[Shogun]

I thought it was lack of competition in 1A. Long gone are the days when a mountain team like Hazard, WBurg, Elkhorn City, Lynch, Neon,  etc...Without a competitive NCC, Beechwood, Mayfield, or Danville, I suppose it doesn't matter who you play, so as long as the end of the year banner says "state champions"

This is it. Not knocking Pikeville, they are better now than when they were sharing a class with all of the traditional small school powerhouses and are on or exceeded those teams' levels talent-wise, but they are going to continue to dominate 1A mostly because of the chasm between them and the rest of the class. Pikeville would still win titles if they were in a class with Mayfield, LCA, Beechwood, Owensboro Catholic, Somerset, Danville, and the like, but it would not be the mail in trophies that they get in 1A right now.