5thregionbasketball Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 The season has gotten off to a rocky start for pre-season #1 Central Hardin, while familiar face Elizabethtown has ascended to the top of the ratings. Taylor County is showing early on that they can play without standout Mason Guffey. Bardstown seems to have heard all the hype around Washington County and Bethlehem this year and would like people to remember that they have owned that district for the past several seasons. Week 2 brings us several district matchups in each district which should help clarify where teams might end up at the end of the season. Also, next week's review will be more in-depth with stats and such from games. My real job has demanded more time this week than usual, which necessitated a less-thorough review. Here's the ratings, heading into week 2: 1. Elizabethtown 2. Taylor County 3. Bardstown 4. Washington County 5. Bethlehem 6. Central Hardin 7. North Hardin 8. Larue County 9. Adair County 10. Hart County 11. Campbellsville 12. Green County 13. John Hardin 14. Nelson County 15. Marion County 16. Caverna 17. Thomas Nelson 18. Fort Knox 1. Elizabethtown, 2-1 The Panthers have played well to begin the season. A loss to Western to start, but nice wins against Barren County and Doss, have the Panthers sitting atop the ratings for week 1. Key Games this week: Bowling Green, @Central Hardin 2. Taylor County, 2-0 Taylor County is off to a great start, even without top player Mason Guffey. Taylor’s preseason rating may have been a bit low due to Guffey being out all season. They scored wins this week against Washington County and Green County. Key Games this week: @Campbellsville, Marion County, Adair County 3. Bardstown, 2-0 The Tigers had a pair of blowout wins to begin the season against Marion County and Thomas Nelson. Key Games this week: Trinity, @Nelson County 4. Washington County, 2-1 Expectations are high in Springfield. They faltered to begin the season with a loss to Taylor County, but rebounded against rival Marion County and closed out the week with a win against Sayre. Key Games this week: @Bethlehem, @Campbellsville 5. Bethlehem, 2-0 The Eagles also have high expectations for this season. They picked up a win against Sayre and district opponent Nelson County. Key Games this week: Washington County, @Thomas Nelson 6. Central Hardin, 0-3 The Bruins may have had higher expectations than any other team in the region. They’ve played tough competition to begin the season but so far have yet to scratch the win column. A blowout loss to North Oldham to start the season, followed by losses to Harrison County and Bracken County. Key games this week: @John Hardin, Elizabethtown 7. North Hardin, 2-1 The Michael Baffour era in Radcliff is off to a good start. A 5-point loss to Oldham County, followed by wins against Campbellsville and Paris. Key Games this week: Larue County, @Ft. Knox 8. Larue County, 2-1 The Hawks end the first week with a 2-1 record. A win against an outmatched Trailblazer Academy, followed by a loss to Collins and bookended with a win against Glasgow. Key Games this week: @North Hardin, @Hart County 9. Adair County, 3-0 The Indians are rolling out of the gates. They picked up 3 wins to start the season. A win over Boyle County, who is still missing some football players, and wins against Cumberland County and Green County. Key Games this week: Marion County, Campbellsville 10. Hart County, 2-0 Hart County takes care of business against Cumberland County and Caverna to start the season. Key games this week: Central Hardin, Larue County 11. Campbellsville, 1-2 The Eagles of Campbellsville were about a half-second away from being 2-1 instead of 1-2 to start the season. A big loss to Spencer to start the season followed up with a 2-point loss to North Hardin in a game that the Eagles could’ve won, followed by a win against Grayson County. Key Games this week: Taylor County, @Adair County, Washington County 12. Green County, 0-3 The Dragons appear, at least, early on to be a team that will be pretty good if they can figure out how to put 4 quarters together in one game. They start the season 0-3 with losses to Taylor County, a 2 point loss to Adair County and then a loss to Frankfort. Key games this week: @Marion County, Caverna, @Bardstown 13. John Hardin, 0-2 The rebuild at John Hardin is on. A 19 point loss to Bullitt East and a 30 point loss to Butler start the season for the Bulldogs. Key games this week: Central Hardin 14. Nelson County, 0-2 Nelson County is 0-2 to begin the season with losses to Edmonson County and Bethlehem. The Bethlehem loss may not have been as bad as expected. Key games this week: Bardstown 15. Marion County, 0-2 The Knights are hoping that their atrocious season a year ago doesn’t follow them into this season. So far, it’s more of the same, with losses to Bardstown and Washington County. Key Games this week: Green County, @Adair County, @Taylor County 16. Caverna, 1-1 The Colonels are the only team ranked from 12-18 to pick up a win in the first week of the season. It was however a win against Fort Knox. They dropped their other game last week to district and crosstown rival Hart County. Key Games this week: @Glasgow, @Green County 17. Thomas Nelson, 0-3 New coach Terrence Miles was hoping for a better start to the season for the Generals. They suffered blowout losses to South Oldham, Bardstown, and Ohio County. The smallest margin of loss was 34 points to Ohio County. Key games this week: Bethlehem 18. Fort Knox, 0-1 It’s always difficult to know what the Eagles might have, but with only 1 game played so far, it doesn’t look like things will be much different than they have been the past few seasons. They suffered a 34-point loss to Caverna in the only game they played this week. 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