#2 Raceland welcomes in its rival Paintsville for the district championship. Racelands only loss is to 5A Highlands. Raceland is averaging close to 48 points per game. The defense is only giving up about 12 points per game. Paintsville comes into this matchup at a very odd 4-4 on the season. The offense is averaging 26 points per game, while the defense is giving up 26 points per game. 
 

Here is the series. 
 

Sep 18,1998 Raceland28 Paintsville14 District Game

Sep 3, 1999 Paintsville18 Raceland16

Sep 1, 2000 Paintsville38 Raceland14

Aug 22, 2003 Raceland20 Paintsville6

Aug 20, 2004 Paintsville34 Raceland14

Oct 12, 2007 Raceland54 Paintsville30

Oct 17, 2008 Raceland51 Paintsville12

Oct 21, 2011 Raceland47 Paintsville0

Oct 19, 2012 Raceland57 Paintsville0

Oct 25, 2013 Raceland32 Paintsville10

Nov 15, 2013 Raceland42 Paintsville122013 Class 1A Russell Athletic/KHSAA Commonwealth Gridiron Bowl 

Oct 24, 2014 Raceland32 Paintsville0

Nov 21, 2014 Raceland32 Paintsville212014 Class 1A Russell Athletic/KHSAA Commonwealth Gridiron Bowl 

Oct 23, 2015 Paintsville50 Raceland7

Nov 13, 2015 Paintsville20 Raceland152015 Class 1A Russell Athletic/KHSAA Commonwealth Gridiron Bowl 

Oct21,2016 Paintsville27 Raceland21(overtime)

Nov 18, 2016 Paintsville21 Raceland14 2016 Class 1A Russell Athletic/KHSAA Commonwealth Gridiron Bowl 

Oct 20, 2017 Paintsville32 Raceland18

Nov 17, 2017 Raceland31 Paintsville14 2017 Class 1A Russell Athletic/KHSAA Commonwealth Gridiron Bowl 

Oct 19, 2018 Paintsville6 Raceland0

Nov 16, 2018 Raceland14 Paintsville72018 Class 1A KHSAA Commonwealth Gridiron Bowl 

Oct 25, 2019 Paintsville19 Raceland15

Nov 15, 2019 Paintsville32 Raceland18 2019 Class 1A 2019 UK Orthopaedics/KHSAA Commonwealth Gridiron Bowl 

Oct 23, 2020 Raceland23 Paintsville20

Nov 27, 2020 Paintsville28 Raceland21 2020 Class 1A 2020 UK Orthopaedics State Football Finals (overtime)

Oct 22, 2021 Raceland36 Paintsville19

Nov 12, 2021 Raceland28 Paintsville14

Raceland leads this series since 1998 14-12.

Who wins this district championship matchup? Does Raceland wins the district championship on its new turf field? Does Paintsville come in and steal it?

I think Raceland rolls in this one, the big matchup will be meeting Pikeville in the playoffs

This is also Kroger KSR game of the week.Exciting  times in Ram land.

Bump.

RC Cola game running clock.

My knee jerk on this game is Raceland, big. But it's risky picking a decisive winner anytime these two get together. If Raceland or Paintsville don't get up for any other game on their schedule, they'll get up for this one. 

Raceland took care of the Tigers twice last season by multiple scores. The Rams are better this year than last, and Paintsville appears to be running in place. I'm not going to commit to a running clock, but there should be no doubt by game's end who runs that district this year.

 

Rams roll.  I doubt the Tigers can stop the running clock this year.  

Halftime

Raceland 10

Paintsville 0

 

Not the slightest bit surprised this is a game at the half. These two get after each other.