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It will be similar to the impact of Brossart on NewCath. There are several players at Brossart that would contribute at NewCath. Saint Henry will get a few players that would help CovCath in some type of role as the program continues to grow. It will impact the amount of quality depth CovCath has on the team.

This is a solid win for Lloyd. Hopefully they can RPI into the 2 spot and avoid CAL until the finals.

Great start to the year for Walton. Walton is a hidden gem and could develop into a championship quality program if all stakeholders will get on board and row the boat in the same direction.

Congrats to the Pioneers. I think the win the 6A district championship.

Assuming they stay healthy, Pikeville will win 1A and it won't be close.

This is a solid win for Beechwood. I don't think they will be tested again and win the 2A title convincingly. CovCath is a really good team and always hard to beat.

This happens every year. NewCath plays superior teams early, loses, everyone thinks they stink, then they win the district and make a playoff run. NewCath has not lost a district game in a really long time. Could this year be different? Sure, but I will believe it when I see it. It will come down to the NewCath program's culture and how they respond to the losing these early season games. This is not new to NewCath As for Dayton, with their schedule, they definitely have a chance to be 10-0 or 9-1. I hope they can compete for a district title and make a playoff run as well. The district needs to be more competitive. Both Sayre and KCD for years have played extremely weak schedules and both were able to win championships. Scott County did the same thing for years when building their program. The West side of the state looks open for anyone to take. The 4 best teams in 1A Kentucky are on the East.

They won't beat NewCath. Might not be Iroquois. I don't think the Newport game is a guaranteed win. They would not be 4-0 against NewCath's schedule. They would be 1-3 at best. We are at the time of year that some teams have good records because of an easy schedule or bad records because of a hard schedule. That said, good for them on a great start to the season.

No. Schedules matter.

No NKY 1a teams should be ahead of NewCath until an NKY 1a team beats NewCath or beats a team that beat NewCath. Campbell County would probably beat every 1a team by a couple scores or more. Lloyd vs Campbell will be an interesting game.

It won't be overturned. He will sit a game. Ejections have been overturned when video evidence shows a punch wasn't thrown or a player didn't enter the playing field during a fight on the field, but not for being ejected for 2 unsportsmanlike or personal fouls. Those are judgement calls by officials.

Was the ejection for 2 unsportsmanlike penalties?

Hope to see SK be more competitive than Ryle against CovCath. Unless Ryle was missing quite a bit of players during the first 2 scrimmages and CovCath game, I think this is the year SK wins the 6A Nky district.

This will be a good game. Conner is battle tested.

Hope I’m wrong, but Might be a long year for Moe. Princeton is good, but Moe looks to have dropped off a lot.

This is fake news. There was no brawl. Keep grinding.

Despite what the KHSAA commissioner wants to say, this rule changed sometime between the 2015(only old bylaw book I could find) and 2024 limitation of seasons of the KHSAA bylaws. Part C of the rule was deleted and part H of the rule was added. Rule C allowed for football specific, non-contact activities during June, so deleting C and adding H is what eliminated all football activity in June. With this change, any team that does any coach led or organized football drills in June is out of compliance with the limitation of seasons. The June basketball/July football rule came into effect sometime around 2008. Here is the Bylaw for football limitation of seasons from 2015: (4) From June 1 through June 24: a. Schools shall not issue football equipment included in NFHS Rule 1-5 other than the helmet, with the exception of an all-star game or individual camp as detailed; b. Schools shall not organize or participate in any football activities that allow players to be in football gear included in NFHS Rule 1-5 other than the helmet, even if contact does not occur; c. Activity during this period shall not include contact (Level 3-”Thud” or Level 4-”Live Action”); d. No session shall be held where attendance is taken or where attendance is implicitly or explicitly required; e. The KHSAA catastrophic insurance provided by the Association is not in effect during this period; and f. Heat index monitoring guidelines shall be complied with during any activity. Here is the Bylaw for football limitation of seasons from 2024: (7) From June 1 through June 24: a. Schools shall not issue football equipment included in NFHS Rule 1-5, except an all-star game or individual camp as detailed; b. Schools shall not organize or participate in any football activities that allow players to be in football gear included in NFHS Rule 1-5, even if contact does not occur; c. No session shall be held where attendance is taken; d. No session shall be held where attendance is implicitly or explicitly required; e. No session shall be held where other schools or organized teams are present and involved in any activity; f. The KHSAA catastrophic insurance provided by the Association is not in effect during this period; g. Heat index monitoring guidelines shall be complied with during any activity; and h. Activity during this period shall not include Level 1, Level 2, Level 3, Level 4 or Level 5; To better understand the levels of activity from C and H. Here is the definition: SEC. 6) SPORTS SPECIFIC LIMITATIONS- FOOTBALL- BOYS/COED a) Organized practice shall be defined and structured in football as follows: (1) Football drill work and practice activity shall be defined in the following five categories: a. “Level 0” or “air” means that players run a drill unopposed without contact; b. “Level 1” or “bags” means that a drill is run against a bag or another soft contact surface; c. “Level 2” or “control” means that a drill is run at an assigned speed until the moment of contact; One (1) player is predetermined the winner by the coach; Contact remains above the waist; and Players stay on their feet. d. “Level 3” or “Control to Ground” means that a drill is run at an assigned non-competitive speed or with players pre-engaged, there is a pre-determined winner, players are allowed to take their opponent to the ground in a controlled manner. e. “Level 4” or “thud” means that a drill is run at a Bylaws 2024-2025 KHSAA HANDBOOK BYLAWS - 19 competitive speed through the moment of contact; there is no predetermined winner; contact is above the waist; players stay on their feet, and a quick whistle ends the drill; and f. “Level 5” or “live action” means that a drill is run at a competitive speed in game-like conditions. Here is the limitation of seasons for basketball from 2024-2025. Notice there is no definition for the type of basketball activities restricted during July, similar to section H in the football limitation of seasons. SEC. 3) SPORTS SPECIFIC LIMITATIONS- BASKETBALL- BOYS/COED a) Following the opening day of school, there shall be no organized basketball practice before October 15. b) Before the opening game of regular season play, a basketball team may have only two (2) scrimmages or practice games with players other than members of the squad. c) The first basketball game shall not take place before the Monday twelve weeks before the designated week of the district tournament per the official published corresponding date calendar. d) The season shall consist of a maximum of thirty (30) games to be played before the beginning of KHSAA state championship competition (district). e) The opportunity to participate in regular season contests shall end at all levels of play (grades 9-12) on the second day preceding the first KHSAA Tournament (district, region or state), with the exception that the varsity team may practice and play through its elimination from KHSAA-sanctioned tournament play. Following the elimination, there shall be no further practice or play during the remainder of the academic school year Also, notice the verbage for the June/July contradicts the bylaw 23 limitation of seasons for football. If you cannot do a level 1 or level 2 activity, you cannot do skill development in football. SEC. 2) RESTRICTIONS ON FOOTBALL AND BOYS’ BASKETBALL a) Students shall not participate in any organized team activity or organized or semi-organized team competition in football in any format between the earlier of the last day of school and June 1, through the day before the start of the dead period. During this period, students may participate in activities such as weight training, skill development, individual camps (with per team limits on participation) and accepted open gym or field activities where no inter-school competition is involved. b) Students shall not participate in any organized team activity or organized or semi-organized team competition in Boys’ basketball between the end of the dead period and July 31. During this period, students may participate in activities such as weight training, skill development, individual camps (with per team limits on participation) and accepted open gym/field activities where no inter-school competition is involved. To sum this up, there is no reason why football teams should not be permitted to have football specific drills and skill work during the month of June. The June/July rule as stated does not limit football skill work. The recent changes to the football limitation of seasons led to the restrictions.

Driving 30+ minutes away from home mid afternoon to coach football for a small stipend before driving 30+ minutes back home is not an ideal situation. Without knowing anything, this sounds odd and would not be surprised if there is more to it than just more money. It will not be surprising if Beechwood has a new had coach in the fall. The optics of this do not make much sense.

The website leaves much to the imagination. Calling this JUCO is a stretch at best, because there is nothing about college anywhere on the website. This is directly from the new leagues press release. "NJCP operates as a junior college prep program, giving athletes the ability to compete in a full season of football while maintaining NCAA eligibility. This allows players to continue improving their game, building experience, and preparing for college opportunities while keeping their long-term college options open. The league is currently operating with 18 teams across 13 states, in Eastern and Western conferences." This seems to be a football playing opportunity with no affiliation going to college. My guess is this league is a pay to play opportunity to catch all of the portal athletes who transfer, but do not ever get picked back up by a team.

How is the best player on the field touching the ball first and being a threat every play limiting him on offense?

This divisor for private schools is pure ignorance. They should just call it the CAL rule because that is the only level that a private has run the state that will be affected by this rule. St. X and Trinity are unaffected. It makes no sense, fixes no problems except 3A and the whole board of control should be ashamed.

Football is football. I have watched 1A and 2A teams beat the snot out of 4A, 5A and 6A teams. Scott, if they are smart will be playing a lower level competitive non-district schedule. If they beat Boone County, they are in the playoffs. There is no reason why Scott should not be able to schedule several 6-4/7-3 seasons to build momentum. Dixie, Conner, Boone and Cooper all play kids both ways and have similar player numbers to Scott. Coaching against 5A teams with a 5A team will not be the barrier some are suggesting. Having the creativity to navigate a small roster with no depth is far more challenging than competing against 5A teams with a 5A roster..

CEP sponsor is explained below. These school districts have chosen to give free lunch. The school districts are paying to give the whole school Free lunch. These districts do not ever collect financial information. They choose to compensate all families regardless of income. The existence of CEP and schools not being forced to present actual information would be an issue for any type of alignment adjustment. This is what Minnesota does. MSHSL enrollment: MSHSL enrollment is determined by the schools Minnesota Department of Education enrollment in year one in grades 9 – 12 minus 40 percent of their educational benefit (free and reduced lunch). The Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) is a meal service option for schools in high poverty communities to serve breakfast and lunch at no cost to all enrolled students without collecting household applications. Eligible schools adopting CEP are reimbursed using a formula based on the percentage of students categorically eligible for free meals based on their participation in other specific means-tested programs, such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and income eligible Medicaid participants. School/district administrators must consider financial factors prior to participating in CEP. This is especially true for schools at a lower identified student percentage (ISP). If there is a difference between the cost of serving lunches and breakfasts at no cost to all participating children and funding available to support CEP, the school/district must pay that difference with non-Federal funding sources. Sources of non-Federal funds may include State and local funds, cash donations and in-kind contributions from outside sources, such as volunteer services.

What does Coach Martin do for a living and is there potential for him to have a role in the building?

If the KHSAA wanted to make a significant, impactful adjustment to the alignment, they would create a Free and Reduced Lunch adjustment that lowers student enrollment numbers for schools that have high numbers of free and reduced lunch students. It is a fact that schools with higher percentages of FRL students have less participation in athletics, especially football. Just to add, RPI needs to be flushed down the toilet. It is a terrible system.