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Well, these are my first official rankings of the 15th Region season. One week of basketball is in the books and it was interesting to say the least. I posted my last rankings at a strange time and I have no clue why, but from now on they’ll be ready by Sunday morning. Some teams still haven’t played, and it’s hard to judge at this point but here goes…

1. Paintsville – They lost to Lawrence County by two, but it’s young in the season and they are still the favorites to win despite what some may say. They have the most talent and the best coach.

2. South Floyd – Big win VS. Johnson Central lands South Floyd the #2 spot, and though I don’t think they are the 2nd best team overall in the region, they got it done the other night and I can’t say anything bad about that.

3. Johnson Central – A loss to a decent South Floyd team isn’t the end of the world. I’m not clear on how much McCarty played in the loss but in my opinion this team has the 2nd most talent in the region, but they lost and this lands them a big #3 spot.

4. Belfry – A nice win over Perry Central puts Belfry here. I’m unclear on how good Perry Central is, but I know that Maynard and Case are a great combo and could make this team very dangerous.

5. Shelby Valley – Not too much to say with a win over David School, and most likely Cordia today (Don’t know the score), but with Riddle (Mitchell and Cade) they could make some noise.

6. Sheldon Clark – Lost a tough overtime game to a very good Pike Central team. Nothing to hang their heads about and they’ll rebound back I’m sure.

7. Pike County Central – Big win over a good Cardinal team. Brad Lowe finished with 38 points. You don’t stop him. You don’t win.

8. Prestonsburg – No games yet, plays Magoffin this week so we’ll go from there.

9. Lawrence County – A lot of you will criticize me for this ranking of Lawrence, but one game doesn’t sky-rocket you all the way to the top. We’ll see if that happens after this week in part 2 of Paintsville VS. Lawrence Co.

10. East Ridge – No games yet, they’ve got 3 cupcakes on the schedule for next week so they will be 3-0 going into next week’s rankings.

11. Betsy Layne – Lost to Magoffin County which hurt their moral to start the season and lost a close one to Letcher Central tonight. They’re better than what they’re playing right now but need to get it together.

12. Magoffin County – Got a huge win for them over Betsy Layne, but then fool around and lose to a not so good Cumberland team. They have Prestonsburg this week so we’ll see how good they are.

13. Allen Central – Lost to Knott County Central by 12, but put up some points so we’ll see next week when they play Pike Central and Betsy Layne.

14. Phelps – I was really excited about Phelps because they returned a lot and I figured they’d be pretty good, but Jenkins beat them by double digits.Ouch.

15. Pikeville – No games yet, and play JBS this week.

16. Piarist – Been around longer than David School so they’re 16th

17. The David School – Already on their way to being the new Piarist, maybe even worse. And that’s saying something.

That’s that…We can agree to disagree so go ahead and have a blast.

i totally agree