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Belfry has some skill pieces to make some noise for sure, and a year of physical and coaching development will help a VERY young team from last year.

It all boils down to the LOS. Belfry was non-competitive at times at the LOS on both sides of the ball.

For my money, CAL is the clear cut favorite entering the season and LexCath is the clear cut #2. People forget that LexCath beat Boyle in the regular season and romped LCA as well. I think there is gap to the rest.

Central & Belfry have the talent to get in the picture, but both are works in progress and need to be much better than 2022 to contend.

Bell County, Union County, Etown (drama abounds though), and Lawrence County are all on similar footing as Belfry and Central, but their ceilings are not as high as those two teams. There are about 4 or 5 more teams who can bite you on any given night but probably don't have a legit shot at a Championship push.