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Announcer hadn’t even finished saying it was a homer and it was already in the seats.

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Try this link from the KHSAA. These are enrollments for the 2022-23 school year. Lafayette is the largest at 2,440; Madison Central is second at 2,225. Eastern is third and the largest in Jefferson County with 2,043 students. https://khsaa.org/reports/enrollments/20222023schoolenrollmenttotalsbyenroll.pdf

Per their link in the directory, it appears Moore's enrollment in grades 9-12 is 1,293. I think Moore's building houses both middle and high school, which might be where the larger number you have comes from. https://khsaa.org/general/resources/member-school-directory/?school_id=192

An interesting thing about St. Johns: Prior to the 1990s, a scholarship athlete could be given the value of their college housing in cash if they chose to live at home instead of in a dorm. St. John's used this quite effectively to recruit kids in New York. Those kids could live at home and pocket a few thousand bucks (or give to their families) instead of staying in the dorm. When the NCAA rescinded that rule, St. John's lost a major recruiting advantage. Their coaching hires have been spotty at best since Lou Carnesecca left, but I think losing that housing rule probably hurt them just as much, if not more.

It is. Mike Jarvis was the coach, I believe.

With three that good there’s no need for anymore. Great coaches, great program.

And a well rested Camden who didn’t get to play in their state tournament due to some action in the regular season finale! 😂

Henry Clay to Nicholas County would be quite the change. Brown is a good coach, though. I'd say its a huge IF but he would be a great hire.

I was having this discussion with someone last night. There just isn't a very good time to have this event. It isn't like soccer, where you play the World Cup for one month in the summer after the league season. You can't really play this tournament after October because all of the players (especially pitchers) are just about spent. You can't play it midseason, like Olympic hockey, because a 162 game schedule doesn't allow for much time off. The only real option is when it is currently played, but then if guys get hurt it cuts into the start of their season. I think this is a good event and I really enjoy it, but I can understand why organizations and players might be hesitant to participate.

How can a team be this incompetent feeding the post (or passing in general)?

To conclude this thread, the key is having reasonably local, single school county teams, typically 4A/5A/6A in football. The more they win, the bigger the crowd. Toss in Kentucky connections like Sheppard and Perry and that certainly helps, too.

I think Houston and Alabama have been the best teams all year and they still look like that to me.

Agree with this 100%. Also have to wonder if the absence of Bill Self over the last couple of weeks had an effect on Kansas?

11,664 tonight 99,565 for the week (largest since 2014)

Crowds between 12,000-15,000 nearly every session this week and half of you all are complaining about ticket prices. Can’t we just enjoy the basketball?

@DragonFire said exactly what we said in the stands. Ashland did almost everything right but it was never going to be enough. Warren Central was very methodical, in control from the tip.

The best kind of state tournament game. Good teams, good stories, and a realistic opportunity for either team to pick up a victory.

Tournament is only one day old and all the games were good. Need a couple of blowouts today to get the distracted chatter up and running! 😂

I think I'm with you on this, although I could see Woodford County's defense giving them some trouble.

I don't know Haywood at all but I have some very good friends from Belfry. They all say he just eats and sleeps football; doesn't really have any outside hobbies that he's ready to retire for. Of course he's also got great assistants who have been with him for a long time, so there is consistency in the program. I know he was injured late last season and hopefully he's all healed. From conversations with them, I expect him to stick around at least a few more years.

Is Hilton's a grand total? I know he spent a little time in the college ranks, which broke up his high school time.

Haywood went to Belfry in 1984, so this upcoming season with be his 40th with the Pirates. Tack on, I believe, another nine seasons at Prestonsburg before that and he's almost at fifty years as a head coach.

Looking at pictures and video on Twitter, it appeared there was a very nice crowd. I'm sure Woodford County, being as close as they are, will have another huge contingent at Rupp on Friday.