Ok, AGAIN I based it on 3 weeks of PLAY not necessarily who I feel the true BEST teams are in that area. The fact remains that SCHEDULE and records DO matter in the end. If you get into simply looking/theorizing the best teams well then your getting into that old debate like the AP and Coaches Poll in FBS or D-IA.... So a couple of notes on my picks.

Clintwood...other than HV they've played and and beat no one.

Kelly....beat no one worth a hoot but have scored significant points and played good D.

Grundy....beat no one.

Holston...a good team but plays NO one.

PV...good team but schedule is going to hurt them unless they step up, going BACK to what won 8 state titles, the I formation will do nothing to help.

Graham...same as PV except the I part.

So with that being established...If I were just theorizing the top 10 it would go as follows as of right now...

1. Gate City
2. Tazewell
3. Richlands
4. Lebanon
5. Clintwood
6. Burton
7. Powell Valley
8. Graham
9. VA High
10. Kelly

Holston possibly could play with Kelly but not the rest, Haysi simply has to beat Honaker and Hurley and they will get a playoff spot. Clintwood I believe is better but needs a comparable opponet, hard to gauge truley how good they are right now. I agree Happy Valley is a good team, IF they were in SWVa...but they arent. Burton is in the same boat but they looked vulnerable against Appy. If and that's a big if a few mistakes were changed by Appy and a few other adjustments, who knows.