We often talk about how tough the Three Rivers Conference is with Unicoi County, Sullivan East, Happy Valley, Elizabethton, and Sullivan North, and that's not making excuses, because my goal is for the Johnson County Longhorns to eventually compete for a conference championship year in and year out, but when postseason play begins, the talent in our conference really shows.  The Unicoi County Blue Devils struggled to score runs in the District 1 AA Tournament, and finished runner up to Sullivan East, but when they advanced to Regional play, everything changed.  They beat a South Greene Rebels team that finished last in our conference last season (the Old Watauga Conference), by the score of 16-1.  Last night in the Regional Final, they destroyed the Greenville Greene Devils, by the score of 17-2.  That is a 33-3 domination in Regional play, to win the Region 1 AA Championship.  They will host the Region 2 runner up (Pigeon Forge), in a Sectional Game on Friday.  We cannot pick and choose which conference/district we play in, and even though our program is not where we want it to be, we would be in a running for a championship every season if we played in District 2 (Blue Ridge Athletic Conference), or in the single A conference below us (Watauga Valley).  We know the conferences are based on geographical locations, and the class systems, A, AA, AAA, are based on school population, but it does make you think of what could be.  In saying all that, we have work to do, because again, we think we can complete in the Three Rivers Conference/District 1.  We will keep you posted on the Unicoi Blue Devil's run to the state tournament, as they represent District 1.