Paintsville ranked second in preseason Class 1A rankings

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PAINTSVILLE — Paintsville is ranked second behind reigning champion Pikeville in the CalPreps.com Preseason Class 1A Rankings. The Tigers are ranked in front of Hazard (3), Kentucky Country Day (4), Crittenden County (5), Raceland (6), Louisville Holy Cross (7), Newport Central Catholic (8), Williamsburg (9), Bethlehem (10), Campbellsville (11), Eminence (12), Frankfort (13), Pineville (14), Lynn Camp (15), Ludlow (16), Berea (17), Bishop Brossart (18), Russellville (19), Nicholas County (20), Phelps (21), Dayton (22), Fulton County (23), Bellevue (24), Fairview (25), Harlan (26), Betsy Layne (27), Fort Knox (28), Sayre (29), Paris (30), Bracken County (31), Caverna (32), Jenkins (33) and Fulton City (34). The Tigers finished runner-up to nemesis Pikeville in Class 1A in 2019. Pikeville shut out the Tigers 43-0 in the 2019 Class 1A state title game. Paintsville ended the 2019 high school football season 11-4. The Tigers outscored opponents 456-277 in 2019. Paintsville entered the week scheduled to kick off the 2019 high school football season in August.