[Orange Blaze]

With what Pikeville has coming back and still coming up through the feeder system, Raceland on an upswing, Paintsville continues to be on the cusp of the semis every year, and Hazard being Hazard(if they can stay healthy, idk if I've ever seen a team hit harder by injuries year in and year out), I think the title balance will shift to the East's favor in the new alignment. New Cath ahould still be a perennial contender, but they havent been the same NCC in recent years. Congrats to both squads. Damn what a ball game.

I wouldn’t quite count out Newcath. Moving down to 1A might have been what was needed for them to get back to being the Newcath of old. That being said, I do think the east will have an advantage for several years with Pikeville leading the charge. IMO the other teams in the east have a lot of work to do because I think Pikeville appears to be building a machine that will be very difficult to take down.