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Think Paintsville has the batting, the pitching and the defense.

Poe and Hyden not playing will hurt but Paintsville still has plenties of individual talent. Paintsville D should be great in the OF and good on the infield. Their offense should be pretty good. 

Lawrence County has the best arm in the region by a good margin but that’s not their only arm. People will be very surprised IMO. LC defense will be great. Their D will be very very good. Catcher, first, 2nd, SS, 3rd, and CF will all have plus defenders. LC sticks will be good. Will they be as good as Paintsvilles? Not sure but they will hit the ball well.

LC may have the best arm in the region but don't think it's a wide margin. JC has a couple good ones and Lakin from Pikeville is pretty good as well.

Lakin is probably the closest to Blevins when he’s healthy. JC has Lemaster who is solid other then him I can’t think of anyone they have close to Blevins. Belfry got a transfer from Mingo Central that’s pretty good. If every pitcher in the region pitches their best game no one is close to Blevins. That’s just a fact. Now these are HS kids and they will have off nights and they will get beat.