Hazard and Knott County Central both are looking for new head basketball coaches. 

Al Holland, long time Hazard head coach, left for Pike County Central. 

Casey Huff resigned at Knott County Central.

Jackson City is also looking for new head coach.

 

Lots of rumors swirling that Breathitt County Bobcat head coach and former Knott County Central girls head coach, Jeff Honeycutt could make a move back to Knott County Central, this time on the boys side.

Whoever gets the Hazard job will probably be one of the favorites to win the region. They return most of their team. Losing Eversole, Ratliff, Beverly and Higgins will hurt but Caudill is back, and there is a good supporting cast. 
That is assuming they all return to Hazard next year. 
Knott Central loses Drake Slone but they have all their other key players returning. They will be in the hunt as well. 
Perry Central graduates Woods but will have most of their team returning from a young Commodore team. 
The thing about Perry Central and Knott Central that I noticed this season is they have very good feeder programs and some good athletes on the way from their middle school programs. Hometown24 does a great job covering their elementary and middle school teams and I was impressed with their youth programs. In addition, the Sportsplex is a godsend for the kids in that area. That facility is well used throughout the year by Perry, Knott, Floyd and other schools in those counties.

I kinda think Powell County may surface as a contender. 

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28 minutes ago, Lion said:

I kinda think Powell County may surface as a contender. 

Yes. They return all their key players from a 17-12 team.

1 hour ago, theguru said:

Welcome to BGP @Lion!

Thank you for. Haven’t been here since the early 2000’s ?

3 hours ago, Lion said:

Thank you for. Haven’t been here since the early 2000’s ?

Well welcome back!

Knott County Central has hired back Jeff Honeycutt who had coached the girls team for years. This leaves Breathitt County and Hazard both open and looking for new head coaches.

Three big head coaching changes thus far. 

Hazard - Al Holland leaves for Pike Central. 

Knott County Central - Casey Huff resigned then awhile later was named new Hazard Head coach. 

Knott hired Jeff Honeycutt to replace Casey Huff. 

 

Breathitt - Jeff Honeycutt resigns to head back to Knott County to take over the boys program. 

 

Breathitt would name Cameron Turner new head coach. 

 

Hazard senior Daulton Combs has transferred over to Perry County Central. 

Knott County Central stand out Jaden Amburgey has transferred to Letcher County Central. 

Bump.

GRC's Connor Morguson has transferred to Powell County. 

Powell has added two transfers and that should propel them to the top of the region. 

Bump.

On 8/8/2025 at 8:33 AM, All State Baseball said:

Powell has added two transfers and that should propel them to the top of the region. 

I think they only added one transfer, a former player who transferred to GRC following his 8th grade year and is now transferring back to Powell for his sophomore year. The other transfer they were rumored to get was a 6’8 player, also from GRC, but from my understanding that one did not materialize and he is staying with the Cardinals.