[Redneck]

First off, congrats to Shelby Valley and their Sweet Sixteen State Championship. I haven't been on here in a week or so, or I would have already said my congrats.

Second, I knew ever since Valley won, somebody would bring up that this team was better than the 96' Paintsville team. Yes, you can compare each teams accomplishments and Valley might have a slight edge for the simple fact that they won 2 All "A" titles and Paintsville won zero. Back in Paintsville's glory days, 3 of the top 5 teams in the entire state were in the All "A" (Paintsville, Lexington Catholic, University Heights). Paintsville was there every year, played in 4 consecutive All "A", and 4 consecutive Sweet Sixteens. They were bounced in the first round of the Sweet Sixteen in 95', State Champions in 96', Final Four in 97' (and anybody who remembers that, they got hosed against Highlands, should have won it again), Runner-Up in 98' (WOULD have won had Tackett not got hurt and missed the entire 2nd half. The only players anybody wants to talk about from those teams is JR and Todd. You forget about Matt Ratliff, Craig Ratliff, Josh McKenzie (who IMO was the best player of them all), Jason Conley, Kyle Adams, Derek Howard, and a couple others. Some are sayin that Paintsville wasn't as deep, how deep was Valley?