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Oh I agree that Paintsville didn't play the hardest schedule. But theirs was not weak. They had 5 games against the top 3 teams from the 16th, were they went 2-3 getting outscored 31-30.
3 games against the top 2 teams from the 14th were they won all three games by a margin of 28-6.
They beat a pretty dang good Oak Ridge Tenn. team
Beat a pretty good Butler team from powerhouse 6th reg. 10-4 and a decent J-town team in Jtowns own Tourney!
So that puts them at 8-3 against some pretty good teams that were not from the 15th.
they were 11-4 outside of the 15th. Paintsville High is not rich and going on big road trips is not easy but they do a decent job getting good competition.
How many teams from eastern Ky. have any harder schedules?
I'd say they are at least playing a top 6-7 hardest schedule in EKY.

the only point i guess i was trying to make is those stats could have been the product of alot the 15th teams that are way below par in which they scored a bunch of runs and boosted their stats, but that could be said for alot of teams...the only other team that i have seen with a harder schedule from the 15th is lawrence, i seen them down at the louisville invitational and the schedule they had listed on khsaa was pretty rough, but other than them and jc your right there isn't any other 15th team with harder schedules...those three typically have the strongest schedules and last year i would have to give an edge to lc for the caliber teams they played...i looked on the khsaa website at the end of the season last year and they played shelby county(state runner-up)and mercy ruled them 13-2...