[bball_fan]

Totally agree there needs to be a new, young coach brought in that can relate to the kids more while teaching discipline and bringing a new style to Prestonsburg. To be fair to the former coach though, his record on paper is not as impressive as it should be... during the 2003 and 2004 season, Belfry and Prestonsburg played in the Regional Championship but everyone knew the winner of those games would be favored to win the State Championship. He is libel to have been a 2 time state champion had Prestonsburg and Belfry not peaked at the same time. Also, was this not the time Sheldon Clark dropped into the same class as both of them? I seem to remember looking at the polls once upon a time and Belfry, Prestonsburg and Sheldon Clark were 1, 2 and 3 in one class but also in the same district. Johnson Central's emergence and Paintsville's sudden rise has taken a big toll on Prestonsburg. Going back further, Prestonsburg use to draw a lot of kids from Betsy Layne... just look at how many came from Betsy Layne on the 2002 state runner up... but a lot of Betsy Layne's talent has stayed home to play basketball in recent years or transferred to Pikeville for other sports. I fully expect Betsy Layne and Prestonsburg to combine in the next ten to fifteen years though. Whoever does get it though, with 2A being redistricted the way it has, it should not take a very talented team to reach the state semi-finals which could be enough to draw kids back to Prestonsburg but at the end of the day, there is only so much talent in this area and it will continue to shrink with the economy.