14th Regional Tournament Preview and Rankings

[All State Baseball]

Hazard (26-5): 54th District Winner and Region favorite. The Bulldogs have rolled over just about every team in the region while on they're way to a 21-1 region record. They're lone region loss came against Breathitt County 73-70 in the 14th Region All "A" Classic.

Breathitt County (18-11): The Bobcats are not the same Bobcats as last season but they are still the team to beat in the regional tournament. The Bobcats come in at 2-2 in they're final 4 games with a district championship win over Wolfe County 80-72.

Knott County Central (23-8): The Patriots are one of the top 3 teams in the region and have hung right with the top two all season long. Can this finally be the year that the Patriots cut the nets down and take the hardware back to Hindman? That trip from Stanton is an awful long ways.

Estill County (21-10): The Engineers accomplished another rare feat with a 20-win season. Those are hard to come by in Irvine but Coach Hall has managed to do that two years in a row. The Engineers come in as 56th district runner-up but have been one of the hottest teams coming into the regional tournament, winning 5 of they're final 7 games.

Letcher County Central (16-12): The Cougars struggled most of the season but came on strong towards the end, winning 5 in a row, before they're district championship loss to Knott County Central. .

Powell County (17-14): You wouldn't think it but Powell County is actually the hottest team heading into the regional tournament, winning 5 of they're final 6 games. The loss during that stretch came to Morgan County 88-78, one of the top teams in the 16th region.

Perry County Central (19-13): Most of Perry's losses came in the beginning of the year. They have actually came on good towards the end of the season, winning 3 of they're final 4 games. They're 12-7 since the new year rang in.

Wolfe County (12-15): The Wolves have struggled greatly this season. They have actually only won 6 games since the new year rang in and they have lost 6 of they're final 8 games.

 

Host School: Powell County

Dates: March, 6-7-9-11

First team listed is home team.

Wednesday March 6th:

6 PM - Hazard vs. Letcher County Central -- Hazard won both regular season games 48-35 and 62-43.

8 PM - Breathitt County vs. Estill County -- The Engineers just defeated Breathitt County last Friday, winning 74-71.

Thursday March 7th:

6 PM - Knott County Central vs. Wolfe County -- Knott County Central won the only regular season game 72-56.

8 PM - Powell County vs. Perry County Central -- Perry County Central won the only regular season game, 80-60 but the Pirates are red hot and always play good on they're own home court.

 

Saturday March 9th:

1 PM - Semi-Final #1

3 PM - Semi-Final #2

 

Monday March 11th:

7 PM - Championship

 

Final Rankings:

1) Hazard (26-5)

2) Knott County Central (23-8)

3) Breathitt County (18-11)

4) Powell County (17-14)

5) Estill County (21-10)

6) Perry County Central (19-13)

7) Letcher County Central (16-12)

8 ) Wolfe County (12-15)