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Please give the latest Cantrall link. I couldn't find the complete rankings online. Thanks.

Snottie, I can see that your brain is wired like mine ... weird. Thanks!

Clyde, for all 4 values, does your statement about Def "higher the positive number the better" apply. I hope so, makes it simpler. And thanks for your response.

As long as I have been reading the USA Today computing rankings, I cannot figure out how to interpret the measures in the 4 columns: sched strength, power rating, offense, defense. Can anyone help? Does a higher value mean better? These are the cpu ratings from today. № School WL SOS POW OFF DEF 01 TRINITY 12-1 32 28 81 17 02 FERN CREEK 12-1 29 26 83 13 03 CHRISTIAN CO 11-1 27 23 84 11 04 COVCATH 11-3 29 27 76 20 05 BALLARD 8-2 28 28 87 9

Do you guys know anything about tuition assistance at the privates? You're talking garbage. You have no data, only fifth-hand baloney. Do some research and don't respond until you do. I'm talking chapter and verse.

There are a bunch of >90 games in Trinity's history but these 3 are in Coach Szabo's tenure. If you'd like all those 90 & + games, which go back close to Trinity's origins, I will be happy to post them.

Very. I'll go with >91 pts: Date OPPONENT WL THS OPP ∆ 27-Dec-15 Lawrence Co. W 92 82 10 10-Feb-12 Lafayette W 99 41 58 3-Feb-12 Daviess Co W 91 36 55

The CC Crazies are nuts compared to St. X kids when there is no barrier between the X seats and the floor. Or St. X just might reserve the crazy for Trinity. This is a highlight video of St. X & Trinity playing for the 7th Region title in 2012 at Bellarmine. Whole video is good but ff to 2:35 to see X's "restrained" crazy. Trinity surrounds its student section with faculty & administrators whether home or away. At Sweet 16 games it's hilarious to see the real or rental cops around the Trinity student section plus 6 or more faculty, coaches from other sports, & administrators. I'll never forget the 2012 title game between Trinity & Scott Co. Look at Trinity's students ~ cops, Rupp ushers, & Trinity officials everywhere. Look at Scott Co. ~ maybe a teacher or two, but those kids were exceptionally well behaved, vocal but, dare I say?, acting like grownups. One detail: Trinity hires the off-duty or rental cops. Same for football at home, but I think just school officials when the football team travels. I agree with whoever said the CovCath situation is a serious problem waiting to happen. But let's not wait ~ be vocal but be vocal in the stands. That's all. Allowing fans to be so close to inbounders is irresponsible. Hard to believe any school would allow it. Hard to believe ANY parents would tolerate their son acting like that.

Your wording is ok with me. I'm thinking what kind of message does this send students, not just the athletes. Whatever the logic behind the PSJC decision, the decision itself is absurd. Thus, if the school system does not raise funds for everybody, school boosters have to act on their own. So they act on their own then are told by the Board forget about it? And if an alum wants to give back to their school, wow, isn't that the message we try to instill in the kids, to think of those who follow you? Do for them what was done ~ or not done ~ for you? Another issue, maybe the biggest: we are not talking about turfing just football fields but a field that all the school's teams + PE classes + community teams can play on. Ryle's field happened through the generosity of the Borland Trust (Mr. Borland revived Newport Steel). Admittedly, a family member played a field sport there but it took that connection to jog awareness. The rest of the money was raised by the parents & supporters. In many fund drives, big donors premise their gift on a show of support from other stakeholders. Why must the enthusiasm of one school's boosters be rejected because other schools' supporters are quite happy with their children running around on bad fields blowing out their knees & slipping on their backs

Frosh Rocks (aka The Pebbles) have a pretty good schedule too. Freshman Football Schedule Highlands, Nashville Brentwood Academy, Male, Central, St. X, Cincinnati Moeller, plus the other Louisville schools--excellent competition. The Young Rocks will be ready. 22-Aug Sa 11.00a Highlands THS 29-Aug Sa 12.30p Brentwood Academy THS 10-Sep Th 5.30p Male THS 17-Sep Th 5.30p PRP PRP 19-Sep Sa tba Central Central 1-Oct Th 5.30p St. X St. X 10-Oct Sa 12.00p DeSales Fairdale 10/115 Th 5.30p Seneca Seneca 22-Oct Th 5.30p Ballard THS 31-Oct Sa 11.00a Moeller THS

71 as of today, 1-Aug Freshman Football

I was pleasantly but firmly corrected at the 2012 Sweet 16 by a George Rogers Clark mom that it is just that, George Rogers Clark High School, NOT Clark County.

For longitudinal records 2003-14, click calpreps.com & scroll down to end for the 2 DYNASTY links. You get plenty of tables: for the US, for KY, & for any other state. You also want to go to the High School Football dynasty compilation here: De La Salle leads Dynasty Compilation - NationalHSFootball.com But it doesn't help us much: the compilation is national. Of the 500 teams, there are only 4 KY representatives: #20 Trinity; #135 Highlands, #154 St. Xavier, #356 Bowling Green. But the calpreps link is loaded with stuff: columns for every team in KY including its W-L record, district W-L, class W-L, KY W-L, W-L against top-1000 teams, W-L against top 7000 teams, & the W-L records of opponents. Plus each team's power rating & schedule strength rating. PR & SoS are averages over the 2003-14 span but the W-L records are aggregates of those 14 years. You of course can sort KY teams into the 6 classes & other things. What I did with the material is compute W%'s for all the W-L columns. If anybody is interested, I could either attach my calculations to a post here, if that can be done, or send it as an email attachment to a person who asked via BGP private mail. It's a mass of data anyway you shake it.

I hesitate about some of the criteria: "Contribution outside of W's & L's are factored in. Head Coach prestige, D-1 players, NFL players, & competing on the Regional or National level all are factors." The D-1 & NFL thing really bothers me. How many kids with D-1 talent are happy just playing for the high school and town but then moving on? I know a dozen right off in the last 15 years just from 1 team (& that includes coach-announcers saying this kid has to have a lot of majors after him). I think we all do. They want to play for their school & that's it. Plus, and this is a big one, a great h/s athlete simply may not grow physically to compete at higher levels. How many of us were pretty good but peaked at 18? I see a few hands out there in the audience. Re competing against region and/or national powers, I feel queasy about this one too. (1) Location may work against you. We have enough trouble in Kentucky with a team having to spend 4-5 hrs on a school bus for a playoff game … then another 4-5 home. And I repeat – a school bus, noisy, rough-riding, lousy seats/back support, no seat belts, bad ventilation … (2) The school may not have enough of a budget and/or booster support to pull it off. (3) A good team may be from a poor area & is lucky to have uniforms & a halfway decent field & flimsy stands. We are talking about high school athletics. It’s really cool to go play a well-known team but some competitive teams simply might not have the respect, resources, & wherewithal. So the criteria automatically exclude some worthy teams, don’t they? I would say keep it to highly competitive W-L records in regular season & playoffs as well as the standing of the head coach. But that standing ought to be based on a real foundation, like being a true role model whom the guys love, then imaginative practices, game planning, & mid-game adjustments, not to mention O & D styles, & maybe most important, building a good team around the players’ talents as well as turning a bunch of not-so-talented players into wild & crazy overachievers.

Responses after each statement GREEN GUY: “I think the key to having a competitive program at any level is the degree that the head coach sets strict guidelines on everything & enforces them. If the coach controls the team, does not tolerate academic or behavioral lapses or a rowdy locker room, guarantees nobody anything they can’t earn in practice, & assembles a quality staff, look for good results and happy fans.” GG: “That makes numerical logic but who amongst has not seen a big squad with lots of quality players NOT platoon? One ex-coach in Louisville probably cost his school 2 state titles in the last 13 years by playing his best players, even the QB, both ways, when there were at least another 12 players he could groom. His two potential championship teams lost both of the playoff games in the fourth quarter to less-talented but smarter-coached teams that let as many talented kids as possible play in one setting or another (kickoffs, extra-point team, punt receiving team, etc.). I speak vaguely because these are interpretations & the coach did win 2 or 3 titles with his non-platoon system. On the other side, one prominent coach with a big squad trains players to play 2 or 3 O/D positions & may have up to 5 or more going both ways. Conditioning is the key here, I feel.” GG: “Money? I am not sure what you mean? We have few rich schools in this state.” Kids? Talent pool? Platooning? GG: “Indeed. But the number of popular sports available in each season does. For various reasons a multi-talented student may play only one or two sports: the student needs to spend more time on academics than that darn guy who plays 3 sports, is student body prez, & maintains a high GPA in an honors program; the student’s family may not be able to afford the equipment in multiple sports; the student may like to divide time between a sport & community service; the student needs to work to get his spending money; the student may be banged up from one sport. But go back to the available popular sports. Say a school has 1300 males with the choice of 12 KHSAA sports & 6 or more club sports. Also realize a student may concentrate on the sport that gives him the best chance of a college scholarship even if it may not be a local glamour sport.”

Trinity & Highlands have played only two games. In 1969 Trinity won 20-7 at Highlands. On 19-Aug-2000 Highlands greeted Bob Beatty in his first-ever game as Trinity coach with a 42-29 smackdown at Montgomery County. While that’s only a 13-pt margin, I have heard Coach Beatty say a couple times that those 13 points do not tell the tale: Highlands dominated Trinity. While a regular season series would be a lot of fun, the two schools decided to go with 4-quarter exhibition games in 2010 & 2011 then 3-quarter + multiple scrimmage setups from 2012 to 2014. You better believe both teams played at game speed. In my view the 2010 game that Trinity won 49-42 was the classic, with Trinity holding off the surging Birds at the end; I have no way to prove that this exhibition game was the best game in KY that year, but I would like to know a better one. Trinity “won” all 5 of the three/four-qtr exhibitions. A lot more to be said about this thrilling series. But this year Highlands scrimmages Cincinnati St. X while Trinity scrimmages Henry Clay.

I'll be looking for it. Thanks!

I checked with EKU first because they have a treasure trove of all KHSAA documents and game videos. They have nothing except KHSAA material. EKU is now its repository. Plus the librarians are excellent & keen to assist. Several years ago I bought a number of football game dvd's from EKU for $15 each. That fee covers--get this--copying the original video format (VHS, beta, film) into a dvd (or I guess your preference) + postage/handling. A caveat about the visual quality: some are good to very good, some are too bright, shadowy, or grainy to please the purist but tolerant fans will definitely enjoy them. The ones that don't look commercial may have been just for post-game review by a panel of refs to determine the quality of the reffing. Here is the EKU/KHSAA Archives email: Archives.Library@EKU.EDU. They reply promptly. But thanks for the tip. I should have posted the Archive's email address a long time ago.

I am an old Trinity guy who really likes the new St. X logo for all the positives that people have cited here. Just really classy & reminds the players & fans what the school stands for. PS. I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE SEASON OR JUST THE SCRIMMAGES TO START!!!

This link for Tennessee h/s football contains the state champions per Litkenhous, AP, & UPI polls in the pre-1969 era before the THSAA established statewide championship playoffs. HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL DATABASE Does anyone know where I could find databases for Litkenhous/AP/UPI for Kentucky rankings before the state championship playoffs were inaugurated in 1959? Any kind of direction, suggestion, hint would be really appreciated, guys. If I can compile any sort of list, you all will be the first to see it.

10. I love the semifinals and finals on separate days. It doesn't matter to me what days they are on just keep them on separate days. Please and thank you. All 16 points excellent and stimulating but I have to triple-underscore #10 . Please, KHSAA, keep the semis & the finals on separate days. Teams & fans alike have time to reflect on the semis & get some rest for the next day's showdown. I know we chanced into the 2-day semis/title format a couple years ago when UK had a tv game at Rupp, allowing only the semis that Saturday. But the additional day for just the final only makes the greatest show in high school basketball that much better.

I hope this compilation sorted by greatest to least attendance, with year, teams, field, & city, helps any further discussion. http://khsaa.org/records/football/fbchampionshiplinescores.pdf http://khsaa.org/records/football/pastwinners.pdf PAST KHSAA STATE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS Year Div Winner Loser Field City # 2003 4A Trinity St. Xavier Papa John’s Louisville 26,430 1997 4A St. Xavier Trinity KFEC Louisville 22,760 2005 4A Trinity St. Xavier Papa John’s Louisville 21,424 2002 4A Trinity Male KFEC Louisville 20,511 2001 4A Trinity Male KFEC Louisville 20,485 2007 6A Trinity St. Xavier Papa John’s Louisville 15,696 2010 4A Boyle Co. Allen Co.-Scottsville Houchens-LTS Bowl. Gr. 13,167 1999 4A St. Xavier Bryan Station KFEC Louisville 11,640 1991 4A GR Clark St. Xavier KFEC Louisville 11,575 2008 6A Trinity Simon Kenton Papa John’s Louisville 11,556 1975 4A St. Xavier Ashland Blazer KFEC Louisville 11,500 1994 4A Trinity Boone Co. KFEC Louisville 11,425 2004 4A St. Xavier Scott Co. Papa John’s Louisville 11,024 2006 4A Trinity Ryle Papa John’s Louisville 10,623 2000 4A Male Trinity KFEC Louisville 10,119 2003 3A Boyle Co. Highlands Papa John’s Louisville 10,057 1979 4A Butler Henry Clay KFEC Louisville 10,000 2009 6A St. Xavier Trinity Houchens-LTS Bowl. Gr. 9962 2001 3A Boyle Co. Rockcastle Co. KFEC Louisville 9140 1995 4A St. Xavier Henry Clay KFEC Louisville 9135 2010 6A Trinity Male Houchens-LTS Bowl. Gr. 9116 2012 5A Bowling Green Cooper Houchens-LTS Bowl. Gr. 9104 1978 4A St. Xavier Tates Creek KFEC Louisville 9000 2012 2A NewCath Caldwell Co. Houchens-LTS Bowl. Gr. 8756 2002 3A Boyle Co. Rockcastle Co. KFEC Louisville 8722 2011 5A Bowling Green Anderson Co. Houchens-LTS Bowl. Gr. 8623 1976 4A Trinity Henderson Co. Commonwealth Lexington 8500 2014 6A Trinity Dixie Heights Houchens-LTS Bowl. Gr. 8418 1990 4A Trinity Warren Central KFEC Louisville 8376 2012 4A Highlands Collins Houchens-LTS Bowl. Gr. 8312 1988 4A Trinity duPont Manual KFEC Louisville 8300 1999 2A Boyle Co. Glasgow KFEC Louisville 8264 1996 3A Highlands Hopkinsville KFEC Louisville 8235 1998 4A Male Tates Creek KFEC Louisville 8231 1996 4A Nelson Co. Paul Dunbar KFEC Louisville 8145 2010 2A NewCath Owensboro Catholic Houchens-LTS Bowl. Gr. 7964 2005 2A Russell Owensboro Catholic Papa John’s Louisville 7726 2000 1A Danville NewCath KFEC Louisville 7714 2007 3A Central Belfry Papa John’s Louisville 7619 2007 4A LexCath Lone Oak Papa John’s Louisville 7603 1998 3A Highlands Waggener KFEC Louisville 7564 2004 2A Belfry Owensboro Catholic Papa John’s Louisville 7522 2014 4A Highlands Owensboro Houchens-LTS Bowl. Gr. 7521 1980 4A Trinity Paducah Tilghman KFEC Louisville 7500 1999 1A Beechwood Hancock Co. KFEC Louisville 7445 2012 6A Trinity Pleasure Ridge Park Houchens-LTS Bowl. Gr. 7412 2006 3A CovCath Bowling Green Papa John’s Louisville 7379 1997 2A Bourbon Co. Owensboro Catholic KFEC Louisville 7355 2014 5A Pulaski Co. Graves Co. Houchens-LTS Bowl. Gr. 7338 1988 3A CovCath Paducah Tilghman KFEC Louisville 7300 1990 3A Ashland Blazer Lincoln Co. KFEC Louisville 7250 1987 2A Danville Mayfield KFEC Louisville 7200 2012 3A Central Belfry Houchens-LTS Bowl. Gr. 7116 2011 2A Holy Cross (Cov.) Glasgow Houchens-LTS Bowl. Gr. 7077 2011 4A Highlands Franklin-Simpson Houchens-LTS Bowl. Gr. 7023 2004 3A Highlands Boyle Co. Papa John’s Louisville 6936 1994 3A CovCath Bowling Green KFEC Louisville 6875 2009 4A Boyle Co. Lone Oak Houchens-LTS Bowl. Gr. 6837 2006 2A Mercer Co. Russell Papa John’s Louisville 6814 1987 3A CovCath Paducah Tilghman KFEC Louisville 6800 1987 4A Shelby Co. Boone Co. KFEC Louisville 6800 1998 2A Caldwell Co. Danville KFEC Louisville 6742 2000 2A Boyle Co. Glasgow KFEC Louisville 6728 2009 5A Highlands John Hardin Houchens-LTS Bowl. Gr. 6695 2011 6A Trinity Scott Co. Houchens-LTS Bowl. Gr. 6691 1992 4A St. Xavier Boone Co. KFEC Louisville 6685 1994 2A Danville Bullitt East KFEC Louisville 6550 1995 3A Bowling Green Highlands KFEC Louisville 6375 2014 1A Mayfield Williamsburg Houchens-LTS Bowl. Gr. 6333 2007 5A Highlands Bowling Green Papa John’s Louisville 6231 2014 2A DeSales NewCath Houchens-LTS Bowl. Gr. 6188 1998 1A Middlesboro Mayfield KFEC Louisville 6170 2001 2A Bardstown Prestonsburg KFEC Louisville 6150 2014 3A Belfry Central Houchens-LTS Bowl. Gr. 6139 1991 3A Bell Co. Meade Co. KFEC Louisville 6125 2009 3A Paducah Tilghman Somerset Houchens-LTS Bowl. Gr. 6106 2008 4A Bell Co. Bullitt East Papa John’s Louisville 6103 1990 2A Fort Knox Corbin KFEC Louisville 6100 2012 1A Mayfield (Fairview) Houchens-LTS Bowl. Gr. 6038 2013 5A Bowling Green Pulaski Co. Houchens-LTS Bowl. Gr. 6009 1977 2A Mayfield Corbin Hanger EKU Richmond 6000 1982 4A Christian Co. Southern KFEC Louisville 6000 1977 4A Trinity Greenup Co. KFEC Louisville 6000 2010 5A Highlands Christian Co. Houchens-LTS Bowl. Gr. 5959 2004 1A Beechwood Danville Papa John’s Louisville 5917 2005 3A LexCath Bowling Green Papa John’s Louisville 5875 1995 1A Mayfield Beechwood KFEC Louisville 5850 1995 2A Breathitt Co. Franklin-Simpson KFEC Louisville 5850 2010 3A Central Belfry Houchens-LTS Bowl. Gr. 5792 2010 1A Mayfield Hazard Houchens-LTS Bowl. Gr. 5761 2007 2A Fort Campbell NewCath Papa John’s Louisville 5679 1984 1A Beechwood Paris KFEC Louisville 5618 1984 2A NewCath Fort Knox KFEC Louisville 5618 1977 1A Bellevue Frankfort Hanger EKU Richmond 5600 1992 1A Beechwood Bardstown KFEC Louisville 5590 2000 3A Highlands Owensboro KFEC Louisville 5457 1997 3A CovCath (Hopkinsville) KFEC Louisville 5435 1989 1A Pikeville Trigg Co. KFEC Louisville 5400 2011 1A Hazard Mayfield Houchens-LTS Bowl. Gr. 5386 2011 3A Central Belfry Houchens-LTS Bowl. Gr. 5360 2002 2A Breathitt Co. Corbin KFEC Louisville 5340 1996 2A Breathitt Co. Fort Knox KFEC Louisville 5335 2008 5A Highlands Christian Co. Papa John’s Louisville 5206 2001 1A Danville NewCath KFEC Louisville 5172 2003 1A Danville Beechwood Papa John’s Louisville 5145 2003 2A Belfry Elizabethtown Papa John’s Louisville 5055 1994 1A Beechwood Murray KFEC Louisville 5000 1997 1A Beechwood Harrodsburg KFEC Louisville 4879 1999 3A Highlands Owensboro KFEC Louisville 4850 1992 2A Danville Mayfield KFEC Louisville 4840 2013 6A Scott Co. Meade Co. Houchens-LTS Bowl. Gr. 4716 2005 1A NewCath Mayfield Papa John’s Louisville 4709 2008 2A Fort Campbell NewCath Papa John’s Louisville 4635 1983 2A Fort Knox Somerset KFEC Louisville 4500 1992 3A Highlands Paducah Tilghman KFEC Louisville 4475 2006 1A NewCath Danville Papa John’s Louisville 4396 1988 1A Pikeville Harrodsburg KFEC Louisville 4200 2009 2A Fort Campbell DeSales Houchens-LTS Bowl. Gr. 4157 1989 2A Danville Mayfield KFEC Louisville 4150 1993 3A CovCath Lincoln Co. KFEC Louisville 4150 2002 1A Mayfield Beechwood KFEC Louisville 4137 1981 1A Paris Bellevue KFEC Louisville 4000 1983 3A Conner Franklin-Simpson KFEC Louisville 4000 1982 3A Highlands Franklin-Simpson KFEC Louisville 4000 1993 2A Mayfield Prestonsburg KFEC Louisville 3975 2008 3A Central Breathitt Co. Papa John’s Louisville 3917 1993 1A Beechwood Bardstown KFEC Louisville 3860 1996 1A Beechwood Harrodsburg KFEC Louisville 3850 1993 4A Male Shelby Co. KFEC Louisville 3820 2013 3A Belfry Wayne Co. Houchens-LTS Bowl. Gr. 3811 2007 1A Beechwood Lexington Christian Papa John’s Louisville 3792 1990 1A Russellville Bellevue KFEC Louisville 3750 1991 1A Beechwood Pikeville KFEC Louisville 3725 2009 1A Lexington Christian Mayfield Houchens-LTS Bowl. Gr. 3582 1984 4A Christian Co. Ballard KFEC Louisville 3536 2013 2A DeSales NewCath Houchens-LTS Bowl. Gr. 3504 1980 1A Russellville Bellevue KFEC Louisville 3500 1981 2A Bardstown Somerset KFEC Louisville 3500 1989 4A Trinity Warren Central KFEC Louisville 3470 2008 1A Beechwood Hazard Papa John’s Louisville 3316 1988 2A Fort Knox Somerset KFEC Louisville 3300 1983 4A Trinity Owensboro KFEC Louisville 3300 1981 4A Henry Clay DeSales KFEC Louisville 3300 1987 1A Pikeville Russellville KFEC Louisville 3200 2013 1A Mayfield Williamsburg Houchens-LTS Bowl. Gr. 3151 1989 3A Highlands Paducah Tilghman KFEC Louisville 3150 1979 1A Bellevue Madison KFEC Louisville 3000 1980 3A Franklin-Simpson Conner KFEC Louisville 3000 2013 4A Collins Highlands Houchens-LTS Bowl. Gr. 2997 1991 2A Danville Mayfield KFEC Louisville 2765 1984 3A Danville Hopkinsville KFEC Louisville 2559 1982 2A Corbin Glasgow KFEC Louisville 1700 1986 1A Heath Cumberland KFEC Louisville n/a 1985 1A Crittenden Co. Paintsville KFEC Louisville n/a 1983 1A Russellville Cumberland KFEC Louisville n/a 1982 1A Paris Cumberland KFEC Louisville n/a 1978 1A Fort Campbell Paintsville Hanger EKU Richmond n/a 1976 1A Fort Campbell Bellevue Commonwealth Lexington n/a 1975 1A Ludlow Randy Reese WKU Bowl. Gr. n/a 1986 2A Mayfield NewCath KFEC Louisville n/a 1985 2A Mayfield NewCath KFEC Louisville n/a 1980 2A Corbin Fort Campbell KFEC Louisville n/a 1979 2A Fort Campbell Pikeville KFEC Louisville n/a 1978 2A Mayfield Somerset Hanger EKU Richmond n/a 1976 2A Corbin Mayfield Commonwealth Lexington n/a 1975 2A Scott Co. Middlesboro WKU Bowl. Gr. n/a 1986 3A Owensboro Belfry KFEC Louisville n/a 1985 3A Paducah Tilghman Belfry KFEC Louisville n/a 1981 3A Highlands Elizabethtown KFEC Louisville n/a 1979 3A Franklin-Simpson Belfry KFEC Louisville n/a 1978 3A Russell Woodford Co. Hanger EKU Richmond n/a 1977 3A Highlands Shelby Co. Hanger EKU Richmond n/a 1976 3A Lloyd Memorial Shelby Co. Commonwealth Lexington n/a 1975 3A Highlands Franklin-Simpson WKU Bowl. Gr. n/a 1986 4A St. Xavier Boone Co. KFEC Louisville n/a 1985 4A Trinity Lafayette KFEC Louisville n/a 1974 1A Murray Beechwood Hanger EKU Richmond — 1974 2A Owensboro Middlesboro Hanger EKU Richmond — 1974 3A St. Xavier Westport KFEC Louisville — 1973 1A Paris Elkhorn City Hanger EKU Richmond — 1973 2A Paducah Tilghman Boyd Co. Hanger EKU Richmond — 1973 3A Trinity Southern KFEC Louisville — 1972 1A Trigg Co. Pikeville Stoll UK Lexington — 1972 2A Tates Creek Ashland Blazer Stoll UK Lexington — 1972 3A Trinity Butler KFEC Louisville — 1971 1A Trigg Co. Lynch East Main Stoll UK Lexington — 1971 2A Bryan Station Madisonville Stoll UK Lexington — 1971 3A Flaget Thomas Jefferson KFEC Louisville — 1970 1A Bardstown Lynch East Main Stoll UK Lexington — 1970 2A Highlands Madisonville Stoll UK Lexington — 1970 3A Butler Trinity KFEC Louisville — 1969 1A Mt. Sterling Bardstown Stoll UK Lexington — 1969 2A Elizabethtown Bryan Station Stoll UK Lexington — 1969 3A St. Xavier Butler KFEC Louisville — 1968 1A Lynch East Main Frankfort Stoll UK Lexington — 1968 2A Highlands Elizabethtown Stoll UK Lexington — 1968 3A Trinity Seneca KFEC Louisville — 1967 1A Bardstown Mt. Sterling KFEC Louisville — 1967 2A Ashland Blazer Elizabethtown KFEC Louisville — 1967 3A Flaget Thomas Jefferson KFEC Louisville — 1966 1A Dayton Ray King Russellville Stoll UK Lexington — 1966 2A Hopkinsville Highlands Stoll UK Lexington — 1966 3A duPont Manual Butler KFEC Louisville — 1965 1A Lloyd Memorial Old Kentucky Home Stoll UK Lexington — 1965 2A Hopkinsville Middlesboro Stoll UK Lexington — 1965 3A Seneca Flaget KFEC Louisville — 1964 1A Elkhorn City Russellville Stoll UK Lexington — 1964 2A Highlands Madison Stoll UK Lexington — 1964 3A Male Eastern KFEC Louisville — 1963 1A Lynch East Main Shelbyville Stoll UK Lexington — 1963 2A Caldwell Co. Highlands Stoll UK Lexington — 1963 3A Male Waggener Manual Louisville — 1962 1A Versailles Lynch East Main Stoll UK Lexington — 1962 2A Danville Corbin Stoll UK Lexington — 1962 3A St. Xavier Valley Manual Louisville — 1961 1A Murray Lynch East Main Stoll UK Lexington — 1961 2A Highlands Madison Stoll UK Lexington — 1961 3A Flaget Fairdale Manual Louisville — 1960 1A Lynch East Main Murray Stoll UK Lexington — 1960 2A Highlands Lafayette Stoll UK Lexington — 1960 3A Male Eastern forfeit not played — 1959 1A Lynch East Main Henderson Douglas Stoll UK Lexington — 1959 2A Henderson Highlands Stoll UK Lexington — 1959 3A duPont Manual Durrett Manual Louisville —

All excellent points ~ intelligence, quickness, conditioning, & technique will trump or lessen the dominance of a weight advantage even of a pretty skilled opponent, generally. Add teamwork & you can have a potent D. That's where good basic coaching comes in. Besides, not a high percentage of the heavies are D-1 bound but even so, I have seen better-trained players with no prospects neutralize highly-touted D-1 recruits. Coaching coaching coaching.

Then what made Cooper decide to petition for a move from 5A to 6A? I quote kentucky.com: The new re-alignment proposal "includes several schools voluntarily competing in a higher classification than their enrollment would allow. Traditional powers Covington Catholic and Highlands, for example, will move from Class 4A to 5A. Conner and Cooper will go from 5A to 6A." Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2014/04/15/3197343/khsaa-proposes-new-district-alignment.html#storylink=cpy"

Then what made Cooper decide to petition for a move from 5A to 6A? I quote kentucky.com: The new re-alignment proposal "includes several schools voluntarily competing in a higher classification than their enrollment would allow. Traditional powers Covington Catholic and Highlands, for example, will move from Class 4A to 5A. Conner and Cooper will go from 5A to 6A. Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2014/04/15/3197343/khsaa-proposes-new-district-alignment.html#storylink=cpy"