We've all had discussions about private schools being apart of the KHSAA along with the public schools. So should the private schools have their own class by theirselves?

 

How would you make that work?

 

In the private class, have several districts with several teams making up a district like they are using today?

 

Would you have them play the public teams throughout the regular season then play the post season in their class instead of public? Go by seeding. who ever had the best record would be #1 and so forth.

 

Discuss.

 

List of the private schools in KY: list of private schools in kentucky - Google Search

In a word, no.

In Kentucky, no. Not enough schools of similar size to make a fair class.

NO!!!!

Too many classes already.

No.

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Not again....

Hell no.

It would always come down to Saint X or Trinity. All the other private schools several rungs lower on the ladder. We are not Cincinnati who has an abundance of private schools who play at the highest level. Or Nashville who has many private schools competing at a very high level.we might cobble together Trinity, Saint Xavier, Covington Catholic, Lexington Catholic, in a few more years, maybe DeSales, and Christian Academy.

It would always come down to Saint X or Trinity. All the other private schools several rungs lower on the ladder. We are not Cincinnati who has an abundance of private schools who play at the highest level. Or Nashville who has many private schools competing at a very high level.we might cobble together Trinity, Saint Xavier, Covington Catholic, Lexington Catholic, in a few more years, maybe DeSales, and Christian Academy.

 

Owensboro Catholic (you neglected to mention them) has represented well over the years. They might not win night in night out but don't let their size fool you. Definitely not a walk over. But they are fine where they are. Traveling to louisville, lexington and NKY 4 or 5 times a season would deplete their athletic budget quickly which would shut down basketball (boys and girls), baseball, soccer, you name it. No more sports. Tuition is high enough and most parents don't want to see their money going to support the athletic department.

Okay lets try this....

 

St. X and Trinity love the idea of a private class. They immediately contract with the GCL South to play the 4 Cincy teams. They add the Tenn and Cleveland private power teams. And the best private teams in Indy want on the schedule because all of them have trouble filling out the schedule.

 

So Trinity and St.X play a double header at Papa Johns every Friday they can and draw 20,000 every time. Games are on ESPNU. Kids in Louisville area flock to these schools because of all the exposure they would get. In the playoffs Trinity and St. X play for private school Big school championship.

Meanwhile the other smaller private schools play each other a couple of games and then against the best smaller school powers in Ohio and Tenn and Indiana. Highlands and Beechwood decide they would like to play the private schools too in the regular season so they join in the rotation and only play the 3 district games they have to play against public schools. Everyone thinks it works out well, good competition, nice attendance and everyone wonders why they did not do it years ago. Danville decides Beechwood has an advantage so they want it the rotation and Boyle County jumps in also. Bowling Green looks at it and decides they would like to play CovCath and St.X and some Ohio and TN private teams as it can only help them in their playoffs. All is well.

In theory, maybe.

 

However, in practice in the state of Kentucky, where only fourteen private schools play football and they range in size from Bishop Brossart (125 boys) to Lexington Catholic (451) to St. Xavier (1,344), it isn't at all practical.

By the way, if you are curious about the discrepancies in enrollments, here are the number of boys per school from the 2016-17 school year:

 

1. St. Xavier - 1,344

2. Trinity - 1,155

3. Covington Catholic - 595

4. Lexington Catholic - 451

5. DeSales - 336

6. Christian Academy-Louisville - 334

7. Lexington Christian - 239

8. Owensboro Catholic - 197

9. Covington Holy Cross - 189

10. Newport Central Catholic - 177

11. Louisville Holy Cross - 169

12. Kentucky Country Day - 154

13. Bethlehem - 149

14. Bishop Brossart - 125

What problem would the KHSAA be solving by making separate divisions? You don't make a change unless you're fixing a problem. What's the problem?