[LCHSbulldogsalum]

4 Districts... 4 teams per District. 16 teams in a Region.
IMO, this would be the best Districts and Region alignment for the 4, 5 & 6A schools in EKY. However, the travel would be unrealistic.
Teams from Regions 10, 12, 13, 14, 15 & 16 would be lumped together.

Johnson Central
Boyd County
Ashland Blazer
Rowan County

Greenup County
East Carter
Montgomery County
Clark Co

Perry County Central
Letcher County Central
Harlan County
Knox Central

North Laurel
South Laurel
Clay Co
Rockcastle Co

Travel sucks, I agree. But let's be honest, most teams travel to far away games already. Pull up some schedules in basketball and baseball. Traveling 2 hours one way isn't unheard of and is done quite regularly. Some states have teams in the postseason having to travel 3 hours one way.

If you use your example, and have each team play each other just once, and then have a regional "ranking" based on record (with tie breakers; head-to-head; least runs given up, etc.), you could have a super regional that could be spread over 2 weeks. Then have a semi-state against a neighboring regional (best of 3) at a neutral field as close to centrally located as possible, then a state tournament Final Four championship. Just two games at state to determine the champion. Pitching wouldn't be in anyone's advantage, and the "best of the best" would be there.

If the KHSAA would use 4 classes, and the post-season example I gave above, they would still have 16 teams in the state tournament and no extra time would be needed to get them in. A spectator just there to watch some good baseball could witness FOUR state titles being won.