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This game is important to HHS in that it prepares them for the KY State tournament. HHS has won their district and they know what they are up against in the 4A state tournament. I know the HHS players want to win and go undefeated and say they beat Elder a GCL team. However, Elder has more at stake. This is a “district like” game for them and if they lose would affect their seeding and might affect if they get to play in their state tournament. They are at home at the Pit and will play with thousands of Westside fans for support. This will most likely be the most people HHS will see at a game this year and most of them will not be rooting for them. I am sure the Elder players and coaches know what’s at stake and will be fired up to go at HHS from the kick off. HHS will have to do a much better job from the start than they have in earlier games this year. The HHS defense will need to play much better and take on the Elder energy that will be coming at them in their first possessions of play. In Oct. HHS played Harrison Co and then had a week off and then played Homes. It has been awhile since they have had to play hard for 4 qtrs. Also, Elder is likely the best team they will play this season. I give Elder an edge because of the home field advantage and what they have at stake. I hope HHS wins.

In Dales early years at HHS he felt it was critical to their successful that the players needed to be faster and stronger. He has made that a focused of the program from early on. As the conditioning program began to show its success and more guys wanted to play the ability to platoon was a natural progression.

Highlands JV only played one NKY team this year Campbell Co. First game of the year for the JV. HHS 24 at Campbell Co 14 HHS 37 at George Rogers Clark 8 HHS 42 vs Lexington Cath 19 HHS 37 at Cinti Withrow 6 HHS 35 at Lexington Bryan Station 0 HHS vs Cincinnati Elder HHS vs Scott County It might be that CCH is following not leading a boycott?

Add an additional question - Why do NKY teams not schedule Highlands JV?

Highlands Bluebirds - Junior Varsity Highlands JV 24 Campbell County JV 14 W Highlands JV 37 George Rogers Clark JV 8 W Highlands JV 42 Lexington Catholic 19 W Highlands JV 37 Cincinnati Withrow (Ohio) 6 W Highlands JV 35 Lexington Bryan Station 0 W October 26 at 10:00AM - Highlands JV vs. Cincinnati Elder (Ohio) JV November 2 at 11:00AM - Highlands JV vs. Scott County JV Does this HHS JV schedule and record look like the lack of 2 CCH games will hurt the Birds title chances? Which Schedule (above or below) affects that teams title chances? CCH Schedule 2013 Covington Catholic JV 46 vs Boone County JV 6 W Covington Catholic JV 32 vs Dixie Heights JV 12 W Covington Catholic JV 22 vs Beechwood JV 15 W Covington Catholic JV 20 vs Ryle JV 14 W

The only time I had an issue was during the playoffs last year. Buffering was a problem. Hope they have it fixed this year.

The NKY smaller river towns close to the large Cincinnati downtown do seem to have there fair share of low income challenges. Also class size has lowered over time for some. Bellevue is the 10th smallest 1A school in the state according to the KHSAA at 122 Avg Boys (2yrs) Ludlow has 148 Avg Boys Dayton has 152 Avg Boys Beechwood is the 3rd largest 1A school has 196.5 Avg Boys Also coaching changes in the smaller schools are a factor that play a part in performance. Sometimes it helps and sometimes not so much. I remember when Bill Baldridge and Charlie Coleman had big positive impacts on the Bellevue program. I am sure the Avg Boys numbers have changed since they were listed on KHSAA web site since another factor the schools deal with is turnover.

The primary goal is to beat Covington Cath and win a 4A state title. The stretch goal is to be undefeated and national ranking. Performance measurement determines title as "HHS Best Class".

I was interested in comparing the two JV schedules after reading the back and fourth about the cancellation. I would have liked to attended the game today however after seeing the HHS JV schedule I will plan on making the Elder JV match up since its the only home game now on the schedule. Looks like Highlands JV will be on the road the next 4 out of 5 games. I do not have a problem with Cov Cath doing wants best for their program. It looks like Highlands JV has plenty of work ahead of them without having two game with Cov Cath.

Sorry - I made a TYPO - the CCH web site shows the game at Home and I typed Away in Error - Sorry. I caught the error and made an edit in the orginal post but was not quick enough.

Per Web Sites today: HHS JV Schedule per Highlands Bluebirds - Junior Varsity Highlands Bluebirds - Junior Varsity August 31 at 10:00AM - Highlands JV 24 Campbell County JV 14 W September 7 at 11:00AM - Highlands JV 37 George Rogers Clark JV 8 W September 16 at 6:00PM - Highlands JV 42 Lexington Catholic 19 W October 5 at 10:00AM - Highlands JV at Cincinnati Withrow (Ohio) JV October 12 at 11:00AM - Highlands JV at Lexington Bryan Station JV October 19 at 10:00AM - Highlands JV at Covington Catholic JV October 26 at 10:00AM - Highlands JV vs. Cincinnati Elder (Ohio) JV November 2 at 11:00AM - Highlands JV vs. Scott County JV CCH JV Schedule per Covington Catholic High School: Teams & Schedules Covington Catholic - Junior Varsity Sat, 08/24/13 10:00AM Home vs. Boone County Win 46-6 Sat, 08/31/13 10:00AM Home vs. Dixie Heights Win 32-12 Mon, 09/09/13 5:30PM Away vs. Moeller CANCELLED Sat, 10/05/13 10:00AM Home vs. Beechwood Mon, 10/14/13 6:00PM Away vs. Ryle Sat, 10/19/13 10:00AM Home vs. Highlands

I made a correction - CCH vs HHS JV is at CovCath

As of Today's Web Pages - HHS JV Schedule per Highlands Bluebirds - Junior Varsity Highlands Bluebirds - Junior Varsity August 31 at 10:00AM - Highlands JV 24 Campbell County JV 14 W September 7 at 11:00AM - Highlands JV 37 George Rogers Clark JV 8 W September 16 at 6:00PM - Highlands JV 42 Lexington Catholic 19 W October 5 at 10:00AM - Highlands JV at Cincinnati Withrow (Ohio) JV October 12 at 11:00AM - Highlands JV at Lexington Bryan Station JV October 19 at 10:00AM - Highlands JV at Covington Catholic JV October 26 at 10:00AM - Highlands JV vs. Cincinnati Elder (Ohio) JV November 2 at 11:00AM - Highlands JV vs. Scott County JV CCH JV Schedule per Covington Catholic High School: Teams & Schedules Covington Catholic - Junior Varsity Sat, 08/24/13 10:00AM Home vs. Boone County Win 46-6 Sat, 08/31/13 10:00AM Home vs. Dixie Heights Win 32-12 Mon, 09/09/13 5:30PM Away vs. Moeller CANCELLED Sat, 10/05/13 10:00AM Home vs. Beechwood Mon, 10/14/13 6:00PM Away vs. Ryle Sat, 10/19/13 10:00AM Home vs. Highlands

The focus of the season is CCH not JH or PT. The results from those games should not be seen as anything but working to prepare for CCH. HHS is playing a lot of guys this year more than in the past and they are trying to improve their quality of depth. Playing JH and PT allows the coaching staff time to see how some players will perform against good athletes. You comment about Oscar Mayer Bologna is somewhat valid in that every current class seems to be the best class per some. However there is something to the concept that each team is build on the foundation of the ones before it.

This was the most important game for HHS to date. All the games prior were used as perperation for todays game.

From what I have seen over the years most teams play up to their potential when they play HHS more times than not.

Class 4A has Trinity and St X winning State Titles and when classes were expanded to 6 Classes that continued in 6A Class 3A had 4 teams winning titles and when the classes expanded 5A and 4A was shared by the same teams that were winning in 3A with the exemption of Cov Cath winning in 2006 and Bell Co winning in 2008. Highlands Boyle Co and Lex Cath all won multiple State Titles. When Highlands was moved from 5A to 4A then you have Bowling Green winning 5A. Class 2A had Boyle Co win in 2000 and then they moved to 3A and continued. When they left 2A had 5 different teams win Titles. When the class went to 6 Central had dominated 3A and FT Campbell and NCC has won multiple 2A Titles Class 1A has Danville and NCC winning multiple titles when only 4 Classes. When the classes were expanded to 6 you have Beechwood and Mayfield winning multiple titles.

Another way to look at the data -

In the first Qtr from where I sat the stands were full (from the student section to the visitors section)but not packed. My wife started to feel ill from the heat and we had to leave late in the second Qtr. The man infrount of me also left when we did. Finished the game at home in the air conditioning. My daughter in law said the heat affected quite a number of people who had to leave or headed to the shady part of the field.

I believe having the Preview listed on the High School sub-forums page is confusing some.

Yes - Cant get on the stream. Listening to Trinity Radio http://www.trinityrocks.com/athletics/broadcast.com

I agree preseason means very little however that is the topic of this thread - Which team should be preseason #1. Maxpreps comes out with their list and have Trinity 3rd and St X 5th - Not sure what/who they are listening to. Tonight will help some when T plays HHS and X plays SK

Check out the MaxPreps Thread started by All State Baseball at 9:42pm today. Kentucky State Rankings - very unexpected

Kentucky - Top 20 as Maxpreps 1 Bowling Green..........................60.5 2 Highlands (Fort Thomas)............57.6 3 Trinity (Louisville).....................52.3 4 Scott County (Georgetown)........49.4 5 St. Xavier (Louisville)................44.2 6 John Hardin (Elizabethtown)......44.0 7 Cooper (Burlington)..................41.4 8 Lexington Catholic (Lex)............41.1 9 Central (Louisville)...................39.9 10 Warren Central (Bowlg Grn)......38.9 11 Pleasure Ridge Park (Lou).........38.4 12 Simon Kenton (Indep)..............36.6 13 Conner (Hebron).....................33.6 14 Mayfield.................................32.6 15 Harlan County (Harlan)............32.2 16 Collins (Shelbyville).................31.7 17 Ashland Blazer (Ashland).........30.9 18 Henry Clay (Lexington)............30.9 19 Covington Catholic (Prk Hls).....30.3 20 Male (Louisville)......................30.1 This definitely does not match up with the comments and rankings I have see on this site or others in Kentucky.