Our team from West Ky is in that position of having to travel to face the toughest comp. There are a couple teams this end of state, but we have gone to MO and scrimmaged teams there, one being top ranked team, used Bluegrass games to play tougher teams and played 3 ranked teams during Purples Classic. We have to basically accept that to play top teams more often, we have to go to them.

I would not consider Summit, Anderson, Elder, Walnut Hills, 7 Hills, etc expensive travel games for them to play NKY teams. And maybe the OH coaches are not in favor of bringing their jv teams to KY, but these OH schools and a few more have brought their jv teams to Park Hills for years. Trinity does not appear to have any cost issues coming up to Park Hills. And just a thought, if a school really wanted to build a stronger schedule they might have to agree to an away, away series for a few yrs to build a reputation your program can give the elite teams a game.

 

All great points. I think the biggest factor may be how good your team is, year-in and year-out. CovCath has done a nice job establishing itself as a (if not the) premier team in NKY. I also think that now that Maher allows comparison between Ohio and KY schools it may be used more to allow coaches on both sides of the river to evaluate cross-over opponents.

Our team from West Ky is in that position of having to travel to face the toughest comp. There are a couple teams this end of state, but we have gone to MO and scrimmaged teams there, one being top ranked team, used Bluegrass games to play tougher teams and played 3 ranked teams during Purples Classic. We have to basically accept that to play top teams more often, we have to go to them.

 

justwondering1's team from the west side of the state is perfect example of what it takes to put your program into position to build a strong, competitive schedule and in a position to play the elite teams.

I'm not necessarily buying the cost factor or the home and away agreement is what limits some teams from playing a stronger schedule. The NKY teams that I see playing a weak schedule already travel (spending the money to travel) and play some games away without every opponent traveling to their venue the following season.

justwondering1's team from the west side of the state is perfect example of what it takes to put your program into position to build a strong, competitive schedule and in a position to play the elite teams.

I'm not necessarily buying the cost factor or the home and away agreement is what limits some teams from playing a stronger schedule. The NKY teams that I see playing a weak schedule already travel (spending the money to travel) and play some games away without every opponent traveling to their venue the following season.

 

Which NKY teams play a weak schedule and travel to play without getting a return visit? That sounds crazy. Fabrication or just exageration?

Anyone can view any team's schedule on the khsaa site to see and judge (strength of schedule) for themselves. Many nky teams have traveled (spent money) to tournaments without those opponents traveling to nky.

Thought so.

Don't drill a coach for a schedule until you have tried to schedule a team yourself. The scheduling process isn't as easy as it may sound. For instance in Ohio you get 12 games, in Kentucky you get 21. This tends to be a major reason why teams in Kentucky don't get many Ohio games. Ohio teams also have more games they are bound to that most Kentucky teams.

 

Many Kentucky coaches have tried to schedule Ohio teams, but are unable to get on the very tight docket. It really becomes a matter of right place, right time. Don't give Cov Cath coaches that much credit, they have a built in advantage over most Kentucky Schools................they are private. Private schools will always play private schools, especially the Ohio ones because they have many public schools who wont play them. Protect your own. If you look at Cov Caths Ohio schedule, besides Anderson it is mostly private high schools..................those same schools schedule mostly private schools even in Ohio.

 

Scheduling becomes a hard task at times.

 

My last point is don't read too much into the maher rankings. Most coaches could care less about the rankings, during the season or during scheduling. I have several friends who are coaches, and they tell me all the time they dont pay attention to the rankings at all. It merely is a tool for us fans to use, and see how teams compare.

In the Northeast the regular season was comprised of playing each team in your league and the league champ went to states. Probably made scheduling a whole lot easier, travel a whole lot less, and debates about strength of schedule and relative team strength a whole lot less common. If you wanted to know where your team stood, you just looked at the league standings in the paper.

For instance in Ohio you get 12 games, in Kentucky you get 21.

 

Don't give Cov Cath coaches that much credit, they have a built in advantage over most Kentucky Schools................they are private. Private schools will always play private schools, especially the Ohio [/b]ones because they have many public schools who won't play them. Protect your own. If you look at Cov Caths Ohio schedule, besides Anderson it is mostly private high schools..................those same schools schedule mostly private schools even in Ohio.

 

 

 

Took a quick look at 3 different OH schools' varsity soccer schedule, one private and two public schools. All 3 had a 5 game preseason and a 16 game regular season.

 

I do agree putting together a HS schedule is not an easy task. But there are certainly some schools in NKY that have a soft schedule that leaves some to question why. And some of these are private schools. So your argument KY private schools have an advantage with regard to getting OH private schools on their schedule doesn't quite add up, why doesn't these private KY schools schedule private OH schools? After all you say they, "Protect your own."

 

CCH is playing two public schools and two private schools in OH and one public school from IN this season. Not so sure about the "Private schools will always play private schools, especially the Ohio". CCH has Anderson and Walnut Hills and Moeller played Ryle this season, not sure about this private schools only play private school thing you mention. These two examples show it goes both ways, OH public schools scheduling KY private and OH private scheduling KY public.

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They may have upped the regular season totals from a few years ago. Yes they do get more scrimmages than Kentucky, last time i spoke to someone. Walnut Hills is basically private, you have to pass one of the hardest entrance test possible to get in the school. Yes Moeller played Ryle, I am not saying it never happens. It you look over a 10 year period, you will see mostly private schools playing mostly private schools. For about a 4 year period, Ryle had to travel to Indianapolis to get games, my assumption is the Ohio schools weren't playing them for whatever reason. It is just really hard for a public school to get a private school on there schedule. I bet if you look at Ryles last 10 years, you wont see many games with St X, trinity, lex cath and others. I bet if you look at st henry and cov cath you will see them playing those games every year.