6th Region: Week 6

There is a lot of jumping and falling in the rankings as this week as the teams inside the region beat up on each other and teams throughout the region also matchup with a lot of familiar faces in the neighboring 7th. That dynamic provided one of the most epic games of the year as Jeffersontown took down 7th region contender Male by 1. We also had a stellar, down-to-the wire games between WEB DuBois and Evangel Christian & WEB DuBois and Butler.

The Shirley's Way Louisville Invitational Tournament ("LIT") looms large this week for a lot of the teams in the region.

Rankings:

1. Butler - The Bears stay atop the rankings for now but Jeffersontown is quickly gaining ground. They lost to Ballard, blew out Doss, and squeaked by WEB DuBois in a 1 point affair in the opener of the LIT. They advance in that event and have no games outside the tournament scheduled this week.

2. Jeffersontown - The Chargers extended their winning streak out to 8 as they bested Seneca and Male, both teams near (or at) the top of the 7th region. Speaking of the 7th region, Trinity awaits the Chargers in their first round game of the LIT. That should be a fun one.

3. Pleasure Ridge Park - PRP beat Bullitt East, Western and Valley last week. They face mighty Male of the 7th region in their first game of the LIT. They have Letcher County Central on Saturday in a metro versus mountain game.

4. WEB DuBois - The Lions blew out Western and defeated Evangel Christian by 1. They are off this week as of right now as they took an early exit from the LIT after a thrilling one point defeat to the team atop these rankings, Butler.

5. Evangel Christian - The Eagles won the All A regional tournament by dispatching Holy Cross easily. They next lost in that aforementioned squeaker to WEB DuBois. They just have North Hardin this week.

6. DeSales - It was all 2A sectional play as DeSales convincingly defeated John Hardin before falling to CAL by 1. They have Bullitt East and Seneca this week.

7. Bullitt Central - The Cougars lost to Thomas Nelson by 1 in overtime. They play Anderson County and Nelson County this week.

8. Fairdale - The Bulldogs defeated Waggener but fell to St. Xavier hard in the LIT. They are off this week.

9. North Bullitt - The Eagles fell in a close one to Anderson County but blew out Southern. They face Bluegrass United, Moore and Bethlehem this week.

10. Moore - Moore defeated Newcomer Academy, lost to mighty Male, and finished the week with a win over Bullitt East. They face North Bullitt this week.

11. Bullitt East - The Chargers lost to PRP and Moore. They face DeSales this week.

12. Whitefield Academy - What an intriguing team the Wildcats are. They have been all the way at the bottom of these rankings previously. They now find themselves on a 7 game winning streak and, curiously enough, in the championship of the 7th Region All A tournament against KCD. They had 3 wins last week including a nice one over Fern Creek. Besides the All A, they also have Fort Knox this week.

13. Fern Creek - Where Whitefield had found themselves at the bottom of the rankings previously, Fern Creek had been an early season team to watch in the region. That has not panned out so far. They beat Brown but lost to Whitefield and Atherton. They have just LKY (homeschool) this week.

14. Western - Western was not competitive in games against PRP and WEB DuBois. They have Southern and Newcomer Academy this week.

15. Holy Cross - The Cougars lost the All A regional title game to Evangel Christian. They did defeat the Christian Educational Consortium. They face Southern this week.

16. Valley - The Vikings lost to Central and PRP but defeated Carroll County. They face Fort Knox, Brown and Doss on the road this week as their gym serves as host to the LIT.

17. Southern - It was just a two-point-difference that separated Southern and Iroquois as the Trojans walked out victorious. They lost their next two to LKY and North Bullitt. They face Western and Holy Cross this week.

18. Doss - The Dragons lost to Bourbon County and Butler. They face the Christian Educational Consortium, Central and Valley this week.

19. Iroquois - The Raiders lost to Southern and Shelby County. They play Francis Parker and Cornerstone Christian this week.