Final.

Congrats to the Red Devils.

Russell stable of backs made it look easy with the help of the O-line. The Defense played very well.

The Russell punt game could use some work but overall excellent game.

Good Luck to Raceland the rest of the season.

Super proud of the Devils tonight. They seemed locked in from the opening kick and never let up. Heighton's injury has to be noted, but Russell was putting it to the Rams before he exited the game. Certainly hope he's okay. Good kid from a good family and a heck of a QB.

 

I don't want to get too carried away, but this Russell bunch looks good. They're big up front with a really solid group of backs that run hard. At some point they're probably going to encounter someone that will force them to throw to win, and that's not the strength of this team. But they'll cross that bridge when they come to it.

 

The defense looks early on like one of the better units in 3A. The front seven, especially, looked outstanding tonight. No running room to be found for Raceland RBs.

 

Big challenge awaits next week at Ironton.

The Russell punt game could use some work but overall excellent game.

 

They really missed Wilburn out there tonight. Those punts were awful and kept Raceland in good field position. Fortunately the defense bailed them out time after time.

Who was it for Russell that got hurt in pregame? Coach Maynard mentioned that on the post game show, it sounded like he said Blake Stump? Whoever it was he said they tore an acl.

Who was it for Russell that got hurt in pregame?

 

Blake Stump. From what I could tell, it didn't look good.

Blake Stump. From what I could tell, it didn't look good.

 

Dang, I hate that for the kid. He has some bad luck.

Wow!!

After going back and watching the game again, Heighton left the game earlier than I initially realized. Raceland was already one dimensional enough with no running game, but without Heighton they were severely limited in what they could do tonight. That'll be an interesting development to follow if he misses an extended period of time.

After going back and watching the game again, Heighton left the game earlier than I initially realized. Raceland was already one dimensional enough with no running game, but without Heighton they were severely limited in what they could do tonight. That'll be an interesting development to follow if he misses an extended period of time.

 

From what I understand he broke his collarbone. That was what the Russell broadcast said.

I am just now getting online due to health problems this weekend. A person knows I feel terrible when I didn't even get a chance to listen to the game at all.

As for what I thought might be a game ended up not. I talked to a couple of people that shoot straight, tell it like it is and what I was fearing about this years Rams showed itself. Raceland has very little running game if any. We do have some experience plus speed at the receiving positions but if the QB doesn't have time to get the ball to them it matters nothing. Russell is very good on both lines and as all should know, that determines W / L in most if not all games regardless of what team it is. Russell dominated both O and D line play, blowing the Rams completely off the ball. Raceland with little to no running game at all gave Russell the advantage of keying on rushing Heighton along with providing more emphasis on our Rams receivers. Russell was very well prepared and it showed. Russell is a very good team and imo may make a decent run in their playoffs. Kudos to the Red Devils players and their fans :thumb:, you were definitely the better team last night.

Back to our guys at Raceland. With little game experience, the Rams are going to go thru some growing pains this season and it started with this one. A Sr. stacked backfield of Lacks, Adkins and Atkins (as well as him at WR and at DB) from last season is obviously sorely missed. Those rb's chewed up yards and also provided a lot of blocking for the other as well along with a very strong, experienced line. Hopefully coach Sammons and staff will make adjustments needed without a very good, experienced Hieghton at QB. Hopefully this team will pull together, get blocking schemes worked out and our promising yet young qb will pick things up along with the rest of this team and will be a better football team by when it matters most …… district time. I think that they will do just that.

 

No whining or excuses here in Ramblerville, we got butts whipped by a better football team … end of story.

Prayers go out for Hieghton on recovering from what I am hearing is a pretty significant injury. Possible cracked / broken collar bone, no official word until all test are ran and results back.

Edited September 1, 20197 yr by oldrambler

Heighton's mom tweeted out his collarbone was broke, and they go to the doctor Thursday to decide on surgery or not.