[More Cowbell]

Shelby Valley 71

Betsy Layne 36

I was so wrong on my prediction of margin of victory, and since at least 10

of BGR's top 20 have lost this week and we have to win comfortably to get

recognized, leave SV off your polls, everyone else in the country will have

them listed.

I will say the same thing I said to you about beating Pike Central: this is not a win to toot the horn about, no matter how much you might make it out to be. When everyone is healthy, SV is a far superior team to everyone else in the 15th region. Now that Elisha is apparently back to his old self, they should be expected to beat Betsy Layne by a large margin.

Maybe you have not been following SV basketball for very long, but I have, and I will tell you that SV fans should never throw a party after beating Betsy Layne. Not to put down the Bobcats, they are a solid team and one of the top 4-5 in the region, but they aren't on the same level as Valley. As a fan, I guess I just have higher expectations for them.

Now, I would think there will be a good chance that SV will move back into the statewide poll next week, but if so it won't be because they beat Pike Central and Betsy Layne. It'll be because they finally seem to be getting healthy and consequently returning to the level of play we all saw in early December. And that is the team that should win the region with ease and have a chance to win some games at state.