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Will Pikeville three-peat and if not who will knock them off? Should be a few very good teams in the hunt in the 15th.

Three-peat is a possibility but I believe Pburg and Johnson Central will have a legitimate shot.  Also, Belfry received a transfer who will help and has a pitcher that has picked up some velo.
Pikeville has a lot to replace and may not have enough arms but their struggle will be at the plate aside from Hall and Stanley (both Belfry transfers.) Defensively they will shine in the OF and for the most part infield.   Biggest struggle will be at catcher. Duty is the best pitcher in the region but Thompson and wright will be tough to replace. 
Prestonsburg will be a force with Allen on the mound.  The new transfer helps a bunch and will help defensively and as the number 2 pitcher.  Young coach has fire and the boys will go to war for him 
Paintsville returns nearly the whole team and replaces only an OF to my knowledge.  Dixon K can beat anyone when he’s on and Horne is better than most give him credit for.  Losing the arm to pburg hurt 

JC will compete.   A lot of returning players and very well coached.  Shepherd is a force and Montgomery is a true ace.   

my order has it 
1 Pikeville 
1a jc
3 pburg
4 Paintsville 

everyone else.  Belfry would be my dark horse 

Going to be a very competitive region

Who is the transfer Belfry got? Hadn’t heard of that

Former Belfry boy who returned from Lexington area

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Agree with this but Pikeville has plenty of good arms.

Aside from duty there isn’t many big game pitchers coming back.   Duty and Thompson had all the “big” games last year and Was  aided by one of the best defenses I’ve seen in awhile at the high school level.  There was a big drop after those two arms    Ryan may step up and take one of those spots but scoring will be the major issue with Pikeville

We disagree. Wait and see, Pikeville pitching will be top notch and deep.