Love this question. If you just did seeds, instead of a West and an East side based on location, then it gets tougher. 1/2A I like Mayfield and Desales, which could be a toss up. 3/4A is Belfry and SW, with SW getting the nod(I would love to see SW play Bowling Green and Pulaski). 5A/6A Male and Trinity are by far favorites, with no one else being that close

No EKY bias because EKY had some of their best teams this year. Pikeville deserved the 1A crown and they should be happy about that. Mayfield is a bad matchup for them. Pikeville wouldn't get blown out by any means and I loved watching them dig in and win their title, but Mayfield would be the favorite in that matchup

Love this question. If you just did seeds, instead of a West and an East side based on location, then it gets tougher. 1/2A I like Mayfield and Desales, which could be a toss up. 3/4A is Belfry and SW, with SW getting the nod(I would love to see SW play Bowling Green and Pulaski). 5A/6A Male and Trinity are by far favorites, with no one else being that close

 

After watching Pulaskis O Line, I am sure SW would have no problem with them.... That was Pulaskis biggest glaring weakness to me.

 

Male

SW

Mayfield

 

IMO, none of the games would be close... Run teams don't do well against SW (#1 Defense in the State).

Lol. Pikeville getting no love at all hardly on this thread. Everyone talks about the "Eky bias" on the other site, this one leans to the west pretty heavily. Interesting perspectives. Mayfield won their class, not knocking them at all. But if you really believe it would be that big of s blowout, you didn't watch the games.

 

Taking off the fan glasses (give it a try), both teams had stellar defenses, but Pikeville was far more explosive on offense, and consistently against everyone they played, was also capable of moving the chains at a clip of 3-4 yards at a time (except against Belfry), and that kind of clock control would be the difference maker. I would pick Pikeville in a game along the lines of 28-14 or 28-21, and if the D got turnovers, potentially bigger because they were one of the best teams in the state in 1A at stepping on the gas to take advantage of turnovers. That's exactly what they did against Beechwood. Went conservative before the half to milk clock, when forced into obvious passing down, got intercepted, and BW scored before the half, then came out and seized momentum to take the lead. Once they opened the playbook up again, Pikeville tied it, then expanded to a 3 TD lead in a matter of minutes. They were phenomenal that way this year.

 

Enjoy your title and be glad the Cards moved on like the rest of 1A is