One positive is that outside of EC, these teams can all aspire to win sectional games, which is a big deal, depending on how Bobby Cox's balls go.
Bedford had some good teams in latter 70's-early 80's and won a sectional over a decade ago. However, it may be more similar to a Martinsville. Martinsville has some nice history in another era, but they are not coming back to play a Carmel, Warren Central or Ben Davis for a semistate. At 4A, Martinsville appears to be miles away from competing with the top teams.