That's rich.

 

And back to your geography debate, Trimble and Henry's southern boundaries are both 100 percent north of at least five Northern counties' northern border, yet, you know ... they're NOT in the north.

 

Then you put Meade with Jefferson (Louisville metro), although Meade DOES NOT border Jefferson period. It looks bad to put Meade in the west (because Meade is eastern time). You've got two other counties that DON'T border Jefferson (Trimble, Henry) in with Jefferson, yet Hardin County is the ONLY county bordering Jefferson NOT with Jefferson.

Meade's not in any region with any Louisville metro teams.

 

If you're going to consider Meade (borders no Louisville metro counties) as Louisville, you might as well consider Anderson (which borders Louisville metro Shelby and Louisville metro Spencer). because Anderson sure AIN'T NKY.

 

Jessamine (Nicholasville) borders Fayette and is part of Lexington Metro:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington%E2%80%93Fayette_Metropolitan_Statistical_Area

 

Nicholasville Road runs right through Lexington.

 

Jessamine, Garrard and Lincoln are CKY counties. Not EKY. No way. No how.

 

And there in lies a problem. You take metro counties/suburbs with Louisville, but don't do the same thing with Lexington (which has its own MSA).

 

Basically every school in Region 1-3 (with exception of Meade) is west.

Meade, plus every school in Region 4 (for the sake of this), 5 (E'town-Bardstown-Lebanon-Springfield-Hodgenville) and most of 12 (Danville, Harrodsburg, Somerset). I'd say all of 12, but you have the Jessamines.

Region 6-7 and part of 8 is Louisville.

Part of Region 8, plus 9 and 10 is NKY.

Apparently Region 11 is now split 3 ways (NKY, CKY, EKY).

Part of 12 is CKY.

Other Part of 12, plus 13-14-15-16 are EKY.

 

I think.

 

And all of this does NOT change:

1) Lack of overall voting members in NKY in general

2) The fact that LHL and the Lexington TV stations don't cover Campbell-Kenton-Boone, etc.

 

You can do all the maps and geography lessons you want, but it won't change it.

 

Bottom line is the number of voting members will NEVER be balanced. Ever. NKY teams get screwed in media votes (mostly for basketball and football) because the papers/stations that cover NKY are based in Ohio (and they don't want to pay just for voting rights; not much incentive on their behalf).

 

If you want to even it up, you go 16 voters: One per each baseball/basketball/soccer/softball/volleyball. But that's one of the few (if only) ways to get the balance you want without trying to do the square-peg-in-round-hole approach (Lex is now NKY, for example; Meade in metro Louisville when it doesn't border Louisville or a metro county or in a region with a metro school).

I'm moving to Hawaii

In order to get closer to a better idea:

 

WEST:

Loses no one.

Adds Hancock, Ohio, Butler, Logan.

 

CENTRAL:

Loses Hancock, Ohio, Butler, Logan.

Adds Meade, Woodford, Bourbon, Fayette, Franklin, Clark, Madison, Montgomery, Jessamine, Garrard, Lincoln.

 

LOUISVILLE:

Loses Meade, Trimble and Henry.

Adds Anderson.

 

NORTH:

Loses Woodford, Fayette, Franklin, Clark, Bourbon, Montgomery.

Adds Trimble and Henry.

 

EAST:

Loses Madison, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln.

Adds no one.

After reading this thread I have came to accept that if you not West of Kentucky Lake you are part of Eastern Kentucky

 

Case closed

 

No, no, no! Everything west of the lakes is FAR WESTERN KENTUCKY.

 

Thought everybody knew that. :lol2:

No, no, no! Everything west of the lakes is FAR WESTERN KENTUCKY.

 

Thought everybody knew that. :lol2:

 

Everything West of Kentucky Lake is Mayfield

I live in Florence. I consider myself a part of Northeastern Southern Kentucky

ETown #2 in 3A. Hmm...

 

Belfry #1...Hmmmm...

Belfry #1...Hmmmm...

 

More credible than ETown at #2. I mean they are the defending State Champions.

More credible than ETown at #2. I mean they are the defending State Champions.

 

True, true. I'm just going on who both teams have played this year and my love of Mark Brown's coaching. No disrespect to Belfry. They have a lot of great teams. Thumbs up!

True, true. I'm just going on who both teams have played this year and my love of Mark Brown's coaching. No disrespect to Belfry. They have a lot of great teams. Thumbs up!

 

Who both teams have played?

 

Belfry has the third toughest schedule in 3A so far and it will jump to #2 or #1 after next week.

 

Etown's is ranked the 19th most difficult schedule in contrast.

Who both teams have played?

 

Belfry has the third toughest schedule in 3A so far and it will jump to #2 or #1 after next week.

 

Etown's is ranked the 19th most difficult schedule in contrast.

 

That's a duly-noted impressive stat, and it's true that E-town's schedule is pretty darn soft this year. But they have risen against tougher opponents and beat them. For instance, E-town beat North Hardin -- a 6A team that almost beat 6A Central Hardin, which is a great team this year. And a 3A beating a formidable 6A -- as well as everyone else on their schedule -- to me trumps Belfry's schedule difficulty. And IMO beating 6A Tates Creek does not compare, BTW.

 

NCC is not up to snuff this year as well, so I feel the win is not as great as it could be.

 

Plus, as I said, Mark Brown's coaching is a tipping point for me. I invest a lot in his abilities. I definitely see your point, but I'm going with my man Brown. And perhaps that's why E-town is ranked so highly -- because of Brown's success wherever he has gone.

 

And so that is why I responded with my own questioning: "Hmmmm..." Just something to consider at this point. No offense to Betfry and their awesome tradition. They def have my respect!

Edited October 25, 201510 yr by MEANGREENMACHINE