Nathaniel Bryan

2017-18 AP KENTUCKYALL-STATE BASKETBALL TEAM BOYS COACH OF THE YEAR Billy Hicks, Scott County BOYS PLAYER OF THE YEAR Trevon Faulkner, Mercer County, G BOYS FIRST TEAM CJ Fredrick, Covington Catholic, G Mickey Pearson, John Hardin, G Trevon Faulkner, Mercer County, G Dontaie Allen, Pendleton County, G Dekeyvan Tandy, University Heights, G BOYS SECOND TEAM Zion Harmon, Adair County, G Detorrion Ware, Christian County, G Adam Kunkel, Cooper, G Eric “Boss” Boone, Lexington Bryan Station, G Jay Scrubb, Louisville Trinity, SG Michael Moreno, Scott County, F BOYS HONORABLE MENTION Chase Villers, Ashland Blazer, G Jared Coomer, Barren County, F Reese Robinson, Boyd County, F Jobby Howard, Caverna, G Andrew Taylor, Corbin, G Jake Walter, Covington Catholic, C Darius Harding, Elizabethtown, F Gage Hughes, Greenup County, G Carter Hendricksen, Lexington Christian, F Kyle Rode, Lexington Christian, G Anthony Wales, Louisville Fern Creek, PG David Johnson, Louisville Trinity, G Curt Lewis, Louisville Valley, F Isaiah Cozart, Madison Central, C Aidan Matthews, Meade County, F Wyatt Battaile, Pikeville, G Steven Fitzgerald, Pulaski County, G Cooper Robb, Scott County, G Skyelar Potter, Warren Central, G Jordan Cousin, Warren Central, F

Pretty sure D-I lineman recruit Walker Parks, who holds an offer from Notre Dame IIRC, transferred to Frederick Douglass from Lexington Christian. Parks will help their line.

Three major issues: 1) Different Soldier base. Because of the shifting around of platoons, we have a different type of family on base than in the past. 2) Living off post. In the past, athletes could live off Post and still attend Fort Knox. Now, even if both parents work ON Post, if they live off base, the student cannot attend. This has helped Hardin County Schools, especially John Hardin, immensely. 3) Leadership. Have been told in the past that families could stick around longer if the Soldier (mother or father of athlete) asked to stay. Nowadays, Fort Knox is lucky to have 10 returnees PERIOD -- not counting starters, just 10 kids who were on the previous roster.

Already filled. Jessica Gunby, who played in college at Campbellsville, is the new NHHS softball. She's already the NHHS volleyball coach.

Just got this a little while ago: Mr. Baseball: 2018 Drew Rom (Highlands) 1st Team: Rook Ellington (McCracken County), Shane Burns (Caldwell County), Wyatt Stevenson (Christian County), Drew McGowan (University Heights), Ryan Hawks (Warren East), Bradley Taylor (Logan County), Garret Schmeltz (Pleasure Ridge Park), Noah McDonald (Pleasure Ridge Park), Dallas Glass (Pleasure Ridge Park), Ben Metzinger (Trinity), Andrew Littlefield (Saint Xavier), Matthew Ellis (Shelby County), Brennan LaBarbera (South Oldham), Drew Rom (Highlands), Tyler Guilfoil (Lafayette), Trace Willhoite (Scott County), Hunter Rigsby (Rockcastle County), Trea Harmon (Somerset), Skyler Cannady (West Jessamine), Chase Estep (Corbin), Braxton Cottongame (Perry Central), Gage Hughes (Greenup County) 2nd Team: Trey Hutchinson (Union County), Nolan Melton (Henderson County), Blaine Gillim (Ohio County), Hunter Evans (South Warren), Nick Rucker (Pleasure Ridge Park), Trey Sweeney (Saint Xavier), Braxton Foley (Walton Verona), , Chris Seng (South Oldham), Jack Coldiron (Covington Catholic), Ryan Smiley (Harrison County), Tyler Hawkins (Bryan Station), Tyler Grigalis (Lexington Catholic), Logan Thomason (Madison Central), Jordan Fox (Scott County), Colin Burgess (Tates Creek), Ethan Wood (Danville), Devin Morris (Hazard), Braxton Kelly (Johnson Central), AJ Hacker (Rowan County), Bryce Carley (Boyd County), Kyle Gammon (Greenup County), Ryan Lambert (Greenup County) 3rd Team: Jacob White (Hancock County), Jacob Curtis (Franklin Simpson), Jackson Haga (Bowling Green), Hunter Thomas (Russell County), Reece Puckett (Bardstown), Jackson Webb (Elizabethtown), Reed Blaszczyk (Pleasure Ridge Park), Cameron McKune (Butler), Garrett Simpson (Bullitt East), Brendan Koester (Louisville Eastern), Aaron Sary (Manual), Gunner Smith (Newport Central Catholic), Logan Castleman (Beechwood), Proctor Mercer (Henry Clay), Trey Eden (Madison Central), Jacob Ferris (Madison Central), Brent Lovell (Rockcastle County), Ty Dragon (Boyle County), Cayden Shaver (Danville), Jack Capobianco (North Laurel), Peyton Cyrus (Lawrence County), Phillip Fryer (Boyd County) Honorable Mentions: Lofton Pigg (Calloway County), Jordyn Naranjo (Graves County), Jase Felker (Caldwell County), Peyton Peters (Apollo), Kirk Liebert (Daviess County), Garrett Whitaker (Daviess County), Nick Casey (Muhlenberg County), Brennan Myers (Muhlenberg County), Jalil Akbar (Pleasure Ridge Park), Sam Johnson (Bullitt East), Sam Newkirk (DeSales), AJ Arnold (Trinity), Ethan Kavanaugh (Highlands), Hunter Dreves (Highlands), Noah Brewer (Campbell County), Zach Hamberg (Bishop Brossart), Austin Hoeh (Campbell County), Trent Parker (Bishop Brossart), Aschten Saunders (Nicholas County), Tyler Walter (George Rogers Clark), Andrew Day (Harrison County), Isaac Fryman (Nicholas County), Chris O’Neal (Harrison County), Eric Sottile (Lexington Catholic), Sam Sutton (Scott County), Kade Grundy (Somerset), Tyler McCullough (Middlesboro), Ben Daniels (Paintsville), Peyton Brown (West Carter), Casey Hensley (Russell) All State Teams - KHSBCA.ORG

Just because they do it, does not mean they do it WELL. I've seen complaints about so-and-so media not covering tourney A because they thought it was more imperative to cover a team in tourney B. And the good officials are likely to get the bigger tourneys. That's just how it works. Could we class? Sure. But please do NOT like it is just that easy to flip the switch. There are plenty of mountains in the way that have nothing to do with coming up with a good alignment or tourney setup. Bunch of other factors too.

It's a lot more work for A LOT of people. 1) KHSAA. 2) Officials/Umps. More tournaments mean more games. 3) Media. You want to force a newspaper or radio station to choose between a big school or same school (playing on same day) or between being able to stay close to home as opposed to travel and get stats off gamechanger? 4) Fans. Can't watch all the local teams if they're all spread out. 5) Teams. Four classes were too spread out. Even in three classes, some programs will get screwed as far as district alignments. I have yet to see: A) Alignment B) Postseason Setup For classification that I have agreed with.

Official Link: All State and Miss Softball Here is the 2018 KSCA All-State Softball team combined in ABC order by school 98 players from 64 schools were honored. Raceland (1A) had team-high FOUR players selected:

It's LIVE video streaming. There is NO rights for it, same thing for baseball. ONLY NFHS partner (PrepSpin) can do live video streaming. The KHSAA DOES offer a pay stream for all baseball and softball final four. Audio is fine (radio or webstream) and has been for a while. I do NOT see a problem drawing the line at live video.

Here are the live stat links for the four opening-round games about to start at 6 p.m. Eastern/5 p.m. Central: StatBroadcast Live Stat Feed Butler vs. East Carter StatBroadcast Live Stat Feed Warren East vs. Ryle StatBroadcast Live Stat Feed Pikeville vs. Clay County StatBroadcast Live Stat Feed Central Hardin vs. Ballard

I emailed Eviston and tweeted the official account for rosters. No response from either.

Team (MaxPreps/Coaches) Scott County (1/1) Ballard (2/4) East Carter (2/4) Christian County (3/3) Warren East (5/5) are the consensus top five teams entering @KHSAASoftball state tournament (rankings are for the 16 State teams only)

Official release: https://playeroftheyear.gatorade.com/poy/assets/writable/50095/2018_SB_MFouts.pdf

Here is each region's Player of the Year and Coach of the Year (pretty sure a school must be a member of coaches association to appear on the ballot or vote, IE pay to play):

Um, it was ALWAYS optional before the dead period rule went into effect. The problem was, schools didn't even give kids an option, so the state (with a backing from the MAJORITY of those surveyed) stepped in and took charge. Other states followed Kentucky's lead, in fact. If you check the post from the bylaw pdf, you will see people originally wanted a four-week dead period.

He missed four games last year for reasons I will not detail here. Stat wise, he accounted for less than 125 yards (combined rushing and passing) and less than 1.5 touchdowns per game. Taking stats into account and that CAL was still very good without him, that does NOT scream overall top five in the state. He is tough as nails, though, when he is on the field.

The junior girls were announced a while ago. I have NOT seen the junior boys, though.

It's Jeff Brown, most recently of the Morgan County girls. Coach Troy Lee Thomas had it on twitter three days ago and I missed it: Twitter A big congratulations to Coach Jeff Brown of Morgan County, who is now the new head girls coach at John Hardin High School. #Happyforyou Morgan County's KHSAA directory page shows girls basketball is open: School Directory | Kentucky High School Athletic Association

Elizabethtown girls have won 13 consecutive 17th District Tournament titles. GIRLS’ PREP BASKETBALL: Elizabethtown edges John Hardin, 49-46 for 17th District title | Sports | thenewsenterprise.com

I've seen X play three times now. They're pretty solid across the board. They can hit 1-9, defense is solid and pitchers get the job done. Saw PRP at State last year and twice this year. Not having Rucker and Glass available to pitch hurt a lot and as good as X is, I don't think there's any way the Tigers put 17 on Schmeltz-Glass-Rucker. The bottom of the fifth killed PRP. Bases loaded and no outs and couldn't score (and break the tie at 5). X had the momentum and Schmeltz out of the game and rolled from there. If the coaches drop PRP in the polls far for this would be a huge mistake. Tied in the sixth with a NATIONALLY ranked team and drop a few spots would be harsh when they could blow out a nobody and stay where they were.