[Hoot Gibson]

My top 10 would be:

1. Corbin
   Southwestern
3. Pulaski County
4. Johnson Central
5. Pikeville
6. Lawrence County
7. Bell County
8. Letcher Central
9. Belfry
10. North Laurel

Interesting that you have JC at 4 but then LCC at 7 after how close that game was. I would take LCC over Bell and Lawrence County.

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Updated Mountain Top 10

1. Corbin
2. Southwestern
3. Pikeville
4. Pulaski County
5. Johnson Central
6. Bell County
7. Lawrence County
8. Belfry
9. Letcher Central
10. Shelby Valley

1) Corbin
2) Southwestern
3) Pulaski County
4) Pikeville
5)Johnson Central
6) Letcher Central
7) Bell County 
8) North Laurel 
9) Belfry
10) Shelby Valley

I ranked JC 4th and LCC 9th because LCC their losses were much worse than JC's losses and JC has played much more consistently over the course of the season. JC has lost two games - one to North Laurel in which starting running back Carter Conley's leg was broken and the following game at Ironton. LCC gave up 50 points to Hazard and was shutout by a very mediocre Tennessee team. (Depending on how deeply JC advances in the playoffs, Conley may return before the season ends.) I was very impressed with LCC and believe that they are capable of beating any team on the list on a given night but I believe that they probably came close to playing their best game against Johnson Central.

Fair enough. I am not from Letcher but I will say that they gave those points up to Hazard very early in the season and their defense is much improved as you seen when they played JC.

Johnson Central rushed for 379 yards against LCC, which is about JC's average, although LCC did a pretty good job of limiting big plays. Where I thought that LCC shined was putting their kick-offs in locations that kept JC from returning them. I also thought JC did a poor job of placing its own kick-offs and punts, which led to some long returns by LC. If the play again, I would bet that JC will do their best not to allow LCC returns. I believe that Jonah Little is LCC's kicker and maybe their punter too, but I am not sure. Little is one of the best all around football players that JC has faced this season. I hope that his injury was not serious.