[More Cowbell]

Now, as to the original thread topic...

To say Shelby Valley is the best team in Pike County right now is ridiculous. Valley has played Belfry the past several years and not even come close. And while Belfry may be down this year, there is still no evidence to support the idea that SV has somehow made up the 41 point deficit from last year.

Now, if you want to argue for them being 2nd best...it's possible. It's hard to say if they are better than Pikeville right now, since the two haven't played in a LONG time. Pikeville is certainly not the Pikeville of old, and both they and SV were beaten by identical 41 point margins by Belfry last year. So could Valley be better than Pikeville this year? Maybe, but we'll probably never know.

What we do know is that by beating Pike Central for the fourth straight year (and handily at that), they are solidly no worse than 3rd, and maybe 2nd. But definitely not the best.