Final tonight from Beechwood. Coach Stamm and the Panthers clinch their 4th straight Div. 3 NKAC Championship with the win tonight. Another banner for the gym. Congratulations to this group of young ladies on a great accomplishment!!!:dancingpa

Congrats.

How many seniors do they have they really matter for the team? Is their "dynasty" on the fringe of ending? And if that happens will Stamm jump ship or will we find out how good of a coach is really is when coaching less talent? They dominate Div. III schools but they haven't been able to go up one more level and beat Div. II or Div. I schools. Playing the weaker schedule doesn't help them prepare for the tougher opponents.

It is not Ludlow's (or any DIII school's) fault that they play a weak schedule. All of these schools are required to play 2 games against each conference team. When Calvary chose not to field a Varsity team many of you criticized them for doing so. However, it was a real benefit to the stronger DIII teams to be able to replace those games with stronger competition and I think they took advantage of that opportunity.

 

Ludlow graduates about 4-5 significant players this year. It will probably take a bit for them to rebuild but I can't imagine Stamm not fielding a pretty competitive team.

I believe the DIV III conference schedule mandates that they play each other school twice. With the majority of the schedule dedicated to meeting your conference requirements and district seeding requirements, there is only so much that can be done with the rest of your season. Ludlow did strengthened their schedule this season and played non-conference games against Boone County, Highlands, St. Henry, Holmes, Brossart, Dixie and NCC in the finals of the All "A". Although they have only managed to beat Dixie from that group, they have played a pretty good schedule this year.

I knew they had to play the DIII schools twice but I was just eluding to the fact that it didn't help them prepare for bigger schools. Playing the larger schools (and only beating Dixie) showed they are a competitive with the larger schools but still not on the level where they can beat them and this team may be the last team in a while to do so. As far as Calvary - they should have played a varsity schedule because they had plenty of players and would have been competitive with most DIII schools. IMO, they took the easy road out.

They played St Pat Maysville in the beginning of the season. How big of a school are they?

St Patrick is actually a bit smaller than Ludlow with a current enrollment of 121 vs. 162 at Ludlow

St Patrick is actually a bit smaller than Ludlow with a current enrollment of 121 vs. 162 at Ludlow

 

 

Is Ludlow really that small these days? For some reason, I was thinking they were in the mid 200's.

They also have wins against Holmes and Lexington Sayre who is 15-6 on the year as we speak. That's why there are 3 divisions of the conference. Why the hate for the Panthers GEEZ??? :idunno:

They also have wins against Holmes and Lexington Sayre who is 15-6 on the year as we speak. That's why there are 3 divisions of the conference. Why the hate for the Panthers GEEZ??? :idunno:

 

I agree wholeheartedly. Let's also not forget that Ludlow also has won with Ludlow kids. We all know that is not always the case with successful programs. No mysterious transfers have tainted the legitimacy of their success. And, in my opinion, that makes Ludlow's program even more special.