All the Right Moves

True. Elliott Co has 5 vs winning records and EC has 4. Same could be said of some others with wins over teams with winning records: - I can only find 2 wins for Boyd Co: Ashland and Lewis Co per KHSAA. -Rowan Co (10-2) is tied for the lead with 10 wins but only 3 are vs teams with a winning record in that stretch: Lewis Co, West Carter, and Thomas Nelson (Williamstown Christmas tournament). -Ashland (7-5) and Morgan Co (6-6) both have 2 wins: Ashland's were both over Boyd Co.; Morgan Co beat Rowan Co and Lawrence Co. -Bath Co (8-4) has 1 over West Carter -West Carter (6-6) has 1 over Morgan Co -Lewis Co (7-5) and Raceland (6-6) do not have any wins vs winning teams in past 12. I agree that the 62nd is the toughest. 2 of the best wins listed here are by Morgan Co (Rowan and Lawrence) and they may be the #4 seed in their district and never reach the regional....but if they are the #4 EVERYONE in the 16th will be Cougar fans in the district tourney!

Last 12 games of mostly 16th inter-regional and district play here are the records: 10-2: Rowan Co and Elliott Co 8-4: Boyd Co, Bath Co, and East Carter 7-5: Ashland and Lewis Co 6-6: Morgan Co, West Carter, and Raceland 4-8: Russell, Greenup Co, and Fairview 3-9: Fleming Co and Menifee Co 1-11: Rose Hill Elliott and Rowan are still at the top but other teams are starting to move up the regional ladder heading down the stretch.

Didn't they have early season injury issues? 8-4 in last 12. Handful of teams in the region 8-4 or better in past 12 starting to come alive as districts approach. Others who started hot are now cooling off. Its will all be about match ups and momentum in the district tourneys and this team has it right now.

It was very cool and a win made it even better.

What happened with the post game fight? Players or fans?

Final from Irvine. Good road win for the Cats.

It was at Morgan Co as well which is a very tough place to play.

Yeah those dismissing Elliott County are in for a surprise. If Spencer is on they are hard to beat period. Kid is All State and the rest of the team, which is good on their own, feeds from it.

Menifee's fields are located at the county park and an elementary school. They have soccer so it would be possible. The other 2 maybe a little more difficult but I don't know enough about the available land in those 2.

Great deal for Wolfe County. Would love to see all the schools in that area (Menifee, Lee, Owsley) that do not have football begin programs.

Agree. On the other side of the coin with MoCo still having to play GRC and Bourbon this week they will slide.

I will have to stand up for the "little guy" and ask why Robertson Co #8 when they are 8-3 in region?

Holy crap! My bad. That's what happens when you multi task.

You stated before the board was not happy on the hire. How are things being received if there is an overhaul happening?

Nice breakdown. Got to see Elliott Co on Friday night and they are all that and a bag of chips but I still think 2-12 is a true toss up. Districts and region are wide open...until you play Elliott.

Paintsville in 1996 with Mr. Basketball J.R VanHoose. SV with Mr. Basketball Elijah Tackett in 2010. Other than that it's been a big boys tourney for a generation.

Which ones in KY high schools? And my point did not mean to leave off other sports but 99% are basketball diehards wanting to start and wanting football over with.

Starting Center out in MoCo having to play Davis and Cockrell inside. They combined for 29 pts and 15 boards. Still did not play well overall but that was a factor. Fleming Co game had starting center and 2 guard out but had a 13 point lead starting the 4th quarter. Played worst quarter of the year in the 4th. Wheels fell off. Credit Fleming for taking advantage of turnovers and hitting shots to comeback and win.

Only ones wanting it done by Thanksgiving are the basketball folks. Practice should start the Monday the week of August 1st (this year that would be July 29th). 1st games the weekend before Labor Day. That would allow for 4 weeks of practice. 2 scrimmages are allowed. 12 weeks to play minimum 10/ maximum 11 games. Playoffs start the following weekend. With the new RPI restructuring of the final 8 per class (the old regional finals) would now be pushed back to Thanksgiving weekend because there could be substantial travel involved on both sides of the bracket. Example in 3A East:Bell County hosting/ traveling to Ashland Blazer which is a realistic matchup. That's a 4 hour trip on a bus.

Split into 2 classes. Largest 50% and smallest 50%.

Not hard to figure out in this case....Bath County played their 3rd game in 4 days (2nd in less than 24 hours) in the Ashland area with their 2nd leading scorer and leading rebounder Jake Porter on the bench in street clothes injured from the West Carter game. Russell did play much better than the 1st game but Bath County out of gas from the start.

Good to hear. Thanks.

Was Evans in an car accident? I thought I heard something on the local news this morning about an accident in Sandy Hook. Hope all is well.

Final from Fairview. Bath County advances to 16th region All A championship game vs Elliott County on Friday.

And there it is in a nutshell. All State teams = real estate...location, location, location.