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Lexington Catholic was not a nobody when JC dominated the Knights in Lexington. LexCath has lost to two top 10 6A teams and to Johnson Central.

South Warren could not even reach the 3A finals a year ago and JC soundly beat the 3A champion the week before the playoffs began. Both teams returned many starters, but JC was easily a better team a year ago and I see no convincing evidence that SW has improved enough to overtake JC this season.

However, I can see how a reasonable person might vote SW #1. I do not see how a reasonable person could leave Lexington Catholic off the ballot in 3A or vote Paintsville #1 over Beechwood. The Tigers have a shot at a title, but Covington Catholic, which beat Beechwood by 20, would likely beat Paintsville by an even wider margin. Paintsville has never won a state title and without a really bad loss by Beechwood or an impressive win over a common opponent with Beechwood, I don't understand how anybody could rank Paintsville over Beechwood. Yet 6 voters did exactly that. Amazing...

Well, I was one of those that ranked Paintsville over Beechwood.. Here's why.. Look at Beechwood's schedule.. Show me a better than average team that they've beaten. There aren't any.. Many, like yourself, are looking at Beechwood as if they're the same team they were in the 90's.. They aren't, not even close.. The one team they played who was decent, but, still at 0-4 at the time with a running clock in 3 of those 4, the Tigers were absolutely man handled.. Now, we can say that CC would beat any other 1a team by as much or more, is nothing more than a guess.. Yes, past CC teams would likely beat any 1a team out their, but, I'm not buying that this particular CC team is very good.. It's one thing to play a strong schedule and compete, it's completely another, to play a strong schedule and get pummelled, which is what they did.. Paintsville defeated Bourbon Co bad.. Bourbon's a good team, not a great team, but, as good or better than any team Beechwood has beaten.. Pikeville and Fairview are better wins than any on Beechwood's schedule.. Paintsville has not only won every game, but, they've done it convincingly, for the most part and throwing out the EKy/NKy bias that exist, most reasonable fans would agree that Paintsville has done as much or more than Beechwood has minus the ugly loss..