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I think from reading these posts and from past experience that Highlands need to hire from with in. Any coach following a long tenure legend is going to find resistance to change at every turn. The hardest coaching job is one following success. I wish the staff "Good dicision making".

Happy Thanksgiving to all of my unseen friends.

Congratulations, Male and Alabama Larry's kicker. Finish the season strong. To the Trinity seniors: You are prepared for successful lives, take this season and let it make you stronger. To next year players: Male will still be ready to play. Male has lots of players returning. Prepare yourselves.

I don't care one way or the other, but keeping 30 teams out of the playoffs when some have better records than others that get in just because of their district is the real travesty. Either do something about that or let them all in. I also have trouble with teams in the super district not being allowed in because you have reduced teams to 2 or 3.

Alabama Larry and Bob Beatty are rejoicing. Larry's beloved Male is moving on and Beatty wants another meeting.

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Nero impressed me first game.

Indiana, this year, went with a success factor and the team automatically moves up after "too much" success in their class determined by school size.

Indiana is basically a rectangle with Indianapolis sitting in the middle of a more populated state with several really big and several really small schools.. The rest are in the middle in size. Think of spokes radiating from Indy and that makes 4 areas of competition before funneling back to Indy for the finals. The "ping pong balls" is a simplification. Conference championships are a big deal as are the all sports trophies and the boys sports and girls sports trophies within conferences.. There are 9 regular season games and one guaranteed playoff game so everyone plays 10. Travel time is not the problem in Indiana. Kentucky is not like Indiana.

Congratulations to Coach and to all the people who got behind this to make it happen.

This is totally off topic, but what kind of school board meeting ends in 16 minutes? No wonder there are problems.

I have no dog in this fight. I could care less if BG beats the streak. They are a good team. What disappoints me is the fact that they have been competitive against T the last years they played and I wanted those games to continue. It 's not fun to beat up on teams who aren't competitive and I don't want to watch those games. And it has been hard for T to find competitive games in KY. G' Luck to BG.

The more realistic of of us Trinity fans never said a word about going undefeated this year in Kentucky games or against St X even. I think some fans said "untill". It has happened. We will move on. "Go Rocks" in the playoffs.

I have seen multiple coaches in multiple sports quit or be fired after coaching their own children. It is difficult for the kids, difficult for the coach and fans have a ready made cause if anything goes wrong. As to the coaching situation, If you are going to compete, get yourself a coach or coaches who have paid the price to get there. Sounds like the Saturday morning guys got the job.

Pray all goes well in his recovery.

I don't know why the Crimsons were in the end zone, but the T players found room to get thru the goal posts and run between the senior's parents onto the field. Manual players and fans were very up for the game. Lots of spirit. Coaches probably don't like that competitive of a game, but as a fan, it was good to watch. Lots better than a "beat-up on someone" game. Trinity's young secondary has problems losing receivers and the Manual QB slung the ball tonight. Short passes not so much. Manual has some big linemen, too. All in all: A win is a win. T WR Rodjay (SP) Burns # 10 injured his shoulder.

For a coach: Influencing one or many young people to be better than when they came. For a player: To do the best you can do as an individual. As a team: To work together toward a goal. Success is measured by what you put in and being able to say "I did the best I could at this moment".

The KY coaches in contention: Beatty Trinity Holcomb Hatcher Co, Central Hayward Belfry Larkey Harlan Co. McGlore Russell Mueller Highlands Scroggins L'ville Centtral Wallace Bowling Green Vote at Best Coach Vote as often as you want thru Oct 8 for each state then Regionals thru Oct 18, then finals thru Oct 21. Schools athletic departments win $2000. $1000, $500, $250, $100. Truly a popularity contest, so I am rooting for Scroggins of Central. Not my school coach. I feel they do good work and could use the money.

There is nothing harder on a coach or his family than coaching his child. Coaches retire or are fired after this experience. There is an easy target to criticize and it can be heaped on. Please leave the kids alone. It is a team game. There are other weaknesses.

Ram, These articles are very informative for any parent of an athlete. I hope Guru puts them in the college recruiting forum as a package for future use. I would mention taking both the SAT and ACT as some schools want one or the other. Also, check early with your H S guidance counselor about your core classes. Most colleges require 2 years of foreign language and certain math classes. Sometimes an on-line class is needed to qualify if you aren't the best student. I am the parent of a LD child who graduated from college and played Division I soccer. Success will be determined by finding the right fit in a school. Again, Good job. Thanks.

My home town high school are "the Millers". We had a flour mill in town that donated the money for our first basketball uniforms. Many years later, other team chants were about the insect: "Swat those bugs" or "squash them."

Thanks THS for the articles. Yours are informative and well written. I appreciated that you leave the games to the coaches and players in your articles. Good job.

Just reading the thread was exciting. Congratulations.

PLEASE everyone stop answering HB and let him answer his own questions. I'm tired of reading and my shoulder hurts.

L C is 2012 state champ in IN big school class. They are rated in top 3 this year. Offense was pushed around tonight by L C front7.. Defense played well. Trial by Fire will harden you. Rocks will get better. They are young and inexperienced.