[skyhawk14]

North and South will be ok... They both play several middle schoolers and in South case three freshman also. These things just cycle. Laurel county started elementary bball 4 years back to help against this issue, now these girls are freshman and the middle school is loaded. You have to remember that this is a crazy year in the 13th and 4 teams at least (Whitley, Bell, Corbin, Barbourville) have 4 or more seniors that have been starting or playing major roles since they were in middle school. For these mentioned schools, "this was the year" they have all been pointing towards to win the region and it shows as any one of them could compete against anyone across the state. Problem is only one team can win... Everyone pretty much agrees this is the best the 13th has ever been as a whole with 5/6 contenders. North and South just picked a bad time to have transition years. That being said, you look at South schedule it has been brutal having played 7 games against the top 5 senior led teams mentioned. They will win some games this year but when you play Whitley 3 times, Bell, Corbin, and Harlan all twice just in the regular season, along with a very hard non region schedule they are going to take some beat downs... Some of you are acting as if this was a surprise, everyone who knew anything about the 13th could have just about predicted in the preseason only 7, 8 wins each for North and South this year based on their schedule. Moreover, I would bet that the other coaches in the 13thSerena (2014 film won't be breaking their necks to schedule North or South in the next 4,5, years with the young talent they have in the pipeline...