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Wouldn't Saturday night be the optimal time for a HS football player? Can sleep in and rest all day instead of getting up for, and going to, school. There is a whole world of select/club/AAU/travel players in almost every sport that have to play in tournaments starting at 7am, 8am, or first light. Doesn't seem to hurt their performance. You can't tell me playing football early is any different.

But getting up at 6am for school on a Friday, going to school all day, and then playing a game that night does?

I say Ryle, of course. Certainly an early season Top 10 matchup.

Is it also tough mixing boys and girls teams together? and Villa? come on . . their girls team has 7th graders on Varsity, and I'm guessing it's not because they are soccer phenoms.

That hardly seems like an equal and fair playing field. Was it a random seed? If not, what was the seeding based on? Back-to-back in the first round while the other team sits seems unfair.

Will add it's the same for every other sport too - boys and girls.

First game of season for 8 teams is All-A tourney regional. 4 teams getting knocked out tonight.... Bellevue vs. Heritage Academy Lloyd Memorial vs. Holy Cross (Covington) Ludlow vs. Beechwood Villa Madonna vs. Dayton

Ryle only having 1 vote is ridiculous. Ryle will pick apart NCC and Cooper.

So true. There's no conference schedule. You will never see standings published anywhere. No conference website. It's like it doesn't exist. Then out of thin air there's all-conference selections at the end of the season, but those are barely made public, and mean little since, like I said, no one even knows there's a conference.

I'm not a complainer, I'm a mocker. SK got catfished by the equivalent of an internet hoax. Didn't Manti Te'o go to SK?

What would SK do in the event of a Sharknado, Killer Bees, or Bigfoot sighting? Canceling was so incredibly lame. Didn't know 'Neer Nation likes to drive a Prius, play for the tie in soccer, and vote for Obama. I seriously hope SK Wins state this year, otherwise this is all anyone will remember.

Notre Dame with a commanding lead as the season begins

Scott with a slight lead over a yet unnamed team as the season begins

North Oldham with a slight lead as the season begins

Will it be safe to go? The Kiwanis Club is holding their annual plant sale in a nearby park. Things could get a little dicey.

With now 2 streaming broadcasts too choose from, why fork over $$ to Highlands? (don't they have enough of your $$?) Stay home for free and enjoy a cold one while listening.

Just to be clear - the KVCA has 2 different poll results for the same Top 25 poll posted in 2 different places on their website.... Click on the tab marked "KVCA polls" and then click on 2014 Preseason Poll - August 8, 2014 to see one version or on the home page at KVCA.org under latest news on the left there's this: 2014 KVCA Preseason Coaches Polls (August 8, 2014) Presesaon Top 25 Coaches Poll They should be the same but are not. Which one are we supposed to believe is correct? Probably neither. They also can't spell preseason.

That link you provided goes nowhere. The top 25 poll on the KVCA website as of this morning still has: Villa at #4, NDA at #5, Newport at #11, etc. It's still the same original poll. It's right on the front page of Kentucky Volleyball Coaches Association, or the link is here: http://affiliates.avca.org/Portals/3/2014%20Preseason%20Poll%20Release.pdf There's been a lot of talk about poll updates and polls being fixed, this is the only poll I've seen.

If Trinity played only in-state, what would their record be? NCC doesn't have to play up against local 5A and 6A teams. I think a lot of teams could go undefeated in regular season if they wanted to.

Once NCC and Brossart merge and move the whole thing to Alexandria, they will have premium land to sell to finance the merger, and room for a football stadium.

2 teams that weren't ranked in the top 5 in their respective regions ranked in the top 6 overall in the state? (including Newport who went 0-16 last year) St. Henry 13th? This is an embarrassing joke. KVCA - how about when you don't get enough coaches' votes for the pre-season poll, you populate your poll with the 16 Regional winners and/or Regional runners-up. Will give you a better starting point.

I think it's CCH's title to lose. I'm having a hard time coming up with a team anywhere in the state that's going to be as good as CCH will be this year.

Guess it will be a boring year if that's all we have to discuss pre-season! But still more interesting than watching FNC! (zing! got another one in - sound the alarm)

That's true of the top players in every sport, not just volleyball. If you aren't playing club/select/travel/AAU you are falling behind whoever is playing.

Checking websites for changes late at night, ongoing reports on who's at practice and who's not... Seems like a HS level LeBron type media watch to me, but as has been pointed out to me for over 100 posts now, I obviously don't have a clue.