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What a Sellout! LOL!

Not a sellout. I am not going to sit and sugar coat anything for anyone just to let them think they are something that they are not. Pikeville has had some good teams in the past several years, but when was the last time they competed with a school from one of the areas I mentioned. I'm not talking about just playing against them, I'm talking about putting them to a true test. It has almost been 10 years since Region 4's last victory against a Region 3 team in the playoffs. Now that the playoff system has changed and Beechwood has gone to Region 2, it is likely that sometime in the future a mountain team will make it back to Louisville. The main comment that I was arguing was that the first comment that I saw on this thread called Hazard and Pikeville "STATE POWERHOUSES." I am disagreeing with that statement and giving you reasons why they are not "STATE" powerhouses. Sure they may be the strong team or your so called "POWERHOUSE" in Region 4, but as compared to the rest of the state they are just lost dog playing in traffic on the middle of I-75. Now with that being said, provide me with your reasons that you should think Pikeville or Hazard is a state powerhouse. I'm not talking about just their region accomplishments either. What have they done against other teams from around the state to make the point that Region 4 has some of the best football? I don't think a lop-sided or on better terms, a 4 TD defeat in the State Semi-Finals proves anything to anyone. Until they actually defeat some of the better teams in Class A, all the noise that you think these teams are making is just that, noise. It doesn't mean anything to anyone else across the state.