King James

A couple of thoughts.... Small schools have to deal with the up and down talent cycle that comes with a small enrollment. Pikeville has been the beneficiary of transfer/out of district players for some time now. However, consolidation has caused more players to stick with their original schools. Even this year the top 2 football players (Harmon & Baker) were originally from other schools. The talent pool in Pikeville is just very shallow at the present time.

I'm not an East Ridge fan but... Stats from the LHL from their game on Tuesday show him with 14 points, 18 rebounds and 10 blocked shots against Pike Central...

On a side note, the 15th region is SOOOOO down this year... Down even for the 15th...

Cox had 32.

According to Cats' Pause they are...

I'm not sure what to make of Ashland... they don't look to have a bad team, but they just don't seem to have any playmakers. They shot the ball fairly well, but the big man didn't do very much.

I think this is a good early test for both teams...

Nice early season win for Corbin. Clay is not a bad team...

Final. Shelby Valley led 37-16 after the first quarter, and Ashland was never really able to make a run. Elisha Justice led SV with 22, Ashley Hatfield with 15, and Devan Adams with 14....

At this point I'm not sure anyone in the 15th is good, other than Shelby Valley...

Dunbar @ Shelby Valley was cancelled

That's a massive number of FT's for one player to shoot...

Closer than expected...

A little???

I watched South Charleston play last year and unless they've picked up some players they are not the same caliber of the top team in Kentucky. They defeated Paintsville by 3 points at the Expo Center and were not an overly impressive team.

Most of the time when Hood had the ball Elliott would send two players at him to make him give it up. Unfortunately for Mville nobody else could do anything with it. Hood was clearly the most talented player on the floor...

I understand that Shelby Valley won their game against Muhlenberg South by a score of 79-34...

I'll be there... at least for the last two games.

I agree that Hazard was weakened by missing 2 starters... I think if they had been there Hazard would have been able to give SV a much more competitive game. :thumb:

I understand that Hazard was missing quite a few of it's players, but I'm not sure the 9th, 10th, and 11th man make that much of a difference... But if we're counting them then SV was also missing it's 8th, 9th, and 10th players in Cody Varney, Logan Lucas, and Dylan Tackett...

I think Hazard and SV are two pretty evenly matched teams. SV has a significant size advantage, but Hazard seems to be a physically tougher team. The guard situation is pretty much a tossup (depending on what you like from a point guard) with Justice and Whitaker. I think both of these teams could be very successful in the All A.

Shelby Valley built a lead of 15 or so in the first half, but Hazard continued to fight. Whitaker did a nice job of keeping his dribble alive and creating shots for Warren and Jones on the interior. Shelby Valley's defensive intensity was lacking, and Hazard got alot of putbacks on the offensive glass. Pretty nice battle between Justice and Whitaker. Not sure of the stats other than turnovers with 6 for Whitaker and 0 for Justice. Good competitive scrimmage for both teams...

Final.

You can check out their website here: http://www.kyelitebasketball.com/ Also, notice 6'7" seventh grader Cody Belter from Dorton (a Shelby Valley feeder school) next to Patrick Patterson...

Hazard @ Shelby Valley on 11/19