[Lawrence]

Trust me, we all root for the mountain teams and always will, the 13th, 14th and 15th region kids are "our kids, friends, nephews, nieces, brothers, sisters", but it comes down to the reality of the situation, I honestly thought SV had a chance to win last year when they drew the 16th region and was so disappointed that Coach Booher could not change his defensive philosophy as they fell futher and futher into foul trouble. We all loved the Clay Co teams with Richie Farmer, didnt matter what school we went to. Same with the Paintsville team that brought home the crown in 96. We have not seen that quality of a team come from the mountains in a long time and this year is not that year either. The only quality win that Paintsville has all year is Valley, they did beat an injured Tates Creek team early in the season, got beat by 18 by Lexington Catholic, besides that, they beat up on eastern KY teams that were not of their caliber.

With this group of seniors that they had, they should have tried to vary their schedule and actually invite teams to their Tigers Classic that could have competed at a higher level.

Excellent post.