MARK MAYNARD: Rough weekend for teams in area

Columns

Discussion

November 20, 2009

Anonymous The Daily Independent Fri Nov 20, 2009, 06:18 AM EST

It’s almost Thanksgiving and four area teams are still playing football.

That’s the good news.

But the bad news is that most of them will be having Thanksgiving dinner with their families — and not their football teams.

My predictions don’t paint a very pretty picture for tonight’s three games involving Kentucky teams or Saturday’s game in Nelsonville, Ohio, involving Ironton.

After tonight, it’s basketball season.

Of course, I’ve been wrong before.

And away we go …

Playoffs week 3

Lexington Christian 45, Raceland 13: Rams have done a great job in reaching the Class A regional championship game again. But this Raceland team, like the others before them, won’t get to the state semifinals. Rams shouldn’t feel bad about the loss though because LCA is steaming toward a state championship.

The good news for Raceland? They won’t have to face the likes of Lucas Witt, Dominque Hayden and Brandon Burdette again. For that, they should be thankful.

Highlands 49, Johnson Central 22: The Golden Eagles have had an amazing turnaround from an 0-4 start but the journey ends in Fort Thomas tonight.

Like Raceland, Johnson Central should be proud for making it this far. I’m not sure anybody expected the Golden Eagles to be playing for the Class 5A regional championship.

And like Raceland, Central is likely going to lose to the eventual state champion. Highlands has one of the best teams in its amazing history and a state title seems an almost foregone conclusion.

Hail to the champions!

Bell County 28, Lawrence County 6: Defending state champion Bell County loves to play power football. The Bobcats are able to beat the Bulldogs at their own game in the Class 4A regional championship.

Bell County has plenty of firepower, too, and that speed will be Lawrence County’s undoing. But the Bulldogs can walk off the field with pride after accomplishing the best turnaround in Kentucky history.

Lawrence County went from 0-11 to 12-1, if the Bulldogs lose tonight. Even though both of those seasons ended with a loss on Log Mountain, that’s about where the similarities end.

Bell County will have to beat a former Bulldog to get back to the finals. Look for the Bobcats to play Boyle County, led by former Lawrence County star Boone Goldsmith, in next week’s semifinals.

Coschocton 21, Ironton 14: The Fighting Tigers have had a nice playoff run, too. That’s not surprising since coach Bob Lutz has that winning formula pretty much down to an exact science.

But Ironton won’t be able to match up with Coschocton in the regional finals. Look for a battle to the end.

MARK MAYNARD can be reached at mmaynard@dailyindependent.com or (606) 326-2648.

Text Only

Columns

Katie Brandenburg: Finding the explorer spirit: 2/10/11
I say I like to explore, but really I’ve never done anything of the sort.

February 9, 2012
Mark Maynard: Charles will be in charge: 2/9/12
It was at least mildly interesting a couple of weeks ago when the deadline for filing for local elected offices came and went without much fanfare.

February 8, 2012
John Cannon: After passion, love still grows: 2/8/12
While a naive student at Morehead State University more than 40 years ago, my then girlfriend made me an offer I could not refuse. It was only later that I learned I should have refused it.

February 7, 2012
Cathie Shaffer: All that’s old is new again: 02/07/12
Every night before I go to bed, I click on my electric blanket. There’s nothing I like better on a cold — OK, lately, it’s been coolish — night than a nice, warm bed.

February 7, 2012
Tim Preston: Art downtown, ‘hippie’ soap, Valentine’s and living-dead machines: 02/05/12
I’m not certain this is anything that could be classified as a trend, although I have noticed something in downtown Ashland I am compelled to encourage.

February 6, 2012
Freeways to freedom
Last week, while driving to South Shore, I glanced at the dealer placard on the car ahead of me on the Jesse Stuart Bridge.

February 6, 2012
Lee Ward: 02/05/2012 — Dieting is a man's world
A male coworker is dieting, apparently for the first time.

February 5, 2012
Katie Brandenburg: Finding a time machine: 2/3/12
My grandmother once told me a story about a boy she grew up with who built a time machine in his family’s shed.

February 2, 2012
John Cannon: Not a chore but a true labor of love: 2/1/12
It was a slow and tedious task, but it was anything but work.

January 31, 2012
Cathie Shaffer: A whiff of the past: 1/31/12
It occurred to me, as I listened to a conversation about today’s home medical treatments versus yesterday’s, that one big factor is the smell.

January 31, 2012
More Columns Headlines

Columns

Search Results

Discussion

MARK MAYNARD: Rough weekend for teams in area

Site Map

Contact Us