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I was hoping someone would bring this up. First of all I never said anything about dominated..but did point Belfry has a clear edge.

The competition in the West was stronger? How so? Who was Bell playing those years before Central that was so strong?

In 2011 Bell beat a winless Etown and a mediocre Wayne County who wasn't even a Top 15 team in 3A that year. They then lost 26-0 to Central

In 2011 Belfry's playoff path consisted of also beating a 13-0 Breathitt County team (Ranked #3 that year) and a red hot Garrard team that was a Top 10 team on the road. Belfry then lost 15-14 to Central in a game that was a complete tossup. Not only did Belfry play Central much better than Bell, they actually validated their path by beating teams to get to that game.

In 2012 Bell beat a 1-10 Etown then a 6-6 mediocre Larue County before HOSTING a Central team that was missing their starting QB and RB. They lost 14-10.

Belfry beat a 13-0 Breathitt (Ranked #4) and then beat a 14-0 Bourbon County (Ranked #5) before literally losing to Central on a missed XP on a Neutral Field. Once again.. Belfry earned a meeting with Central by beating two of the better teams in 3A..Bell cake walked into their matchup. Oh how Belfry would have loved to play Central missing their top two playmakers at CAM Stadium.


In 2013 do we really even need to address and compare a down Bell team with the 3A State Champs?

Bell once again beat up on Etown before losing to the weakest Central team of the past 6 or 7 years. Belfry defeated a 13-0 Bourbon County (Ranked #3) and then beat the #2 14-0 Wayne County team who had not only beat Central..but waxed Bell in the regular season 41-6.

Are there a higher quantity of 3A's better teams on the West side? Definitely!

But that isn't a factor in this debate whatsoever because Bell wasn't playing those teams. All we can judge is that Bell played Central those years and in both cases where both teams played Central Belfry gets the edge for the matchup... and then 2013 is a no brainer.

First of all I'm not trying to argue, I respect all your posts and find great insight in most. However, we just don't share the same opinion on this topic. Below is a list of the road these teams had in the playoffs. You can't talk about Bell playing weak and act like Belfry Didn't either.

Bell 2010 Belfry 2010
Boyd 1-10 West Carter 7-4
Lawrenece 9-3 Mason 10-2
Knox Central 10-3 Russell 7-6
Boyle 15-0 Somerset 13-1

Bell 2011 Belfry 2011
E'town 0-11 Jackson 1-10
Wayne 9-3 Lawrence 5-7
Central (Champs) Breathitt 12-1

Bell 2012 Belfry 2012
E'town 1-10 KCC 2-9
Larue 6-6 Lawrence 5-7
Central (Champs) Breathitt 12-1

I personally would rather have Belfry's path each of these years. That's why I stated I wouldn't consider it more impressive that they have more Semi or Finals appearances during those years. When if they switched places Belfry wouldn't have a Region Championship for those years. It is what it is I guess I'm just looking at it from a different perspective.