The demise of St. Xavier....REALLY ? Small, unathletic, nobody in the backfield, bad defense.. I am going to cut and past this one and get it on the bulletin board.

AllTell, "drug kicking and screaming to the game", I don't get what you mean there? Male JVs why wouldn"t they play the Rock JVs? Are the freshmen playing also? I haven't seen anything on those games?

 

What you highlighted on my comment was the "teams are looking forward to playing the Rocks," but I can only speak for one for sure, and they are not afraid.

Thanks Guru.

Thanks Guru.

 

You are welcome but please remember this was a group effort and I wrote very little of the 6A preview. For those of you that know me well it has my fingerprints on it but again the bulk of it was written by greater minds than mine...

What I mean is that had Male not been put into the district with Trinity I believe they would have followed form with the rest of their Jefferson County brethren and not played Trinity. And I do mean it as a sincere compliment when I applaud Male for playing Trinity at the JV and Frosh levels (on the Monday and Thursday prior to the varsity game). Their counter parts at Manual chose not to but Central stepped up and filled that gap. How many state championships has Central won now? Maybe, just maybe there is something to this playing the best to be the best theory. Guess most of the JCPS schools will never know.

Well....I guess that sets it.....the bar is awfully high for my boys. But I can't argue, they have done it to themselves.

 

I still don't like the ridiculous amount of superlatives heaped upon our boys. They were dominant last year, but they aren't unbeatable.

I agree that on paper this Trinity team looks great. They won't be great until they do it on the field. I remember 1984 when Kentucky's greatest team ever (preseason division), lost big in the playoffs and 2003 when a preaseason great team started 0-4 before starting the run to the state title.

 

While I was only a year old in 84 I remember 2003 very well.

The demise of St. Xavier....REALLY ? Small, unathletic, nobody in the backfield, bad defense.. I am going to cut and past this one and get it on the bulletin board.

 

Good point, did Oxnard write that part of the preview to motivate the Tigers?

Its on the bulletin board.

Its on the bulletin board.

 

That SK will beat ST X?

I know people are caught up on the position St. X is in, but for years people have asked for more competition in 6A, could this be the year that 6A is the most competitive it has ever been?

I know people are caught up on the position St. X is in, but for years people have asked for more competition in 6A, could this be the year that 6A is the most competitive it has ever been?

 

If you can call playing for 2nd place being competitive then I can agree with what you are saying. However, on the opposite hand, Trinity is far and away the biggest favorite in any of the six classes, even far exceeding Highlands favoritism in Class 4A.

Scott County -- this may be the year they get over the hump. Returning almost everybody.

 

Eastern will surprise people--they also return a BUNCH of skilled players (pretty much all of a good secondary). And the quarterback will eventually be a 1AA if not D1 player. Losing. Jon Davis may actually help them because they'll 'spread the wealth' more now and use more weapons.

 

Henry Clay is too low, I believe.

 

Male having Ronjae Morris back is HUGE for them. Lost a lot up front to be sure, but Defense will always be good due to good coaching by Wolfe.

 

Manual had some of the best lookin athletes I saw at college camps I attended. And they ALWAYS have good, big, smart linemen.

 

X is still St. X. They will be sound as any other team, make VERY few mistakes, and FLY to the ball on defense. I think most of the reports of them being 'down' is about their lower levels the last 2 seasons. At a place like X, that doesn't matter as much. Now the players on those teams will be coached in a TOTALLY different way--much more film work, much different prep each week, etc.

 

T will be a force again. I hate that they are getting to play a schedule like they are--it will get them WAY better than they would've been just playing KY schools in blowouts. Returning as much as a team like that, about the only thing that can get them is a breakdown in team chemistry (and there might be a little of that with all the CSAA kids/parents from what I'm hearing--I know WE are benefitting a good deal from getting an inordinate number of private middle school kids coming to Ballard this year--who, by the way, have been VERY impressed with).

I know people are caught up on the position St. X is in, but for years people have asked for more competition in 6A, could this be the year that 6A is the most competitive it has ever been?

I think that will depend upon how good Trinity is. If they are ahead of the others by as much as people lead us to believe, then it is just another year in 6A. I guess most of us are skeptical of anything that puts the two power schools below the top 2 or 3 spots because that is where they most likely are cemented.

If nothing else, maybe the Trinity folks can take some of the angst of this board off of the Highlands folks.:lol: