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1. Knott County Central (3-1): The Patriot swent 2-1 last week in the WYMT Classic. They kicked things off by defeating Pike County Central 67-40 but they would fall in the very next game to Knox Central 74-57 in the semi-finals but would bounce back and defeat Clay County 68-57. Knott Central travels just down the road Friday to take on district foe, Cordia in a big district showdown. The Patriots will follow that up on Saturday by traveling to Pike Central to take on Belfry at 5:30 PM in the Buffalo Wild Wings Shootout. 2. Perry County Central (1-2): The Commodores split two games they had in the WYMT Mountain Classic. First, falling to Clay County in a barn burning game 75-73 but defeating district rival, Leslie County 71-47. Perry Central will host Leslie County,again, on Wednesday night. Perry Central travel to Pike Central to take on Ashland Blazer in the Buffalo Wild Wings Shootout. 3. Cordia (2-3): After starting the season off 0-3, the Cordia Lions have bounced back and won both of their previous two games, defeating Hazard 65-57 and Buckhorn 60-46 both on the road. The Lions will have two big home district games this week on back to back nights. Thursday night the Lions welcome in the Cougars of Letcher Central and on Friday night the Lions welcome in the Patriots of Knott Central. 4. Wolfe County (2-3): After going 2-1 and riding the hot shooting hand of Deven Stone, the Wolves have hit a snag, losing both of their games this week in the WYMT Classic. The Wolves got hammered by Knox Central 90-52 and then by Pike Central 60-40. Wolfe County travels up the road to Jackson to take on the Tigers of Jackson City on Tuesday and on Friday they host another district foe, Breathitt County in what will be two crucial games for the Wolves. 5. Estill County (1-4): Estill County got one in the win column last Tuesday night when they went on the road and defeated Rockcastle County thanks to senior guard, Caleb Bonny’s game winning heroics. However, the Engineers would fall in both games on Friday and Saturday, losing to Jackson County 51-46 on Friday night and Harlan County 63-58 on Saturday night, both in the PRTC Classic at Jackson County. The Engineers actually performed really well against Harlan County, who was thought to win by double digits. Could it be the start of a turn-around for the Engineers and get back on track as a region contender? 6. Breathitt County (3-2): The Bobcats won on back to back nights this week as they defeated Jackson City 65-52 and Hazard 76-64, both on the road. Junior guard, Kyle Fraley led the Bobcats with 18 in the win over Jackson City. Can the Bobcats keep up this good work this week, as they have three big games? Monday @Riverside Christian, Friday @ Wolfe County and Saturday @ Pike County Central. 7. Hazard (1-2): Hazard finally got the season started but on the wrong foot as they lost two of their first three games. Hazard opened the season with a loss to Cordia 65-57, a second loss came at the hands of Breathitt County 76-64 but the Bulldogs would get a W for the win column as they would defeat Barbourville 67-59. Hazard will look to keep the W’s coming this week as they host Lee County on Tuesday and Buckhorn on Thursday. 8. Powell County (2-1): The Pirates were just 5 points away from starting the season off 3-0 but a 57-53 loss to Paintsville but a halt on that theory. The Pirates will host Model on Tuesday, travel to Leslie County on Friday and host Rowan County on Saturday. 9. Leslie County (2-2): After starting the season off 2-0, the Eagles have since lost their last two games to even their record at 2-2. Leslie County lost to Floyd Central in a 60-59 heart breaking loss for the Eagles and then got hammered by Perry Central 71-47. Leslie County will face Perry Central again this week (Wednesday) and Powell County on Friday. 10. Buckhorn (2-3): Buckhorn is having trouble getting things going, as they went 1-1 last week with a loss to Cordia 60-46 but picked up win #2 as they cruised past Jackson City 62-39. It doesn’t get any easier for the Wildcats this week as they travel to Knox Central on Monday, travel to Hazard on Thursday and host Perry Central on Saturday. 11. Letcher County Central (1-3): Letcher Central picked up their first win on the season last week defeating Betsy Layne 61-43 but was punished for it by falling hard to Eastside VA 70-39. The bad thing for LCC is, they will host Eastside VA later on in the year on the Cougars own home floor. 12. Jackson City (3-3): After starting the season off 2-0, the Tigers have now gone 1-3 in their previous 4 games, which includes a 2 game losing streak. 13. Owsley County (4-1): The Owls seen their win streak snapped as they fell to Pineville 67-59 in the PRTC classic. 14. June Buchanan (1-4): June Buchanan has dropped two more games so far this season. Will the big long delay of games hurt them? Going from Dec. 5th to Dec. 16th without a game, is a long long time to go without playing a game. 15. Lee County (0-7): The Bobcats keep getting hammered this season. They’ve scored a total of 170 points so far but have game up nearly 600. 16. Riverside Christian (2-4): The Rams defeated KSFTD for the second time this season, unfortunately, that may be all the wins the Rams get.

1. Knott County Central (8-1): The Patriots have rallied for 6 straight wins since their 74-57 loss to Knox Central in the WYMT Classic back in early December. 3 of those 6 wins came within this past week as they defeated Breathitt County 70-61 on the Bobcats own home floor. A 30 point win over district rival Letcher Central 78-48 and a thrilling 66-62 win over Louisville Central in the KY Bank Challenge at Rowan County. The Patriots will now head to Lexington Catholic to participate in the Traditional Bank classic and will open up with Henderson County. 2. Perry County Central (5-4): The Commodores are starting to put up solid wins. Perry Central went 2-1 last week with two back to back 58-57 wins over both Cordia and Louisville Central (Rowan County KY Bank Challenge) but falling to George Rogers Clark 63-51 in the Rowan County KY Bank Challenge. Perry Central will go to Belfry later on in the week for the Mountain Schoolboy Classic, where they will face Magoffin County, Johnson Central and Shelby Valley. 3. Cordia (5-6): The Lions went 2-2 last week with wins over Lawrence County 74-55 and East Ridge 53-52 both in the consolation bracket of the Prestonsburg Hi-Tech Grapix Design Tournament. The Lions would lost two heartbreakers though, 58-57 to Perry Central and 65-63 loss to 15th region power house, Pikeville. Despite the losses, the Lions proved that they can win the region. Cordia heads to Somerset this coming week to participate in the Lake Cumberland Holiday Tournament. Wayne County is the opening round opponent. 4. Estill County (5-5): After starting the season off sluggish, it seems the Engineers have found their grove,winning 3 straight and 2 on back to back days. Estill County traveled to Campton this past Tuesday to face Wolfe County, another region contending team and the Engineers would come out on top 72-58. Estill County would go on to face Boyd County in the Rowan County KY Bank Challenge, Estill fell behind 13-0 but ended the first quarter on a 7-0 run, once Estill took the lead, that’s all she wrote for the Lions as the Engineers would cruise to a 66-59 win. Estill County wouldn’t have a problem with Franklin County on the next day as they rolled past the Flyers 64-46, also in the KY Bank Challenge at Rowan County. Estill County is playing it’s best ball of the season right now and could spell trouble for the rest of their opponents. Estill County heads to Bath County on Thursday for the CSI Classic, they will open up with Robertson County. 5. Wolfe County (5-4): The Wolves split their games last week, falling to Estill County 72-58 but bouncing back and picking up a much needed win over Hazard 56-52. Can the Wolves re-group this coming week as they head to the Traditional Bank Classic or will they struggle to find their grove? Daviess County is no easy opening round opponent. 6. Leslie County (4-4): Leslie County splti their two games last week as well. The Eagles would fall to Williamsburg 78-73 but would bounce back in a big big way as they would throttle Breathitt County by 30 88-58 on the Bobcats own home floor. The Eagles struggled with their tournament last season going 1-2 (winning the last game), will that be the same case this year or will they finally get things going in Hyden? 7. Powell County (5-3): The Pirates are having a fantastic season so far despite being 5-3 on the season. Powell County picked up 3 solid wins last week with two of them being district wins. Powell County defeated Rowan County 67-52 then would defeat both Owsley County 70-46 and Lee County 84-32 all 3 on the Pirates own home floor. Things don’t get any easier for the Pirates from here, they head to Mt.Sterling this week to participate in the Gateway Holiday Classic and will open up with Woodford County, which will be the first of two meetings between the two teams this season. Woodford makes the trip to Stanton January 31st. 8. Breathitt County (4-7): The Bobcats are starting to struggle really bad, losing 5 straight, but the bad part is, 3 of those were within striking distance, no more than a 9 point loss in those 3 games. The other two games, however, were a different story, blowouts both to Leslie County by 30 88-58 and North Laurel 81-39. Can the Bobcats get things turned around or will they continue to slide? Ashland Invitational won’t be easy by any stretch of the imagination. 9. Hazard (3-3): The Bulldogs had just one game last week and it was a streak snapped as they seen their 3 game win streak get snapped by Wolfe County 56-52 but the Bulldogs coaches were in Campton twice last week,scouting both Estill County and Wolfe County (before the Wolfe County game). Hazard heads to Hyden to participate in the Leslie County Tournament, facing Middlesboro, McCreary Central and the host school, Leslie County. 10. Letcher County Central (3-8): Despite picking up a win last week over June Buchanan, the Cougars have lost 3 straight and continue to struggle. Central Bank Classic and LCA await the Cougars from Whitesburg this coming week. 11. Owsley County (5-3): After starting the season 4-0, the Owls have went in the opposite direction, 1-3 in their last 4 games with two district losses by a big margin. 12. Jackson City (3-7): Much like Owsley County, the Tigers also started the season off good, 3-1 but have since lost 6 straight. 13. Buckhorn (2-8): Buckhorn has lost 5 straight including two overtime heart breakers to Rowan County 40-37 and Bell County 60-58. 14. June Buchanan (3-7): The Crusaders picked up back to back wins last week to stop their 5 game skid streak. 15. Riverside Christian (2-7): The Rams losing streak has reached 4 straight and 5 of their last 6. 16. Lee County (0-12): Lee County is still searching for win #1 on the season and to stop all the blowout losses. Could this be a year that Lee County goes winless and gets blownout every single game?