September 17, 201214 yr Wrong. Those kids think of it as a state championship. High school kids don't delineate any more than Bellarmine does with their national championship. Unless you want to be the guy to burst that bubble for them. Not wrong. My sister played in a few Class A state competitions a few years ago, and while she & her team thoroughly enjoyed their time, they also recognized this wasn't the "big" state tourney. Ask Shelby Valley a few years ago if their Class A title meant as much as their Sweet 16 title.
September 17, 201214 yr Not wrong. My sister played in a few Class A state competitions a few years ago, and while she & her team thoroughly enjoyed their time, they also recognized this wasn't the "big" state tourney. Ask Shelby Valley a few years ago if their Class A title meant as much as their Sweet 16 title. I'd always heard it referred to as, " Going to All A." Never known anyone that actually won the tourney, so they could still refer to it only as winning state and not "All A."
September 17, 201214 yr Not wrong. My sister played in a few Class A state competitions a few years ago, and while she & her team thoroughly enjoyed their time, they also recognized this wasn't the "big" state tourney. Ask Shelby Valley a few years ago if their Class A title meant as much as their Sweet 16 title. In places like Bardstown and Somerset they make a big deal out of it, the school communities are very invested in it. The kids refer to it as "state." I'm sure they recognize the difference, but the facts are that in many cases the teams they would play there in several different sports (not looking at just hoops here) would be as good as any they would encounter on the path to the KHSAA state championships.
September 17, 201214 yr ^ No doubt. Both of those schools you mentioned are Class A powerhouses & I am not attempting to take away from any school that accomplishes something at that level. But particularly in basketball, winning the Sweet 16 is just viewed as a greater accomplishment that winning the Class A.
September 18, 201214 yr In places like Bardstown and Somerset they make a big deal out of it, the school communities are very invested in it. The kids refer to it as "state." I'm sure they recognize the difference, but the facts are that in many cases the teams they would play there in several different sports (not looking at just hoops here) would be as good as any they would encounter on the path to the KHSAA state championships.You are correct.
September 21, 201214 yr They're not technically wrong. They did win "a" 1948 national championship. They did not, however, with "the" 1948 National Championship. It's a bit disingenuous on Louisville's part, to be sure, and an invitation to ridicule. I have a question, though. Do you follow the small high schools that participate in the All A Classic? If so, do you correct the kids when they say, "We're going to state," since it's also not technically wrong, but not technically correct either? I would.
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