[15thRegionSlamaBamma]

I really dont understand where you people are coming from saying shelby valley is goin to be awful and lose to pike central and east ridge. Valley lost 3 players that really contributed both ways. They return their three top running backs 3 starting lineman another that say considerable amounts of action. We had a player transfer in from tennessee during the season last year by the name of Chris Adkins who will go along side Lucas Simpkins and form by far the best recieving tandem in pike county, they get back the Quarterback who is fully recovered and plus the have other atheletes from within the school coming out to play. Valley may not have a good football tradition but they will have the best season the have had since 1999 when they were 9-2 and district runner-up. They will not lose to pike central in the pcb and will not lose to east ridge especially on the own field i predict they will finish will a record well above the 500 mark and win the district title and lay a foundation to build a good tradition at Valley after all they started out 4-1 last year and the had some devastating injuries to many key components.

wow that about made me tear up...from laughing so much...I am happy to see that you have an optimistic view which will quickly turn out to be as equally devastating to you as to when Kiser quit playing ball at Valley...Here are the facts...Valley is a sub par team just like Pike Central and East Ridge not one of them can compete on the same level as P-Burg or Belfry year in or year out. Valley has some talented kids but saying that they have the most talented wide outs in the mountains is a little far fetched. For one you have Breathitt Co. who we all know year in and year out gives us some of the best Wide Recievers in the state for the previous 2 A in the four a system. As well Leslie Co. by far has better WRs than Valley as well. To add to this its not like it would really matter even if they did considering their Offence is based around a smash mouth running game that is quickly clogged up by any mediocre defencive line. Their line does not even compare to what P-Burg, Belfry or Sheldon Clark produces so how can you even make the argument that they could win a district title even with all these teams split up. They have a weak non-district schedule which is not going to help them any come time to play the district power houses. They may get the third seed in their district and if so the Valley clan will be rejoicing and rubbing it in the worlds face. I will tell you this now if Valley by some way wins their district we can get everyone on Bgr together and I will run 3 miles butt naked in mid December. Be realistic because optimisim will shove a boot up your glory hole.