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Lacy Dicken can fling it. There is a lotnof great talent in the freshman class, but to say they are "well coached" is a huge stretch. In my opinion, Powell County has the weakest coaching staff in the region. 

1.  Hazard  -  Class of the region, until someone can prove they can beat them.  Best coach/staff in region.  Meehan is the man
2.  Perry  -  One of the biggest schools in the region.  lots of returning talent.  Another great coach in Willis
3.  Letcher  -  Another one of the bigger schools.  lots of talent coming back.    Dean returns. 
4.  Breathitt  -  Couple good arms.  Need to develop a few more.    Return a lot of starters. 
5.  Wolfe  -  Most young talent in the region.  I'm hearing they are losing a couple players. 
5.  Powel  -  Good group of starters.  Well coached.  Need a couple more arms to make a run.


My opinion -  Hazard will be hoisting the Region Trophy 

Dicken can throw hard no doubt but older kids will tee off on mid to high 70s. Thats bp and hitting speed to older kids. Unless he can throw it mid 80s with nasty junk and off speed he wont be real effective. IMO Powell is down and only had the success they had last season because of luck of the draw. Outside of Nickle they don't have a very deep pitching rotation.