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No PRP or DeSales games? Doss will be a fun team to watch as well.

If you look under North Bullitt - I lumped Butler and Bullitt East together. Both squads are losing a lot of contributions from last season - and Butler has a new coach - so we won't know much until they start playing

6th Region Preview and preseason rankings There is a lot of unknown when it comes to high school basketball this season, especially with JCPS teams, as their seasons are still on hold. While some rosters are still in flux, I will try to preview what we do know at this time about the 6th region! 1. Fern Creek (Last Seasons Champion) - Even with Zeke Montgomery's transfer to St. Louis - I would still consider Fern Creek the team to beat in the 6th region. 4 year starter Jaden Rodgers returns at PG to lead the Tigers - he led the team last season in scoring at 16.5 ppg and was their de facto floor leader. The twin towers of Darius Washington and CeArius Warren are also back - the 6’8” big men can control the paint and Warren is their returning leading rebounder. The transfer of Montgomery will open the door for other returning players to make an impact. The Tigers will rely on juniors Darian Lewis, Andru Markham, and Jaden Schooler to pick up the slack. 2. DeSales - Akron signee Sekou Kalle will lead a talented DeSales team this season. The 6’9” C averaged a double double for the Colts last season (16p/11r). However, it’s far from a one-man show. Soph. F Keith Robinson returns (13p/6r) and with the addition of transfer PG Devin Perry, back from Fl for his senior season, DeSales could be the favorite to win the region depending on how well Perry gels with the team AND how big a head start DeSales gets over their JCPS competition. 3. Jeffersontown - Another team with some roster changes. While the Chargers leading scorer from last year (B. Rayzer-Moore) transferred to New Albany - JTown picked up a huge asset in jr. Turrell Cleaves, who comes from Butler, Turrell joins PG Jalen Fairmen, a dark horse 6th region POY candidate, to make one of the most dynamic backcourts in the Lou. area. This Jtown team is athletic, long and will play uptempo. IF they can find some playmakers in the paint - look for the Chargers to make some noise in the region! 4. PRP - PRP returns two starters from last season's team - Uber-talented So. PG Zee McCown and Sr. SG Nevin White, both of whom averaged around 10ppg. However, unlike 2020, this team has some underneath presence. Jr.’s Victor Lado and Lavonte Harris are both 6’6” and have matured drastically from last season. 6' 4" Sr. Brian Gatewood has multiple D3/NAIA offers and will most likely be the 5th starter. PRP will be a deeper team than last season and should make some noise in the Region. 5. Doss - The Dragons return the bulk of their squad back from last season, where they went 17-12 while playing a tough schedule. Their top duo of jr. Inslee Carroll (17ppg) and sr. big man Tony Moss (13p/10rpg) both return and are surrounded by speed and length. If Doss can find their outside shooting touch, they could be a very dangerous team in the region. 6. Evangel - One of the true unknowns are the Eagles of Evangel. According to multiple social media outlets, they have brought in numerous transfers. 6’11’ Cyr Malonga, who has multiple high D1 offers, headlines the group, but fr. Johnny Djema and 8th grader Ben Tshaka are also big men with a high upside. IF things pan out for the Eagles, they could skyrocket up these rankings 7. Butler 8. Western 9. Bullitt East 10. North Bullitt These 4 teams are coming off of successful seasons, but lost a lot to graduation and/or transfers. Butler in particular will be interesting to follow. They return some solid players in sr.’s Mershon Dickerson and Taevon Dozier, but lost their top 4 scorers from last year and have a new coach in Brent Jameson. Bullitt East will have to cope with the loss of sr. PG Zak Perdue and North Bullitt graduated all 5 starters from last season's district championship team. Western’s top 3 scorers graduated (including double/double machine Jaheim Foreman) but will be long, athletic and physical. 11. Southern - Sr. Camden Pfeister is a player to keep an eye on. 12. Moore 13. Fairdale - Sr. Isaac Tedford is a player to watch. 14. Iroquois 15. Bullitt Central 16. Holy Cross 17. Beth Haven - Sr. Luke Easley (22ppg) returns with some new transfer players - a team to keep an eye on once we start playing. 18. Valley 19. Whitefield Academy

Well - they should be improved, as they were very young last season. However - with all that the program is going through - Coach Stinson's future in the air, etc. - Who knows what will happen

In Louisville - I would say the top Public school seniors are Brad Black at Butler, Pat Davidson at Manual, and Private wise the St. X seniors (Ratterman, Shearn, etc.) are really solid. Juniors would be Kennedy at Male, Hance at CAL, Tim Scott at Manual,and Tyler O'Daniel at PRP

I respect your opinion, but I think 18 @ Fox Run is one of the WORST holes in the state. You play 17 pretty good holes - then have this Mickey Mouse par 5 finish where there is no way to hit a driver off the tee and even then there is no good place to aim. It would be a better par 4 if they moved the tees up and made the tee-shot over the big lake and then you could bite off as much as you dare. However, I haven't played there in a LONG time so the hole might be different than I remember - I apologize if they have improved it.

thanks ja

I appreciate your candor, but why not mention his name?? I for one think Mark Price @ Daviess Co. is awfully good. The coach @ Clark Co. (I forgot his name) is also a winner. In Jeff. Co.,Randy Crowdis @ DeSales is very good. Byron Hill @ Atherton is also a great coach, eventhough he usually has little to work with. I don't know many of the girls coaches anymore but I know Peg Escola (sp?) @ Pres. is fantastic.

I know Marty Donlon @ st. X has won national COTY awards but never has to hold a practice. Who do you all think is the best coach. Not who necessaily has the most success, but gets the most out of who he or she has and is always classy to play with? There are some really good ones out there, and a lot of bad ones.