[More Cowbell]

As I know it, here is how it goes:

Tuesday, Oct. 18th at 7 p.m., Pikeville plays at Shelby Valley, and then on Oct 22nd (Saturday), the Championship and consolation games will be played at Johns Creek. No time set for Saturday's games yet as of this writing.

Not quite sure how they worked this out, since I don't know the Johns Creek, Mullins, and East Ridge game schedules. Traditionally, #1 seeds get the bye, #2 plays #5, and #3 plays #4, or 2 plays 4 and 3 plays 5. I do know that Pikeville beat ER twice, Mullins twice, and SV once, and lost to JC twice and SV once, leaving them 5-3 in county play. Perhaps a fan from one of the other teams knows more about ER/Mullins/SV game results?

I don't think the schedule you mentioned would work out right. If the #1 got a bye, and the other four teams played in two games, then after those games you would still have three teams left, and how would that work out? I don't see how it would, unless the two winners played again, in effect giving the #1 seed a double bye. And that would be VERY unfair.

What makes a lot more sense is that they are using a traditional bracket setup. With five teams, the top three seeds would get a bye, and the #4 and #5 teams would meet in the first round. The semifinal round would be #2 playing #3, while the winner of the first round game would play the #1 seed.

Using this setup, it makes perfect sense that Valley and Pikeville would play against each other. Undefeated Johns Creek would have the #1 seed and play the winner between the #4 and #5 seeds, East Ridge and Mullins. Valley and Pikeville have the #2 and #3 seeds, and meet in the semifinal round. The winner of that game would advance to the championship game, most likely against Johns Creek.

Mind you, I don't really know exactly how it is set up, but just that it makes sense based on the records for each of the top 3 teams.