Fern Creek 2014/2015

[gold sunrise]

Basketball season for 2014/2015 should provide another exciting year. What should we expect from Fern Creek. Remember, please be constructive.

[HoopDreamsCoachQ]

Most of the Spiece Gators team that won 8th and 9th grade state will play there. 5 of top 7 will be freshmen and 3 of those 5 will start. Trey Hill and Ahmad Price are possibly high major players. They'll be really good in 2 years.

[GoHardITP]

Coach Q is correct. Ohio State was in this past week to see the Freshmen attending Fern Creek. OSU's Head Coach, Thad Motta & his assistants had seen the Gators AAU team play in Ft. Wayne during Spiece Nationals on the final certification period of the summer. OSU assistant Greg Paulus was most interested in Trey Hill & Ahmad Price. Miss State was in later in the week and the third player Coach Q alluded to, Anthony Wales, was the freshman MSU left most interested in. They are Division 1 prospects that currently are Top 100 kids in most national rankings for their class. Both OSU & MSU said they would be down during the HS season to watch a game and the young freshmen will trip to those respective schools on unofficial visits. All three of those kids are still 14 years old and were starters on the Spiece KY Gators 2018 team that won the 9th grade state this past May.

 

As Coach Q said, they were competing up an age division so they won both 8th & 9th grade State AAU titles a month apart. There are 3 other kids from that AAU team at Fern Creek who may not play as much varsity this year, but are still some of the Top freshmen in the 2018 class. Tony Rogers, Kobe Stanton, and AJ Thomas are other names to watch in the future.

[mtn bball]

Can't see freshmen making a big splash in the 6th reg. this year. Maybe in a couple of years as CoachQ stated barring injuries or burn out.

[Northstar85]

Can't see freshmen making a big splash in the 6th reg. this year. Maybe in a couple of years as CoachQ stated barring injuries or burn out.

 

I totally agree. It's tough for a freshman to make an impact in the 6th or 7th region. It's going to be even tougher for a team that relies mostly on freshmen. They have Bullitt East in their district as well. Probably going to be a couple of years if FC is really going to make some noise.

[GoHardITP]

There is total agreement from me that winning in the 6th or 7th with 14 & 15 year old freshmen would be a tall order to expect. Especially so when it is not just a single player, but likely three that will be major contributors to a team that graduated their entire starting lineup and several of their top reserves. Only a couple of role players returning along with some very young influx of talent will take some time. However, the Coach at Fern Creek is one of the rising stars of coaching in the state. In his first season last year he reversed a team that was 6-20 before he arrived to a 19-10 record. If he could pull together another 19 or 20 win season in the 6th region it would send a big signal that a shift of power in the city of Louisville has begun way earlier than expected.

 

I totally agree. It's tough for a freshman to make an impact in the 6th or 7th region. It's going to be even tougher for a team that relies mostly on freshmen. They have Bullitt East in their district as well. Probably going to be a couple of years if FC is really going to make some noise.

[Heat Check]

Fern Creek will win a state championship before 2018.

[dawgs83]

Maybe if they all grow and continue to develop over four years. Often times kids dominate their age group in AAU. They play on superstar teams. When they get to high school coaches prepare for you. There are some excellent coaches in the 6th and 7th region.. When these kids dont continue to grow others catch up to them. Too many kids get larger then life aau reps and never pan out. Alot of these kids get frustrated and want to transfer. See Waggener. Hopefully this wont happen at FernCreek and they become a special group. As long a coach Mabrey is at PRP there wont be a power shift. He has dominated this region for over 30 years. They know how to win big games.

[GoHardITP]

I agree Coach Mabrey and his staff have enjoyed an unbelievable run over decades. Never underestimate the PRP team, especially this year with Gaines. Nobody can predict future growth, but one thing different with this group at Fern Creek is that nobody has ever been reclassified. They came to high school as true 14 year old freshmen. The three mentioned above (Hill, Price, & Wales) are already 6'3", 6'2" & 5'10". Tony Rogers is another young player with that group who is 6'2" so there is pretty good length and these are not 16 year old freshmen who have finished growing. The key is development under Coach Schooler who is one of the best as a young up and coming coach in the state.

[PurplePride92]

I look forward to following these guys throughout high school. Sounds like a great future ahead for them and Fern Creek.

[GoHardITP]

Tough day yesterday for the kids on the team and all students at Fern Creek HS. Pretty sure almost everyone heard about the shooting situation in the school that fortunately did not result in a student death. The school has taken some hard knocks in recent years and was starting to get some positive momentum both in academic scores rising and also the excitement of the basketball program expected to do well in upcoming years. Then one bad apple brings a gun to school and all the hard work by everyone gets overshadowed by an incident that could happen in any school in the country, much less any school in the state. All kids in every school want to feel school pride, it is what makes high school sports so great. The kids hate to see their school in the news for something like this. I hope the basketball team can play a role in turning the tide once again after this major setback. Prayers for the innocent victim in this situation and all the kids there at the school who went through this ordeal.

[retropop]

I agree Coach Mabrey and his staff have enjoyed an unbelievable run over decades. Never underestimate the PRP team, especially this year with Gaines. Nobody can predict future growth, but one thing different with this group at Fern Creek is that nobody has ever been reclassified. They came to high school as true 14 year old freshmen. The three mentioned above (Hill, Price, & Wales) are already 6'3", 6'2" & 5'10". Tony Rogers is another young player with that group who is 6'2" so there is pretty good length and these are not 16 year old freshmen who have finished growing. The key is development under Coach Schooler who is one of the best as a young up and coming coach in the state.

 

Tony Rogers? Is this Tony Rogers, Jr., who's dad played at Butler and then at IU-Southeast?

[GoHardITP]

Tony Rogers? Is this Tony Rogers, Jr., who's dad played at Butler and then at IU-Southeast?

 

Yes it is that Tony Rogers and his Dad is a good 6'4". his Mom is a former WKU player who is over 6'0". Just looking at Tony Jr it would not be surprising to see him a 6'5 or 6'6" player in a few years. He is just 14 and he is a very good player that should also be a D1 prospect on the team. He has a very high upside.