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hometown sports corner published their top 10 and have Letcher at the top, SMH........  are these people from letcher, are they promoting their buddies or are they just clueless?  I'm not disrespecting letcher by any means, but they aren't close to being the top team from the 14th and 15th region.  Pikeville would beat them by as many as they want.  So would a couple other teams.  C'mon folks, at least provide some credibility with your published lists.

I do agree Letcher is not the #1 team in the 14th and 15th region,  and if your ranking teams based on who would win an actual game you have to have Pikeville at #1.  The problem is that Pikeville is basically an AAU team.   They have "recruited" most of the best players from the 15th region.  Saying Pikeville would beat Letcher by "as many as they want" is just ridiculous.  If we want to play Pikeville lets put Gayheart, Smith, Couch, Caudill,  and Neace on the same team and play.   Then its best in the 14th against best in the 15th, because when you look at Pikeville their team is made up of the best from SV, the best from Belfry, and the best from Pikeville among others.   Don't get me wrong I cheer for Pikeville and want them to do well and represent our area with class,  which I believe they do, but at the end of the day they are a Select team.     I wont criticize and not give my list so here is how i would rank them as of today.  (some of these teams play each other soon and we will see how that goes)

 1.) Pikeville
 2.) Martin Co.
 3.) Owlsley Co.
 4.) Letcher Co.
 5.) Lawrence Co.
 6.) Paintsville. (Could be higher, Im not as familiar with them other than Preece) 
 7.) Perry Co.
 8.) Knott Co 
 9.)Johnson Central
10.)Hazard.