article 68 Member Schools Honored for Exemplary Sportsmanship

[theguru]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 15, 2018

 

Sixty-Eight (68) KHSAA member schools have been identified as having zero disqualified players or coaches during the 2017-18 school year following a final review of the available data. With 596 disqualifications reported last year in the sports of Baseball, Basketball, Field Hockey, Football, Soccer, Softball, Volleyball and Wrestling; the level of sportsmanship displayed by the 68 member schools becomes all the more impressive. Many of these schools were recognized at the KHSAA Annual Meeting of the membership in September, with additional schools recognized following an audit of disqualification data in October.

 

“In this day when it is more and more difficult to recruit and retain officials and where conduct expectations in everyday conversation appear to be subpar, it is great that we can recognize these schools for modeling that sportsmanship and good behavior are important,” said KHSAA Commissioner Julian Tackett. “Displaying good sportsmanship on the field or court, when tensions can sometimes be overblown and over-exaggerated, makes this a great feat for each of the schools.”

 

The schools honored for having zero disqualifications during the 2017-18 academic year include:

 

Allen County-Scottsville

Floyd Central

Pike County Central

Atherton

Frankfort Christian

Pikeville

Augusta

Frederick Fraize

Portland Christian

Barbourville

Glasgow

Presentation

Bellevue

Grant County

Prestonsburg

Beth Haven

Hart County

Red Bird Christian

Bishop Brossart

Heritage

Riverside Christian

Bowling Green

Holy Family

Robertson County

Breathitt County

Jeffersontown

Rockcastle County

Brown

June Buchanan

Rose Hill Christian

Buckhorn

Kentucky School f/t Blind

Rowan County

Burgin

Kentucky School f/t Deaf

Russellville

Calloway County

Livingston Central

Sacred Heart

Carlisle County

Lloyd Memorial

Silver Grove

Christian Fellowship

Menifee County

St. Henry District

Community Christian (Paducah)

Muhlenberg County

St. Mary

Cordia

Newport

Trinity (Louisville)

Cornerstone Christian (London)

Nicholas County

Trinity (Whitesville)

Cumberland County

North Bullitt

University Heights

Danville Christian

Owen County

Villa Madonna

East Jessamine

Owensboro Catholic

Walden

Edmonson County

Phelps

Wayne County

Elliott County

Piarist

 

1/15/18 – Sixty-Eight Member Schools Honored for Exemplary Sportsmanship | Kentucky High School Athletic Association

[theguru]

Congrats to all the schools on the above list!

[Trinity alum]

Bragging on my Shamrocks, I believe this is several years in a row for them. A few years ago, Trinity created the position of Sports Ministry under Stephen Thompkins. The intent of the position is to work with athletes and coaches in all sports to fulfill the schools mission to create " Men of Faith and Men of Character. Congratulations to all of the schools on the list. Congratulations to Coach Thompkins.

[ATLCat]

LOL

 

Pike Central getting credit in the short term, but over the past ten years they have to be one of the biggest violators.

 

They have been in more brawls in the last ten years than any other school I have seen.

 

I know of at least two bench clearing football brawls, one baseball brawl, and if I am not mistaken they also had a nice tussle on the basketball court as well.