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5A is a winnable class right now. No one really had a hold on it with Douglass moving up.

Winnable for who? Highlands, Cooper, Scott, Bowling Green, South Warren, Owensboro, Southwestern. Any of those schools on a year to year basis have been better than Pulaski over the last decade and from what I can tell, most of them are going anywhere.

Heard all year about how Highlands was back and we saw what happened there. Cooper has a really solid young core right now, another team that's not historically good. Bowling Green is Bowling Green they're the cream of the crop in 5A. South Warren is about to move to 6A. And Southwestern has 2 (two!) region championships in their schools history. The 5A East is extremely winnable right now with the draw that Pulaski would have, then anything can happen once you get to the final four.

You seem to omit Scott county and Owensboro. Both staying put and both consistently better programs. Highlands made final 4 last year and are always a problem. I’ll give you south Warren just because I’m not sure on their enrollment situation. Cooper is trending upward. I stand by my statement that the window for Pulaski has closed. The 4 years they had were great, but that was quite some time ago. Last regional title was 2018. Have lost 8 out of 9 vs cross town rival since that regional championship. When you split talent the way Pulaski county/somerset does, it’s gonna be hard to get back to that level. Especially with an established southwestern and a coach like Clevenger at somerset pulling in kids.

Scott County is historically good and Owensboro is always tough at home. They're also losing kids to O Cath currently which is hurting them. Highlands made the final four for the first time in years. We will have to agree to disagree on this one. The 5A East IMO is very winnable and it just like 2A and 3A in the East. Sure, those teams may not be able to win it all, but they have a much better chance to make it further in the playoff race because of the East West split. The talent in 2A and 5A is in the West.

Can agree on the 2A and 5a talent being in the west. That said, pulaski will likely be #2 for the next couple years in that district and yes they could win 2 games in the playoffs against that other abysmal district. I just don’t think the top of 5a is anymore winnable for Pulaski than 4a is for Franklin.