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Here's my take on 5A. There are 11 teams west of the Louisville area. I doubt they will force 1-2 of those teams to travel all the way to Louisville, so I think there will be a 5 team & a 6 team district in the west. Similarly, there are 6 schools in Northern KY that all very close to one another and not really close to anyone else. I think they create another 6 team district for those schools. In the Louisville area, I used I-65 as a dividing line because that's what they did last time. District 1: Graves Co., Marshall Co., Madisonville N. Hopkins, Muhlenberg Co., Owensboro District 2: Bowling Green, Greenwood, Warren Central, Grayson Co., Barren Co., Ohio Co. District 3: Butler, Iroquois, Fairdale, Bullitt Central District 4: Atheron, N. Bullit, Seneca, Moore District 5: Woodford Co., Collins, S. Oldham, Anderson Co. District 6: Highlands, Scott, Dixie Heights, Boone Co., Conner, Cooper District 7: Madison Southern, Montgomery Co., East Jessamine, West Jessamine, Scott Co. District 8: Southwestern, Pulaski Co., North Laurel, South Laurel, Harlan Co.

Christian Co. is playing up in 6A.

Trinity Manual Lexington Catholic South Warren Hazard

Doesn't that mean they also lost by 1, giving up a 2 point conversion at the end of the game with 8 seconds to go in the game?

Male never wins against X or T? Is that really what you meant to say? Maybe I'm not understanding you correctly.

Assuming Male and St. X both win their district. They would not play in the first 2 rounds. Each would play the 4 seed from the other district in round 1, then the winner of one of the 2v3 games. It sounds like they would continue to use RPI for round 3 and beyond.

I've heard 3 names floated: Stoner (Manual), Dawson (Male), Nino White (HC at Atherton) I've not heard anything about interviews.

Coach Ellison was at Doss in 2021.

My point is it's extremely rare. Most years, there is no lottery for Male because they have to take every traditional school kid before than can take any from the lottery. Let's get back to Manual ...

I seen this posted before about Male. Who are the kids that played football for Male that were not in one of the 3 traditional middle schools over the last 10 years?

Now that college athletes are allowed to profit from their NIL, is there any reason a high school athlete could not do the same?

Ace Wales joined the staff at Evangel.

If they are fielding 2 separate “teams” - they should not be able to practice together. Isn’t that essentially a scrimmage? If it’s 1 team, shouldn’t they be limited to 10 games?

Smith also played at North Texas - that makes a total of 5 colleges. Not exactly a sign that he knows a lot about what it takes to be successful in college.

I was told they joined a league in southern Ohio and will be participating in the post season there. Not sure how that impacts the KY schedule and/KHSAA rules.

3 is clear. The student has 8 semesters or 4 years from the start of 9th grade.

Chris Barclay - Outstanding coach and still holds the rushing record at Wake Forest.

Does that mean that they will not be participating in the playoffs? Also, is there a list of schools that are approved for football on KHSAA's website?

Are they approved by KHSAA to compete in football this fall? Will they be in a district?

Don’t underestimate this program. They already have a lot of experienced and very talented football players. What district will they play in?

Yes, they are a private school. They are restarting their football program. Many players have transferred in from other high schools. Evangel will be loaded with talent.

This is not completely true. For example, Barret Traditional Middle School kids are guaranteed entry into Male and Johnson Traditional Middle School kids are guaranteed entry into Butler. Kids enrolled in Brown before high school are guaranteed entry into the high school. JCPS has made their student assignment plan so complicated that very few generalizations apply to every situation. I suspect the Dubois kids will be allowed to continue into high school at Dubois if they choose.

From what I understand, the "announcement" of Demarcus Smith in November was premature. My understanding is they are now going through the official process. I'm told the job will officially be given to Smith in the near future.

Here is a link to the most current guidelines issued today: http://khsaa.org/resources/Covid19/khsaajune2020covidallowancesandrestrictions.pdf They still say "Additional Guidance for Football practices beginning June 15 will be forthcoming" on page 11. This must be making it really difficult for coaches who are trying to plan practices for Monday and still don't have the rules.

This is something confusing about the rules. There are 4 categories of sports: Low Touch/Indoor, High Touch/Indoor, Low Touch/Outdoor, and High Touch Outdoor. Each has their own rules, but none of the sports can have practices until June 15. They also use the phrase low touch to describe the amount of contact allowed at a practice. Football is considered a high touch/outdoor sport, but will be limited to "no touch" practices from June 15 to June 28.