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the center of the region is the 54th district. Wolfe is about 50 miles from Hazard and Jenkins is about 55 miles from Hazard. Estill, Powell, Lee and Owsley are 80-95 miles from Hazard, totally ridiculous! And when Jenkins closes which it won't be long, it will even shorten the distance from Letcher to Hazard. The 56th would be better playing the teams down that way like they do in baseball and football.

You need to re-take Geography 101.Owsley is not 80 or 90 miles from Hazard. It's 48 miles from Booneville to Hazard, as close as Jenkins is to Hazard. Beattyville in Lee County is about 50 miles from Hazard.

I agree that Hazard is the center of the region, and that Powell and Estill are a good distance from Hazard, or Hindman. But some schools in every region are going to be a long distance from the center. Estill used to be in the 11th region back in the 1970s, and in that region they were the farthest team to visit for other 11th region teams because they were located in the far southeastern section of the region. Well, they finally got in the 10th region, but they were no better off. They were the farthest team located in the southern part of that region. They made it to the region one year at Mason County and the tournament program had a write-up on each participating team, except for Estill. All it said was ,"We know very little about Estill County." They never played in that area of the region because of distance.

If you put Estill in the 12th region they then become the most northeastern team in that region. Now they're in the 14th and they (and Powell) are the most northwestern schools in that region. Any region you put Estill or Powell in, they will have to travel a long way to play games, as will regional teams visiting their gyms. They have to be a a region somewhere...the 14th is as good as any. Why penalize them because they are at the confluence of 4 regions.