A Newcath player told me today that they don't think they will field a frosh team...

A Newcath player told me today that they don't think they will field a frosh team...

 

Wow that is crazy!!!

Is the Henschen boy playing football? Kid has shot up and has nice build for a QB. I heard he is sticking to hoops though.

A Newcath player told me today that they don't think they will field a frosh team...

 

Wow that is crazy!!!

 

For the smaller schools, it is an ongoing issue of concern. I am not shocked. Beechwood had low numbers a few years ago and if it weren't for 7th and 8th graders playing freshman ball, their freshman season would have been in jeopardy.

 

Beechwood is the only 1A school in N. Ky. fielding a freshman team. The other 1A schools go the freshman/sophomore team route and no JV.

 

In the N. Ky. 2A schools, Lloyd has not fielded a freshman team for a couple years. Newport did not have a team last year, maybe also the year before. I don't know what Brossart does with freshmen. Holy Cross - I am not sure what they did last year or what they are doing this year.

 

If you go up to Holmes in 4A, I believe they are numbers challenged also.

 

I also have seen on BGP that other schools around the state have experienced low numbers on freshman teams as well. The thing that perhaps makes this shocking is that it is, New Cath, one of the top football programs in the state being affected. Beyond it being New Cath, no one who has been involved in freshman football in the past few years is shocked by low numbers hurting a freshman team.

 

I will add one point. Any football player who wants to play and isn't absolutely certain they will start and play where ever they attend school should be considering the smaller schools. I guarantee you that there are at least 10 freshman kids at Cov Cath who will never start a varsity game, or see significant minutes, who could attend New Cath or Holy Cross and have a great experience playing high school football and see a lot of playing time, maybe even start varsity. I know there is much more to choosing a school than playing football, but there are other very good schools to consider where you get an excellent education AND get to be a letterman in football and other sports. I am not picking on CCH, just using them as an example. The same is true for any kid attending a big school. If you want to be a key part in athletics in high school, you should think about the small schools.

Holmes hasn't fielded a frosh team in a couple years, I believe.

NCC has not had Frosh teams at times in the past 15 years so this isn't all that shocking if they do not this year. Especially since the school population in general is shrinking. Last year NCC and Beechwood were the only 1A and 2A schools to have a Frosh team. They may be better off going the Frosh/Soph JV route as the other small schools do because having 16-20 players when they have a team going against 50 players week after week is not optimal. Beechwood has the advantage of using 7th/8th graders if they need to but NCC does not.

Is the Henschen boy playing football? Kid has shot up and has nice build for a QB. I heard he is sticking to hoops though.

 

Not playing football...Has never played qb and has arm issues from baseball..He has had 3 fractures in his growth plate over the years..

 

Not playing football...Has never played qb and has arm issues from baseball..He has had 3 fractures in his growth plate over the years..

 

Are we talking Hunter or Patrick here? I assumed it was Patrick in the NCC thread?

Are we talking Hunter or Patrick here? I assumed it was Patrick in the NCC thread?

 

Your probably right. Didn't really pay attention to what thread I was in..lol

For the smaller schools, it is an ongoing issue of concern. I am not shocked. Beechwood had low numbers a few years ago and if it weren't for 7th and 8th graders playing freshman ball, their freshman season would have been in jeopardy.

 

Beechwood is the only 1A school in N. Ky. fielding a freshman team. The other 1A schools go the freshman/sophomore team route and no JV.

 

In the N. Ky. 2A schools, Lloyd has not fielded a freshman team for a couple years. Newport did not have a team last year, maybe also the year before. I don't know what Brossart does with freshmen. Holy Cross - I am not sure what they did last year or what they are doing this year.

 

If you go up to Holmes in 4A, I believe they are numbers challenged also.

 

I also have seen on BGP that other schools around the state have experienced low numbers on freshman teams as well. The thing that perhaps makes this shocking is that it is, New Cath, one of the top football programs in the state being affected. Beyond it being New Cath, no one who has been involved in freshman football in the past few years is shocked by low numbers hurting a freshman team.

 

I will add one point. Any football player who wants to play and isn't absolutely certain they will start and play where ever they attend school should be considering the smaller schools. I guarantee you that there are at least 10 freshman kids at Cov Cath who will never start a varsity game, or see significant minutes, who could attend New Cath or Holy Cross and have a great experience playing high school football and see a lot of playing time, maybe even start varsity. I know there is much more to choosing a school than playing football, but there are other very good schools to consider where you get an excellent education AND get to be a letterman in football and other sports. I am not picking on CCH, just using them as an example. The same is true for any kid attending a big school. If you want to be a key part in athletics in high school, you should think about the small schools.

 

Brossart numbers are really low, all of the freshman are playing w/ the varsity. Beechwood wouldn't have had a freshman team if they didn't move up 8th graders to play. At NC and Brossart its hard to move up kids to the freshman level when you don't know if that kid is going to play there, especially when tuition is involved.

Brossart numbers are really low, all of the freshman are playing w/ the varsity. Beechwood wouldn't have had a freshman team if they didn't move up 8th graders to play. At NC and Brossart its hard to move up kids to the freshman level when you don't know if that kid is going to play there, especially when tuition is involved.

 

Someone is fishing, I'm not gonna bite. Even though that bait looks delicious........

Someone is fishing, I'm not gonna bite. Even though that bait looks delicious........

 

Catfishing?