[shottaker23]

It don’t matter who goes to the state tournament out of the 14th. Because the 14th is always one and done.

It matters a lot to the team that wins a regional championship and their fans and family -  just as much as a 14th Region team in the past that may have won several games or a state championship.

^^^ This 100X
I know it meant a lot to our community last spring. And we have more kids playing basketball now from the 1st grade to the 6th that we have probably ever had at Owsley. The little ones look at our regional champion girls as heroes.

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Losing Terry along with 3 other starters to graduation will be hard to replace.  Knott and Hazard are the only two teams I would put money on to play at Rupp from what I’ve seen.  Breathitt isn’t a team many people are talking about but I could see them playing spoiler come tournament time if all their girls can stay healthy.

I agree that Knott Central is the team everyone is chasing. But I think Owsley will be in the hunt for the second spot. One Lady Owl that everyone is probably not thinking about is 6’ Kamilla Marcum. She saw quite a bit of playing time last season as a reserve, but due to the depth of the team and a few injuries she didn’t play extended minutes. She has had a great summer of basketball and I think will be a force for Owsley this year, and will form a good 1-2 punch with Macey Brown. And the Lady Owls have good guards led by Kenzie Grubb and the coaches’ daughter Delaney Smith. The one one weak area is depth but it didn’t seem to be an issue in their scrimmage game with Floyd Central on Saturday.

I've not seen them since summer ball so maybe they have improved tremendously. I see potential down the road but as of now personally my opinion is they can't come within 15 of Knott without help. But they are in the top 3 of the region again in my opinion.