Not sure this statement shines a positive light on the young man.

 

I think you really need to understand the type of guidance this young man was getting prior to a certain someone taking him under his wing and developing him. I am sure this person would not be wasting his time helping him with the recruiters if he didnt think he could get the ACT done.

I think you really need to understand the type of guidance this young man was getting prior to a certain someone taking him under his wing and developing him. I am sure this person would not be wasting his time helping him with the recruiters if he didnt think he could get the ACT done.

 

Very well put here.

 

Remember he averaged 4 points a game last year. The certain someone has made a big difference.

I agree with you. This is a state requirement for all Jr's. Don't see how he has not taken it yet. :idunno:

 

My son graduated from LMU, great school and one of the nicest gym's for that level.

 

How long has it been a state requirement for a student to take the ACT?

How long has it been a state requirement for a student to take the ACT?

 

I believe it was just last year that Kentucky switched from the CATS test to the ACT for high school juniors. The ACT is now the state's monitoring and evaluation test for all public schools and all public high school juniors are required to take it.

I think you really need to understand the type of guidance this young man was getting prior to a certain someone taking him under his wing and developing him. I am sure this person would not be wasting his time helping him with the recruiters if he didnt think he could get the ACT done.

 

Never said he couldn't get the ACT done. Guess the next question is, did the coach play him in the game that he instructed him not to come to, so he could take the ACT?

I agree with you. This is a state requirement for all Jr's. Don't see how he has not taken it yet. :idunno:

 

My son graduated from LMU, great school and one of the nicest gym's for that level.

 

Tex Turner Arena is extremely nice. It is almost like a mini Rupp Arena. My son played there when he was in middle school and it is very impressive! If I am not mistaken, it was voted the nicest D2 facility in the country on several occasions.

Tex Turner Arena is extremely nice. It is almost like a mini Rupp Arena. My son played there when he was in middle school and it is very impressive! If I am not mistaken, it was voted the nicest D2 facility in the country on several occasions.

 

I can see why, and agree with you, it is extremely nice. The college is a great one too. Glad our son graduated from there. He got his Masters from Union.

Never said he couldn't get the ACT done. Guess the next question is, did the coach play him in the game that he instructed him not to come to, so he could take the ACT?

 

I gotcha but to compare the style of a coach who deals with probably more inner city kids than maybe a former Ken Shields ever dealt with probably isnt fair. I agree that if the coach instructed him to do something and he didnt do it I wouldnt play him but every coach is different I guess.

 

He is a good kid and deserves a shot at playing college ball somewhere so he can get a good education and be a contributor to society. I just think his priorities are not in line on the education side due to his past.

Ok lets be fair...................Coach Russell did the right thing all the way around and taking his ACT now will be just fine. The real problem is the education and guidance he received up until he came to Newport.

I gotcha but to compare the style of a coach who deals with probably more inner city kids than maybe a former Ken Shields ever dealt with probably isnt fair. I agree that if the coach instructed him to do something and he didnt do it I wouldnt play him but every coach is different I guess.

 

He is a good kid and deserves a shot at playing college ball somewhere so he can get a good education and be a contributor to society. I just think his priorities are not in line on the education side due to his past.

 

Are we assuming Coach Shields didn't have any "inner city" kids at NKU, or during his tenure in the Covington rec. department?

Ok lets be fair...................Coach Russell did the right thing all the way around and taking his ACT now will be just fine. The real problem is the education and guidance he received up until he came to Newport.

 

For any of you young athletes that read the post's here, it's not fine to take your first ACT exam in the Spring of your senior year. Most colleges aren't heavily considering you until they know you can score high enough to be cleared. While you're sitting on the ball, another athlete who may be just as talented or sometimes less talented will take your scholarship while you procrastinate, because they already have the score to prove their merit, so don't ever assume you are the only one receiving that schools offer. You know the saying "stay ahead of the game" take your ACT early and it gives you a chance to improve the score if it's not at as high as you or the schools would like.

 

Not trying to be a sour grape on your post, but we don't want to give athletes the wrong message. The message should be for them to prep their education early, like in the junior year and enjoy the senior year knowing they have the hard part behind them.

For any of you young athletes that read the post's here, it's not fine to take your first ACT exam in the Spring of your senior year. Most colleges aren't heavily considering you until they know you can score high enough to be cleared. While you're sitting on the ball, another athlete who may be just as talented or sometimes less talented will take your scholarship while you procrastinate, because they already have the score to prove their merit, so don't ever assume you are the only one receiving that schools offer. You know the saying "stay ahead of the game" take your ACT early and it gives you a chance to improve the score if it's not at as high as you or the schools would like.

 

Not trying to be a sour grape on your post, but we don't want to give athletes the wrong message. The message should be for them to prep their education early, like in the junior year and enjoy the senior year knowing they have the hard part behind them.

 

Well said. :thumb:

Ok lets be fair...................Coach Russell did the right thing all the way around and taking his ACT now will be just fine. The real problem is the education and guidance he received up until he came to Newport.

 

Sorry, but disagree. If Coach Russell instructed him to miss the game and take the ACT, and then played him when he showed up despite this instruction, then I believe the coach missed the "guidance" opportunity here. Again, I ask, was he played in this game?

Sorry, but disagree. If Coach Russell instructed him to miss the game and take the ACT, and then played him when he showed up despite this instruction, then I believe the coach missed the "guidance" opportunity here. Again, I ask, was he played in this game?

 

To answer your question:

 

 

NEWPORT (4-0) — Luther 15, Foster 21, McDaniel 6, Jones 3, Sizemore 11, Tucker 3, Collins 7.

 

BRYAN STATION (2-3) — Barner 15, Fain 7, Andrews 4, Evans 10, Waide 10, Demus 3, Ball 7, Baffour 6, Renfro 3.

 

Newport 19 12 24 11—66

 

Bryan Station 12 15 17 21—65

 

Not only did he play, but he was the game's leading scorer.

For any of you young athletes that read the post's here, it's not fine to take your first ACT exam in the Spring of your senior year. Most colleges aren't heavily considering you until they know you can score high enough to be cleared. While you're sitting on the ball, another athlete who may be just as talented or sometimes less talented will take your scholarship while you procrastinate, because they already have the score to prove their merit, so don't ever assume you are the only one receiving that schools offer. You know the saying "stay ahead of the game" take your ACT early and it gives you a chance to improve the score if it's not at as high as you or the schools would like.

 

Not trying to be a sour grape on your post, but we don't want to give athletes the wrong message. The message should be for them to prep their education early, like in the junior year and enjoy the senior year knowing they have the hard part behind them.

 

Good post but somewhat of a moot point now in Kentucky as all public high school juniors take the ACT in their junior year as part of the state's testing program.