeing five local games that would either be a huge money maker (if home games) or a close travel game to provide a nice road crowd (if away games). Any argument against this is silly and counter-intuitive to what high school sports should be.

I agree. It's silly.

To me there is no reason why the Greenup and Boyd county schools wouldn't all play each other every season. Obviously some of those games would be required district games, but if you played each other you are guaranteeing five local games that would either be a huge money maker (if home games) or a close travel game to provide a nice road crowd (if away games). Any argument against this is silly and counter-intuitive to what high school sports should be.

That is what we try to do, and yes they are usually good money games. After Russell dropped Raceland we have now renewed the series with Boyd County, added Coal Grove, OH and it looks like we will be adding Ironton, OH. We already play all the Greenup County and Boyd County Schools minus Russell now.

Russell not only dropped us (Raceland), they also dropped Ironton, OH from their schedule.

After speaking to a very good friend of mine, he has informed me that Russell still has Ironton on the schedule for 2013. Sorry for the erroneous post.