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Are theBoone JV players predominantly middle school players who can't play with varsity players or are they mostly freshman and sophomores?

I wasn't here but i heard it was a good game. Anyone there that can give some details?

I wasn't here usually means you were there. Lol

Why do certain people always complain on bluegrass preps? Complain about your kid's coach, fields, officials, etc. can't you think of something positive to say?

CC must be one heck of a team to start 3 freshman and beat Cooper by more than 30 points. Very impressive!!!

How many freshman does CC start?

I'm not referring to Cooper. Don't know anything about Cooper. You continue to talk about how hard it is for your young team to score. I'm saying other teams with middle school players are putting up a lot of points.

The middle school girls playing up don't seem to have any problems scoring in varsity games

Maybe players want to go on vacations with the family, spend time with friends and focus on school. Life is not all about sports. What are you going to remember when you are older? The amazing vacation to Mexico with your family or basketball practice. Nothing wrong with playing one sport. Too much emphasis on playing multiple sports. These kids need to do what makes them happy, not what makes parents and coaches happy!!

That's strange. Why would a coach want to go there? You would think with an open district that they could some pull players to the school.

Good to see Lexi Held back , one of the Top Younger Players in the Area!:thumb:

It puzzles me how a school the size of Cooper doesn't have more girls playing. Looks like only a couple of upper classmen on the roster. What's up with that??

I was at the Highlands game and was impressed with #24. The Cooper roster shows that she is a senior. Not sure why she's not getting any credit and seems to be the only player with some height. Looks as if the interest is in the freshman and sophomore girls.

You should know the answer to that

Way to go Highlands!!!!

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I could not disagree more. The last thing we need is for the KHSAA to apply a blanket rule to all programs in the state. I could be wrong but it sounds like the problem may be in Boone County. Am I reading that correctly? A MS girl can move up only if she plays varsity? No fresh/jv option? The real question here is WHO

Is the person that made that rule? I would like to hear the reasoning behind it. Just my opinion.

That is incorrect!!! I know a middle school girl playing up on Freshman in a Boone County High School!!! Get your story straight before you post it.

Very valid points with the exposure issue. But again, may be dependent on the specific situation. If the girl has an older sibling, she is already exposed to it more than you think. I know dads don't want to hear that!!!!...but it's reality. So if she is the oldest and you are trying to protect her as longs as possible...I totally get it. But if she has older siblings...too late! I only say that because my feeling is it should be specific to each kid and each families discretion. I think if that family feels their daughter is ready, they should have that choice. Will some families make some bad decisions...sure! But if they are making bad decisions on whether to move their child up either they will learn from it or they or making more bad decisions in other areas anyway.

 

If my daughter has the ability, skill, body and mind to play up, no one should be able to tell me if she should or can. Just the way I feel. I want her challenged, just like I would academically. Has nothing to do with with pushing her too far or wanting glory for me or her. It has to do with making sure she is challenged and is pushed. Why would this be any different than anything else in life. Everything we do should be to help us get better and not getting comfortable. In ANYTHING we do, we set goals to reach a plateau and then when we do, what's next? Set another goal! It applies to sports as much as anything else. Keep pushing.

 

I can tell you right now...I have an 8th grade daughter that could absolutely play up in high school. Highlands MS principal has made his own rule that none of his MS kids can play up anymore. The Barth girls was grandfathered in because she was in the HS program before he made the rule. So my daughter and one of her best friends (who is also very good) will be playing 8th grade this year. In the 6th and 7th grade, the only challenging games and time that those two actually played more than a quarter at the same time were against Conner, Another very good team. In the past two years, the two really good girls on the HHS team were lucky to avg half a game. NOW, all the other schools have basically move up anyone that was good. So the last two years, most games ended with "slow down, no layups and we have to make 5 passes before we shoot". Now with the good 8th graders gone and our two still playing 8th grade, please tell me what my daughter is going to get out of her 8th grade bball season athletically. Just my opinion, but her and her friend may not get challenged one time this year. That's not being cocky, it's reality. That's not what I want and it's not what she wants. She loves competition and she will get none. Her and her friend are in the same grade as the barth girl and still can't play with her for another year because of a silly rulle...when she have the ability and the body to do so. Heck, she's bigger and stronger than my JR that has started at PG since the 8th grade!!!

I felt just like you did when my daughter played AAU for you and you never challenged her. All you cared about was your daughter and a couple of other girls. You started Game Time and when it no longer provided any benefit for you or your girls - you dropped everything!! If you pick up a girl on AAU, then you should provide the same opportunity as your daughter or cut her from your team!!!

This is a girls basketball thread, an athletic team not academic team & if my kid was 12 yrs old but had the intelligence level of a 16/17 yr old...NO I wouldn't move them up 3 grade levels because no matter how smart a 12 yr old is, they do not have the social maturity of a 16/17 yr old!!! There are plenty of online learning sites they could get on to keep "challenging" their mind, just like plenty of AAU or club teams they could play on to "challenge" their skill level!!!

You are wrong on this!!! There are not enough girl AAU teams in NKY for teams to play on that will challenge skill level or any level. When a girl attends a try out for AAU basketball, many of the coaches already know who is going to roster that team. For many reasons, and maybe personal reasons, an AAU coach may not accept a girl and give her an opportunity to play on any of their organization teams. There are good high school players that would play AAU if more teams were available.

I think KHSAA should look at moving private schools to their own division. You have 2 private schools competing for the regional title and probably NDA will advance quickly in the state. This happens year after year!!! Let the private schools battle it out in their own league!! Who really cares who wins at that point.

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Keep in mind that stated by someone on this thread the HS refs are down a considerable number of refs. I don't know the number they have but I found out those in NKY have to cover the area from as far away as Mason County and down to Carrol County. (I'm from across the river and don't know the area well but can read a map). Although someone stated they are well paid, keep in mind they are typically doing 2 games each day they work which in normally circumstances would be 3 times a week but I 've seen a couple of games in consecutive days (girls and boys) where the same ref is doing both games as CR and AR.

 

I recall seeing some numbers a few years ago that at a high level youth game (U14-16) the CR will on average cover 5-6 and the AR 3-4 miles. I'm not implying every HS ref travels that distance but it gives folks some perspective of how much is involved. Now assuming a HS ref is doing 3 sets of matches (1 CR and 1 AR) per week that comes out to about 24-30 miles per week. Even if you cut that in half you are talking 12-15 miles a week mostly on turf which is harder on bodies than nice (not what's around here from what I've seen) grass fields.

 

I don't know how many games they are actually averaging a week but I guessing it's slightly higher than the 3 sets of matches per week. I think you are looking at some of these refs back in the 24-30 miles a week range.

 

My point is when it comes to one of these refs doing their third game on a Saturday at the end of the week how much can you truly expect them to be "in the right position" either as a CR or as AR 100% of the time?

 

I don't do HS at all but do high level games and from all the above I can see where it can affect these HS refs in terms of positioning, physical and mental fatigue which all affect their performance.

 

Not to say observations made here about positioning or inconsistent call or anything else about performance of refs seen at these HS games are wrong but keep some of this in mind when you are watching the next 80 mins HS game.

 

As someone stated I'm sure they are always looking for refs.

 

The lack of numbers and "quality" of refs is a whole separate discussion I won't go into but will leave you with this thought which is to think to the last time you watched a U10 Rec game and how the 13 or 14 year old refs were treated. Where do you think HS or any seasoned refs get their start?