BluegrassPreps.com 15th Region Week 1 Rankings

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The first week of the 2021-22 season is in the books and we say some exciting games in the first week, We have no movement in our top 5 this week but we are primed for another week of exciting basketball in the 15th. East Ride, Belfry and Phelps take the hardwood for the first time this week so we will have seen everyone in action by the end of the week. Paintsville and Pikeville started the season off with big wins and Martin County had a big bounce back win from the Pikeville game against one of the top teams in the 16th. Week 2 will be another exciting one with some big matchup s happening this week.

Rankings 

1. Paintsville (2-0) Wins Wolfe Co 72-47, Pike Central 68-43 LW #1
2. Pikeville (1-0) Wins Martin Co 74-60 LW #2
3. Martin County 1-1 Wins Russell 70-63 Losses Pikeville 74-60 LW#3
4. East Ridge (0-0) LW#4
5. Belfry (0-0) LW#5
6. Betsy Layne (1-0) Wins Shelby Valley 51-44 LW#6
7. Lawrence County (3-0) Wins Morgan Co 70-34, Bath Co 56-46, Raceland 81-64 LW#9
8. Floyd Central (2-0) Wins Elliott Co 73-56, Magoffin County 69-61 LW#9
9. Johnson Central (0-1) Losses Boyd Co 1-0 LW#7
10. Magoffin County (1-1) Wins Pike Central 78-73 Losses Floyd Central 68-61 LW#8
11. Pike Central (0-2) Losses Magoffin Co 78-73, Paintsville 68-43 LW# 11
12. Prestonsburg (0-2) Losses Lee Co 59-56, Knott Co Central 78-66 LW#12
13. Shelby Valley (0-1) Losses Betsy Layne 51-44 LW#13
14. Phelps (0-0)LW#14
15. Jenkins (0-3) Losses Buckhorn 79-74, Shawnee 77-34, Christian Educational Consortium 62-61 LW#25

 Matchups to watch 

Martin County @ Betsy Layne 12-7, Paintsville vs Perry Central 12-8, Belfry @ Boyd County 12-10, Floyd Central @ Prestonsburg 12-10, Martin County @ Magoffin County 12-10 Belfry vs Montgomery County 12-11, Lawrence County vs East Carter 12-11.