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This is a benchmark game for Brossart...........A win and they are a player in the district............A loss and they are an also ran who is playing a weak early season schedule to get victories and add confidence................. Personally I think it is going to be a touchdown or less difference in the score with Brossart coming out on top. To me this is a game that will go far in seeing who is the 3 and 4 seeds in the playoffs (with Walton thrown in the mix). Two of the three (Ludlow Brossart and Walton) will be making the playoffs and one will not......sorry Dayton you are way off the charts on this discussion......................

Yes it outlines percentages. In other words if it takes 20 credits to graduate you must be on track as a freshmen to have achieved 20% (which means 4 classes if on a 6 period day) and by the time you are a junior you must have completed 70% of the credits................................. Lloyd's policy is much tougher. Keep in mind eligibility is week to week and at Lloyd this makes it tougher on coaches because if a kid is failing lets say 3 or 4 classes you can pretty much rule them out for awhile...........But on a no pass no play doneweekly the fluctuation of those eligibile and in eligible is going to change much more dramatically than on a program following KHSAA guidelines.

Well I know first hand that it is true and it is not a knock on Lloyd. Quite frankly Lloyd is to be commended for its tough policies on drugs and tough policies on grades. However when looking at reasons for lack of numbers both of these points MUST be taken into consideration. If other schools would go the same route they would have the same issues. Again this is not a knock on Lloyd but at the same time you have to recognize that it does play a role.

Such a great program. Hope a new coach is hired soon. Who is AD now? The last Lexcath AD i knew was Andy Listerman so obviously that has been awhile.............................. Could they not promote an assistant coach?

I have heard recently that someone is spreading the word that Bluegrass has broke up and will not have any teams. This is far from the truth. Some people are just trying to get players to come their way. It is a shame what some people will do, regardless of who they hurt.I do know after talking to some player, that it not that coach Sandercan not or will not find a school for them,and almost all have said great thing about him and the reason for moving on has to do with other things. I've talked to Sexton and he's told me that he will be playing for the KBC this summer and Teegarden has left to play with the Kings along with Cottingham, Embs and Larimore and around Five other that played for Bluegrass last year. How is leaving a team hurting other when they do not want to play for that team, should they stay even if they are not happy with what is going on. I don't understand how they are hurting other. Maybe they all feel they were the ones being hurt by staying with Bluegrass,there most be more to this than I know and being told. Yes it is true that several players left Bluegrass and no switching teams is not the problem here. First you should always do what you feel is best for your child. And if switching teams is what is best then so be it. However............there is a way to go about getting players for your team(s) and in my observation (which may be correct or not) some people associated with orchaestrating this "move" have a penchant for taking short cuts and trying to pry players from other teams including talking to kids who are committed to teams ,etc. I think that is where things are going in a wrong direction......

Well.......it goes to show what one bad apple in a group can do to a team (or two teams.....)...................................In any event Bluegrass will get along just fine and be muc better off without the "problem parent" so to speak. The sad thing is when a parent has to bounce their kid from team to team because people do not want their kids playing for him and then he turns around and takes players from other teams so that he can be happy and be involved in decision making instead of allowing his very talented players to play.......................Now I realize players moving to teams happens all the time but when you are contacting kids behind people's back and trying to get them to switch to your team at the detriment of the team they are on then I think you are going way too far................Just my opinion.

Ok does Lloyd still have the no pass no play rule?????????? While that is admirable that is always a killer for small schools who do not have the numbers to take such hits.............. (As an fyi the KHSAA rule allows a student to be eligible if they are passing 4 out of 6 classess.......................) Now I am not saying it is wrong to have a no pass no play rule BUT then you must live with that choice.....that being the chance of more ineligible players. Also Lloyd used to drug test athletes. Again a good idea?????absolutely.......but the flip side is some kids will not play due to this (very sad but true.........)

:confused:I think the principal knows the games are on Friday night. This was more a rhetorical question due to lack of fan support (at least the way I took it) not ignorance on the princpal's part as to when the games are....

Yeah I can see the 10th moving more north......................Not sure which teams they would be looking to move into the 10th though as the southern Campbell County schools are all in 10th...........................

I will agree with everything especially the NKYFL issue. From the time a player is 7/8 years old they are in a situation that is not for development but for winning no matter what. However..........that being said Dixie, Beechwood, etc also have to deal with the NKYFL issue and it has not seemed to ake them perennial losers. Campbell County has been for a long time, and looking to continue to be the big underachievers in Northern Ky. (across the board in athletics and yes I realize they have had some successes in some sports).

Yes it seems like Campbell is in somewhat of a disheveled mode.....................NCC looking like it is adjusting to the Eviston system just fine.

Suspended coach? Can somebody please explain?????????????

One thing that is awful.......................Found the box score in the Enquirer and they had no scoring info on Bellevue at all. It said "Bellevue information not available." Now they scored 20 points and nobody could report how?

Can someone give us details please? I am surprised that Scott won as I thought Bellevue would have a littel too much for them.

Ok Scott unfortunately will not win this game...i say unfortunately not against Bellevue but as a situation that Scott cannot beat an average 1A school......................................

Ok Scott is ina bad position...............A 5A school should never lose to a 1A school............especially one that is not a top 5 team in the state.

Yeah this is kind of a tough read. The combined records of the three teams is 1-7 and the one win belongs to Bracken who has not won a game in years until this past weekend..............................Gallatin however has shown the ability to score in their other two losses so shutting them down is more impressive then shutting down Bracken and Ludlow both of whom may not win another game this season unless they happen to play each other. This next game should be interesting...........KCD has put up big numbers against a schedule as equally as abysmals as Carroll County's schedule.

Wow this has really gotten off the path but this is what needs to be understood by all parties involved. Scheduling an opponent is really not that tough if you really want to make it happen.........I mean come on you only have a few district games and of course a rivalry game or two to play. But at the same time the weeks that you have in common might not be conducive. For example if I am Highlands I have district games in certain weeks next season and everything else is open. I have developed a series with Ryle that will continue. Okay that leaves 5 weeks lets say to schedule other opponents. I would not schedule a major power the week before or after your biggest district game (lets say CovCath). Nor would I schedule them the last week of the season right before playoffs start. That leaves avout a two week window that needs to coincide. Lets say Highlands and T want to schedule each other............That would have been completed by now for the next two year cycle. Unfortunately the KHSAA is making this tough with the redistricting....................So..............now everybody is in a semi frozen state on scheduling. The flip side of this is that Highlands could make a list of 10 teams and easily find one of those ten to play and sign a new two year contract with..............One of those ten will have a coresponding date open. The easiest thing to do is make it the opening game of the season........... Here could be potential teams on that list: Trinity St. X Colerain St. X Cincy Moeller LaSalle Elder Princeton Middletown Teams from Indy...??????????? And before somebody makes a smart comment like "well if it is that easy why not do it yourself" I have for two decades..........................................

That is true nothing negative just using them as an example...................I believe that happened due to the Simon Kenton getting the Middletown game...............:thumb:

If my memory serves me correctly they were bordering on issues between NCC and Highlands back to Coach Duffy and NCC's 2A days and some issues involving game films and exchange of films with teams (Danville) outside the Northern Ky. area. Then you add on the lopsided scores and you have one school vowing to never play the other school again. As time goes buy new faces come into play and things seem less "evil" than when it first happened. The thing to think about for both sides is does this game have a beneficial purpose for our program? Look at Bellevue who dropped NCC in football...............why? Lopsided scores and no benefit to the program to play that game. Regardless of how much the fans want this game to be played the bottom line is unless it has some benefit to NCC (and they are the only ones that can answer that) then they have no reason to schedule the game. Now I would think financially it would be better than playing Aiken or Madison Central so there is one upside to playing the Birds.

1.Highlands 2. Ryle 3.SK 4. Boone 5. NCC 6. Campbell 7. Dixie 8. CovCath 9. Beechwood 10. Holmes 11. Conner 12. Holy Cross 13. Bellevue 14. Newport 15. Brossart

Also............if you are a 5A school and you cannot make a Top 15 poll you have serious issues (see Scott).

When people begin mentioning Bellevue, Newport, Lloyd in a top 15.................i think the dark horse for the top 15 maybe Brossart this year. Now I realize they have played two bad teams but they may be able to sneak up on a few people. Time will tell but they would be my pick for a team off the radar cracking a top 15 poll.

Unfortunately this is a bad year for Beechwood to be playing Highlands. This will not be close and you hope for a no injury game. No sympathy for Beechwood though this is how many of the A schools feel when they go to play them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Haven't all of them been a little scary???????//:lol: