is russell now 3A? When I graduated in 1998 I think they still were...either way usually they get stuck in a pretty tough regional...in fact in 1995 they hosted one of the best regionals (at least souvenir wise) it had all sorts of tough teams in the mix...Russell, Abilene, Concordia(state champ that year) Colby and a few others...I like the Russell guys...I wish them the best.