[EKUAlum05]

Thanks EKU. Momentary old folks memory kicked in. It's still a tall prediction. Esp considering over the majority of years, Central has pretty much been the king of that class and they always have talent. A lot of which will start to flow back if DeSales has many more years in which they don't win a title.

I think it is a very bold claim as well, but you do have to recall about 3 years ago there were posters you specifically were taking to task because they were predicting 4 straight Titles with that Freshman Class. Well now fast forward and look where we are.


Central was the King of the Class (with Belfry right on their heels), and Belfry has now taken that throne for the time being. Not sure it stays that way..but for now Belfry is the cock of the walk.



Here is what I will say about Belfry. I am not as optimistic about next year as some... no way you replace that many 3 and 4 year starters and high end talents without a noticable dropoff. With that said, the cupboard is stocked about as well as one could wish.

Until last weekend Belfry had won 4 consecutive Middle School Championships and the current Freshman Class has been probably been the best TEAM of the group. The current Seniors started the trend but were not as dominant of an overall team in 8th Grade. Even this year the Middle School Pirates only lost twice the entire season (both to LexCath in tight games) and beat Johnson Central.

Personally speaking, between graduation and the dwindling economy, and with programs like Boyle County having a bumper crop of talent in the mix, I will not touch predicting 3 or 4 more titles in the next 4 years.

With that said Belfry should sustain themselves at a Championship Contending type of level and if the current Freshman Class develops in the system they will be very,very good in 2-3 years.