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14th Region Finals since Perry Central
1996 Breathitt County defeated Knott County Central at Knott County Central
1997 Perry County Central defeated Whitesburg at Perry County Central
1998 Hazard defeated Perry County Central at Powell County
1999 Perry County Central defeated Knott County Central at Breathitt County
2000 Perry County Central defeated Knott County Central at Hazard
2001 Hazard defeated Wolfe County at Knott County Central
2002 Whitesburg defeated Breathitt County at Perry County Central
2003 Powell County defeated Perry County Central at Powell County
2004 Perry County Central defeated Breathitt County at Breathitt County
2005 Perry County Central defeated Leslie County at Hazard
2006 Hazard defeated Jackson City at Knott County Central
2007 June Buchanan defeated Hazard at Letcher County Central
2008 Hazard defeated Perry County Central at Perry County Central
2009 Hazard defeated Perry County Central at Powell County
2010 Knott County Central defeated Perry County Central at Breathitt County

Perry County Central 5 Championships 10 Finals
Hazard 5 Championships 6 Finals
Knott County Central 1 Championship 4 Finals
Breathitt County 1 Championship 3 Finals

One thing that it seems people are forgetting is that Perry Central, as a school, is not very old. Any time a school consolidates, with the apparent exception of Letcher Central (except in Girl's Basketball), they are bound to have several consecutive years of success in just about everything they do. Perry Central, I believe, opened around 1996, meaning that it is around only 15 years old. When KCC first opened in the 1974-1975 school year, they won region, as well as several years after that. In fact, they won, I believe, 3 consecutive years at one point. As time fades, this success stream will fade as population fades, with each school having good years every so often. PCC is just starting to reach that end. KCC is 36 years old, and Hazard and Breathitt are even older. It is up to the individual schools as to whether or not this success will be maintained. Hazard has done an excellent job of maintaining it, as well as KCC, in more than just sports like basketball, but in everything they do. In fact, I believe Hazard def has the most region titles, with either Breathitt or Knott in 2nd.

In a few years, the entire region will go down hill and practically stay there if feeder programs do not improve. That's how Knott Co.'s football program was destroyed. When I was in middle school, our sports were taken just as, if not more, seriously, than high school athletics. I know we had more fans show up. If elementary sports are not worked with, then it will be a long new decade, maybe longer, for the 14th to send serious competition to state.