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For those a little less familiar with power rankings, the idea behind them is to hypothetically pit every team from a group (here it's Eastern KY) against every other team in the group, regardless of size or classification. You form your rankings by saying if you took every single team in the group, in that snapshot of a moment, and if you were able to have each team play each other team right then, then which team would prove to be the best by wins, and so on down the line. So now that we're just over 4 weeks away from football season kicking off, what are you thinking in terms of preseason power rankings for the 55 football teams in Eastern Kentucky? Aside from Corbin and Pikeville, who else rounds out the top 5? What's your Top 10 look like? ...are you plugged into things enough to take a guess at #11 through #20 teams in EKY? 4A Ashland Blazer 4A Allen County-Scottsville 3A Bath County 3A Belfry 3A Bell County 2A Betsy Layne 4A Boyd County 2A Breathitt County 3A Clay County 4A Corbin 3A East Carter 2A East Ridge 3A Estill County 3A Fleming County 1A Fairview 2A Floyd Central 4A Greenup County 1A Harlan 5A Harlan County 1A Hazard Jackson County (Withdrawn From District Play) 4A Johnson Central 2A Knott County Central 3A Knox Central 3A Lawrence County 2A Leslie County 4A Letcher County Central 3A Lewis County 1A Lynn Camp 3A Magoffin County 2A Martin County 3A McCreary Central 1A Middlesboro Morgan County (Withdrawn From District Play) 5A North Laurel 1A Paintsville 4A Perry County Central Phelps (Withdrawn From District Play) 2A Pike County Central 1A Pikeville 1A Pineville 3A Powell County 2A Prestonsburg 5A Pulaski County 1A Raceland 3A Rockcastle County 4A Rowan County 3A Russell 2A Shelby Valley 2A Somerset 5A South Laurel 5A Southwestern 3A West Carter 4A Whitley County 1A Williamsburg

Here is a look at how the last three weeks of the 3A football season played out last year. So now that we're just over 4 weeks away from the 2024 football season kicking off, what are you thinking in terms of preseason rankings for 3A? Have any of these teams dropped out of the picture for the beginning of this season? Are any of the quarterfinalists or semifinalists looking more like finalists this season? Or vice versa? What about teams like Belfry, Franklin-Simpson, Mercer County, and Glasgow...do you see them making it any deeper of a playoff run than they did last year? Here are this year's team threads that have been started from among the teams that made last year's 3A quarterfinalists: 2024 Christian Academy Louisville Centurions 2024 Bell County Bobcats 2024 Lexington Catholic Knights 2024 Hart County Raiders 2024 Union County Braves 2024 Rockcastle County Rockets 2024 Central Yellow Jackets

I liked seeing that series played, from a NKY standpoint, but I don't think Ryle was the caliber of competitor that St. X wanted to have in their non-district schedule. I'm hoping to see St. X drop the Floyd Central game soon too. From a RPI standpoint that one does them no favors, and Floyd Central definitely isn't challenging them on the field.

Here is a look at how the last three weeks of the 6A football season played out last year. So now that we're just over 4 weeks away from the 2024 football season kicking off, what are you thinking in terms of preseason rankings for 6A? Have any of these teams dropped out of the picture for the beginning of this season? Are any of the quarterfinalists or semifinalists looking more like finalists this season? Or vice versa? What about teams like Manual, St. Xavier and Bullitt East...do you see them making it any deeper of a playoff run than they did last year? Is Simon Kenton the most logical favorite to win it all this year? Here are this year's team threads that have been started from among the teams that made last year's 6A quarterfinalists: 2024 Trinity Shamrocks 2024 Bryan Station Defenders 2024 Frederick Douglass Broncos 2024 Ballard Bruins 2024 McCracken County Mustangs 2024 Male Bulldogs 2024 Central Hardin Bruins 2024 Ryle Raiders

Last year the first 7 weeks of Bellevue's schedule were: Aug 19 at Eminence (Warrior Bowl) Aug 25 at Trimble County Sep 1 vs. Riverview East Academy (OH) Sep 9 vs. Lynn Camp Sep 15 - BYE Sep 22 vs. Gamble Montessori (OH) Sep 29 vs. Ludlow I checked Lynn Camp's schedule. On the KHSAA site they only have 8 games shown, and on MaxPreps they only have 9 games shown. Both sites have Lynn Camp currently open on Sep 13, so it would reason that Bellevue is more than likely playing at Lynn Camp on Sep 13. Also checked Gamble Montessori's schedule. On MaxPreps they only show 8 games and have Sep 27 open, and on Hudl they only show 7 games and also have Sep 27 open. So there, it would reason that Bellevue is more than likely playing at Gamble Montessori on Sep 27.

This probably could do to be mentioned in this thread, additional to the Central Kentucky Preseason Power Rankings thread where I originally posted it: Scott County's offense returns their starting QB, their entire offensive line, their top 2 wide receivers, and although they graduated their top three RBs, they were kind of a "running back by committee" type of offense last year, with ten different guys with 10+ rush attempts. Honestly, if you look at average yards per carry from last year's three top running backs who all graduated (Jacob Fryman 6.1 ypc, Thomas Feickert 9.3 ypc, Ellis Huguely 9.0 ypc), the next 4 guys in line, who are all returning, quite frankly offer more potential yardage carrying the ball: Timmy Emongo 19.1 ypc, Kayne Garrett 7.25 ypc, Buddy Collins 17.3 ypc, Donovan Meeks 7.6 ypc. Timmy Emongo was a 5'10" 180lb freshman last year and ran the ball 20 times for total 382 yards and 5 touchdowns. Dude was getting nearly 20 yards every time he ran the ball, and was scoring a touchdown 1 in 4 times that he ran it. He already has offers from EKU, Kent State and Miami, OH. Then Buddy Collins, who's given a verbal commitment to Navy, was very similar to Emongo, with 15 carries for 260 yards and 4 touchdowns. So again, basically he pumped out 17.3 yards every time he carried the ball and had a touchdown 1 in 4 times he ran it. The Scott County offense has the potential to be downright scary in 2024. And their defense returns 6 of 11 starters, so they're not looking too bad on defense either.

Scott County's offense returns their starting QB, their entire offensive line, their top 2 wide receivers, and although they graduated their top three RBs, they were kind of a "running back by committee" type of offense last year, with ten different guys with 10+ rush attempts. Honestly, if you look at average yards per carry from last year's three top running backs who all graduated (Jacob Fryman 6.1 ypc, Thomas Feickert 9.3 ypc, Ellis Huguely 9.0 ypc), the next 4 guys in line, who are all returning, quite frankly offer more potential yardage carrying the ball: Timmy Emongo 19.1 ypc, Kayne Garrett 7.25 ypc, Buddy Collins 17.3 ypc, Donovan Meeks 7.6 ypc. Timmy Emongo was a 5'10" 180lb freshman last year and ran the ball 20 times for total 382 yards and 5 touchdowns. Dude was getting nearly 20 yards every time he ran the ball, and was scoring a touchdown 1 in 4 times that he ran it. He already has offers from EKU, Kent State and Miami, OH. Then Buddy Collins, who's given a verbal commitment to Navy, was very similar to Emongo, with 15 carries for 260 yards and 4 touchdowns. So again, basically he pumped out 17.3 yards every time he carried the ball and had a touchdown 1 in 4 times he ran it. The Scott County offense has the potential to be downright scary in 2024. And their defense returns 6 of 11 starters, so they're not looking too bad on defense either.

60 jobs have turned over at this point. 7 jobs are currently open: Beth Haven Central Fulton City Nicholas County Shawnee Todd County Central Whitefield Academy

Coach Croak stepped down back in April to take the job at Hickman County. My understanding is that this job is still open at this point. Not sure whether or not either of Croak's former assistants, Bryce Garris or Tre King, were interested in the job, but it would appear not if it's going on 3 months later and neither has been announced as head coach.

With Coach Stinnett departing to take the boys head coaching job at Fairdale, that leaves Beth Haven looking for a new head coach.

Louisville Collegiate School Athletics May 29, 2024 Collegiate Athletics is proud to introduce our Titan Basketball Head Coach, Matt Pino! Coach Pino has served in many coaching roles at Collegiate since 2017, most recently on staff as an assistant coach with the high school boys basketball program. Coach Pino is eager to engage our alumni community and build excitement within our program. Coach Pino's wife, Barbara is a Collegiate graduate from '09 and currently teaches 8th grade English, and their two oldest children, Elliott '35 & Nola '37, attend Collegiate. We are excited to have Coach Pino leading the program as head coach! #WeAreLCS #LCSAthletics #AmazonsTitans

So you're going to make a wild claim that you think Simon Kenton should be counted in along with Beechwood, Cooper, Cov Cath and Highlands as being better than all of the other teams in NKY in addition to being able to beat any of those 4 teams.......yet when you're pressed for your reasoning, you can't offer any. I see. I see. That's very enlightening as to how your logic and reasoning operate. 👍