Trinity has 100 varsity/jv and at least 103 freshmen out for football.

Trinity has 100 varsity/jv and at least 103 freshmen out for football.

 

Wow. That's impressive. No wonder they do extremely well every year. ;)

Trinity has 100 varsity/jv and at least 103 freshmen out for football.

 

Good numbers. Less than 10% though. Do they cut players?

Somerset's numbers are on the rise. We only have 4-6 Seniors but as a whole have more kids out than any other time in the Jay Cobb era. I'm not for sure on an exact total but somewhere in the 40's. Look for this to rise the next few years as the small Senior and Junior class graduates.

Right, but I was noting how the landscape changes for players/parents when the kids move up from youth leagues to HS FB. If a kid finds out his parents' money isn't getting him that starting spot anymore, many of them quit and pursue other interests where their money can give them a leg up (such as in the pursuit of girls).

 

Then they should qiut. They would only hurt the TEAM.

Good numbers. Less than 10% though. Do they cut players?

 

No cuts at Trinity.

 

Trinity has roughly 1,400 students; therefore, about 14% of them come out and play football.

Very good point. Could it be that by attempting to improve our level of play that we are actually diluting the player pool?

 

Best short answer I have heard!

Money is required to play club volleyball or travel soccer or travel baseball.

 

Football requires you to have access to a weight room (free of charge), a place to run sprints, a place to run long distance, and a football.

 

Volleyball is very expensive. My former neighbor usually spent $12K - $14K a year, mostly due to all the travel.

 

I spend maybe $6K a year on club field hockey (two clubs) plus two off-season leagues, and then a few camps thrown in. I love when she plays for her school team cuz they pay for most of it then. Now we have a gym on site finally. Last year the girls joined a gym to workout, and paid a monthly fee.

 

I'm not rich at all, and choose to do this for a few reasons. 1) She only has four years of high school, so I may as well give her opportunity to do wht she likes 2) I want to die broke! I'm well on my way.

Volleyball is very expensive. My former neighbor usually spent $12K - $14K a year, mostly due to all the travel.

 

I spend maybe $6K a year on club field hockey (two clubs) plus two off-season leagues, and then a few camps thrown in. I love when she plays for her school team cuz they pay for most of it then. Now we have a gym on site finally. Last year the girls joined a gym to workout, and paid a monthly fee.

 

I'm not rich at all, and choose to do this for a few reasons. 1) She only has four years of high school, so I may as well give her opportunity to do wht she likes 2) I want to die broke! I'm well on my way.

 

 

Volleyball has become a rich kid sport in Kentucky. It has also become a sport that hurts basketball due to the club season, and is limited to girls who have access to club ball.

 

As far as football numbers, ours are up but I think that is due to a new coach and excitement from the kids surrounding the program. It is a lot of hard work and dedication and many high school kids need to work etc. Many of our business work around their schedule so they can play.

 

It is still expensive but our football booster club does a great job of helping to pay the costs for the kids. They even pay for their football camp.

At Meade we have close to 2000 kids. Our varsity dresses 42 players. This is for a 6A team that was a state simi finalist last year. In 1991 when we were 1A state runners up ,we had less than half the kids at our school and we dressed 20 more than this year.

Kids are different today. Too much other stuff going on. It also depends on the program you had. The school I attended back in the 80s was a big school and the football program did not turn out many kids but Basketball on the other hand always had lots of kids turned away.

Right, but I was noting how the landscape changes for players/parents when the kids move up from youth leagues to HS FB. If a kid finds out his parents' money isn't getting him that starting spot anymore, many of them quit and pursue other interests where their money can give them a leg up (such as in the pursuit of girls).

 

:lol::laugh::lol::D

No cuts at Trinity.

 

Trinity has roughly 1,400 students; therefore, about 14% of them come out and play football.

It seems as though the big numbers will continue. The CSAA in Louisville will have 89 teams this year in 2008, 26 in 7th and 8th grade, 30 in 5-6th grade, and 33 in the new division this year, 3 and 4th grade. With at least 20 kids on each team, that's 1780 future football stars just from the Catholic schools, two schools of which hail from Indiana. That's roughly 296 kids per class feeding into Trinity, X, Desales and Holy Cross. Those numbers per class are trending down though.

Harlan County has a tremendous amount of kids being fed into the new school. Someone better than I may be able to give exacts but there are roughly 80 kids that are just playing 7th and 8th grade, throw another 200 for little leagues. I know they have 89 coaches for little league sports.

It seems as though the big numbers will continue. The CSAA in Louisville will have 89 teams this year in 2008, 26 in 7th and 8th grade, 30 in 5-6th grade, and 33 in the new division this year, 3 and 4th grade. With at least 20 kids on each team, that's 1780 future football stars just from the Catholic schools, two schools of which hail from Indiana. That's roughly 296 kids per class feeding into Trinity, X, Desales and Holy Cross.

 

That's great news. :thumb: