With HVA out. Who is your early favorite to win the district?
1. Powell - returning 7 starters and all their pitching from last year. With seniors like Owenby, Long, Weaver, and Latham this team will be hard to beat. They also have the best pitching 1-3 in the district.
2. AC - with Tackett (auburn commit) and hicks coming back for AC they will still be a good team with pretty good depth in the pitching rotation.
3. Clinton - a shocking team last season as they had Powell on the ropes in the district tournament, and beat a quality OR team. This team will be scrappy and compete.
4. Oak Ridge - losing a lot from last year, I expect this team to be down this year. Kevin steen ( UT Commit) will win some ball games for this club. I just don't see them being too solid defensively or offensively.
5. Karns - will have basically the same team as last year. Bunch of quality players but not enough pitching.
6. Halls - coming off a disappointing season last year, I don't see halls bouncing back this year.
7. Gibbs - the new addition to the district. I expect this team to keep games close. Not too sure what all they have.
8. Central - They picked up a good coach this offseason. Eager to see how this team plays under him. Not very much talent, but having a good coach can help that.
9. CC - good coach just not enough talent.
What are y'all's rankings?