The AAU KY Patriots won one of the 16 medals at the 14-U 8th grade Division 1 AAU nationals in Orlando this past week, finishing 13th in a field of 162 teams.

 

Congratulations to the following boys. It was a total team effort!

 

Andy Earls (Boone County)

Austin Flannery (Boone County)

Ryan Popp (Boone County)

Clay Coleman (Ryle)

Dakotah Euton (Rose Hill)

Chad Jackson (Rose Hill)

Kyle Bair (Rose Hill)

Josh Sewell (Louisville Trinity)

Jordan Siebert (Princeton)

Juwan Staten (Dayton Colonel White)

Tyrell Willis (Calloway County)

Did Chad Jackson play? If so, how did he look coming off of the broken wrist?

Did Chad Jackson play? If so, how did he look coming off of the broken wrist?

 

He played well in most of the games. The wrist was not a factor.

Congratulations all around gentlemen... :thumb:

Congrauts. Way to represent KY boys!

Cogats to the boy's on their trip down south. I must be out of the loop though, I thought their was all NKY players on the roster along with the 3 boys from Rose Hill. Why did they get rid of all the other NKY boys? Was it so they could compete at the state and national level? Just wondering.

Cogats to the boy's on their trip down south. I must be out of the loop though, I thought their was all NKY players on the roster along with the 3 boys from Rose Hill. Why did they get rid of all the other NKY boys? Was it so they could compete at the state and national level? Just wondering.

 

Thanks. Didn't get rid of anyone. Some kids left on their own over the last couple years due to natural attrition, choosing other sports, etc. 4 years ago, the team was all Boone County kids and could not compete with the elite national teams because there just wasn't enough size to choose from in our area. Kentucky has to draw from all over the state to compete with teams from large metropolitan areas. The Pats finished third in KY even when they were all Boone County kids a few years ago, but that was due to extraordinary ball-handling, three-point shooting, and good coaching with what they had.

Euton, Jackson, and Bair are going to be big factors in the 16th region starting this year and dominating factors by the following year:thumb:

"big factors" I agree with, "dominating factors" is pushing it.

"big factors" I agree with, "dominating factors" is pushing it.

Check back with me in two years, Euton and Jackson have bodies you dont find very often in the 16th region. They will dominate if everything stays together at Rose Hill from their Sophomore year on

I must have misunderstood the couple sets of parents I talked to that said their kids were cut.

I must have misunderstood the couple sets of parents I talked to that said their kids were cut.

I don't think you misunderstood. They had different players at different tournaments.

I don't think you misunderstood. They had different players at different tournaments.

 

You DID misunderstand what the parents told you.

The coaching staff of the KY Patriots has never cut a player off the team. Every kid that has left the team left on their own or because their parent took them off the team. This goes all the way back to 4th grade.

The Patriots have never had tryouts or "cut" a single player.

 

The KY Patriots do not play with different players in different tournaments. When they play as the KY Patriots they always play with the full Patriot roster.

 

There have been a few tournaments where some of the Patriot boys played without three or four of their teammates, when this happens, they play as "KY Prep". These tournaments were usually the local BCI tournaments in N. KY.

 

The only other time the Patriots play under a different name is in Nike Tournaments where they play representing Eddie Ford's Nike organization as the "KY Hoopstars East" where they won both the Nike Midwest Regional Middle School Championship in Henderson, KY and the Nike National Middle School Championship in Nashville, TN.

You DID misunderstand what the parents told you.

The coaching staff of the KY Patriots has never cut a player off the team. Every kid that has left the team left on their own or because their parent took them off the team. This goes all the way back to 4th grade.

The Patriots have never had tryouts or "cut" a single player.

 

The KY Patriots do not play with different players in different tournaments. When they play as the KY Patriots they always play with the full Patriot roster.

 

There have been a few tournaments where some of the Patriot boys played without three or four of their teammates, when this happens, they play as "KY Prep". These tournaments were usually the local BCI tournaments in N. KY.

 

The only other time the Patriots play under a different name is in Nike Tournaments where they play representing Eddie Ford's Nike organization as the "KY Hoopstars East" where they won both the Nike Midwest Regional Middle School Championship in Henderson, KY and the Nike National Middle School Championship in Nashville, TN.

How many different names is that, and how about when they add D1 to whatever name they are using? Who plays then.

How many different names is that, and how about when they add D1 to whatever name they are using? Who plays then.

 

The KY Patriots are the D-One Sports Kentucky Patriots, didn't realize that I had to spell everything out.

 

D-One Sports is sponsored by Reebok, the KY Patriots have been sponsored by Reebok since Feb. 2006.

 

If Reebok and Nike want to provide them with shoes, uniforms, bags, t-shirts and tournament entry fees the Patriots will call their team anything the sponsors want. The Patriot boys just want to play ball. Why the attitude towards the Patriots? Are you mad because the Patriots are good?

 

The D-One Sports Kentucky Patriots are good because they've played ball together for years, they have great coaching, they play year-round, and the boys have a passion for the game.

 

Don't be a hater because they are good.:fight: