This time of yr is great when most of the state is rooting against you. I bet 3/4 of the state is cheering against all the NKY teams to get beat Friday. Only the NKY fans are cheering for the teams up north. If my history is correct there has been a NKY team playing in the finals in one class or another since 1981, that is pretty good IMO.

 

And I bet, Highlands & Beechwood are represented 90% of those years. There are 3-4 really good programs in NKy, but, it seems like the entire area wants to take credit for how great that areas football is, when in reality, its a handful of programs, no different then when Louisville takes credit for being the best area, when in reality, it's St X and Trinity and occasionally Male, 2 elite programs with 1 other occasionally getting a sniff. Central Ky has done the same in the past when it was traditionally Boyle Co and Danville with Bardstown in there occasionnally. IMO, the area a team plays in has much less to do with anything than the teams themselves, the teams i mentioned above.

And I bet, Highlands & Beechwood are represented 90% of those years. There are 3-4 really good programs in NKy, but, it seems like the entire area wants to take credit for how great that areas football is, when in reality, its a handful of programs, no different then when Louisville takes credit for being the best area, when in reality, it's St X and Trinity and occasionally Male, 2 elite programs with 1 other occasionally getting a sniff. Central Ky has done the same in the past when it was traditionally Boyle Co and Danville with Bardstown in there occasionnally. IMO, the area a team plays in has much less to do with anything than the teams themselves, the teams i mentioned above.

 

Ryle, Boone, Dixie, CovCath, Highlands, NewCath, and Beechwood all play football in either Boone, Kenton, or Campbell.

 

If there are only 3-4 really good programs in NKY, which of these don't fall in the really good category?

Ryle, Boone, Dixie, CovCath, Highlands, NewCath, and Beechwood all play football in either Boone, Kenton, or Campbell.

 

If there are only 3-4 really good programs in NKY, which of these don't fall in the really good category?

 

It depends on the criteria one would use, obviously, getting those rings at the end of the yr pops in my head first. So, HHS, BHS, CCH and NCC would be my four for "really good programs!" The rest are good but really good? Boone would be close but let's face reality, no team in 6A in NKY will ever compete w/the Louis schools yr after yr. Only if all good football players could attend the same Boone Co School would they maybe compete downstate.

It depends on the criteria one would use, obviously, getting those rings at the end of the yr pops in my head first. So, HHS, BHS, CCH and NCC would be my four for "really good programs!" The rest are good but really good? Boone would be close but let's face reality, no team in 6A in NKY will ever compete w/the Louis schools yr after yr. Only if all good football players could attend the same Boone Co School would they maybe compete downstate.

 

I get what you are saying, but dismissing Ryle, Dixie, and Boone because they don't have titles lumps them in with all teams that don't have titles. Each of those teams finished as a top 30 team in the state (per Massey) and help dispel the notion that NKY as a region doesn't play solid football.

What percentage of the state population do Boone/Kenton/Campbell make up of the state?

 

Shouldn't we leave Boone out of this equation?

Ryle, Boone, Dixie, CovCath, Highlands, NewCath, and Beechwood all play football in either Boone, Kenton, or Campbell.

 

If there are only 3-4 really good programs in NKY, which of these don't fall in the really good category?

 

Ryle, Boone, Dixie are decent programs, not really good programs that are competing for state championships...Every area, N,S,E,W have teams that can compete with these teams. Sorry, but true..

...Every area, N,S,E,W have teams that can compete with these teams. Sorry, but true..

Across the board? No way.

Across the board? No way.

 

You gotta be kidding me. These teams are good, but, thats as far as it goes. It's not like there aren't teams from every area that could play with them on an even keel or better...

Ryle, Boone, Dixie are decent programs, not really good programs that are competing for state championships...Every area, N,S,E,W have teams that can compete with these teams. Sorry, but true..

 

Ryle was in the state championship game last year. Is that not competing for a state championship?

Ryle was in the state championship game last year. Is that not competing for a state championship?

 

Only because of the draw and if you think any different, you're wrong and 1 year does not make a power. I think Ryle has the program headed in the right direction, but, they aren't a power, especially in 6a. When we're talking 26 cons years of having a team from an area in the finals, 1 year for 1 team falls in that 10% I was talking about. Would you call Lone Oak a power? Me either