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Corbin should be the team to beat in the region. They have a couple of key defensive players to replace, but return most of their key players. South Laurel & North Laurel should both be pretty good this year as well from this end. Who will be strong from the other districts?

Pikeville be the team to beat in their district, they are young but are very nice players and are getting into the top of their form. They have a great midfield, but will lack at the goal keeper position and on the wings with their defense. I would like to see them play a 3-5-2 formation I think it would work to their strengths.

In the other district it will be Johnson Central. I coached most of the kids in REC league and they improved so much. For most of the season I had them running a 3-5-2 and it really worked well with their strenghts. It will all depend on if the high school coaching staff sees that or not. They have one heck of a defender who will be in his second year of playing whom I played at defensive mid during rec league one game and he did a supurb job. Then they have Ethan who is one heck of a stricker/winger/ATK mid, yes he is a utility player.

I agree with you though SEKY Corbin will be the team to beat. But I think that the second best team in the region this season will come out of this area being Pikeville. If the coaching staff can have them running the right formation and have them in great form they could make a run at the regional title.