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I didn’t think Martin would ever beat Pikeville.

Martin has now won the last 3 of 4 games against Pikeville. So don’t know what you mean by Martin never beating Pikeville. Pikeville with Sammons last year was much harder to beat than this year team and that’s no disrespect to this year team. Sammons was just that good of a player.

Also Martin County starts 3 seniors who all have tons of experience playing in big games. Hale showed last night that he’s arguably the best player in the region this year. Martin County has had tons of talent come through recently with James, Dingess, Hale, McKenzie and Sturgill. They’ve been really good for sometime as has Pikeville.  If Martin County wins it, it will make them 3 titles in the last 8 years. Pikeville has 3, JC has 1 and Paintsville has 1 in that time span

Pikeville and Martin have been the best programs for the last 8 seasons.  Both lose tons of seniors.  Will be interesting to see these teams the next few years.