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Pikeville is going to be very good this year but they still have their hands full with Valley and Paintsville.

15th region 1. Painstville State Championship team of the late 90's 2. 1982 Virgie 3. 1981 Virgie

15th Region King Kelly (Wayland) Todd May (Virgie) JR Vanhoose (Painstville) Irvin Stepp (Phelps) John Pelphrey (Paintsville) Jeremy Hall (Allen Central) Jody Thompson (Feds Creek) Todd Conley (Elkhorn City) Rodney Rowe (Virgie) Howard Lockhart (Pikeville) Todd Tackett (Paintsville) This is just real fast off the top of my head Im sure Im leaving some out. I THINK the first 5 are all Mr. Basketballs......

These three are nice teams and will probably make repeat trips to the state tourney but I dont see any of them winning it all. Win a game maybe two and that will be the extent of it. Elliot was the feel good story of the tounament this year but if they had Ballard or Scott in the first round they would have got beat by 20. I'm a mountain guy but I dont see JR Vanhoose and Todd Tackett on any of these teams.

With 4:07 to go in the fourth Quarter the foul count was SV 12....Elliot 4... Elliot shot the double bonus a few minutes before Valley entered the bonus.. So the foul count was lopsised before SV started fouling at the end...Valley does play a sloppy aggressive defense and by watching the other tourney games I think it caught them off gaurd that so many whistles were being blown. The second game started about 40 minutes late because of all of the whistles. That being said SV coaching staff has to be able to make adjustments to fit that particular game: go to a zone, takes off the press, or just pull back on the pressure so your best players can be on the floor in the 4th quarter. For some of the other things being said SV did play a quality schedule outside and throughout the mountains. They did not play well and before next season they must become more mentally tough so they can handle adversity better. Something that has not been mentioned and I think the key for Elliot was the defense they played on freshmen point gaurd Justice. They kept the ball out of his hands, not that he played a bad game but they forced him into quiet game. After the first quarter SV probably didnt have the starters on the floor together for a couple of minutes so for people outside the Valley, they are better than what they showed last night. All that being said they could have cut it to 3 with 4 minutes to go and blew a cherry.... Elliot took over from that point and closed the game out. Congratulations to them for the win...I think the coaches should put these two young teams on the schedule for the next couple of years.

Hatfield is nice young player for SV and is about 6'5 but in my opinion the best player for SV is hands down freshmen point gaurd Elisha Justice. He has tremendous court presence and high B-ball IQ and most of all he seems to have an old school love for the game.

How does Warren Central defend the three? If JBS gets hot from beyond the arc they could possibly give WC trouble....JBS has three guys who can absolutely fill it up.:fire: