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The golf swing is a very dynamic athletic motion no different than a quarterback throwing a football or a hitter in baseball. Like anything else, even though their may be some exceptions, the better conditioned athlete you are, the better golpher you will become. Golf combines athleticism with a mental game which is extremely difficult to master.

No, I haven't seen the Cov Cath student section and I assume you did not see the Ashland student section last night.

Hat's off to Coach Biggs. He has brought an exciting and entertaining basketball atmosphere back to Ashland that's been missing for a long time. This was a good solid win against an always tough Boyd County. You can tell the kids are enjoying playing the game. And that Ashland student section-Wow! Far and away the best I can ever recall seeing. They were worth the price of admission. Keep up the good work.

Ashland has the experience and is at home. Cat's by 7.5. It's Ashland's till RH proves it on the floor. Best of luck to both teams.

Raceland really played super and took full advantage of Rose Hill weaknesses. Raceland was clearly physically more mature the RH. RH and the coaching staff will learn from this loss and improve. Also, Raceland won with class. Good luck against Elliott!

The Layfatted team with Minnifield is tha only team with a prayer that I could see. I would just like to see Mayo and Darrell Griffith go on on one. What a sight that would be.

Scooter, your perception on the history of our area is always impressive. How about the starting five for the Holy Family Fighting Irish??

I always thought "Pony Express" was one of the great nicknames and I agree it should have been kept over "Highlanders".

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Well said, Scooter. I think Ashland gets the lions share justifiably. It also seems the team performing the best locally gets excellent coverage, wheather it be Russell in football or previous Rose Hill basketall teams. I have no problem with the coverage overall. However, I would like to see a daily posting of all local games and tip off times.

My apologies, I have been out of town the past week or so and haven't perviously read anything on the topic. In this day and age, any time a team goes undefeated, somehow I think that qualifies them as a super team, however it was arrived at. I think we can all agree a 3-8 team can have a good number of quality players. Harrodsburg hasn't exactly been choped liver over the years. My problem is not with Mercer County, it's with the KHSAA.

First of all, I would like to offer my congratulations to Mercer on their championship. Russell has everything of which to be proud, you have done a tremendous job representing our area! Now my comment: if I understand correctly, Mercer and Harrodsburg school systems voted to merge sometime prior to the school year and the merged "new school" enrollment was large enough to be classified as AAA. Since it was too late to re-do scheduling it was allowed(and presumably approved by the KHSAA) to play and compete at the AA level instead of the AAA level. All this even though the school, according to their website, is still located on two different campuses. It seems to me that, effectively, Harrodsburg HIgh transferred it's entire football team to Mercer County creating a superteam with a vast amount of depth and game experience(since both teams had fully completed in the prior year). To me, unless I am missing something, there seems to be a gross injustive to all other AA teams throughout the state. Am I missing something or did the KHSAA drop the ball?? Wouldn't it have made more sense to tell Mercer to play the schedule but be unable to compete for postseason play this first year??

Russell in actually in Greenup County close to the Boyd County border and is 5 to 10 minutes from Ashland. It is also on the Ohio River across from Ironton, Oh.

I just saw a copy of the 2006-2007 schedule and it appears there are only 5, possibly a 6th, home games scheduled. Does anyone kow for sure if this is correct and if so why so few games at home?????

Bellefonte Country Club in Ashland.

Leaving for Pinehurst Friday for 5 days on our 24th annual trip. I have played all 5 of your courses several times. They are all excellent. This year we have Whispering Woods, The Legacy, Carolina Trace, Little River Farms and The Bayonet At Puppy Creek. Pinehurst is great place to visit.

This was just a plain old great high school football game in which both teams deserved to win. No doubt Belfry got 2 or 3 tough calls which was offset by Ashland's 2 or 3 dropped balls on potential long gainers. On the last play Ashland blitzed EVERYBODY, it would have been tough for anyone to have ran the ball in and Belfry was having a tough time throwing the ball-good call on the Ashland coaching staff. I understand that the Belfry starting quarterback was on crutches, if he gets back this will be an excellent football team. Good luck to both teams and thanks for a great game and great effort.

To me there are two obvious "best" choices to fill the position, however I have no idea of their current interest, if any. In no particular order: Roger Zornes-clearly the best "local" and "available" coach out there. Certainly one of the top coaches in region history. Zornes might ruffle a few feathers but would demand effort, intensity and a quality level of play. He understands the areas political climate and would hit the ground running. Surely Ashland will at least make a contact for discussion. Paul Patterson-perhaps the best coach in region history who has an unquestioned level of integrity. He still has a good thing going at Taylor University but could have an interest. At one time Coach P was closer to returning to Ashland than most folks realize. Coach P would bring instant level of respect to the school and program. Give him reasonable, not great, talent and he will produce a winner. One of the finest people in sports that I have had the good fortune of knowing. This hire would bring out the support of the monied folks associated with the program. Ashland couldn't lose with this choice. My guess is he still has 5 to 10 years of coaching left in him. This would be a nice way to close out his career by trying to return Ashland basketball to a high level. Clearly this would be my personal choice.

My daughter went to school with this Stephen for the entire time he was at Rose Hill-I believe from K-5 through the 8th grade. Stephen was a quiet but highly competitive athlete who always showed respect for his opponents. He was extremely intelligent, very well thought of and a part of a truly wonderful christian family. The entire Rose Hill community shares in this loss. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family, friends and all those in the Fairview community.

In the not too distant future, I want to work with a highly qualified individual who fully understands the golf swing and the modern day technology of golf equipment. I will be looking to upgrade my equipment but I want to do it right and do it the right way. I want help from one who: -can measure ball speed -can measure clubhead speed -can determine launch angles -fully understands shaft technology -can match golf ball to driver -and any other specs to my swing Then take all this information and match it to my specfic swing and the caliber of player that I am. I am looking for the best and I don't mind traveling and paying the necessary cost. Does anyone have suggestions or recommendations?

Bell, I have some friends going to Wasiota next week for 2 days. Any words of wisdom that I can pass along?

Walker was last enrolled at Rose Hill as a 9th grader(OJ was in the 8th). He wanted to enroll as an 8th grader but the 8th grade class was full. During the course of the year, Walker continued to express the desire to be held back to the 8th grade(presumably it had something to do with playing on the same AAU team as OJ) but the Rose Hill administration stood by their position that the 8th grade class was full(I believe there was a waiting list at the time for other students wanting to enroll who were on the waiting list before Walker enrolled if memory serves correct). Once Walker realized he couldn't be held back, he then transferred to Cincinnati immediately prior to the All A Tournament in Richmond. Walker was also at Rose Hill briefly as a 6th grader prior to returning to Huntington. I hope this is helpful. It's the best my memory can do at this time. Others may be more helpful.

This is a really excellent point. However, I believe the vote was restricted to seniors only and Queen and Terry are juniors. Am I correct on seniors only being eligible?

If this was the finals, for what where they saving energy? Seems like this is the game for which you were saving energy. This should have been the "let it all hang out" and "hold back nothing" game.

Thanks for the updates, keep them coming. I understand that Kayla F. is struggling somewhat with her leg injury. Do you have any other informaton on her?