[baseball1974]

Paintsville returns all but one lineman on both sides of the ball. Some nice skill kids return as well. Kash Daniel is capable of carrying this team far on his broad shoulders, but I hope for his sake some of their younger kids step up. They finished on a strong note this year with an incredible result against Pikeville and a much improved showing against Raceland the second time around. The Tigers have much to feel good about in preparation for next year.

I think Paintsville has a lot to build off of for next year and I look for them to be in the mix come playoff time for possible teams representing the east. I think Beechwood will be hard to beat and should be the favorite overall in 1A.

Russellville was young this year..They should be improved next year..

I'm confused by this. Russellville is losing almost all of their offensive output to graduation, and only have a few skill positions returning and they didn't account for much of the yardage this year. Not only that, but those offensive threats they're losing are also a couple of their best defensive players as well. Unless they have a lot of under-classmen that can step up, I see them going in the other direction.