Pioneer.Pride

Coach Stowers is very secure in his own skin and is not afraid to delegate major coaching functions to the rest of the staff. I'm surprised he does not have a "Coaching Tree" of former assistants as Head Coaches in NKy (Other than Coach Wendelin of coarse). Coach Brendan is being groomed to coach at the next level, whereas Coach O has already been there and done that. Coach O is still the Pioneers all time leading scorer, although Ally Neace will break that record, She bleeds SK blue. She has an analytical, reserved demeanour that I believe some mistake for disengagement. Coach O brought to SK a system of offence that depends upon reading the defence and executing options based upon those reads. This offence goes well beyond penetrate and kick offences usually encountered in HS offence. All levels are coached simultaneously so the incoming freshman are challenged by upperclassmen immediately.

No not petty at all just wanted to know your reasoning behind your statement. I certainly didn't mention Brenden because I responded to another comment from a poster " All the coaches at Sk were men!!" ( that poster probable thought they were on the Boys forum. ) I simple pointed out who the female coaches were. That said ,I respect your point of view but I don't see the validity of his son as relevant. Jeff Stowers has been there a long time and Olmstead has been with him the last six seasons. She began as the JV Head coach then became the Assistant Varsity Coach in the second year. If my memory serves me correctly I have seen Olmstead coach all three teams every year she has been at Jeff Stowers side so the relavance of input being more influncial I find interesting. How does one who coaches all three teams (even from the stands) and is criticized from others in the past few years relivance and input be questioned or unrealized. No I don't have any more information than you or others I just watch this team and program do some amazing things year in and year out. Jeff Stowers is a master at gathering really sound basketball minded individuals together and blend all of their strengths into a seamless team.No discredit to Brenden either.

Curious as to what you see or hear that leads you to think Brenden has a stronger role and influence on the program in comparison to Coach Olmsteads role that gives you your{ IMO}? How do you see her role and influence on this staff??

You must not come to many practices. Coach O runs just about every practice.

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IMO, a great coach does more with less talent, or said in another way, gets the most out of the talent available. The benchmark for SK is really its rival Ryle. Both are similar sized schools, but in my view Ryle has had better talent over the last 10 years and is in a community where more economic support as a program, and individually as players is available. Ryle should be winning 10 games every year without exception. They do not, SK for the most part does. Consistency for a decade now (except a hickup in 2011).

Could a mod please merge this with the thread in controversial issues? Sorry I missed it.

Looks like this family was competing in the pot business with the cartels.

Drug activity known in area where Ohio slayings happened | www.mydaytondailynews.com Mexican cartels have used Pike County for pot grows http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/mexican-drug-cartel-tied-ohio-family-murders-article-1.2615003 The Pike County murder victims were shot multiple times, execution style. They were growing and selling pot in Ohio, in direct competition with Mexican Cartels. Lets find out how the executioners got into the country! Lets see see how well Hillary’s open border policies sell in Ohio this fall!

Go over to the HHS Softball threads. They are plenty active!

Hard to believe someone could be there 7 years and still be this unknown.

You must not go to many SK Girl's games. Asst. Head Coach is female. Both freshmen coaches are female.

What time do they play on Friday? Thanks!

Hard to believe its almost 10 years since Cooper opened!

You do see a recurring pattern of kids going relatively far away to go to school. Then they realize its too far for their parents and support system to get to their games , and they end up transferring closer to home. In addition, choosing a school because of a coach often can backfire , as those positions are pretty transient, especially in the MAC which is essentially a stepping stone conference.

Any athletic program in KCSD that is successful, is so in spite of that crew. Go worry about your academies and ACT scores ladies, and leave athletic administration to professionals!

Didn't we all hear this in Football? Mueller retires, then all of a sudden, Highlands is on everyone's schedule. I think you HHS folks look externally for answers when in reality, they are internal!

Truly rooting for Trimble County to win STATE !!! Hope the whole town and student body show up in force at BB&T . I know Simon's fans and team members will be there to root for TC!!!!!! Represent the 8Th !!!!! Loud and Proud!!!!!

You have the right to root for whom ever you heart desires. I wont JUDGE you or express your reasons or how you came to support that choice. My issue is you failed to retract you comment even now. You chose the word assembled which by definition" put the pieces together" indicates someone in control or charge. The choice of words was poor at best and unless you can specifically state all the students from the school you support were all HOME GROWN and NONE of the student body moved into the district due to family job or any other reason just shows your ignorance of today's society that is very mobile.Much less any present or future students that would move into your school district and might happen to want to play sports for their new school? So you wouldn't continue to root for your team???? Again your statement "You choose to root for teams THAT DO IT A DIFFERENT WAY." Really ??!!! Again follow me you indicate those in control make the decision to do IT a Different Way. Simon plays with whomever comes to try outs and makes the team and is a registered student at Simon just like every other school in this state. They do NO RECRUITING what so ever and NEVER WILL! No matter what you or anyone else out there think ! Maybe you can have a better understanding of a MOBILE SOCIETY. Transplants are in every aspect of our lives from our work environments to your local grocery with a worker from three counties over because that is the closest job around. Guess you won't shop that store or support the local establishments in your town due to employees not residing in the county??? Now you might have an idea of the ridiculousness of your inflammatory statement.

NBEagles statement reeks of nefarious actions taken by the Simon Kenton Coaches of recruiting by his /her use of "Assembled" Totally wrong and inappropriate and the statement not being removed yet indicates the intent of the statement "Assembled". Actually NBEagles really isn't worthy of my time or energy. Ignorance is obvious!!!!

NBeagleesfan no" Assembling a Team" @ Simon!!!! Don't know what your really talking about??

Like I said, SK could not hit the side of a barn. I don't think Niece had 3 FG. Missed quite a bit at the FT line too, as an 85% shooter.

Actually, I'm still in swim season and won't be done for another 3 weeks.

No actually, the refs were fantastic! How is softball going now that you have all your players back?