[Bob Seger]

Just an outsider opinion, to me, JC has underachieved in essentially every sport. Football is finally doing what it should do. Basketball looks like it may go on a nice little run. Baseball underachieved last year ultimately, but still was successful and baseball has been consistent at least the past 15 years. In basketball, JC's biggest competition has been a AA school (SV) and a A school in Paintsville. In baseball it has been two class A schools, Pikeville and Paintsville and recently a AAA Lawrence County.

It just seems the smaller schools have been getting more out of their numbers than JC does on a consistent basis. Realistically, Lawrence County is the only school in baseball that is close in size that is competitive most years. And basketball, random years will have Belfry, Pike Central, or East Ridge with good teams. So, JC is not alone in this boat. The bigger schools in the 15th, in relative comparison, do not as good of maximizing their numbers advantage. After 20 years of existence, Pike Central still has no boys' regional championships. For a school that size not to get one over two decades is incredible. East Ridge has 1 in about 10 years. Belfry does great in football, but not much besides some success in the early 90's in basketball. What Paintsville has done with its numbers, and Pikeville/Shelby Valley to a lesser extent (Paintsville is about 2/3 the size of Pikeville) is pretty impressive.
Johnson Central has top notch facilities, the most numbers, and a multitude of other resources. They should run this region in just about everything. Maybe they are about to, we will see.

True, but where would each have been, success wise, without the "magnet" effect over the years?