[Hatz]

In this case it does.

1987 Pikeville is the strongest 1A team of all-time. Mayfield is a fine program and a better program than Pikeville, but this one isn't even close. Mayfield has had some stellar teams... Some maybe even among the Top 10 overall beat teams in the State in their respective year. That is a crazy accomplishment.

With that said there has never been a Mayfield team who could be considered among the Top 3 teams in KY, let alone possibly as the best overall team. This Pikeville team was NATIONALLY RANKED. There have been probably less than 10-15 teams TOTAL in Kentucky History who could attest to that fact and none of them are named Mayfield.

This team was even so good that USA Today did a full profile piece on them.

To say Mayfield would beat them is a major stretch, to say Mayfield would blow them out hurts credibility.

Went back and looked and though they were Class A size and playing AA, Mayfield was ranked number 1 in all classes in 1978.

Lit rankings, not tat they are the end all, showed the Pikeville team in '87 as 12th overall regardless of class.

Pikeville was 7th overall in Lit in 1988.


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