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The Board of Control of the KHSAA will meet Thursday, January 12th with one of the topics being realignment of the 15th Region along with the possibility of a "super regional" tournament. A request will be made to have a pilot project to expand the regional tournament to all teams, and use a ratings system to determine seeding from the Cantrell rankings, Maxpreps or coaches voting and/or combination.

Here's the working notes from the KHSAA portal:

REGION 15 ALIGNMENT DISCUSSIONS
CURRENT
REGION 15
District 57 – Johnson Central, Magoffin County, Paintsville, Sheldon Clark
District 58 – Allen Central, Betsy Layne, Prestonsburg, South Floyd
District 59 – East Ridge, Piarist, Pikeville, Shelby Valley
District 60 – Belfry, Lawrence County, Phelps, Pike County Central

Option 1
Lawrence to 57th, Magoffin to 58th, Jenkins to 59th and Piarist to 60th.
REGION 15
District 57 – Johnson Central, Lawrence County, Paintsville, Sheldon Clark
District 58 – Betsy Layne, Floyd Central, Magoffin County, Prestonsburg.
District 59 – East Ridge, Jenkins, Pikeville, Shelby Valley
District 60 – Belfry, Phelps, Piarist, Pike County Central

Option 2
57th Have 3 team district and Magoffin to 58th no other change
District 57 – Johnson Central, Paintsville, Sheldon Clark
District 58 – Betsy Layne, Floyd Central, Magoffin County, Prestonsburg
District 59 – East Ridge, Piarist, Pikeville, Shelby Valley
District 60 – Belfry, Lawrence County, Phelps, Pike County Central

Option 3
58th have 3 team district with no other change
District 57 – Johnson Central, Magoffin County, Paintsville, Sheldon Clark
District 58 – Betsy Layne, Floyd Central, Prestonsburg
District 59 – East Ridge, Piarist, Pikeville, Shelby Valley
District 60 – Belfry, Lawrence County, Phelps, Pike County Central

Option 4
 Super Regional
 All teams have limit of games reduced by one
 All Teams advance to regional.
 Use Cantrill Rating the State, MaxPreps, other ranking system, or Coaches voting and/or
combination
 First Round played at Home Site of Top Seed, Final 8 Played as Normal.
 Could lead to additional revenue and excitement.
 Would be applicable and available to any region with 16 or fewer teams.
 This Region serving as pilot for entire state

Option 5
District 57 – Johnson Central, Paintsville, Piarist, Sheldon Clark
District 58 – Betsy Layne, Floyd Central, Magoffin County, Prestonsburg
District 59 – East Ridge, Jenkins, Pikeville, Shelby Valley
District 60 – Belfry, Lawrence County, Phelps, Pike County Central

Option 6
58th have 3 team district with no other change
District 57 – Johnson Central, Magoffin County, Paintsville, Sheldon Clark
District 58 – Betsy Layne, Floyd Central, Lawrence County, Prestonsburg
District 59 – East Ridge, Jenkins, Pikeville, Shelby Valley
District 60 – Belfry, Phelps, Pike County Central, Piarist