[Cat Daddy]

I'd wait before I crowned them so soon. They barely got by Hazard last year in the region tournament. The played Hazard three times. Hazard beat them once and the other two games Knott won by a single basket both games. Now Hazard did lose five seniors I think? I think Knott lost three off their team. If Perry gets the breathitt kid and even just one or two others, then they will absolutely be able to beat Knott. They have a good enough coach to make that work. Not too mention there are a couple teams in the region that can upset Knott in a post season situation. Their the #1 team in the region and will most likely stay in that spot all year. However, they are capable of being beat come tourney time. Hazard almost upset them last year during the tourney. They have a bad tendency in certain situations to "play down" to their competition. Most teams that are head and shoulders above the rest can usually pull out those games regardless. However, they may not be that above everybody else as you may think? They are the beat team in the 14th no doubt about it. But the teams below them can still upset them and I don't think they'll repeat this year. There is more than one team that has made great improvements and if Perry has the new players this year then they are another team added to that list.

I respect your opinion, and we will have to agree to disagree on this topic. With the addition of Perry's new recruits, I feel like they are as talented as Knott, but team chemistry means everything. I have said this in the past, Perry County's best teams consisted of home grown boys, who played together for for years. It is hard to bring in new guys each year and win at the high school level. Sometimes it works, but most of the time time it doesn't. How has this method worked for PCC in the past three or four years? Upsets can happen, and Knott can be beaten, but I don't see it happening this year.