Do you all like chaos?  I know that I sure do!  If the home teams in the 4th District matchups this week both win then Calloway, Marshall, and Murray will all have 4-2 records in the district.  I don't know how the seedings would be decided (leave a reply if you know), but the #1 seed would play Christian Fellowship, who is winless in the distict and the #2 and #3 teams will battle it out for a trip to the regional tourney.

Key games this week:

Mon - Graves at Tilghman

Tues - Murray at Marshall (co-Region 1 GOTW), Tilghman at St. Mary

Fri - Marshall at Calloway (co-Region 1 GOTW), Mccracken at Graves, Carlisle at Mayfield, Ballard at St. Mary

Sat - Calloway at Hopkinsville

Here are my rankings:

1. Calloway Co. (12-8) - W 100-61 vs CFS, W 101-66 at CFS, W 50-42 at Murray

The Lakers are 9-1 since the return of Eli Finley, and he is scoring 25 points per game.  Excellent win at Murray handing them their first Region 1 loss of the season.

2. Murray (18-7) - L 42-50 vs Calloway Co.

The Tigers can take the #1 seed in the 4th District if they can get the win at Marshall on Tuesday.  This week I have two Games of the Week, and this is one of them.

3. Marshall Co. (17-4) - W 72-47 at Union Co., W 62-54 vs Tilghman

The Marshals also control their destiny, but they must win both the home game Tuesday against Murray and also the Friday night away game at Calloway.  Please know that there is not very much at all separating teams one through three in these rankings.

4. McCracken Co. (19-6) - L 53-55 vs Carlisle Co., W 63-56 vs Tilghman, W 60-47 vs Todd Co. Central

I think that the Mustangs should stop scheduling Monday games.  Last Monday they had a disappointing showing at University Heights, and this past Monday they lost a home game to Carlisle County.  But they followed that up with a nice win over Tilghman on Friday night.

5. Graves Co. (18-6) - W 74-36 at Ballard Memorial, W 52-41 vs Mayfield, W 78-47 vs Trigg Co.

A very nice week for the Eagles with a convincing win over the Bombers and also a district win over Mayfield.  They have locked up the #1 seed for the 3rd District and that means that they will play in the regional tournament (it's a 3-team district).

6. Carlisle Co. (17-7) - W 55-53 at McCracken Co., W 67-26 vs Hickman Co., L 54-62 at Ballard Mem., W 64-39 vs CCA

What a great win for the Comets over McCracken on Monday night!  I was ready to move them up in these rankings, but they followed that up with a disappointing loss to the Bombers later in the week.  I think this shows how even this region is this season.

7. Mayfield (11-7) - W 68-48 at Fulton Co., L 41-52 at Graves Co.

An interesting game on Friday night when the Comets come to town.  The Comets won the first matchup in the All A Classic, but I think this game could be a close one.

8. St. Mary (15-9) - W 86-57 at Fulton Co., W 66-43 vs CCA, W 60-48 vs Union Co.

February 25th, 2014.  That was the date that the Vikings last beat Tilghman - they have lost 26 straight since then.  The Tornado comfortably won earlier this season at Otis Dinning, but I think this one will be a tight one.  The Tornado is reeling right now, and if Sims and Mikel have solid games then I could see the Vikings pulling this one out.

9. Paducah Tilghman (8-11) - L 56-63 at McCracken Co., L 54-62 at Marshall Co. 

That's seven straight losses for the Tornado.  Five of those losses were to teams #3 through #5 in these rankings, and then the other two were a loss to Webster County in the 2A Sectional Finals, and a disappointing home loss to Mayfield.  If the Tornado wants to turn things around they need to put some focus into their defense - it has been very poor as of late.

10. Ballard Memorial (6-15) - L 36-74 vs Graves Co., W 62-54 vs Carlisle Co., L 64-85 at Massac Co.

Jace Birney scored 27 points in the Bombers nice win over Carlisle.

11. Christian Fellowship (7-16)

12. Fulton Co. (3-16)

13. Fulton City (2-18)

14. Community Christian Acad. (5-17)

15. Hickman Co. (3-13)

 

Tilghman had played fairly well in several of those losses, they just couldn't quite pull out a W in any of them. Last night's 25 point win over Graves was unexpected, but goes to show how great this Regional tournament has the potential to be.