Good road win for the Raiders. The Raiders improve to 3-0 in district play and have won their 8th straight district game going back to Oct. of 2022.

East Carter has so much to be proud of with what they accomplished and that's an incredible statistic to share. Coach Tim Champlin has taken that program to another level. Just to show the win totals and how they improved over his first few seasons:

• 2016: 2-8
• 2017: 4-6
• 2018: 5-5
• 2019: 7-4
• 2020: 4-3 (COVID year)
• 2021: 10-3 (East Carter's first ever state semi appearance)
• 2022: 6-5 (Lost a lot from that 2021 team, still was competitive with Ashland who made final 4)
• 2023: 9-3 (Regional finalist, 2 points in OT away from beating state finalist Bell County)
• 2024: 5-2 (As 16thBBall Fan mentioned, 8 straight district wins and counting)

East Carter has come a long, long way under Tim Champlin. A down year for them now is 5-5 and them being a serious threat to whoever they play in the first round of the state tournament. Having been on a Fleming County game this season, they are 1-6 but not a bad 1-6 team that is only four years removed from back-to-back regional final appearances. The capability is there for them to surprise somebody as they have a couple of quick, shifty backs and that big fullback, Aiden Johnson, is a load to handle up the middle. Good win for East Carter and as long as they respect and don't overlook a scrappy Lewis County team while Russell does the same against a Bath County team that can put up points, we could have an exciting 3A district 6 final coming up in a couple of weeks.