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Should I have addressed my last response with 'Dear Mr or Mrs Castleman? lol.

He does play. He played JV last year, at 2nd base.

Somebody said Trinity has an opening! I would have to believe we would be the underdog... in a big way. Also, I agree B-paw.... Cov Cath is ahead of Highlands.

Any updates on this? ... on the baseball side. I know that Brett is also getting offers on the football side.

Had to chime in here. Catching takes tons of footwork. Look at any showcase... PBR comes to mind. They will list arm strength (MPH) from each position. A boy can have a very strong arm... lets say 82MPH from the crouch... you would think that would translate into a sub 2 pop time.. not necessarily. With poor footwork you can have that strong of an arm and have a 2.3 pop and kid with a 74mph throw with a 1.95 pop time (with sound footwork). See it all the time. .... and I won't even mention the footwork needed to block pitches. I've seen all of the catchers mentioned... and they would all be very nice varsity catchers. Go BW!

Mullins tried to convert Bankemper into a second basemen last year and it did not pan out. He can pitch and he can hit the ball, but I feel, lacks any footwork and lateral speed to play anywhere in the middle; including and mostly catcher. You just do not convert kids to catcher at this age and expect them to play at a high level. BW will be fine with going with either Burch or Trusty. They have both played at a high level for years. Hitting at the varsity level may be their problems. In that case you put Bankemper in to PH for one of them. The real issue for the Tigers will not be behind the plate but up the middle. Last year Mullins tried, unsuccessfully, many combinations at ss and 2nd. Sadly, I believe there is not one natural middle infielder in the upper classmen. They may have to go to the Freshman Class for the ss. Wagner, a transfer, is a natural ss. Add Trevor Soard to 2nd and I think you may have it (both are left handed batters). Pitching and hitting will take care of itself. They only other issue is what do you do with Joey Sherron. Plays 1st (so does Combs) and that's it. He hits the ball very well but lacks a position.

Bright spot for NCC is the Cain kid (#8), QB. Watched him a couple times this year and like the way he plays. He got a little frustrated tonight, which is understandable.... No blocking, dropped passes and snaps on the ground. I know that there is a middle school team for NCC, but are most of these kids coming from Ken Morgan and the Campbell Cty Red Devils organization?

because by dropping down they can add some sophomores to their roster. You are thinking of as a competitive reason.... its not.... its a numbers reason.

Prior to this game.... has Cov Cath moved up any of its Freshman players to Varsity? This score seems odd.

for the same reason that Dixie should have dropped this year..... numbers. Class sizes very greatly every year at Beechwood. Last years Freshman team had 6 8th graders... just so they could make a roster. Without numbers we cannot play the bigger schools. Just a fact. We have 21 freshman this year and 1 8th grader. we should have moved back up. it was short sighted on our part.

The invite has been out there for some time. Beechwood is looking for a game for the next two weeks. I said that there was no championship game this year..... I was wrong. The UNBEATEN team from the 'large' school division will play the UNBEATEN team from the 'small' school division. Would you then agree the winner was this years freshmens' best team? Good.... it happened last Wednesday. Even if we did get lucky and get a game....say with Highlands.... and win. Campbell Cty people would still say, 'well, we can beat you". People cannot do math.

We are working on both of those and also Simon Kenton.

You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. No team changes divisions after the season starts or request to do so. Also, you voted 'NO' that beechwood shouldn't be able to play in a championship game, 'big school' division, that doesn't even exist. So, the 'stunt' is what you tried to pull here.

I understand your point. College football and NFL has rankings. Each team does not play all of the other teams, but they still rank them. Covington Catholic would beat Ryle 10 out of 10 times. They would beat Highlands 9/10, Campbell County 10/10, Simon Kenton 10/10, Conner 10/10, Lloyd 10/10, Boone 10/10, Cooper 10/10 and Beechwood 5 out 10 times. They only reason I ranked Beechwood over Covington Catholic is because the one time they did play... Covington Catholic botched an extra point. As close as you can get.

Any other details for this game? I would have like to watch this.

Yes. Providing that a freshman does not take one snap at the varsity level... and does not play any other varsity sport, they can transfer. Smart schools, at the end of the year, will move up all of the talented players and get them in for a game. That's how they 'lock up' at kid. lol....but true.

There is no 'big' school championship. There is only a championship for the froshmore division, or small school division... and that appears to be canceled this year. Every school can decide to move up or down depending on their numbers for that given season. Beechwood in the last several years has been blessed with large numbers in (2) classes. This years senior class played in the large school division (went undefeated) and this years freshman class (which should have been moved to the large school division). Had Simon Kenton known that this years freshman class could not compete with the larger schools they could have moved down.

Not sure about Wade. They did have a decent RB. It was at the first scrimmage of the year. I know that Camp (QB/LB) did most of the carries and nearly all of the tackles. That kid is a stud. Hopefully he doesn't end up at Cov Cath.... him and McGinness would be a force.

a valuable lesson as a kid... Punch the biggest kid and the smaller ones will learn. So learn.

....but Covington Catholic did beat Highlands. Keep your hypotheticals. lol.

There will be a Froshmore championship on Oct 29th. Teams and location TBA. As noted on an earlier thread, there will not be a Freshman championship.

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