[baseball1974]

As much as I wish it weren't true, I agree with whomever made the comment about the west being a step above the east right now. The east has made a remarkable improvement from last year, and top to bottom were probably better and more competitive this year. However, regardless of whichever team, beechwood or mayfield, makes it, it's going to be a game the west will have to give away in order to lose. Both of them are just too dominant. Mayfield is just mayfield and always will be. Beechwood started out slow, but have beaten a Cov. Cath. team by two scores that just beat Johnson Central and almost ended up beating highlands a well. Beechwood also beat NCC by well over two scores and they'll most likely be in the state championship in 2A, and then last week they put a big time game on a Frankfort team that many had picked to go deep in the playoffs this year. The competition Beechwood has seen and beaten and the overall dominance of Mayfield is going to be very difficult for anyone coming out of the east. I do not by any means think it will a score like the east put up last year, but I do look for the west to win by at least three scores. It has nothing to do with the east not playing up to their level or anything like that, it's just that the teams in the east are just not at that level yet. With mayfield being gone next year and the east progressively getting better every year, I think they'll catch up quick. Just not this year.