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Agree, they're drop in rankings right now, is a combination of a few losses without some players and also other teams winning. They were in my pre-season top 5 and I expect by end of season, they'll be right back there.

Defensive coordinator from North Hardin, Clay Hooper.

They have hired a coach. Not sure why they haven't announced it yet, but rumor killer, it wasn't Chad Griffin and I don't believe that Jaggers was even interviewed.

Week 5 brings in a new calendar year. How many games will get played in this first full week of the new year remains undecided as every game in the 5th region on Monday, January 6th has been cancelled. Green County remains the number one team in the region. They will travel to Caverna at some point this week, (originally on Monday, now scheduled for Tuesday) for an All A first round matchup and also district game. The last time those two teams played, they had the unfortunate incident that led to both teams having players suspended. The winner of that game will play Washington County in the semi-finals. The semi-finals and finals will be played at Washington County. Congratulations to Larue County, who moves up a spot to #2 in the rankings this week. They repeated as 2A sectional champions with wins over Lincoln County and Russell County. They will now play in the 2A state tournament a little later this month. Adair County drops a spot, as they lose to Russell County in the 2A sectional. That loss to me is somewhat unexplainable. I have heard that they were dealing with sickness from players and coaches, but Loy had 24 and Cochran had 16 points respectively, so I’m just not sure what happened there. North Hardin got a nice win over district foe Central Hardin. North is firmly in control of the 17th district right now. Central Hardin drops several spots this week as they have lost 3 in a row. Here’s the rankings for Week 5: 1. Green County (11-1) Results this Week: Lexington Catholic 76-66. Franklin-Simpson 79-49 Games this week: at Caverna (All A Tournament) 2. Larue County (11-4) Results this Week: Fredrick Douglas 59-72, Manual 57-64, Lincoln County 62-46, Russell County 83-68 Games this week: at Bullitt East, at Breckinridge County 3. Adair County (8-4) Results this Week: Russell County 64-66 Games this week: Glasgow, Owensboro 4. Taylor County (11-3) Results this Week: Anderson County 46-41, Glasgow 84-71 Games this week: Louisville Central 5. North Hardin (7-4) Results this Week: Central Hardin 69-57 Games this week: Elizabethtown (postponed), at Franklin-Simpson 6. Bardstown (7-2) Results this Week: No Games Games this week: Collins 7. Central Hardin (10-5) Results this Week: Holy Cross (Covington) 56-71, North Hardin 57-69, McCracken County 54-61 Games this week: Elizabethtown 8. Marion County (10-5) Results this Week: Shawnee 61-66, Francis Parker 74-37 Games this Week: No Games 9. Caverna (6-7) Results this Week: John Hardin 75-38 Games this week: Green County (All A Tournament), at Hart County 10. Bethlehem (7-5) Results this Week: Nelson County 65-40 Games this Week: Fort Knox (All A Tournament) 11. Washington County (5-6) Results this Week: Garrard County 55-61, Thomas Nelson 67-62, Nelson County 59-50 Games this Week: All A Tournament (Winner of Green/Caverna) 12. Thomas Nelson (6-8) Results this Week: Madisonville North Hopkins 43-29, Washington County62-67, Meade County 74-90 Games this week: Highland Latin, Nelson County 13. Hart County (4-7) Results this Week: Warren East 64-71 Games this week: Bluegrass Blazers (Homeschool), Caverna 14. Elizabethtown (3-9) Results this Week: No Games Games this week: at North Hardin (postponed), Greenwood, at Central Hardin 15. Nelson County (1-11) Results this Week: Marquette Catholic 72-58, Seckman Senior 28-75, Bethlehem 40-65, Washington County 50-59 Games this week: at Thomas Nelson 16. Campbellsville (1-8) Results this Week: No Games Games this Week: All A Tournament (Winner of Bethlehem/Fort Knox) 17. John Hardin (1-13) Results this Week: Caverna 38-75 Games this Week: Meade County 18. Fort Knox (0-9) Results this Week: Eminence 50-66 Games this week: at Bethlehem (All A Tournament)

Me either. They seem to turn on/off at will. And if they decide to turn off, they're an average team. When they decide to turn on, they are one of the best in the region (if not the best). This is a bad loss and feels eerily similar to their loss against Cumberland County at the beginning of the season. Possibly looking ahead to the bigger next game. If that is going to be the norm for the Indians, I'd expect a few more losses that should be wins, especially toward tournament time.

Region 5, Week 4 Lots of games this week, but very few games against in-region competition. Central Hardin is the first team to get double digit wins in the region. It was a good week for the top teams in the region, going a combined 17-2. The bottom half of teams in the region, not so much going a combined 6-20. The top 3 teams, Green County, Adair County and Larue County all had good wins against quality competition. Green defeated Woodford County, Adair County defeated Campbell County and Larue County defeated George Rogers Clark and Calloway County. Sunday’s games are not reflected in wins/losses or rankings for this week. Here's the rankings for Week 4: 1. Green County (9-1) Results This Week: 76-63 Woodford Co. 51-74 Fred. Douglas Upcoming Games: Lexington Catholic, at Franklin-Simpson 2. Adair County (8-3) Results This Week: 90-54 Mason Co, 61-59 Campbell Co Upcoming Games: Russell Co (at Larue) 3. Larue County (9-2) Results This Week: 68-65 GRC, 56-50 Calloway County Upcoming Games: Fred. Douglas, Lincoln Co. TBA (2A) 4. Taylor County (9-3) Results This Week: 75-67 Grayson Co, 83-53 Perry Co. Central. Upcoming Games: Anderson Co (at Thomas Nelson), Glasgow 5. Central Hardin (10-2) Results This Week: 88-47 Southern, 98-83 Connor Upcoming Games: Holy Cross (Covington), at North Hardin 6. North Hardin (6-4) Results This Week: 80-50 Boone Co, 80-58 Dawson Springs, 77-52 Scott Upcoming Games: Central Hardin 7. Bardstown (7-2) Results This Week: 54-50 Franklin-Simpson, 48-50 Greenwood No Games This Week 8. Marion County (9-4) Results This Week: 81-42 Carroll Co, 68-56 Barbourville, 89-53 Middlesboro, 56-46 Somerset Christian Upcoming Games: Shawnee (at Iroquois) 9. Caverna (5-7) Results This Week:80-50 Murray, 55-62 Daviess Co Upcoming Games: John Hardin 10. Bethlehem (6-5) Results This Week: 56-80 Mercer Co, 61-63 Campbellsville, 74-68 Etown Upcoming Games: at Nelson Co. 11. Hart County (4-6) Results This Week: 32-55 McLean Co, 44-66 Owensboro Upcoming Games: Warren East (2A Finals) 12. Thomas Nelson (5-6) Results This Week: 65-71 Paris, 38-51 Danville Upcoming Games: Mad. North Hopkins, Washington Co, at Meade Co. 13. Washington County (3-5) Results This Week: 62-59 Wolfe Co, 65-62 Cumberland Co. Upcoming Games: at Garrard Co. at Thomas Nelson, at Nelson Co. 14. Elizabethtown (3-9) Results This Week: 51-87 S. Oldham, 59-61 Monroe Co, 68-74 Bethlehem No Games This Week 15. Nelson County (1-8) Results This Week: 53-66 Waterloo Il, 47-68 Freeburg IL, 72-58 Marquette IL, Upcoming Games: Seckman Senior IL, Bethlehem, Washington Co. 16. Campbellsville (1-8) Results This Week: 47-68 Muhlenburg Co, 63-61 Bethlehem, 57-59 Monroe Co No Games This Week 17. John Hardin (1-12) Results This Week: 55-70 Ballard Memorial, 65-68 Edmonson Co, 40-46 Ohio Co. Upcoming Games: at Caverna 18. Fort Knox (0-8) Results This Week: 55-83 Frankfort, 45-73 Holy Cross, 56-65 Shawnee Upcoming Games: Eminence

This week there were just 11 games that featured regional opponents, so lots of teams were playing out of region competition. That can make it tough to discern how high a team should jump in the ratings or how far they will drop, so you’ll see that there were not a ton of teams that moved too high or too low. Green County remains undefeated with strong performances against in-region competition. I think for me what was most impressive was their win against Campbellsville. It was a dominant performance without Eric James Jr. or Modibo Kouyate, due to suspensions. Hayden Blakeman and Jayden Marr had huge games with 33 and 22 points respectively. Adair County went 1-2 at the King of the Bluegrass. They started with North Oldham; they controlled the first half but went cold in the third quarter and fell by 9. They rebounded with a big statement win against Trinity, and then dropped a consolation game to Newport. Taylor County had a good week with 3 wins against some quality teams. Davier White and Layken Lyons both had multiple games with 20 plus points this week. Taylor seems to be a team on the move. Overall, it was a good week for the region. They had a combined record of 28-24, and the teams through this far in the season have a combined record of 73-72. So, here’s the rankings for week 3. 1. Green County (8-0) Results: Campbellsville 87-63, Hart 82-61 Games this Week: Woodford Co. (WGM Classic at Lexington Catholic) 2. Adair County (6-3) Results: North Oldham 68-77, Trinity 82-51, Newport 50-56 Games this Week: Mason Co, Campbell Co. (at Mason County, Mason County Invitational) 3. Larue County(7-2) Results: Caverna 58-52, Grayson Co. 60-70, Evansville Day 80-41, Owensboro Knights 76-45 Games this Week: GRC (WGM Classic at Lexington Catholic) 4. North Hardin (3-4) Results: Eastern 71-76, John Hardin 79-53, River City Jags 98-32 Games this Week: Boone Co (at Bellevue) 5. Taylor County (7-3) Results: Seneca 76-67, Mercer 48-41, Daviess 62-54, GRC 53-69 Games this Week: Grayson County (at Thomas Nelson) 6. Central Hardin (8-2) Results: Greenwood 59-80, Nelson Co 70-49, Metcalfe 76-72, Monroe 64-66 Games this Week: Southern (City of Middletown Classic at Eastern) 7. Bardstown (6-1) Results: Washington Co 78-34, Bethlehem 77-61 Games this Week: at Franklin Simpson 8. Caverna (4-6) Results: Larue 52-58, Owensboro Cath 45-78, South Oldham 71-90, Glasgow 61-27 Games this Week: Murray, Davies Co. (Faupel Automotive/Chevrolet GMC Ford Colonel Classic at Henderson Co.) 9. Marion County (6-4) Results: Lincoln Co. 46-58, Casey 68-22, Trinity Whitesville 91-66, Carroll County 81-42 Games this Week: Barbourville, Middlesboro, Somerset Christian (Whitley County BSN Borderline Classic) 10. Bethlehem (5-3) Results: Shelby 64-53, Bardstown 61-77 Games this Week: Mercer Co (Farm Bureau Holiday Classic at Campbellsville) 11. Hart County (4-4) Results: Allen County Scottsville 64-56, Green 61-82, Bullitt Central 61-55 Games this Week: McLean Co, Owensboro (Southwire Holiday Classic) 12. Elizabethtown (3-6) Results: John Hardin 71-61, Washington Co 63-65 (overtime) Campbellsville 63-58 Games this Week: South Oldham (Farm Bureau Holiday Classic at Campbellsville) 13. Thomas Nelson (4-4) Results: Doss 72-37, LKY 55-53, Atherton 48-62 Games this Week: Paris (Thomas Nelson Christmas Tournament) 14. John Hardin (1-8) Results: Fort Knox 71-55, Etown 61-71, North Hardin 53-79, West Jessamine 46-67 Games this Week: Anderson Co (at Sayre) Ballard Memorial (Rafferty's Double Dogs Caveland Classic at Edmonson Co) 15. Washington County (1-5) Results: Bardstown 34-78, Etown 65-63 (Overtime) Games this Week: Wolfe Co, Cumberland Co, Garrard Co. (at Garrard Co. Four Banks Classic) 16. Nelson County (0-6) Results: Edmonson Co 61-83, Central Hardin 49-70 Games this Week: Waterloo, Freeburg, Marquette (Freeburg Holiday Classic Freeburg Illinois) 17. Campbellsville (0-6) Results: Green Co. 63-87, Etown 58-63 Games this Week: Muhlenberg Co (Farm Bureau Holiday Classic at Campbellsville) 18. Fort Knox (0-5) Results: John Hardin 55-71 Games this Week: Frankfort, Holy Cross (Louisville) Burgin, (Burgin Bulldog Classic)

With week 2 complete, the top 3 teams (Green Co. Adair Co. & Larue Co) in the region seem to be distancing themselves from the other teams. Central Hardin remains unbeaten and are playing much better than I expected them to be at this point in the season. The marquee matchup (Caverna at Green) from last week was marred by an ugly incident that resulted in at least 4 ejections the night of, and I suspect there will be a few more handed down from Lexington. The top 3 teams remain the same, North Hardin stays in the top 5 despite having only won 1 game, but strength of competition is something to consider there. Central Hardin moves up several spots and Caverna and Taylor County both drop out of the top 5. 1. Green County (6-0) Results: Marion County 66-57, Caverna 57-48, Butler 82-72 Games this Week: at Campbellsville, at Hart County Green will be without guard Eric James, as he was one that was ejected during the incident against Caverna. Wouldn’t be surprised for them to also be without Modibo Kouyate for a couple of games. 2. Adair County (5-0) Results: Campbellsville 75-50, Bowling Green 61-57 Games this Week: North Oldham (King of the Bluegrass) 3. Larue County (4-1) Results: North Hardin 79-72, Hart County 79-38, Barren County 77-52 Games this Week: Caverna, Grayson County (at McLean County) 4. North Hardin (1-3) Results: Fort Knox 83-53, Greenwood 82-83 Games this Week: at Eastern, Oldham Co. at John Hardin 5. Central Hardin (6-0) Results: John Hardin 74-69, Elizabethtown 60-53, Russell Co. 90-74 Games this Week: at Greenwood, Nelson Co. at Metcalfe Co, Monroe Co (at Metcalfe) 6. Caverna (3-3) Results: Barren Co. 72-46, Green Co 48-57, Mercer Co. 43-52 Games this Week: at Larue Co. Owensboro Catholic (at South Warren) Caverna will be most likely without several players this week due to ejections, which will come at a very bad point in time with scheduling. 7. Taylor County (4-2) Results: Wayne Co. 55-46, Marion Co. 74-64, Bardstown 62-65 Games this Week: Seneca (at St. X), Mercer Co, Daviess Co. (at GRC) 8. Bardstown (4-1) Results: Nelson Co. 59-49, Taylor County 65-62 Games this Week: Washington Co, Bethlehem 9. Marion County (3-3) Results: Green Co. 57-66, Taylor Co. 64-74, Whitley Co. 62-59 Games this Week: Lincoln Co, Casey Co, Trinity Whitesville 10. Bethlehem (4-2) Results: Washington Co. 68-59, Thomas Nelson 50-46, Grayson Co 56-60 Games this Week: Shelby Co, at Bardstown 11. Hart County (2-3) Results: Campbellsville 59-58, Larue Co. 38-79 Games this Week: at Allen Co. Scottsville, Green Co, at Bullitt Central 12. Elizabethtown (1-5) Results: Bowling Green 43-82, Central Hardin 53-60, Fort Knox 61-47 Games this Week: at John Hardin, at Washington Co, Campbellsville 13. Thomas Nelson (2-3) Results: Edmonson Co. 54-44, Bethlehem 46-50 Games this Week: Doss 14. Nelson County (0-4) Results: Breckinridge Co. 55-70, Bardstown 49-59 Games this Week: at Edmonson Co, at Central Hardin 15. Campbellsville (0-4) Results: Hart Co. 58-59, Adair Co. 50-75, Games this Week: Green County, at Elizabethtown 16. John Hardin (0-5) Results: Hancock Co. 62-65, Central Hardin 69-74, WEB DuBois 58-81 Games this Week: at Fort Knox, Elizabethtown, North Hardin 17. Washington County (0-4) Results: Bullitt Central 51-59, Bethlehem 59-68 Games this Week: at Bardstown, at Elizabethtown 18. Fort Knox (0-4) Results: North Hardin 53-83, Elizabethtown 47-61 Games this Week: John Hardin, Paris (at Berea)

I don't think he will return this season. If he does, would be very late in the season.

Hodges hasn't played all year. He's out with an injury from football.

Any knowledge of the fight that happened during the game?

I'm impressed with how much better this Marion team appears to be so far out of the gate.

I was surprised by the margin as well. Taylor hasn't listed any stats for that game and I haven't been able to find any video of it either, but I'm not aware of anyone being out.

It’s hard to put much stock into results yet, only being 1 week into the season, but being able to watch several teams play this week and seeing some highlights from other games has helped. Week 2 should help crystalize rankings a little more. But after week 1, I would put the region into about 4 tiers. The top tier is going to be Green, Adair and Larue County. These are the front runners for regional champion. The second tier would be Caverna, Central Hardin, Taylor County and North Hardin. These teams could be contenders. The third tier would be teams ranked 8-13. These teams will win a few games, be competitive in some games, but will probably not make much noise come regional tournament time. The last tier, teams 14-18, well it looks like it will be a long season for those teams. A couple of things of note: -Green County is as good as advertised. The two transfer players are difference makers for them and take them from a team that had a chance to compete to a team that should be considered regional favorites. -Adair County will be just fine as well. They had an early slip-up against Cumberland County, who is a good team in the 4th region, but they looked like the Adair County team I expected against Taylor County. -Elizabethtown starts the season 0-3. This is the worse start to a season for the Panthers since 2021-22 season, where they started 0-5. That season they ended up losing in the regional finals in overtime. -I thought John Hardin and Thomas Nelson would be much improved, and while I do think they will get better than they were last season, my expectations I believe were too high. I am not convinced from what I’ve seen this week that they will win many more games than they did last season. -Washington County did not score more than 40 points in either of their games this week (37,32). Scoring will be problematic for them, which will make winning that much more difficult. -There are a number of district games this week that will begin shaping up the seeding for districts. I’m certain that there are always district games early in the season, but it seems that there are more this year than in previous years. Maybe not, maybe just my thinking, but sure does feel that way to me. Rankings 1. Green County (3-0) Results- W-Barren County 69-38, Logan County 69-52, Doss 93-56 Games this Week- at Marion County, Caverna, Butler 2. Adair County (3-1) Results- W- Elizabethtown 79-72, L- Cumberland County 77-82, W-Taylor County 77-50, Bullitt East 77-50 Games this Week- at Campbellsville, at Barren County 3. Larue County (1-1) Results- W- Collins 58-55, L- South Warren 82-88 Games this Week- at North Hardin, at Hart, at Barren County 4. Caverna (2-1) Results- W- Fort Knox 86-69, Hart County 73-56, L-Lyon County 50-61 Games this Week- Barren County, at Green County, Mercer County (at Bardstown) 5. Taylor County (2-1) Results- W- Doss 65-28, Bethlehem 80-60, L- Adair County 55-87 Games this Week- Wayne County, Marion County, at Bardstown 6. Central Hardin (3-0) Results- W-Breckinridge County 74-56, Apollo 64-56, Thomas Nelson 78-62 Games this Week- at John Hardin, at Elizabethtown, Russell County (at Green County) 7. North Hardin (0-1) Results- L- Danville Christian 65-70 Games this Week- Larue County, at Fort Knox, Greenwood (at Barren County) 8. Bethlehem (2-1) Results- L-Taylor County 60-80, W- Nelson County 62-61, Iroquois 59-43 Games this Week- Washington County, at Thomas Nelson, Grayson County (at Green County) 9. Bardstown (2-1) Results- L- South Oldham 54-80, W- John Hardin 81-67, Hopkinsville 66-54 Games this Week- at Nelson County, Taylor County 10. Marion County (2-1) Results- W- North Hardin Classical 95-15, Campbellsville 49-42, L- Apollo 42-45 Games this Week- Green County, at Taylor County, at Whitley County 11. Elizabethtown (0-3) Results- L- Adair County 72-79, Grayson County 61-62, Barren County 56-70 Games this Week- Bowling Green, Central Hardin, at Fort Knox 12. Hart County (0-2) Results L-Russell County 63-90, Caverna 56-73 Games this Week- Franklin Simpson, Campbellsville, Larue County 13. Nelson County (0-2) Results L- North Bullitt 52-82, Bethlehem 61-62 Games this Week- Breckinridge County, Bardstown 14. Campbellsville (0-2) Results L- Marion County 42-49, Warren East 62-65 Games this Week- at Hart County, Adair County 15. John Hardin (0-2) Results L- Bullitt East 55-74, Bardstown 67-81 Games this Week- at Hancock County, Central Hardin, WEB DuBois 16. Washington County (0-2) Results L- Grayson County 37-63, Anderson County 32-68 Games this Week- at Bullitt Central, at Bethlehem 17. Thomas Nelson (1-2) Results W- Brown 76-48, L- Garrard County 48-56, Central Hardin 62-78 Games this Week- Edmonson County, Bethlehem, TBA at Richmond Model 18. Fort Knox (0-2) Results- L- Caverna 69-86, Edmonson County 56-75 Games this Week- North Hardin, Elizabethtown

Game was over about 3 minutes into it. Green looked really impressive and very well could be the team to beat in the 5th region.

Cumberland will be competitive this year and should return to the regional tournament in the 4th region but this is still a huge upset and a big victory for them. You can't always put much stock in scrimmages but Marion County, who only won a handful of games last year defeated Cumberland in a scrimmage by 7 a week ago. This sounds to me like Adair overlooked them, expected a fairly easy win and have believed their own hype. Thankfully for the Indians, it's very early in the season, but they have to put this game behind them immediately and figure things out because Taylor County waits for them on Friday night.

Thanks to GreenRiverMonster for updates on the Adair/Etown game last night. Looks like it was a pretty good game. I'm intersted to see the game film and stats for that one. The Bethlehem/Taylor game is the best in-region matchup tonight. Green County and Barren County should be a fun one as well, assuming everyone plays tonight with the different school cancellations.

GNG Productions on Facebook covers many games involving teams in the 19th district and occasionally Marion County. There broadcast is second to none.

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I agree with your assessment on all of these games. I think the Green/Barren game should be a very good game and I agree with you about Taylor & Adair on Friday. As much as this game means for the 2A, getting the advantage in the district is even bigger. In their last 5 games, the largest margin of victory was 9 points, that was the first game of three, last season. Citizens Bank Arena should be full Friday night.

Here's a few games to keep an eye on in the first week of the season: Monday, Dec. 2nd Adair County at Elizabethtown Tuesday, Dec. 3rd Central Hardin at Apollo Barren County at Green County Bethlehem at Taylor County Adair County at Cumberland County Wednesday, Dec. 4th South Oldham at Bardstown Thursday, Dec. 5th Elizabethtown at Grayson County Friday, Dec. 6th Elizabethtown at Barren County Bardstown at John Hardin Collins at Larue County Hart County at Caverna (District Game) Nelson County at Bethlehem (District Game) Adair County at Taylor County (District Game) Campbellsville at Marion County (District Game) Saturday, Dec. 7th North Hardin vs. Danville Christian at Campbellsville South Warren at Larue County Any thoughts on any of these games?

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Green won by about 8 I think. Both teams were very physical. Fugate looked good when he was able to get set and shoot from deep. I don't have any stats though. Green controlled the game for its entirety. Lincoln was down double digits at one point and did get it back to 4 in the 2nd half, but they couldn't get the stop and then score when they needed it.

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There were several ejections, not sure exactly how many but at least 3 players (not sure which players) from Campbellsville and a coach were ejected.