King of Kentucky

You are correct, sir.

I left a link, but Bluegrasspreps.com took it off claiming it was advertising. I don't know what my $20 fee was for. Anyways, I spoke with Lucas today and he confirmed that he left by his own choice.

There as been some talk on the Lexington Herald Web site on how Lucas may have been forced out. However, it is clear that he left by his own choice.

Story on Cincinnati.com about the achievement

What side would Dixie be on? Ryan Wilson and Korey Klei would be solid. Other Simon Kenton players - Jordan Hansel and Austin Baldwin. I would really like to see Brandon Roller, Markel Walker and Nick West play one last time. I feel that all three are quality players that are deserving of some more D-I looks. NKY has a lot more talent than usual in its senior class. I wonder if we see some scouts out there this year. Will this be at Ryle?

I wish I could tell you. However, I would probably get some angry coaches. I agree though, Holmes has a great team and shouldn't be ranked outside of the top 5. However, I can see debating which team should be No. 1. Scott County has a lot of talent.

I can answer that, as the person who counted them up. For whatever reason, there quite a few ballots that ranked Holmes in the bottom half of the top ten and some coaches omitted them entirely. I don't know if it makes a difference, but when I sent out the questionnaires I asked the coaches to rank the top ten teams in the state and not the top 25. So that being said, I don't know if the coaches who left Holmes out of the top ten thought they should be ranked somewhere 11-25. However, Scott County, on the other hand, consistently received 1st, 2nd and 3rd place votes.

Haha. I don't which one is technically more accurate. I guess whichever has your team ranked better. All I know is that I put the CoachesAid one together, so I know that it is accurate (has far as counting the votes). Not all the coaches took part in the survey, many claimed that they didn't feel comfortable enough ranking the top ten teams in the state. However, most were comfortable ranking their regions (which I didn't use in the CoachesAid poll). Judging by the first-place votes in the other poll, the "Courier Journal" shows a much larger sample size. However, discussing this with coaches personally it is hard for me to imagine that they were able to compile so many votes. That being said, I don't know if they combined the region polls with a statewide poll. Also, it isn't clear if the Courier Journal put it together or if it is the official statewide poll. If it is I don't know where to find it.

Not sure if this has been posted anywhere. Coaches' Poll - source Courier Journal Coaches' Poll- source CoachesAid.com

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You all are too quick

Ryan Ernst is blogging this game at cincinnati.com. Here is the link of the blog

He has offers from Oregon, Cincinnati, Kentucky, Louisville, Middle Tennessee State, Stanford and Vanderbilt.

Nice.

Big win for JC. They must playing much better than they were in the beginning of the season.