Pick-six

Fleming County locks up 2nd place in the district with this win.

West wins big. Pendleton is improved but West is solid on defense and has too much speed on offense.

I think Fleming is getting back some of the players that missed the West Carter game. They need everyone healthy for the home stretch.

Hard to believe Russell is not in the top 15.

Big district implications in this game. If Fleming County wins they will be 2nd in the district. If Bath wins, it could come down to a tie breaker again. I am going with the Panthers at home.

Is this game on the radio? Streamed on the internet?

The winner will get a bye

Big win for the Panthers! Russell physically roughed them up last week! I think I counted 7 guys in jeans on the sideline. I know the Facebook page said they started 4 new kids on defense this week due to injuries. Big win to keep them in the hunt for a home playoff game! West Carter played their tails off! I was impressed with their team.

Might be the same story for both teams! I think this could be a good game. The question will be if West can shut down Fleming's offense like Russell did.

They are one of the best defensive teams I have seen in a long time. Their overall team speed and aggressiveness was very impressive. I have watched high school football for years (including state championship teams) and their defense is as good as any I have seen. I know people don't think of Fleming County as a power house, but they have a solid offense this year. Russell completely took them out of their game. If they can continue to improve on offense they will be a contender this year. The bad thing for them is they will have to play Belfry in the regional finals. I watched Boyle play Danville and was no where near as impressed with them as Russell. Also, Ashland scored 1 time on them late in the game. Not sure how Russell struggled with their athletes.

I have to go with Bath County in this one. I think they have more team speed.

Yes

I think they were going to be down regardless of who the coach was. Talent level is low in upper classes. Freshman group is solid. There are more kids on the roster this year than in the past so not really sure that kids didn't play because of the coaching change but there is clearly still animosity towards Coach Graham being gone.

Who gets their second district win? Fleming comes in after an embarrassing showing against Russell and West Carter is coming off a win over Bath County. Will this be a repeat of last year's beat down by West Carter or does Fleming County get back on track?

Fleming losing 14 Waller early in the game and 26 Clark late in the game are huge for this team. I hope they are not seriously hurt and will return soon.

Your receivers made great catches tonight. The TD catch by 10 where he went over 15 from Fleming and then tipped ball that was caught on your sideline were huge catches.

Hats off to Russell. They physically whipped and dominated Fleming County tonight. Fleming County got nothing going offensively and gave Russell too many opportunities on a short field. Good luck to Russell the rest of the season.

Whats worse is when refs say it was an uncatchable pass!

Rowan has a good group of freshman right now. I think that group could have some success when they get to be juniors and seniors. The problem is, how many of those kids will stick it out until then. Kids want to win right now and often don't have the long range vision to take some lumps now and win later.

West SHOULD win.

It is in Eastern Ky for sure.

Fleming and Russell should be a great game. Both teams are playing well defensively. Fleming's starting defense has only given up 2 touchdowns this season and their defense overall has only given up 3 touchdowns.

Fleming County's offense gets a lot of attention and rightfully so but their defense has played tough as well. Their starting defense has only given up 2 touchdowns all year, those being to Greenup (Greenup also had a field goal and an Int return and KO return). The Estill TD was on a fumble return and the Rowan TD was late in the game against several reserves.

Just looking at the score of the Fleming vs Greenup game is deceiving. Greenup didn't really light Fleming up. They got points off turnovers and special teams. Also, that same team held Russell to 7 points and Fleming scored 30 on them.

Maybe not! That was what Fleming thought last year and then West Carter beat them.