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Seygan Robins - Miss KY Basketball
HDE replied to ChiefSmoke's topic in KY Girls Basketball (High School)
Blair Green was second on the Herald all-state team. I'd imagine she was second in this also. -
That would still eliminate one district that isn't really needed if it's that easy to get to the other side of town.
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2A Classic set to launch in 2019
HDE replied to The Scribe's topic in KY Boys Basketball (High School)
I don't see how this would work. The All A began when there were only four football classes and the same enrollment numbers as football at the time were used. Since football has gone to six classes, almost all of the 2A football schools qualify for the All A Classic. -
Report: State is Shutting Down Cordia High School
HDE replied to Wireman's topic in Controversial Issues
I'm more curious about the long-term implications. Knott has lost hundreds of students over the last 30 years. Cordia probably only has 70-80 in high school, so there has to be plenty of room at Knott. -
Junior Allstars 107 Senior Allstars 101
HDE replied to UK#1fanisback's topic in KY Girls Basketball (High School)
Harlan County's Blair Green with 17 points and 8 rebounds to lead the junior squad. -
Cats Pause 14th Region Rankings
HDE replied to All State Baseball's topic in KY Boys Basketball (High School)
The rankings are done in the summer. The two kids were playing with Perry then. The rankings are based on performance, not because some college likes you because you're 6-10. He averaged around 6 points a game last year. That won't do it. -
I don't know how many shots she took per game, but I do know from watching them play a few times that she was the only chance they had to beat average eastern Kentucky teams. I saw her as a junior and thought she was a good player on a bad team. I was amazed when I saw what she did this season against the eventual regional champion.
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This is an example of a very bad trend in high school basketball due to the AAU influence on the game. If you don't measure up to a certain standard based on your college potential, you somehow are less of a player. High school awards should be based on high school accomplishments, not what your college pedigree is. Creech carrying Jenkins to the regional finals is an amazing accomplishment that very players in the history of girls high school basketball can match. The fact that a school with a tradition like Western wants her seems to make the AAU snobs even angrier and more determined to put Creech in her place.
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Open Job: Fulton City
HDE replied to Colonels_Wear_Blue's topic in KY Girls Basketball (High School)
I'm guessing Fulton would still have an elementary school in the town. What is the difference though? Schools, or the lack of them, do little or nothing to change the identity of a city. We've had that discussion in Harlan County. Evarts is still Evarts and Cumberland is still Cumberland eight years after the high schools closed. It's kind of a chicken and egg debate, I guess, but if you're town is so small that it only has 90 kids in high school then there isn't much left to save, and keeping a school open that has only a handful of teachers and classes probably isn't helping. -
Open Job: Fulton City
HDE replied to Colonels_Wear_Blue's topic in KY Girls Basketball (High School)
I've heard that one before. Keeping a school open doesn't make a city any more relevant if all the people/businesses are gone. Fulton will be Fulton with or without a school, just like dozens of other cities across the state. Monticello didn't disappear because the school closed a couple of years ago. -
Open Job: Fulton City
HDE replied to Colonels_Wear_Blue's topic in KY Girls Basketball (High School)
How many jobs are you protecting with 90 students? Any merger I've seen, the teachers for both districts continue to be employed. -
Open Job: Fulton City
HDE replied to Colonels_Wear_Blue's topic in KY Girls Basketball (High School)
What are the enrollments now - about 100 and 150? How much could there be to control? It seems like a huge waste to have two schools in such a small county, and it's not like there is a record of great academic or athletic success of late. -
Open Job: Fulton City
HDE replied to Colonels_Wear_Blue's topic in KY Girls Basketball (High School)
Why are there still two schools in Fulton County?