King James

I don't think "hope" is the right word. I think defense can be a huge factor...

I know Pelphrey has been in contact with him numerous times. It is my understanding that former Paintsville coach Bill Mike Runyon was the one that put Pelphrey onto him...

Yep.

Adams is actually originally from the Shelby Valley area...

I think after this tourney Shelby Valley would be favored against Mason and GRC.

SV missed 11 straight free throws down the stretch.

I think Shelby Valley is just better than you think. They lost to Knott Central without their best player, thats their only in state loss and all their losses came when Justice was hurt. SV can play with absolutely anybody in this state, they have great guard play, quickness, and size. I think they are at the very least one of the top 5 or 6 teams in the state at this point.

You won't see SV match up to anyone in man-to-man, as they pretty much exclusively play a 2-3 zone. Valley's guards are relatively small at 5'11 and 5'10, but the front court goes 6'3, 6'6, and 6'10 with 6'7 and 6'5 coming off the bench...

I'm afraid the Shelby Valley players may be a little too focused on playing Elliott County. While Elliott appears to have a cakewalk to the semi's, I think SV will have to play a pretty good game to beat the Danville/NCC winner, and I'm not sure about Henry County since I've not seen them play. If SV is looking ahead to Elliott then they may fall before they get there.

I don't understand why the Saturday games are scheduled so early. That puts the teams that play late on Friday at a disadvantage. They will probably finish up at midnight and are schedule to play at 1:30 the next day. That doesn't seem like good scheduling to me since the championship isn't until 3:00 on Sunday...

Massey High School Basketball Matchup sees it like this: Lyon County over Edmonson County 63-53 LCA over Bardstown 67-65 Murray over Shawnee 62-58 Hazard over Clinton County 56-36 Pineville over Calvary Christian 67-65 Elliott County over Whitefield Academy??? 96-49 Shelby Valley over Henry County 66-40 NCC over Danville 56-51 LCA over Lyon 67-63 Hazard over Murray 59-47 Elliott County over Pineville 95-57 Shelby Valley over NCC 60-48 Hazard over LCA 63-54 Elliott County over Shelby Valley 84-72 Elliott County over Hazard 78-63

The matchups (according to Dave Cantrall) look like this: #11 Edmonson County vs. #8 Lyon County #5 Bardstown vs. #7 Lexington Christian #6 Murray vs. #9 Shawnee #12 Clinton County vs. #3 Hazard #15 Calvary Christian vs. #13 Pineville #16 Whitefield Academy/Collegiate winner vs. #1 Elliott County #2 Shelby Valley vs. #14 Henry County #10 Danville vs. #4 Newport Central Catholic Elliott County's quad includes the #13, #15, and #16 seed. That could make for a cakewalk for them to the semi's.

Final from the 14th All A...

Final from the 15th Region All A championship game...

To me, the future of the 15th looks even worse than the present... The junior high ranks are the worst I've seen them in years.

Final from the semi's at the East Ky Expo Center...

Shelby Valley is still nursing a few injuries and would need to be at full strength to even get to Elliott County.

Hazard is capable of beating Elliott IMO.

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I was just curious about scheduling for different schools. Shelby Valley for the season (not counting the All A or State) will have 8 in-state out-of-region games and 5 out-of-state games, for a total of 13 non-region games...

Alot of you haven't seen him but Elisha Justice from Shelby Valley is up there. He is on pace to set the all time steals record in the state of Kentucky, and I feel safe in saying that he has as good of handles as anyone in the state...

This one was never a contest as Shelby Valley started the game off on a 17-0 run...

You may be correct. Also, youth was probably somewhat of a factor. They do have a pretty athletic bunch.

I find Henry Clay's scores surprising after watching Shelby Valley beat them by 37... They must have had a terribly off night. This is an impressive win for them.

Tate Cox from Knott County Central is a nice player also...