Pikeville is already experiencing these problems from being a successful 1A program and winning a state championship in 2015. Can you imagine trying to schedule games while being dominant in the smallest classification? They have 9 games scheduled for 2017 and 1 is at Calloway completely across the state. Personally, I like the Phillip Haywood method of scheduling a team that can beat you, it would be hard to challenge his scheduling methods based on Belfry's success. I believe Paintsville is seeing dividends from scheduling a very good Hurricane WV team. After that loss (they hadn't lost a regular season game in 2 seasons) Paintsville looked much improved vs Pikeville/WBurg.
To answer your question, I do not think Cov Cath ever has trouble finding games in NKY, most expect Cov Cath to be Cov Cath and always put a quality product on the field. I feel like Beechwood and Lex Cath also agree with Haywood's method in scheduling quality teams in order to prepare for a deep run, so I do not think either will dodge Cov Cath in the future. In a densely populated area as NKY/Cinci, I cannot see CCHS ever struggling to fill out a schedule like Pikeville did this season. Would love to see a JCHS/Cov Cath regular season battle!