[Old School Hound]

HOOPFAN?

He is on life support after that beat down lol. Just kidding. Was a great game for 2 1/2 quarters then Boyd appeared to get dead legs, settled, and reached a lot. Spurlock is great offensive player....as good offensively he matches as bad on defense. Just the 2nd time I've seen him but both times he seems to alienate teammates and get into it with officials(as did his grandfather at least the radio said was his grandfather who was escorted out and got to make a early drive home). I have seen several of the posts(and I enjoy them lol) regarding Ashland and Boyd---let me say that Z is twice the player Spurlock is in my opinion.

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Wouldn't surprise me to see South win the 13th. They are clicking on all cylinders.

The 13th is difficult region to pick a winner if you like to do the prediction bracket contests. South Laurel, Bell County, and Harlan County are all worthy. And Knox Central is knocking at the door. I believe North Laurel and Corbin have good teams but not in the category as viable candidates to win the championship.

You are close to correct. The top 3 are SL, HC, and Bell in that order. Knox is not in the equation other than a decent record via a very weak schedule(same as last year minus any kind of post defender this year)I lost all respect for Coach Madden this year when he cancelled not once but twice against Bell. Corbin has a punchers chance. Thats it no one else should have a chance.

I think you are spot on, my friend. South, HC, and Bell. That's it. Corbin with a puncher's chance with a good draw and a subpar performance by Bell/HC in round one or semis.  The more I think about this, the more I think South might pull it off. Mabe's one of those special talents that can lead a team to a region title, almost by himself. He's a rare gem.  Without Mabe, South wouldn't even be in the conversation. With him, they could possibly win a state title. He's that big of a force for that team.

Again just my opinion but those final 7 games for SL were as tough of a 7 game stretch for any 13th team in memory and they either won or were in every game. The old saying is "hitting their stride" and I believe they are hitting it at the right time. I know I'm going to piss Grid off but I just don't think Bell played the schedule HC played and for sure not as good as Souths. And with Mabe, outside of foul trouble or injury, their is no one that can hold him. The worst game I've ever seen him play against Boyd and he had 28 and made life miserable for what should be a allstate guard in Spurlock. Again everyone is entitled to their own opinions

South is playing their best ball at the best time. They could see Saturday... at Rupp. I'm serious!!!