I know this is a High School thread but, I am interested in knowing your opinions on how Fayette County treats Middle School basketball (dont know the exact rules but I do know they limit the games compared to area districts and only allow teams to play other Fayette Co. Middle Schools, and they play some junior pro rules, like cant press in the first half etc..). Do you think this directly effects Fayette County High School Basketball?

 

In my opinion this drastically hurts the development of basketball in the entire District and makes the athletes start with out a "full deck" in comparison to other Districts in the state. What do you think?

It used to drastically inhibit many players development in Lexington but with the proliferation of the AAU circuit I don't see it as being as big of deal. However some schools have groups of kids that play together for years and this lads to great chemistry which the Fayette Co. atmosphere cannot match.

Why dont they conform? Is there a certan group against it? I would think it would have to be the superintendent or the school principals that like it like that.

It used to drastically inhibit many players development in Lexington but with the proliferation of the AAU circuit I don't see it as being as big of deal. However some schools have groups of kids that play together for years and this lads to great chemistry which the Fayette Co. atmosphere cannot match.

KBA closing does not help the AAU circuit in Lexington, but the teams will continue as they will find somewhere to play.

Word is the deal fell through, looks as if they are hosting winter leagues at the KBA, have you heard any different?

I can tell you from experience that Lexington Catholic has the best middle school teams I have seen while my son has played middle school. I don't know about the other Fayette county schools, but LexCath played us straight up, pressing, shooting threes from all over, great fundamentals, speed, size, their bench came in and their whole bench could hit threes as well. My son plays for Boyle County and we played Catholic 2 times in the 6th grade, 1 time in the 7th, and 3 times this year in the 8th. All blowout losses. I have yet to be more impressed by a middle school team. We are 2-1 in the same 3 year span versus Lexington Christian and recently beat them by 10+ points 2 weeks ago. We haven't played any other Fayette county schools, but I'd be surprised if Catholic wasn't the best of all of them. Those boys seemed to have been playing together for quite some time. Very impressive and very well coached. Nothing but respect from me.

Fayette Middle Schools dont start playing until late Jan., I dont believe that the Public Middle Schools in Fayette are even allowed to play Lexington Catholic (or any team outside of district other than in the KBA State Tournament). One reason Lexington Catholic is solid is that they go year round, and there is no Lexington Catholic Middle School, not sure who regulates basketball since their is not one LCMS...but thats an entire different issue!