[Olred]

Corbin and Whitley neither one should be overlooked. I have said many times how good I think the Estes girl is and with her back it will make everyone on Whitley better. About north they seem to always play well during the tournament in camparison to the talent they had. When I looked at the norths schedule the only way they can improve the schedule that I can see is a better Christmas tournament and don't play Berea. The weak teams they play are either district who they have to play or region or rival teams who just happened to be down. Rockcastle, south, perry central, barbourville. Are teams who have been good but are down. As far as coaches I think mcdaniels has done GREAT, people talk about him having talent but if that's the case you have to say the same about burchell. Both are good and like most good coaches you have good talent. When they hired jmac I was VERY skeptical and even voiced it on here. I can admit when I am wrong and he has for sure proven himself. I think Mahan has done well with a bad program and rebuilt it. I think Estes will do a great job for Whitley. He was always a great defensive coach when he coached middle school. I think his defensive philosophy will make them very competitive. All in all the region will be very competitive and I wouldn't be surprised with any of about 5 or 6 teams winning region this year.