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De'Von Cooper case revives debate over KHSAA transfer rules

Just added to give a little bit more detail on the middle of the region. News and Notes: 1. Trinity, in the department of not much has changed Trinity is still the top team in the 7th Region. With Jacob King back in the fold Trinity is every bit as powerful now as they were at the beginning of the season when they were without him. With four players averaging double figures in points it will not be an easy feat for any team to knock Trinity out of the postseason. 2. Ballard is still Ballard and while they sit on a 21-5 record three of their losses have come at the hands of Fern Creek, the current #1 team in the BluegrassPreps.com Top 20 Rankings. Ballard has won their last four games and will finish the season against three teams from out of state which will no doubt have Ballard fully prepared to handle to rigors of postseason in the 7th Region. Ballard beat Waggener on 1/20 61-59 with Cooper. They get the nod as the 2nd best team in the region until someone can beat them they have the most region wins at 9-0. 3. Waggener has added Devin Cooper back onto their team and he is averaging around 23 points a game right now for Waggener. Waggener has gone 2-5 since Cooper has joined the team but they have lost those games to Ballard, Trinity, Fern Creek and Dunbar along with dropping a game to Crispus Attucks out of Indiana. They have defeated a strong CAL team during this stretch so do not let their record fool you. They are still a strong team. Waggener has to beat trinity or Ballard to win the Region they have never beat Ballard. It was coopers first game back last time they played and he seems to be in full flow now with his team. The rest of the region is hard to rank and figure out the next 6 teams (St. X, Eastern, CAL, Central, Manual, Male) all beat each other and can on any given night. Your guess is as good as mine in ranking them. So I’m going by their record verse each other. 4. Central (2-2) 4-3 their last 7 games with wins over Butler, Male, Western and Doss. Losses coming to the hands of Manual, Fairdale and Valley. Central has the best wins of this group also a blowout loss at the hands of Fairdale. With Ballard and Waggener this week this will be a test to see if they are top of the region or still in the next group. 5. ST.X (3-2) Kiesler 16.9 ppg is going to score and have big nights the question for this team is can someone else step up. Taylor can no longer be considered a freshman and needs to play like it for this team to make a run at the top three. St.X is 3-4 the last 7 games with two of those losses coming at the hands of Fern Creek and Ballard, with the other two loses being Manual and Eastern. They are coming off a win at home against Male, two more wins should come this week against Lou. Holy Cross and district foe Brown. 6. CAL (2-1) CAL goes in ahead of Eastern at 5 because of their win Friday. They also are 3-4 in their last 7. With losses to Waggener, Bullitt East, Deslaes and St x. they do not play another 7th region opponent till district tournament. It looks like they will end up in the 2/3 game and play Eastern again to go to regional tournament. 7. Eastern (2-2) they have been up and down this season, they got Hot over Christmas and are 4-3 over their last 7. With Male and Ballard this week it is a chance to move up. The Ballard Eastern game is always intense with in this rivalry. Tonight verse male is a game they need or they could finish the season losing 7 out of 9. They have a nice group of seniors who I feel will come out ready to play this week. 8. Male (0-2) the reason I put Male this low is they have not beaten anyone with in the region in the top ten. (Collegiate, Brown, Seneca) they will get at least one more region win this week against Shawnee a big show down with Eastern tonight and Bowling Green Saturday. If they can win all three, they will fly up the rankings. So. Guard Hunter McCutcheon has been playing well this year avg 14.4 a game. Everything goes throw Sr. big Hogan browning. 9. Manual (2-3) no team struggled more to start the season but seem to be playing better. They are 3-4 in their last 7 game games. With not a single bad loss Bullitt East, Moore, North Hardin and Butler three of the games within 5 points or less. They have wins over St. X and Central during this stretch. This week might be their “easiest” week of the year with Atherton and Seneca. This is a team who is trending up at the right time. 10. KCD with the only 7th region wins coming against Seneca, Shawnee, and collegiate) they need a win to move up from the 10 spot. They will be the 4 seed with in the district and will get Ballard first round which they lost to 71-84 last week. Big game to see where they are at home against North Hardin tonight. They have a Boyle Co. team that I do not know anything about. 11. Seneca they get the ranking ahead of Atherton because they have played a tougher schedule and have the head to head win. They played Waggener tough on Friday and have Shawnee tonight. That will put them on a 2 game winning streak going into Friday’s game at manual. 12. Atherton beat Collegiate on Saturday, they play Manual tonight and then Brown Friday. If they can win these two it could give them some confidence going into the Eastern game next week. Unfortunately for them they have earned the 4 seed in district play and will face trinity who they just lost to 41-76. 13. Louisville Collegiate they have compiled wins against lower level teams but have not fair welled when they go against better teams. They are improved and lost a close one (2 points) to Atherton Saturday. They have Spencer co. and Beth Haven this week. It should be a 1-1 week continuing the trend. 14. St. Francis although they have 14-6 record they have not beat anyone. They have 2 wins this season over brown and thus why they are ranked higher than them 15. Brown with St. X and Atherton this week the losing will continue making it 10 out of 12 games. 16. Portland Christian even though they are in the same district as Shawnee they are not schedule to play. They get the node because they have more wins. Evangel and Fredrick Fraise this week. 17. Shawnee I’m glad they got a win. 1-19 Seneca Male this week. Will have a shot against Beth haven next week.

did the kid play a game for 22foot?

I'm hearing maybe two more are coming open. One because the coach is taking a job at one of the current open ones. The 2nd the school is looking for a replacement, and has not let go the current coach. So this one my not happen but we will see.

Unfortunately I do not see Shawnee coming off this list. Not sure who they have first round of All A and they still have Portland Christian (district game). But if its not one of those two I don't see a win on their schedule.

Merit pay would not work in JCPS, the students have more to do with test scores then the teachers. Some of the best teachers in the district work at the worst schools. The Male, Manual, and Browns of JCPS have students who work in and out of the class room and have parents who care. The Shawnee, Iroquois, Doss etc.... are not starting with the same level of kids. I bring this up because the same is for the talent level of the athletes, if a kid I a stud and is on Seneca's or westerns district they are probably not going to one of those schools but maybe a Ballard, PRP or Butler. Now this is not true for all of them but as they may get one or two good ones to stay home. With open enrollment you can not go to merit pay in the district.

Monday, Jan. 9: Jeffersontown (19) vs. Central (14) Game with a head coach and his former assistant. I think Central comes away with the win, Jtown turns it over a lot and Central pressure will be too much. Jtown does have the advantage down low with McCloud. They both like to get up and down and press. Central is a little more discipline at this. They have two common opponents. Central with a 3 point win over eastern and a 16 point win over Manual. Jtown got blown out by Eastern by 33 and beat manual by 3. Central 74 JTown 59 3:30; Manual (20) vs. Christian Academy (13) These two teams could not be on different paths this season. CAL has played a soft schedule and has been winning by an avg of 22.3 margin of victory in its 13 wins. While manual is losing by an avg. of 18.6 in their 11 loses with a very difficult schedule. They have one comment opponent both losing by 39 to Ballard. Because of that I feel this will be a close game with CAL pulling it out late in the 4th. CAL 68 Manual 65 5 Moore (18) vs. St. Xavier (13) Moore comes in at 11-4 after starting the season 0-3, they are playing as well as anyone in the city right now. They are led down low by Roman Collins (13.5ppg) and Hurt from the outside shooting 45% from behind the arch. The match up to watch will be between Collins and St. X John Kiesler (16.4 ppg). I hope the officials let them play and do not put one of these players on the bench with 2 tic TAC fouls. This might end up being the best game of the night. I don’t know how Moore will handle the pressure of a big tournament I’m taking X in a close one. STX. 58 Moore 57 6:30; Western (17) vs. Fairdale (16), 8:15 Fairdale I am not sure they have a bad loss, they beat Eastern on the road but lost at home to Moore last week by 37. Glen Queen can score 20 on any given night. Fairdale does not shoot the ball well from the outside and will need to get buckets in transition. They might have problems with westerns 3-2 zone and length. Western has lost 4 in a row and best win might be a 3 point win over Lou. Holy Cross, which Fairdale beat by 16. Western has 3 players scoring in double figures. Lowe, Pearson and Swint. Fairdale has been more tested though this point in the season and has the best player on the floor in Queen I see them pulling it off. Fairdale 64 Western 53

We can both agree on this, really only the top 12 teams have a shot hard to see someone winning four in a row but maybe one day. I also do not have the answer to which is the best way and do enjoy that it is 20 so the smaller schools can make it and have a shot. The only issue I have with not ranking the teams is at the beginning of the season you can not award the same number of points for someone that beats Ballard and someone who beats Walden. so you have to have a starting point which you will never find one everyone likes.

Hiser steps down as PRP football coach

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The way they select now is much fairer. It takes politics almost completely out of the equations. The teams in the city are ranked based on how they finished last year in the SETH rankings at the end of the year. The top team being a 80.0 the last team being a 70.0. It then trickles down by .25 every team. Example if the season ended today, the start of next season would look like Fern creek 80.0 Trinity 79.75 Doss 79.5 Ballard 79.25 Every other team team Brown 70.0 The top 1-7 teams are ranked as an A Teams 8-14 B Teams 15-22 C Teams 23-29 D Teams 30-36 E You get more points for a road win and loss, less point for a home wins. Ever AD knows the formula and most coaches should also. You know where you are ranked before the season starts. As mention already in the post every week a new updated ranking is sent. Every few weeks a new state ranking is sent out also. (Now this is hard to rank every team in the state, but at least you know what they are) and much better than just a blanket every team is a C outside 6th and 7th region. If you were to go by the LIT ranking a team can start out more than 60 points ahead of another team. No one knows the formula and was never released. A team could be horrible the year before and be in the 60’s with the LIT rankings then be 12-0 with wins over Dunbar and Christian county and be too far down to make up ground. This was a major flawed system and cannot be used. If you allow a committee to make the selection then you have bias when schools start getting money for making it. (The gate is divided up amongst the field.), I do not know if its evenly or just the day you play. In all honesty we only complain about the team’s 18-22, those teams are not making a run and winning the LIT or at least have not to date. Case in point someone brought up Collegiate should be in over Manual. So I looked at both teams Collegiate 11-5 Wins over teams with winning record 2 Played 5 teams with winning record Combine win loss of teams played 79-106 Avg record of teams played 4.9-6.6 Best win Beth Haven or Bethlehem Manual 2-10 Wins over 1 team with winning record Played 11 teams with winning record Combine win lose of teams played 92-56 Avg record of teams played 7.6- 4.6 Best win Lex Sayre Now you cannot tell who is better but the one thing that stands out is Manual as played a much tougher schedule, what would Collegiate have done against Manuals schedule? best record 3-9 Worst record 1-11 Win Portland Christian. Maybe Scott Sayre lose to Trinity Ballard Waggener Jtown Oldham Co Bryan Station Central Lafayette Eastern Manual playing Collegiate schedule Worst 11-4 Best 14-1 Wins Whitefield Fort Knox St. Francis Bullitt Central Shawnee Hart Co. Metcalfe Co. Allen Co-Scottsville Evangel Beth haven Bethlehem Maybe Desales Western CAL (1st round LIT game) Lose ST X I give Collegiate credit for playing Western, Desales, and CAL. St. X is district game. If they were to win one of those games they are in. And lets be honest does a team with 2 wins need to be in? I don't think so. The system is a lot better than it was and I like that it is just Louisville schools, just wish they would move it back to the Garden like it use to be.

Those are two nice wins for BG I was unaware. We they both done with out football players also?

I think Schooler has done a great job and hope he gets to Rupp to make a run at state, but let’s not act like his studs are Fern Creek kids, they were a package deal with whoever hired him. Getting Chance this year as a transfer helped a lot. I know he moved to live with another parent and is now in FC area. When you have some of the best players in the 2017 and 2018 class it helps with winning. Schooler has done a great job in getting them to play together and this win I feel is a huge statement for him and his program. They have what I feel is the two best wins in the young season wins over Doss and Trinity. FC is the new number 1 team in the state.

I don't think Cooper going to his home school would have helped. His home school is Fern Creek. The issue wasn't the school he chose it was because he left for basketball. It is a shame for the kid hope it works out for him.

I'm going to say Jacob King who is a very nice player is not even a top 2 player on his own team.

Is central missing any football players?

I know FC rested guys but closer then I would have thought, maybe Iroquios is a better this year. I know they were young at the end of last season.

THIS IS THE COURIER JOURNAL PREVIEW OF EVERY TEAM. I HAVE POSTED THEIR REGIONAL RANKINGS. Seventh Region preview | Trinity team to beat | | USA Today High School Sports CJ ORDER Teams: 1. Trinity 2. Ballard 3. St. Xavier 4. Waggener 5. Central 6. Male 7. Eastern 8. Christian Academy 9. Kentucky Country Day 10. Manual CJ ORDER * Players: 1. Jamil Wilson (Ballard) 2. Jacob King (Trinity) 3. Anthony Mathis (Kentucky Country Day) 4. David Johnson (Trinity) 5. x-Deâ Von Cooper (Waggener) 6. Clivonte Patterson (Ballard) 7. Parker Jones (Christian Academy) 8. Pierce Kiesler (St. Xavier) 9. Hogan Brownley (Male) 10. Jay Scrubb (Trinity). x-currently ineligible after transfer from Henderson (Nevada) Findlay Prep MY ORDER * It is Trinity at the top Ballard Waggener 2nd and 3rd Then 5-7 teams chasing them. The 28th district is going to be a battle with KCD, CAL, Ballard and Eastern. We know who will come out of the other 3 districts. As always it will be a fun year in the 7th region. 1. TRINITY * Coach: Mike Szabo (16th year). * Last season: 29-7, lost to Newport Central Catholic 48-33 in first round of Sweet 16. * Player to watch: Jacob King, a 5-10 senior point guard, averaged a team-high 14.2 points per game last season and has signed with Campbellsville University. “He is quick, strong and can score from anywhere on the floor,Szabo said. He will be one of the best point guards in Kentucky this season. * Outlook: The Shamrocks are the coaches pick to repeat as Seventh Region champs and are ranked No. 2 in the state in The Courier-Journals preseason poll of coaches. King and Burkman are both deadly 3-point shooters who hit 44 percent from long range last season. Burton and Harris do a lot of the dirty work for the Shamrocks, and Johnson emerged last season as one of the states top players in the Class of 2019. Scrubb, a transfer from Central, could be the X-factor. He has yet to play in a high school game on the varsity level but is the most athletic player on our team,Szabo said. 2. BALLARD * Coach: Chris Renner (19th year). * Last season: 22-11, lost to Trinity 67-62 in overtime in Seventh Region semifinal. * Player to watch: Jamil Wilson, a 5-7 senior point guard, averaged 17.4 points, 3.8 assists and 3.3 rebounds last season and was an honorable-mention All-State selection by The Courier-Journal. Wilson said he focused on improving his jump shot during the summer. * Outlook: Ballard has one of the area’s top 1-2 punches in Wilson and Patterson, but theres not a whole lot of varsity experience surrounding them. The Bruinsâtitle chances took a blow when Taylor County transfer David Sloan was ruled ineligible by the Kentucky High School Athletic Association and moved to Florida. âWe will rely heavily on pressure defense and up-tempo offense,Renner said. We will be looking to create organized chaos for 32 minutes.” Renner expects 12-15 players to see time in every game. 3. WAGGENER * Coach: Bryan ONeill (sixth year). * Last season: 15-13, lost to St. Xavier 57-51 in Seventh Region quarterfinal. * Player to watch: If hes eligible, 6-4 senior guard DeâVon Cooper will be a game-changer in the Seventh Region. Cooper averaged 17.2 points and 4.0 rebounds as a sophomore at Waggener before transferring to Henderson (Nevada) Findlay Prep last season. Hes now back at Waggener and awaiting an appeal ruling by the Kentucky High School Athletic Association, which originally declared him ineligible. * Outlook: Currently in the second tier of Seventh Region teams, Waggener becomes an immediate contender if Cooper becomes eligible. Taylor, Hobbs and Kalakon are the only players with much varsity experience. Taylor is a strong shooter, and Kalakon is poised to break out this season after playing in 28 games as a freshman. Newcomers Fell and Brewer “should provide us with energy,” O’Neill said. 4. CENTRAL * Coach: Doug Bibby (13th year). * Last season: 15-12, lost to Ballard 81-79 in overtime in Seventh Region quarterfinal. * Player to watch: Devin Firman, a 5-foot-10 senior guard, is the Yellowjackets’ top returning scorer after posting 13.5 points and 3.7 rebounds per game last season. Firman is a streaky shooter who connected on 35.8 percent (48 of 134) of his 3-point attempts as a junior. * Outlook: Central must replace its top two scorers from last season in Dai’Von Thompson and Brandon Wells. Bibby said he was “very disappointed” with the way last season ended and is using that as a teaching tool for this season’s senior class. “Hopefully we can learn from that and create a more competitive nature in practice,” Bibby said. The Yellowjackets are small and will have to rely on their quickness. “As long as we play with a big heart we’ll be fine,” Bibby said. 5. MANUAL * Coach: Jimmy Just (10th year). * Last season: 17-13, lost to Eastern 52-46 in Seventh Region quarterfinal. * Player to watch: Noah Hawkins, a 6-5 forward, returns after a breakthrough sophomore season in which he averaged 10.5 points and 5.8 rebounds. * Outlook: The Crimsons lost five of their top six scorers from last season to graduation, but Just said he believes he’ll still have a deep team capable of contending in the Seventh Region. “Nobody’s expecting much out of us right now – we don’t have much name recognition – but that’s OK right now,” Just said. Along with Hawkins, Britt should provide leadership after serving as the quarterback on Manual’s football team. 6. MALE * Coach: Willie Feldhaus (second year). * Last season: 25-6, lost to Trinity 71-64 in Seventh Region quarterfinal. * Player to watch: Hogan Brownley, a 6-4 senior forward, is the Bulldogs’ top returnee after averaging 8.2 points and 4.5 rebounds last season. Brownley said he’s dropped about 30 pounds since the beginning of last season, when preseason foot surgery forced him to be inactive for a while. * Outlook: Graduation hit the Bulldogs hard, as eight of the team’s top 10 scorers were lost to graduation. With several of his players on the football team, Feldhaus wasn’t sure what he would have this season beyond Brownley and McCauley. “There are a lot of unknowns out there,” Feldhaus said. “Early on, I’m not sure how competitive we’ll be. … There are about 10 kids that are in the mix. I’ve just got to figure out the pieces of the puzzle.” Hobbs, who has committed to play football at Western Kentucky, is expected to be among the leaders once he joins the basketball team. 7. EASTERN * Coach: David Henley (fifth year). * Last season: 18-12, lost to St. Xavier 68-55 in Seventh Region semifinal. * Player to watch: Caleb Williams, a 6-foot-4 senior forward, returns after averaging 9.2 points and a team-high 5.7 rebounds last season. * Outlook: The Eagles lost their top scorer from last season, Chance Moore, when he transferred to Fern Creek, but Henley is excited about the return of three starters in Williams, Rushin and Wyche. “All of them are threats to shoot the 3 and get to the basket and score,” Henley said. Henley said he has focused on changing the culture of the Eastern program and so far this has been his “most enjoyable of my 29 seasons as a basketball coach. …. We might win five games. We might win 25. But we’re going to have fun.” 8. ST. XAVIER * Coach: Kevin Klein (ninth year). * Last season: 23-10, lost to Trinity 52-48 in overtime in Seventh Region final. * Player to watch: Pierce Kiesler, a 6-7 junior forward, is the Tigers’ top returning scorer after posting 7.6 points and 3.8 rebounds per game last season. * Outlook: The Tigers lost an electric scorer in Connor McKim (24.6) to graduation but will have one of the area’s biggest frontcourts with Kiesler, Walker and Barnes. Klein said Kiesler and Walker “are primed for breakout seasons.” Klein expects Barnes to be one of the region’s most improved players. “His length and versatility will be counted on heavily.” Taylor, ranked among the state’s top freshmen, should contribute right away. “We must play together, defend at a high level and take high-percentage shots,” Klein said. 9. CHRISTIAN ACADEMY * Coach: Chad Carr (third year). * Last season: 14-14, lost to Ballard 65-49 in district semifinal. * Player to watch: Parker Jones, a 6-1 senior guard, averaged 19.1 points and 3.2 rebounds last season on his way to first-team All-Seventh Region honors. He shot 43.8 percent (60 of 137) from 3-point range. It was a meteoric rise for a player who averaged just 2.8 points as a sophomore. * Outlook: The Centurions return three of their top four scorers from last season in Jones, Purvis and Woodward and have added “a few transfers and some really skilled younger players that will contribute,” Chad Carr said. Carr said the team goals are to qualify for the Seventh Region Tournament for the first time since 1990 “and win a few games in the LIT.” 10. KENTUCKY COUNTRY DAY * Coach: James Booker (ninth year). * Last season: 14-10, lost to Eastern 59-54 in district semifinal. * Player to watch: Anthony “J.R.” Mathis, a 6-1 senior guard, is one of the region’s top players and averaged 21.3 points, three assists and three rebounds per game last season. He has committed to Navy. “His leadership has been tremendous this preseason, and we look for him to have another spectacular season scoring, assisting and playing tough defense,” Booker said. * Outlook: The Bearcats lost six players to graduation off last season’s team but have a solid group returning, led by Anthony Mathis. Booker expects Solomon Mathis, Anthony’s cousin, to have a breakout season. “He may be our most improved player,” Booker said. Kraus is a threat from the outside after shooting 43.5 percent (37 of 85) from 3-point range last season. 11. ATHERTON * Coach: Mark Tudor (third year). * Last season: 7-23, lost to Trinity 71-36 in district semifinal. * Player to watch: Senior guard/forward Flynn Calnon is “a four-year player who has progressively improved each year,” Tudor said. “He’s an explosive player that can go inside and outside.” Calnon averaged 12 points, five rebounds and three assists last season. * Outlook: Tudor is expecting to improve on a seven-win campaign last season. “We played a lot of younger guys last year and were in a lot of close games,” Tudor said. “With the returning experience, I expect this team to compete and play hard every night.” Barthelemy returns after missing last season with an ACL injury. “He’s a terrific player who leads his team by example,” Tudor said. Lauderdale is a solid ballhandler and defender. 12. SENECA * Coach: Daniel Hawkins (fourth year). * Last season: 7-21, lost to Waggener 67-45 in district semifinal. * Player to watch: Keyontez Leach, a 6-3 senior forward, returns after leading the Redhawks in scoring (11.6 ppg) and ranking second in rebounding (5.4 rpg) last season. * Outlook: The Redhawks return two of their top three scorers from last season in Leach and Smith. Ninamou, Armstrong and Parker all got significant playing time as freshmen last season. Newcomers Gordon and Malone are solid shooters from the outside, Hawkins said. 13. SHAWNEE * Coach: Clayton Reeves (first year). * Last season: 5-24, lost to Manual 90-53 in district semifinal. * Player to watch: Reeves said 6-1 senior combo guard Nick Warf “will provide great perimeter shooting and ballhandling.” * Outlook: Reeves takes over for Kevin Geary, who stepped down after one season. Warf, Mitchell and Cunningham give Reeves a solid trio of seniors to build around, and he expects Gray and Heck to be solid newcomers. 14. COLLEGIATE * Coach: Shannon Weaver (first year). * Last season: 8-16, lost to St. Xavier 58-22 in district semifinal. * Player to watch: Ryan McDaniel, a 6-9 senior forward, led the Titans in scoring (13.5 ppg) and rebounding (7.1 rpg) last season after transferring from St. Xavier. He has signed with Alabama-Huntsville, an NCAA Division II school. * Outlook: Led by Ryan McDaniel, the Titans return five of their top six scorers from last season. Four of those five seniors have played together since middle school, with McDaniel joining the squad last season. Weaver expects Tyler McDaniel, Ryan’s younger brother, to make an immediate impact as a freshman. “This group of veterans and talented newcomers should be poised to have a nice year,” said Weaver, the Titans’ third coach in three seasons. “The progression of the younger players will determine the Titans’ ability to challenge in the district and region.” 15. ST. FRANCIS * Coach: Richard Butcher (third year). * Last season: 9-20, lost to Portland Christian 50-49 in district quarterfinal. * Player to watch: James Risley, a 6-2 senior guard/forward, averaged 18 points per game last season and is on pace to surpass 1,000 career points this season. * Outlook: The Wyverns hope to continue their steady improvement under Butcher, who went 3-15 in his first season and tripled that number of victories last season. Four starters return from last season, led by Risley, who has topped 30 points several times in his career. 16. PORTLAND CHRISTIAN * Coach: Jeremy Niestadt (first year). * Last season: 11-17, lost to Central 65-18 in district semifinal. * Player to watch: Quincy Dye, a 6-2 sophomore guard/forward, led the Eagles in scoring (11 ppg) and rebounding (5.4 rpg) last season. “He’s a pretty good leaper and a good scorer,” Niestadt said. “He’s kind of unorthodox and quirky, but he’s fun kid and he had a really good summer.” * Outlook: Niestadt served as interim coach last season as head coach Joseph Meredith was battling cancer. Meredith, who coached the Eagles for six seasons, passed away in May at the age of 44. “It was a super-emotional time, but I was really proud of the way the kids played last year through that,” Niestadt said. “They have not forgotten Joe, but it doesn’t come up a lot now. They’re focused on this year and the task at hand.” There’s not a senior on the roster, but most of the Eagles got plenty of varsity experience last season. 17. BROWN * Coach: Erin Spalding (first year). * Last season: 7-19, lost to Male 80-24 in district semifinal. * Player to watch: Senior guard/forward Jared Fife returns after leading the Bears in scoring (15.9 ppg) and ranked second on the team in rebounding (5.6 rpg) last season. * Outlook: Spalding, the girls coach at Brown the past three seasons, replaced Scott Cissell as head coach for the boys program. Spalding is the first female to coach a boys team in the Seventh Region since Patti Jo Hedges coached at Eastern in the mid-1990s. Spalding inherits a program that hasn’t enjoyed a winning season since going 20-7 in 1999-2000.

Stinnett steps down as Beth Haven’s coach | | USA Today High School Sports “I really enjoyed my three years at Beth Haven, but feel I have too much going on at the present time in order to do the job the way it needs to be done,” Stinnett wrote in an email to The Courier-Journal.

Preseason rankings and predictions are always fun to read. Anything that is getting information out there to help high school sports is good. My only problem is when the people who write them can't even do enough research to get things correct as who is on what team and who is coaching were.

Who wrote the preview. The guy in the past was awful didn't even have some of the correct coaches on teams, was very half &*^. Not every coach gets a survey/email/phone call, just a few.

David parents didn’t move, did they? They choice to give up guardianship to a coach. Why did they do that, to get him out of the city and a better environment? Well what has changed about their environment or changed since they signed their rights over? I honestly do not know it is a serious question. Maybe the KHSAA is tired of parents giving guardianship over to coach just so their kid can play basketball. Also you do not know what the parents told the KHSAA was the reason for the move back. The real shame is the parents who are not making choice that are in the best interest of the kids.

no Kevin is an asst. at Butler