Clay eager to pass playoff test

DAILY MAIL SPORTS EDITOR

Clay County is looking forward to the Class AA football playoffs,where it hopes some nagging questions will be answered. Like, justhow good are the Panthers? Really?

Sure, Clay compiled an impressive 10-0 regular season, the firstin school history. But not one of the Panthers' defeated foes is inpostseason play.

It's not surprising that Clay outscored its opponents an averageof 40-7 per game this season.

"We really don't know how good we are, to be honest with you,"said Clay Coach Ron Sirk, whose third-rated Panthers play No. 14Winfield (7-3) at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Nicholas County High inSummersville in a first-round playoff …