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This team will be for real this season. People forget how the absolutley creamed Pike Central for the whole game last year, before letting inexperience get the best of them and letting the game be close, but they still won! Also, they are the only team to beat Magoffin Co. around, the beat SV by about 20, before again letting inexperince get the best of them in the region, they beat SC, P-ville, SF, and every other team some think will be contenders this year not to mention belfry by 10. With that said here is my Region top 5.


Magoffin- They are the team to beat, however, the loss of Calloray will hurt them at first. Great team play is a plus, but when things get tough how will they respond. At JC last year they were down and started to argue amongst each other, the same happened in Bowling Green. They haven't been beaten too many times lately.

Johnson Central- Young and loaded! This team has what it takes to win it all. They return all but one (chessie griffith) and with the kind of summer they had, and caliber of the teams they played, along with the offseason weight lifting program at JCHS they will be ready. Also, people forget they have the best coaching staff in East KY. IMO

Pike Central- Great talent, bad attitudes. Attitude is what has killed this team for a long time. They have what it takes to win the region but can they sustain the storm of the bickering within the team.

Shelby Valley- The valley dwellers return a lot, but will they improve on their defensive game, which I feel was there demise in 05.

Paintsville- I debated wether to put the ville or Belfry here and I put the lady tigers for one reason. Kendra Carroll. She is almost unstopable on the dribble. They also have Laura Carroll and Jessika Russell returning along with one other starter. If they can find a center to replace Jarrell this team could go a long way. However, they currently don't have a center to replace her. The JV center couldn't handle my grandma let alone, The Howard girls, Emily Wireman, Lowe, or anyone from SV.

That's my predictions... Can't wait to see how things pan out. Looking forward to practice starting OCT. 15!