8th Region Tournament starts tonight.

looks like a North Oldham vs. Oldham final

Tough end to season for SK Pioneers. Lost 3-2 in 5th round of kicks from spot. Lots of great seniors who left it all on the pitch in their final HS match.

PKs can be a coin flip, how was the game during the 90 minutes (80 +10), fair 1-1 result? Earlier in the year I thought Simon Kenton had a chance to contend for the 8th region.

SK gave up early goal on bad clearance on corner. SK had many chances before finally tying with 20 left. Had 5 more solid chances after that but settled for PKs. Collins keeper made 3 great saves on strong attempts. Collins flew the bar twice to give chance before last kicker squeezed one in just off the bar past the keeper.

It did feel like the strong season would lead to finally achieving success in Regionals. SK losing to Grant on their destroyed field changed the trajectory causing the toughest 8th Region draw possible. Collins then Oldham then North.

Teams playing most of their games on plastic fields tend to struggle on poor quality natural grass fields. Maybe some day KY will do as OH does, all post season games must be played on the plastic stuff, or at least have a quality standard and maximum length the grass can be for a natural grass field to be used in the post season.

I completely understand the desire to play on home field when it's your "turn." What I can't understand is the allowance of playing on a dangerous field with (no natural grass but all mud and puddles) when several plastic fields are available and offered. Both teams lucky to get out with few serious injuries. FYI SK was undefeated on the Natural Grass surfaces prior to playing in the slop at Grant. Also didn't help that the game was delayed from Tuesday to Wednesday and finally to Thursday. So I agree with OH's rule.

Oh yea the weather this time of year in this area of the country. Just one more reason for KY to adopt a field standard/plastic only fields for post season.

 

HS athletics are an extension of the classroom. School buildings must be built and brought to to certain standards, such as ADA requirements, smoke detectors/alarms, etc, etc. Many of which are in place for student and staff safety, why not have the same requirements for all aspects of the athletic venues including the actual playing surface?

Oh yea the weather this time of year in this area of the country. Just one more reason for KY to adopt a field standard/plastic only fields for post season.

 

HS athletics are an extension of the classroom. School buildings must be built and brought to to certain standards, such as ADA requirements, smoke detectors/alarms, etc, etc. Many of which are in place for student and staff safety, why not have the same requirements for all aspects of the athletic venues including the actual playing surface?

 

Follow the money. That all I’ll say for those that complain.

I completely understand the desire to play on home field when it's your "turn." What I can't understand is the allowance of playing on a dangerous field with (no natural grass but all mud and puddles) when several plastic fields are available and offered. Both teams lucky to get out with few serious injuries. FYI SK was undefeated on the Natural Grass surfaces prior to playing in the slop at Grant. Also didn't help that the game was delayed from Tuesday to Wednesday and finally to Thursday. So I agree with OH's rule.

 

My pet peeve is playing tournaments on fields that are clearly too small. Someone needs to independently verify these each year.

The state will give you a waiver for districts.

The state will give you a waiver for districts.

 

Waiver for regionals also? There a few that cannot be 100 yrds.

I understand the filed in question was actually a middle school field with long, uncut grass and plenty of bad spots.

The field is 112x65 grass was no longer than most other grass fields in the area, however it was muddy.

While the field was certainly sloppy Simon Kenton dominated the game and should have won by at least 2 or 3 goals. Grant County only had one shot on target compared to at least 20 for Simon Kenton.

Edited October 18, 20178 yr by thatguy404
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