Top 5 Teams and Prospects: Regions 13 and 14

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Regular season practice starts all across the Bluegrass state this week and scrimmages will start in the next month. I wanted to breakdown the top 5 college prospects and the top 5 teams in each region heading into the year. This should not be considered the top 5 overall players! These are the best college prospects in each region.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline">Region 13:</span></strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Top 5 Prospects:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1558733' first='Reece' last='Davidson'], North Laurel (2026) - Stretch 4 with a lengthy offer list. Hopefully he can be 100% healthy all season for the Jags.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1130313' first='Maddox' last='Huff'], Harlan County (2025) - Committed to ETSU. Will have to carry a heavier burden with Trent Noah gone.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1212935' first='Jordan' last='Mabe'], South Laurel (2025) - Impactful on both ends of the court. Hopefully he'll get a 100% healthy Senior season. Multiple D2 offers.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1130315' first='Sawyer' last='Thompson'], Pineville (2025) - One of the most valuable players to his team in the entire state. Multiple offers across all non-D1 levels.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Blake Burnett, Bell County (2026) - There are a bunch of players who could take this spot. Burnett should put up big numbers this year.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Top 5 Teams:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>South Laurel - Seniors Mabe and [player_tooltip player_id='1288978' first='Colton' last='Rawlings'] are a formidable duo and expectations are high.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Harlan County - The state runner-up from last year return a lot of experience and they'll be competitive for the region title again.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Bell County - Coach Sizemore has a talented group and returns his entire roster from last season.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Corbin - They're always in the mix by March but always have a slow start while they wait on football players to finish their season.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>North Laurel - The Jags lack depth but their top 5-6 is as good or better than anyone in the region.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline">Region 14:</span></strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Top 5 Prospects:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1111948' first='Austin' last='Sperry'], Breathitt County (2025) - Holding multiple D1 offers, Sperry will end his career as one of the best to come through the 14th this century.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Evin Eversole, Hazard (2026) - One of the best players that never gets mentioned, Eversole is a sniper in the midrange.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2388302' first='Seth' last='Caudill'], Hazard (2026) - A true three level scorer, Caudill is the Robin to Eversole's Batman.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1901831' first='Daulton' last='Combs'], Hazard (2026) - A hot name with colleges recently, Combs just get an offer from Tennessee Wesleyan last week.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2212469' first='Corey' last='Flinchum'], Lee County (2027) - Flinchum is quietly on track to score over 3,000 points in his career.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Top 5 Teams:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Hazard - Loaded with talent that comes back from a disappointing finish to last season, the Bulldogs will be hungry to get to Rupp.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Perry County Central - The returning champs have a chance to repeat. [player_tooltip player_id='2358114' first='Trayten' last='Woods'] is a tough returner and Carter Castle is another double figure scorer.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Knott County Central - Coach Huff lost his two leading scorers from last year but [player_tooltip player_id='1130309' first='Drake' last='Slone'] is primed for a breakout year.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Breathitt County - Sperry is tough but he lost two of his best teammates from last season. He'll need some help from the younger classes.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Leslie County - The Sophomore class is good with Jayden Hacker leading the way and Coach Noble does a good job. They could be a sleeper in the region. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->