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JC will be young this season, but they were young last season as well. They only had 3 seniors and 1 junior on last seasons squad. As far as pitching, yes, they lost Fyffe and Blanton, but they have 4 kids that will still be able to hit the low 80's with one freshman coming up, that at times touched the mid 80's as an 8th grader. Vance was a freshman last season and he indeed did beat Lawrence Co, as well. During the summer Central played Paintsville with both teams pretty much having this season's rosters intact and they were still all the traditional close competitive JC/Paintsville games that they always are. Grimm just barely scraped out one win against them. I really believe that it is again a three team race , with the edge I agree going to the other two teams, but dont be surprised if JC were to pull another one out. Some people told me last year that I was crazy when I said that Lawrence would be right up there at seasons end, and looked what happened (right Guru...lol). Johnson Central wont be off as much as some think they will be. The biggest obstacle I think that they face will be how much quality practice time they will be able to have due to the uncertain completion date of their new field. I think that Paintsville lost a little more offensive prowless than what some may think. Pikeville also will be a team that will be able to knock anyone else in the region out. I dont think that they may be back to their former status just yet, but they will be able to pull off a win against anybody else. They proved that over the summer and fall as well when playing Lawrence.

good post i can't really argue with you i agree on all cylinders i just wasn't adding them in because i just think the other two teams' experience will end up showing late in the season...Fyffe Blanton are the only reason JC won what they did last year in the post and i think anybody can agree with that....statistically they were still one of the worst offensive teams in the region last year, especially when you have magoffin with the top 4 hitters in the region by the end of the year, haha, seriously i remember the paper saying that the last week of the season.