Trinity alum

No but it does remind me of Aesop's fables. My but those grapes are sour. Trinity doesn't choose its students, students choose Trinity.

I haven't run the numbers this year, but I did a couple of years ago. The percentage of non Catholics in the student body was about twenty percent. On the football team it was about fifteen. All of this emphasis on"pure bloods" from the X-men makes me wonder if they are the Slytherin House of Kentucky high schools.

You never answered about what you were talking about. Trinity is a Catholic, college preparatory school forming men of faith and men of character. If X is headed in a different direction from that, so be it.

What in the world are you talking about?

Coach J seemed to think the young man was cleared to play. Any updates?

The bolded just isn't true. Since opening in 1953 Trinity has worked very hard to enroll students with a very diverse set of academic talents. That hasn't changed in 63 years. Coach Beatty is a very talented coach and has brought the team to great success. That said, Trinity was good before and will be good after. My guess is that even Coach Beatty won't have quite the level of success we have all enjoyed over the past 15 years. After all, people catch up. Trinity will continue to be Kentucky's top program, just as it has been since 1968.

It doesn't matter whether any of us think the kid is better off going to Trinity. It only matters if his family thinks he is better off. My opinion is that every young man would benefit from a Trinity education, regardless of whether they play any sport. Welcome aboard young man.

In the section where I was no one had to encourage the fans. I don't think it was coach Glaser's karma. I think Coach Klein played his flawed hand the best he could. The X kids gave it all they had. I'm not sure I have ever seen kids play any harder than the Trinity kids did in that 4th quarter comeback. It was a great game to watch.

I think the announcers got it right. The kid never came out of the game and the ball was in his hands most of the time X had the ball. When it wasn't, he was moving and cutting trying to get open. The X coach was in a tough spot. Take him out and X gets blown out. Leave him in and he runs out of gas.

I saw two teams that left it all on the court. No shame in that. It is a shame that some fans can't see that. Please enlighten us.

I'll give you one nine year period out of around 100 you've been playing.

I don't buy the ND/X comparison. ND is a formerly dominant team that has fallen to the group just below the top. X has been part of the just below the top group for as long as I can remember (and that is a LONG time). X used to run second fiddle to Male and Manual. Then it was Flaget and Male. For a long time it was just Trinity. Now it is Trinity and Male. I can't remember a sustained stretch where X was the big dog.

I believe that the KY constitution prohibits any public money being used for non-public schools.

Running lock in first half

Just a guess, but I'd bet there was a lot more discontent on the X side Friday night on the Trinity side. At least among the "X Faithfull" that were there for the end.

Nothing, unless best person for the job isn't an X-man, then, everything.

Well then, please tell us what has changed. The last time I checked all of the players were Trinity students. That hasn't changed since 1953. Go on. Spit it out. You know you want to. Only an X-man could try to make welcoming anyone that wants what we have to offer seem like a vice. In case you were wondering what it is that we have to offer, "Trinity is a Catholic, college-preparatory high school, forming men of faith and men of character".

Or maybe he doesn't know his rump from a hot rock. That's the one I'm going with. The comments about "appeasing" Coach Beatty made me laugh and shows how little he knows.

Then why won't you tell us what you meant?

What the devil are you talking about? Coach Beatty had nothing to do with Coach Lampley's decision to start a transition. As far as the rest of your "change direction" comments, what is popping into my head is so abhorrent, that I won't make the accusation. What did you mean by your comments? Please be specific.

I have mostly stayed out of this thread because I don't really care that St X has fallen to number three among local schools instead of the second spot they have occupied for most of the past fifty years. Veiled aspersions were cast at Trinity and when people didn't take the bait the aspersions became more pointed. That's when I decided to jump in. A few facts: 1. Trinity does not offer one penny of financial aid that does not conform to the letter and spirit of KHSAA rules. End of story. 2. Trinity offers the finest education available to all comers, whether they score in single digits or at the 99th percentile. To steal a phrase, we educate these young men to the best of our ability, not because they are Catholic, but because we are Catholic. 3. We offer as much financial aid as we can, and more than anyone else, again because it is important that we be accessible to as many young men as possible. We are an elite school. If we ever become an elitist school we have violated our mission. 4. Young men of very diverse backgrounds come to school at Trinity because they are welcomed. Funny how that works. And now an opinion. This stuff about not wanting to over emphasize football as an excuse for being number three is manure. X got into its current position because a group of wealthy alumni were able to pressure the administration into getting rid of the long time coach with a promise that they could do better with one of their own. I think that they were convinced that flashing a super bowl ring would be all it took. They were wrong. I had the opportunity to see Coach Beatty and Coach Wolford speak to a grade school football team. Coach Beatty spoke about all of the hard work and dedication it takes to play for Trinity and the rewards of that hard work, He bluntly told the kids that Trinity football wasn't for everyone, but was great for those willing to do the work. Coach Wolford said he was the St X coach, St X was a great school and he played in the super bowl. Then he introduced one of his players and by the way, did I mention that I played in the super bowl. He said that St X was expecting a great season, and by the way, did I mention that I played in the super bowl.

You guys talk as if someone makes a decision about whether to admit athletes. The truth is that hundreds of families make a decision about what will be best for their child. For most, football is a minor factor. For top athletes, maybe it is a little more than that. The family chooses the school, not the other way around. It still comes down to doing what is best for your child.

I hope that all of the kids for both teams are healthy and ready to go. These are high school kids with finite careers. One of the most disgusting things I have ever seen on a football field was the St X fans, adults and kids, cheering when James Quick left on a back board in a neck brace. I want to win as much as anyone, but keep it in perspective.

I think that people are forgetting that X has no visitors stands to speak of. Having it on either campus is a bad idea.

From your keyboard to Wolford's ear. If X tries to throw deep on Trinity, several of those deep passes will be intercepted. The rest will be incomplete.