[new guy]

This is one of the best tournaments in the Mountains during the regular season.The Classic is being held at John C. Combs Arena this season which is the home of the Perry Central Commodores.Whats everyone's thought on this years?

Shelby Valley-Defending Champs.
Perry Central- 14th Region Runners-up last season.
Hazard Bulldogs-Most think is the fav in the 14th this season.
Betsy Layne-Has a legit chance at winning the 15th.
Knott Central- Defending 14th Region Champs.
Letcher Central- Could be one of biggest surprise teams in the Mts.
Clay County- The Fav to win the 13th IMO and returns one the best athletes in the Mts in Hooker.
Bell Co- 15 win season last season and only lost 3 seniors but returns the #1 player in the region in Madon.

This may be the most balanced tourney in quite a while. I think there are quite a few teams that could win.
I think the favorites are Perry, Hazard,Knott, Clay and Bell. I think the other teams have a good shot at a good season also but my only question mark of the group is SV. They had a unbelievable run last year and made all of East Ky proud of them. However, I think they will be rebuilding this year after losing a special group.
1. Perry will always compete with a great coach like Hatcher.
2. Hazard has alot of talent returning and a great incoming class of freshman that are local kids plus got a great transfer in Matt Thompson. They would have been more scary if the Whitaker kid that transferred from Leslie had got eligible.
3. I have not seen this Betsy Layne group play but hear good things about them so this may be a year they have a good shot to win the region.
4. knott central returns a great group of players for first year coach BB King and the question for them is how well Davis comes back from ACL surgery. Roberts Slone and Davis are starters that return and they have a good 2 guard in Seth Adams who may be the best 3 point shooter in the region.
5. Clay co will be really good and could have won the region last year if Hooker had not got hurt playing football. He is a very talented athlete and if healthy could lead Clay to their first regional title in quite a while. They also have a first year coach in Robert Marcum who was a great player at Clay and the all time leading scorer at ALC.
6. Bell returns alot of experience off a good team from last year and could make some waves this year also.
Good luck to all teams in a loaded field.