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Bell Co is a VERY EXPERIENCED team this season returning 14 starters and 22 Seniors. Bell Co will be a very balanced team this year IMO. RB's Collett and Polly will lead the way.

3A Should be

1. Central
2. Bell Co
3. Belfry
4. Breathitt Co
5. PT

Bell should be ranked above all mountain teams untill a team knocks them off.

Fair enough point, Bell definitely has a clear case for the #2 ranking and quite the impressive resume over the years. But, I'll be your Huckleberry and play along.

Breathitt returns more starter's than Bell or Belfry from a pretty good team from last year who advanced as far as Bell did. In addition to returning starter's, they added an All-State caliber player on both sides of the ball in Shouse , as well as another starter in Cox. Whereas Belfry nd Bell each lost their primary offensive producer from last season, Bretahitt returns theirs in Trent, who may very well be the best player in 3A.

Belfry returns 14 starters as well from a team who came inches away from defeating a Central team which shut Bell out and won by 3TD's. Belfry also advanced to the 3A Finals (including a victory over previously mentioned Breathitt @ Jackson) whereas Bell was unable to advance past the Round of 16.

Since the argument is about ranking Bell ahead of Belfry and Breathitt specifically. What is Bell's record head to head against Belfry and Breathitt in this span of consecutive victories against Mountain teams? Furthermore, who has the best resume on a statewide level during this run.

I will let you pick from a blind comparison. Since 2006 (when Bell lost twice to Rock):

Team A
1 State Finals, Semi-Finals 3X, Quarterfinals 5X

Team B
1 State Finals, Semi-Finals Twice, Quarter Finals 5X

Team C
3 State Finals, Semi-Finals 5X, Quarterfinals 5X




Furthermore, why limit it to just 5 years? How about we use the same 3 teams over 10 years?

Team A
1 State Finals, Semi-Finals 4X, Quarterfinals 8X

Team B
2 State Finals, Semi-Finals 2x, Quarterfinals 6X

Team C
5 State Finals, Semi-Finals 8X, Quarterfinals 9X