 The Blackcats are back and are looking to shake things up this season. After losing a significant amount of skill players last fall, Prestonsburg is hoping to make a comeback and reach the playoffs this season as EKB's Chris Atkins tells us more. After graduating eight seniors, the Prestonsburg Blackcats are looking to fill in the gaps with the offensive and defensive side of things in hopes of making a playoff run this season. You know, where we lost some of our seniors, we're just getting them out right now and coaches got certain kids for certain positions and we're looking at those right now but there's not a certain one in a certain position. I think we're going to see how they work this summer and how they come out to practice. Coming from where we are right here, we all obviously want to district championship because it would be awesome to take back to this small town. The Blackcats have some changes coming their way after losing a core part of their offense and defense in Dalton Frazier who will suit up for the Morehead State Eagles this fall. Dalton was a big part of our offense and a very strong kid, hard to bring down and had been like that for four years and now that he's gone, somebody's going to have to step up and carry the load but we've got three or four that can step into that road. Oh, we want to go out and win every game but realistically, we want to get better each week, work on the things we learned from last year and come out and play each week and get better and we may have one or two kids that surprises us and that's what we're hoping. Prestonsburg's first game of the season is set for August 19th on the road to Pikeville. Reporting in Prestonsburg for EKB News, I'm Chris Adkins. The Blackcats open up their season on the road to Pikeville next Friday, August 19th and EKB's TV Game of the Week. On the week of August the 27th will feature Prestonsburg and Sheldon Clark. Other matchups at the Blackcats schedule features are Hazard, Shelby Valley, Eastridge, Leslie County, Allen Central, Betsy Lane and Lawrence County.