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7 hours ago, TheDeuce said:

Class 4A Top 10 

1. Johnson Central at 6A Henry Clay

2. Boyle County vs. 6A Tates Creek (at Mercer County) (8/21)

3. Corbin vs. Christ School (NC)

4. Franklin County vs. 5A #6 Scott County (at Great Crossing)

5. Central at 6A #4 Manual

6. Lexington Catholic at 6A #10 Ryle

7. Letcher County Central at 2A Shelby Valley

8. Hopkinsville vs. 6A #7 Ballard

9. Lincoln County vs. 2A #4 Somerset

10. Holmes at 5A Grant County

That’s the same top 6 order that I have. Good list! What a deep class!

5A is loaded. South Warren and Douglass probably the favorites but Bowling Green, Southwestern, maybe even Owensboro and others are in the mix. South Warren vs Bowling Green should be epic!

1 hour ago, DevilMayCare said:

You could go a couple of ways with LCA, depending on how they utilize Xavier Brown. When he's taking handoffs from QB Drew Nieves, they're one of the top backfields in the state. When he's split out wide or in the slot, he and Mason Moore give the Eagles one of the top pass catching duos in the bluegrass. It all revolves around Brown's versatility. 

Exactly! Very versatile LCA team.  Good units at DB, QB, RB, WR, special teams, etc. Brown is so versatile! 

LOL

Sam Vinson looking good.

11 hours ago, NKYBBALLFANS said:

Pre Season rankings with the 9th Region having 3 Teams (Cov Cath, Highlands and Beechwood) representing.  All 3 Teams have a good shot of having the type of year to win the region and make the Sweet 16, but only one can go.  

Interesting not to see St. Henry who have 3 returning starters (Vieth, Bessler) and won the KY All A Region last year in 2020.  Cov Cath will be hard pressed to match last years deep and Senior led team, having to fill the void of Grant Disken and Greene graduating.

Speaking of Senior led teams, Beechwood tops the Region with 5 returning Seniors, three of which were starters and two who were 6 and 7 man off bench.  However, if Beechwood is to have the kind of seasons they had in 2019 when they were the 9th Region's runner up's, they will have to find more than one player who shoots more than 50% of their shots.  

Championship teams have a few things in common, Great Defense, Low Turnover Ratio and a balanced offense where 3 players score double digit per game on average.  This Senior led Beechwood Team will need to play much more disciplined to win.  

I give Highlands the edge and prediction to win the 9th Region. They do all three.

You are right about St. Henry. They are going to be the real deal.

23 hours ago, ColonelMike said:

Since the BGP Top 20 is created separately from the region rankings, we wind up with an interesting thing....our 7th Region rankings have Ballard #1, but the overall Top 20 has Male 1 and Ballard 2.   😆

I am also kind of surprised that Seneca is not in the Top 20.    They have a lot of the pieces back from a darn good team last year.

In the 8th Region, North Oldham has a good argument for being ranked in the 15-20 range.   The Mustangs are talented enough, return a lot of the firepower from last year's team, and got a key transfer that fills a need they had.   The problem will be assessing their ranking if they lose a few games - which they likely will, facing one of the toughest schedules in the state (North faces 6 of the teams ranked in the above top 12....)

I guess I'm a little surprised at how low CovCath is after all I've heard through the grapevine...but the grapevine isn't always that reliable, and with all the NKY folks on this board, I would expect the BGP voters have as good of a handle on CovCath as anyone, if not better.

It will be interesting to see if Bardstown cracks this ranking soon....

CM

Cov Cath lost their top 2 players and like 6 of their top 8 guys. They did pick up some transfers though. I think 8-12 range is about right.

On 1/2/2021 at 2:53 PM, 11kodiak said:

GRC at 10 is a huge stretch!  They arent the best team in the 10th!

I think GRC picked up a good transfer from Danville. Cardinals will be very good. Indians can challenge them, though.

Rankings look good! Here are mine. Feedback is appreciated.

1. Etown 
2. Ballard 
3. Oldham Co 
4. Male 
5. Ashland   
6. Fern Creek
7. Lex Cath
8. Highlands
9. Cov Cath
10. Bowling Green
11. St. Henry
12. McCracken County
13. Knox Central
14. GRC
15. Murray
16. Eastern
17. N Oldham 
18. Trinity 
19. Conner 
20. Marshall Co 
21. Frederick Douglass 
22. Seneca 
23. N Laurel 
24. Madison Central 
25. Montgomery County

Great preview! My 10th region preseason 🏀 rankings are similar.
1. GRC
2. Montgomery
3. Robertson
4. Campbell
5. Brossart
6. Mason
7. Bourbon
8. Scott
9. Bracken
10. Paris
11. Pendleton
12. Harrison
13. Augusta
14. St. Pat
15. Calvary
16. Nicholas

Etown has a great offense and Ashland has a great defense. Etown has played pretty good D and been opportunistic on defense. Ashland’s offense has not been too great as of late, vs Russell and Belfry in the playoffs. Does that mean advantage Etown or is Ashland’s defense good enough to carry them to victory?

I thought LCA would go for 2. If they had made the kick to force 2OT LCA would have had to get the ball first in 2OT. I see both teams likely scoring and then Beechwood going for 2 and the win like they did vs West Carter last week. That would be advantage Beechwood with Hergott having the ball in his hands and 1 play to win it. 
In LCA’s defense they do have a great kicker snd had out scored Beechwood by 14 down the stretch so maybe wanted the game to simply continue into a 2nd OT.

Franklin Co played great but looked kind of scattered in OT. That first play had 2 guys in motion, a snap before QB was ready and a costly decision to pitch instead of take a no gain on the play. Almost an INT on the 2nd play. An apparant inxomplete pass on the 3rd play (incorrectly ruled a catch) . Did the final play seem like a pick play? I’m not sure. I guess the refs usually don’t call that in high school, it almost worked but for a few inches

I am shocked as well. How does a team like Crittenden play so well against Murray and Henderson but lose by 4 TDs to KCD?   KCD did not look good yesterday at all in the finals vs Paintsville (the same Paintsville team that lost to Raceland once and almost twice)?

Would Crittenden have had a shot vs Paintsville?

So excited for this one! LCA being more battle tested and playing home. I’ll pick the Eagles in a close high scoring game.

Both teams play great D, but Trinity shouldn’t have much trouble in this one. They are on their own level.

Anyone know the fan policy for this game?

Two high scoring teams!  E-town has a great senior class of guys that excel in basketball and football!  I see that RB Montgomery is at Bethlehem this year and not Bardstown.  He was the difference in Bardstown's playoff win last year.

This is going to be one of the top games in the state along with Somerset/LCA.  I'll pick Ashland in a close one.  

He has been out with an injury. Being cautious. I hear he could be back as early as their next game. 

Yes.  If they win they will jump to #1.  Regardless LCA plays Somerset next week so we will find out then.

I think Owensboro wins 35-21.

OCath surprised me last week with a big win over McLean. 

I reviewed the quarterfinals in previous article.

Bishop Brossart 58 Robertson County 54

George Rogers Clark 81 Augusta 41

Montgomery County 52 Mason County 51

Campbell County 48 Pendleton County 38

Semifinals

George Rogers Clark 58 Bishop Brossart 45

Clark County got big games from each of their big 4. Lincoln Bush had 10 points and 16 rebounds. KJ Rucker had 14 points on 4 of 5 shooting from deep. Jared Wellman had 18 points and 7 boards and Jerone Morton had 10 points and 12 assists. Bishop Brossart couldn't get much going on offense. They missed several 3-pointers and layups. The Cardinals were able to alter several of their shots.

Montgomery County 76 Campbell County 59

The Indians dominated the Camels inside. Rickey Lovette had 20 rebounds and whole Camels team had 22. Lovette finished with 28 points on 12 of 13 shooting. Brandon Dyer provided outside shooting and finished with 16 points. Hagan Harrison had 18 and Zach Benton added 12 points and 9 rebounds. Jordan Gross had another good game for the Camels. Campbell County heated up from deep in the second half, but it was too little too late.

Finals

George Rogers Clark 53 Montgomery County 50

The Cardinals used defense to turn a 9-point 1st half deficit into a 3 point win. They kept the Indians' offense off balance all night. The game was also won at the free throw line, with the Cardinals shooting much better from the stripe than Montgomery County did. Jerone Morton's play was the difference in the game. Lincoln Bush had 9 points and 19 boards and KJ Rucker made several key free throws. Rickey Lovette and Brandon Dyer played well for the Indians. Both will return next year along with sophomore Hagan Harrison. The Indians and Cardinals could very well meet again in next year's 10th region finals. George Rogers Clark will play McCracken County at 8:00 p.m. on March 18 in the first round of the Sweet 16. McCracken County is a top 10 team in the state.