Final per the update thread.

Tip of the cap to the Raiders coaching staff, tough situation which they’ve had to endure for the past month and after a loss to Calloway County last week in bad fashion it was pleasant to see the fight these Raiders showed tonight. The inability to punch the ball in the 1H caught up to this WE bunch but the explosion was there, I touched on how awful the run game looked at the beginning of the season and SR Jeremiah Lee has started finding lanes and exploding, very impressive work from that young man. Defensively, not much to say, same story just a different week in the season, schematically it’s vulnerable at times but the real problem is they can’t tackle the ball carrier.

Franklin seemed stunned in the 2H as if they thought WE was just going to give up. Their offense did what it wanted, was nice to see others involved rather than a heavy dosage of McPherson.

The Raiders host their long time district rival Allen County Scottsville next Friday while Franklin Simpson will be at Shadetree taking on the Lakers of Calloway County.

FS seems like they can score but they don’t really stop anyone. Oddly enough it seems like their best defensive game of the season was against Paducah.

12 minutes ago, Tkinslow said:

FS seems like they can score but they don’t really stop anyone. Oddly enough it seems like their best defensive game of the season was against Paducah.

I’ve always thought the way Franklin Simpson aligns their defense that they leave too many windows to throw the ball into. A team like East that lives and dies off the dink and dunk offense just picked them apart, they tried to start widening out their LB’s and started getting gashed up the middle. Still think they’re a good football team, just need to watch some film and spruce up some things before they meet Logan County in a few weeks.

Franklin still on track to host a playoff game!  Would be a nice accomplishment I think.

For East, I agree with @TheBallCoach, the fight they came with tonight was very admirable.  Just a tough hand the Raiders have drawn this season, but they have kept fighting.  I hope they keep it up!

I figured this would be a closer game than most expected. FS just doesn’t have much size in the defensive line and it showed last night. Their defensive philosophy is to sit back and play zone and hope you make a mistake by having to make several plays to score instead of one big play. FS has been pretty good at forcing turnovers but not last night. We have two huge sophomore linemen but they rarely play defense. They anchor the offensive line and I understand that the coaches are trying to keep them from getting too tired to block late in games. FS will have to win high-scoring games which has worked out ok so far.
 

East put forth a great effort. If they had run the ball more in the first half they may have won the game. Isable had some great escapes and made some good throws to keep drives alive. Lee absolutely shredded the FS defense in the second half. They have come a long way from the years when we could automatically count on the Warren East game as a win for FS. It’s become a good rivalry game. I hate that they have had turmoil in their coaching situation, but they responded very well last night.