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Does anyone know if David Hensley would be interested? I know he took the year off from coaching and this job would be closer to home than Dunbar was. However, he may be waiting on the Harlan Co. job when Larkey retires.

Is the current staff pretty much the same staff Duncum had? Will a new coach be able to chose his staff? As much as they have struggled recently it would seem odd if there were no changes made with the staff.

Whitaker, Duncum, Roark and a coach currently in the district are names I have heard. Les, have you heard what NL's schedule may look like next year? If a new coach could have a winning season next year it would certainly help build some momentum.

Actually the line judge told the receiver where to line up on the line as is standard procedure. However when the receiver bent his knees into his normal two-point stance the line judge would call offsides saying the receivers head moved. In 25 years of watching football I have never seen this call and it was made 11 times in this game alone. Whether this is the correct call or whether it had any effect on the game is definitely debatable but to state that these were normal penalties isn't accurate.

NL was stopped twice at the SL 1 or this game would have been even closer. Wardrup proved the critics who said NL couldn't throw wrong, he had a tremendous game. If the NL receivers can continue to improve and eliminate some drops and they get the 2 starters back who are missing on the Oline NL could have a surprising season. Bowling is a phenomenal high school QB. He rarely throws a bad pass. I was surprised with the NL defensive gameplan, they brought no pressure at all and let him stay in the pocket all day and he ate them up. Welch is also doing a good job at improving the SL defense.

Final

Shannon goes 6 innings to get the win with Damron pitching the 7th to pick up the save.

I understand that completely. I was just answering the question about why the rule applies to football and soccer and not other sports. My point about playing the best kid regardless of grade was pertaining to baseball.

The rule applies to soccer and football because the khsaa considers them contact sports. If an eighth grader works all summer, fall and winter on becoming the best player they can be and a high school student does nothing to improve from the time the season ends until tryouts start do you still think the high school student should play over the younger kid? All though not always true the kid that works the hardest will usually be the best player and that is who should play regardless of grade level.

Will the young kids coming into the program like Smith and Vorbeck help any this year?

Your obviously a poster with an agenda. I know Coach Brown and know he is a fine person and excellent coach. Kind of funny that you don't express the same outrage at Hicks behavior last night.

It appears Canady and Spurlock used their teacher e-mail accounts which I believe are subject to open records laws.

Whether you are a Clay fan or not there is no way you can justify what their coaches have done.

North needed a win over one of the top 13th region teams. Should be a great game Monday night between NL and Clay.

What happened to Barnett and Sanders?

And 350 boys would put Jackson at about 700 students. That is not that big of a difference when you are talking about basketball with 12-15 varsity players.

According to KHSAA Jackson Co. has around 350 boys in their school. In comparison Corbin has 310. They are not that small of a school.

I don't agree with Red Bird and Oneida's position, but I can see how it would be difficult to compete in that situation with no feeder system and never knowing what kids you will have, but I still believe they should vote to seed. Jackson Co. is another situation. They are not that small of a school. Have a feeder middle school and have talent in the county. Why would anyone want to have an attitude that you are doomed to 3rd in the district. Just go to work and develop your program instead of trying to sneak in the Region Tournament.

Blind draw is a horrible idea. I can at least somewhat understand Red Bird and Oneida's position. Jackson Co. voting to draw is just cowardly.

Les, any idea when the draw for the 49th district is?

Middlesboro, South Laurel and North Laurel could probably be considered the favorites. Bell Co. and Whitley Co. will be well coached. Corbin lost 2 very good players/pitchers. Do they have any young talent coming up to replace them?

North Laurel picks up a win to kick off the second day of the Toyota Classic at Scott Co. Shannon led NL with 23, Seidel had 19 and Luke Dalton kicked in with 17.

Seidel with 29, Shannon with 22 and Wardrup with 11. Another quality win for NL. They have now won 4 in a row and are 10-4 on the season.

Seidel hits a 3 at the buzzer to send the game to OT where North pulled off the road upset. Seidel finished with 25 and Wardrup had 16. Wardrup is starting to come on as the 3rd option to go with Seidel and Shannon and North could be very dangerous. Impressive road win for North Laurel and for the 13th region.

Any results from today's games?