[DortonWildcat5]

Lets hear some about these teams.


We(Belfry) have the chance to be extremely good IF we improve as much as we did last year from beginning to end.

We return 5 kids who played significant minutes on the 8th grade team, with good size, 10 kids total who played a ton of minutes in 7th grade, have a new kid who is 6'4" about 220 lbs, and have a few proven 7th graders who could step up.

What about the others?

We (Dorton) return only 2 players who dressed 8th grade last year and both were 6th graders. Only one played significant minutes. We lost 12 8th graders which is monumental for a small school. The varsity is basically an entirely new team this year. We have 8 8th graders, but none have played very much. The 7th grade team finished well below .500 last year, playing basically local games. The expectations are low by most accounts, but these boys play hard and will get better. We will definitely start 2 7th graders, and possibly 3. There will be some down times, but I expect this team to surprise a few teams and people, including themselves.

I look for Belfry and Pikeville to be the top 2 teams, with several other teams a couple of notches below. Belfry should definitely be considered the favorite.