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Agree. You have to beat the man to be the man. I’ll stay with the Tomcats at #1. Returning 3 starters with a stacked JV team last year to fill the spots. Boyd barely made the finals last year. A lot of eyes on their coaching staff too. Curious to see who will call the shots! ?

This article was very well written. Very good preview. I would have put the Tomcats at 1 for the team top 10 but this was a good read. Thanks.

Saw him play in the state tournament last year. He is a nice player.

I ordered my copy online and got it in the mail in 4 days.

I think the Musketeers will win this one.

Highlands by 2 Touchdowns

Is the game at Pikeville or Raceland?

This sounds like Bath Co. Coach Perry over there making moves! Not sure how long it will last, but definitely making moves! Lol. Stay tuned this is a ticking time bomb!

This will be awesome.

I believe he played at Greenup as an 8th grader under Coach Amis. He has been at Ashland since 8th grade. He never went to high school at Greenup. Not sure what the relevance of his brother being a Musketeer means in this post.

Congrats to Coach Evans. Happy for him.

Where will they build the new school?

Congrats. Nice player.

I hear a lot of people saying that cost is one of the main negatives for getting the shot clock. Does anyone know how much it will actually cost? I can't imagine it being that expensive. I don't know the answer but would like to hear a number to see if that is a valid reason against getting a shot clock.

All I heard today was Coach Bonner. Didn’t hear interim or acting Coach one time. It appears that they removed it. Coach Bonner deserves that. Definitely should remain the coach of the Tomcats.

Who else is going? Give us your inside scoop!

I was curious to see how this game would go. Morgan has really turned around from last year. They have a good team and I think they return almost everyone. The Tomcats were on another level. The Deboard kid is a shifty guard and the Carter kid is on another level than the rest of the region. He has some D1 offers as a Sophomore and I would say that they are the first of many. Hat Tip to MyTownTV and Kool TV for streaming the games for those of us that were unable to make the games. Very much appreciated.

Very confusing post. Still can’t justify the rankings. All signs lead to the Tomcats. Or the “Mighty” Tomcats as you call them.

Out of that entire post you keyed on the word hate. You still didn’t explain the justification of the ranking. So I will use a less aggressive word for you. “The dislike is real.” Lol

Boyd has beat Ashland 1 time since 2019. Ashland won the first matchup by 13 and Boyd won the second by 8. Ashland is #1 seed in the 64th district. Interesting how they would be even considered to be ranked higher than the Tomcats. The hate is real!

Glad I was able to talk to Coach Hardin last year at the KOB. Great man and great coach.

You literally took everything I posted and made it a pity party for yourself. The entire point that I was making went over your head. The rankings that you were posting about were for middle school. You do know that right? Some of the kids on that list may not even play high school ball. Sorry that I upset you.

Coast 2 Coast Preps, MSHTV, CP3 and all the rest of the pay to play rankings are cool and give you a look at young talent but are not official rankings. Those are meat market camps that are all chasing the dollar. 247 and Rivals are also jaded to some extent but are more valid that these junior camps. The 8th grader from Russell is a very good player and I hope he bounces back from his injury 100% healthy. Let's just let the young man work hard and develop without adults putting undue pressure on him to live up to "way to early rankings." One player doesn't win a district title or get you to the regional tournament. He is good now and could potentially be one of the best ones to come out of Russell but just stop with the pressure. He is only in the 8th grade!

I disagree. Your High School coach is where your recruiting should originate. Your AAU team in the summer should be in place to supplement what is being built in your High School program. If the high school coach is doing his or her job, they will be the major driver of a player’s recruitment. I did not say that he needs Ashland. I said that Russell needs to play good teams to get better. Stop making it an Ashland thing. You spun that out of context. This young man is a good player. It would be a shame if he doesn’t get to play state caliber teams during the season. Run from no one in the season.