[nekysportsfan]

With wins over Russell, Ashland, and Male, Boyd has clearly established themselves as the top team and Wheeler has established herself as the top player. I would still rank Russell 2nd and overlook the loss to East since Darnell and Mitchell weren't playing. West has looked very good so far. Like you said, though, we have to wait until they play some of the top teams before being completely sold on them. Ashland has been solid so far and you are correct that their game Saturday against Russell will tell us if they need to move up the rankings.

After the top 4 teams, I don't see anyone with much potential for winning this region. Maybe Rowan, East, or Menifee might be able to pull off an upset, but no one else is going to. Lewis and Greenup have been disappointing. Raceland lost their best player. Fleming has such a tough early schedule that they are winless.

At this point, I would rank the region like this:

TIER 1 - Boyd

TIER 2 - Russell, West, Ashland

TIER 3 - Rowan, East, Menifee

TIER 4 - Lewis, Raceland, Greenup, Fleming

TIER 5 - Fairview, Morgan, Elliott, Bath, Rose Hill