The Professor

Butler will easily win this region.

After just now looking at a county map of Kentucky I’m pretty sure the longest distance between schools in any of the 16 regions is Estill County to Jenkins in the 14th at 137 miles, a 274 mile round trip. Needless to say those two schools did not play during the regular season. ? Owsley County where I’m from is around 100 miles from Jenkins. When I was AD we played them and the way they traveled to Booneville was on Rt 15 from Letcher, through Perry, into Breathitt, and from Jackson in Breathitt to Booneville on Rt 30, a winding and hilly old road that is 25 miles from Jackson. When their cheerleaders and players came into the gym several were sick from the curvy road. One of them said to me, “This town is in the head of nowhere!” ? I said, “You’re wrong. Y’all are in the head of nowhere. Booneville is only 90 minutes from Lexington.”

That’s a 100% no doubter. ?

Another great piece of work Dragon!!!

For anyone to beat Hazard it would take the perfect storm. The Bulldogs would have to play terrible and their opponent would have to play great, and at that it would still be a close game. Hazard has a lot of weapons to use in their game plan. And their big Higgins kid who started all last year and most of this season until he was injured (he didn’t play in any of the All A region or state tournament games) is back in the lineup. He’s about 6’4, maybe 6’5 and looks like an offensive lineman, which he probably was for Hazard’s football team.

There is another Hayes on the team, a senior. His name is Adyn. I’m not sure if they are related.

The player from Jenkins to watch is Cam Hayes, going by the few games I’ve watched them on stream. He put the Cavaliers on his shoulders and beat Knott Central in the district. And only a sophomore.

I wonder which region has the longest distance between schools? In the 14th it is 137 miles from Irvine to Jenkins.

? The county I’m from the Mayes name is far more numerous than the Mays name. So I'm used to people getting the name confused. I was just having some fun with my post.

I’m not as knowledgeable about this format as others but it seems like a thinly veiled scheme to eventually eliminate the district tournaments. I would hate to see that happen if it does ever occur.

That’s who is listed as the favorite on most list that I have seen.

It’s Mays. I’m related to him.? I’ve gone through my entire life enduring the Mays-Mayes thing, lol. My FFA jacket in 1970 came back with Mayes stitched on it. That’s one example amongst many. I suppose Hays-Hayes have the same problems. ?

I don’t see anything wrong with the way they have been doing it for as far back as I can remember and before. This system is unnecessary in my opinion.

Does this first round loss knock Bethlehem out of the region? This is a big upset.

ASB, who did they end up hiring?

Is this considered an upset? I’m not familiar with the western Kentucky teams but from what I have read thought the 2nd region winner would be either Lyon County or Henderson County.

Lol. I was working in athletics at that time, too, as an AD. I know they were people who worked diligently on that back in 2005 when it was done. And I’m sure they had a good reason for separating the two Laurel schools. But I’ve never seen one listed as to why it was done that way.

The one change that has always puzzled me is how North and South Laurel, two schools within 3 miles of one another, were placed in different districts in the 13th region. I always figured someone in London/Laurel had some amazing connections to get that done.

I’ve heard that the KHSAA is considering another major realignment of the districts and regions in the near future. The last realignment, as mentioned in the r above reply, was back in 2005 and went into effect in the 2005-06 SY.

This is totally hypothetical but I believe if Kentucky had the healthy roster they had at the first of the year, the one that defeated Duke, they would have around 5 less losses right now. They’re winning games like this one and the one at Tennessee with a patched up incomplete roster. They have missed Karrisa much more than many realize but the one player whose absence is difficult to work around is Butler. Hopefully they will get him and Robinson back asap. By the way, Big Z that smoked the Cats with a bunch of 3s in their home loss to Arkansas was 0-9 from behind the arc last night in their loss at Arkansas. If he could have conjured up his UK magic last night they may have upset Auburn.

Two more games between Ashland and Boyd County is a more than good guess. They have split their season games, each winning on the other’s courts. Two very good teams. Last season Boyd won the district tournament and Ashland won the region at Morehead State, their sixth straight championship. I think Ashland will ride the talents of Zander Carter to their seventh consecutive title.

Maybe. But those Bigs from DCA are going to be a tall task to overcome. Simply tough to get off good shots. They can cheat out on deep shooters and the bigs can protect the middle with great efficiency.

The Owls were all discombobulated in this game. Played Estill to a single digit loss at home a few weeks ago. Looked like an entirely different team in Irvine.

I agree. Tuesday SHA at GRC will be an interesting game. If the Lady Cards can’t give them an L in Winchester it’s not going to happen, because Clark’s girls and boys defend their home court as well as anyone in the state.

Buckhorn’s coach at the time (2023) voted for it at the district tournament meeting to break the 2-2 tie. Now to change it back it will take a 3-1 vote, which isn’t likely.