2A may be the most balanced, not the premier class, which to me you feel indicates better talent.

6-A has better talent, true. But it is really no contest. 2-A appears to have the most balance and therefore probably more excitement because more teams feel they have a chance to be champion.

2A is loaded. I would love to see Beechwood in 2A as loaded as they are year in and year out. The competition would be amazing.

 

Most likely, they,ll move to 2a in the next alignment.. it's possible, Pikeville could move up and Caldwell Co could move down also.. If those 3 things happen, 2a really will be loaded, even more so than they are now.. it also looks like NCC could move down to 1a..

 

I would almost guarantee Beechwood and NewCath switch at the next realignment.

If Beechwood moves to 2A WOW the 2 A playoffs will be amazing!!!!!!!!!

I see that

6a has 3 programs that wouldn't shock me if they won it all this year.

5a has 3

4a has 2

3a has 3

2a has 5

1a has 2

 

6a however has 7 programs who would be favored over the best 2a team this year.

6A has 1 team that is head and shoulders above the rest.. Yes, they have some other really good teams, but, Trinity is on a level of their own, so, I can't see 6a being the best..

 

5A has Bowling Green head and shoulders above the rest.. Again, like 6a, a dominant top team hurts the class overall on being considered the best..

 

4A has Johnson and everyone else.. See 5a and 6a..

 

3A is a nice, competitive class this year.. Belfry's been dominant the past 4-5 years, but, this year, I could see Central, Corbin, Belfry, ETown, Boyle and Lex Catholic all with a good shot.. The only thing, IMO, keeping 3a from being better than 2A is a few of those teams have some question marks and may well be as good as being hyped or could be just average to above average..

 

1A has Beechwood , Hazard and Paintsville and anyone else who would win it would be a big stretch and major upset..

 

2A has 6 teams that come into the season with legit state title asperations and if any of those 6 won it, I don't think too many people would be surprised.. You could also throw 3 or 4 other teams in there that'd be capable of knocking anyone off on a given night.. For these reasons, I think 2A is by far the most complete and competitive class in the state this year..

I think Premier and Competitive are 2 different things. I think there are 5 - 6 teams from 6A that would beat the top 5 - 6 teams from 2A. If any KY team gets national recognition it will be a 6A team. Thus they are the Premier class.

Of course 6a has more talented teams and more depth. It would be foolish to say teams with a boys pool of 200-300 kids would be better than ones with 700 plus.. IMO, what makes a class great is the competitive balance.. in 6a, 5a and 4a, there's 1 dominant team that if they lose, would be shocking.. In 3a and 2a, there are numerous teams with equal talent that make it much more exciting, therefore the best classes to follow.. Much more interesting, for sure..