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5A is a winnable class right now. No one really had a hold on it with Douglass moving up.

Winnable for who? Highlands, Cooper, Scott, Bowling Green, South Warren, Owensboro, Southwestern. Any of those schools on a year to year basis have been better than Pulaski over the last decade and from what I can tell, most of them are going anywhere.

Heard all year about how Highlands was back and we saw what happened there. Cooper has a really solid young core right now, another team that's not historically good. Bowling Green is Bowling Green they're the cream of the crop in 5A. South Warren is about to move to 6A. And Southwestern has 2 (two!) region championships in their schools history. The 5A East is extremely winnable right now with the draw that Pulaski would have, then anything can happen once you get to the final four.

You seem to omit Scott county and Owensboro. Both staying put and both consistently better programs. Highlands made final 4 last year and are always a problem. I’ll give you south Warren just because I’m not sure on their enrollment situation. Cooper is trending upward. I stand by my statement that the window for Pulaski has closed. The 4 years they had were great, but that was quite some time ago. Last regional title was 2018. Have lost 8 out of 9 vs cross town rival since that regional championship. When you split talent the way Pulaski county/somerset does, it’s gonna be hard to get back to that level. Especially with an established southwestern and a coach like Clevenger at somerset pulling in kids.