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Something needs to be done one way or the other. Maybe this is a great move, maybe its not. But right now every kid that can play at a young age in basketball-rich areas has people trying to latch onto them whether they can play or not. And a lot (not all) of the AAU coaches I have seen around are shady or a little crazy. I think they should have NCAA-sanctioned events like Nike camps or what have you and have a variety of these events. Get a ton of kids at these to get college exposure and have coaches that have to go threw training or have some sort of experience (not let random people coach these teams). At these events coaches can come in and evaluate. Just a thought.

Congratulations. At the time I was very upset about the whole deal. Some Highlands fans (not the majority) gave Bell Co. no chance of even competing in 2004 and were very disrespectful IMO before the game. Then Bell Co. has 2 huge fumbles and otherwise dominated the game, but loses. After that you find out that 1 of their players shouldn't have been playing, it just ticks you off (especially considering he scored both TDs and played amazing). But when it comes down to it I don't like seeing kids having to sit and be ineligible unless its proved they really did something wrong. Looking back on it, I hate that the boy didn't get to play in the state championship game.

Its dissapointing that the KHSAA didn't use common sense and make some more changes. I really believe that the KHSAA were unfair, geography-wise to Middlesboro and Bell County, which is where I'm from. The Dunbar move was a no-brainer.

Why is it that they would not start Friday? I don't understand it, but maybe they have a good reason.

I can't imagine anyone not starting really. If its legal to practice why wouldn't a team practice?

No, Bell and Harlan Co. play in the regular season finale.

Has nothing to do with being good enough or not. It has to do with common sense. Like putting Bell Co. in a Western Ky region. That would be like putting Mason Co. in the 11th region in basketball. It makes no sense.

Good point. I think before really passing judgment about the alignment it will be good to see the final product after the BOC meets.

That is a good point about Thanksgiving Weekend. But here is the thing. If this is geographry-based then it makes absolutely no sense to have Bell Co. going west.

If you mapquest it, it takes 4 hours and 50 minutes from Beechwood to Mayfield. If you mapquest Bell County HS to Paducah Tilghman it is 5 hours and 45 minutes. Thats almost an hour farther to drive.

Yeah the thread should be Lexington only. From what I've seen Clark Co, Madison Central, Scott Co, the Jessamine schools, etc all have great support from their communities. In general a decent amount of people come for inner-city basketball games, but the fans don't really travel at all.

NKY 6A is in the East side of the bracket while WKY 6A is on the West side of the bracket so the 2 won't meet until the finals (as it should be).

Who else in the state will have to drive 6 hours + on a bus to play a game? That should not even be a possible scenerio. Imagine a group of boys playing the most important game of their lives to that point and having to travel 6 hours and then have very few fans because of the travel. Its just not a good situation IMO.

Bell County is considered a "western" team based on the alighnment, which is crazy. Then they have to drive very long distances for regional and possibly semifinal games. Bell County or Paducah Tighlman or Fort Campbell would have to miss school to make a very expensive trip if Bell wins the region and those schools win their region, which is by no means definitly going to happen, but they will both probably be perennial contenders at the least. This is not an issue like in Louisville where teams are arguing over driving 20 miles to a game rather than 10 miles. It is expensive for schools to travel these long distances.

Yeap, Bell Co. has a 1 game winning streak over Highlands.

No one is saying that Bell is better than Highlands. All we are saying is that Bell is not "scared" of Highlands and if they played Bell could play with them (they always have in the past) and possibly beat them.

:thumb: I hope you are right. Bell County borders Virginia. Thats about as east as you can get.

When we talk about Brett Favre's antics, what has he done thats been bad other than the recent cell phone deal (I don't know enough about that to comment on it other than the rumors about it)? If I'm not mistaken he did have an issue with pain killers several years ago, so that was an issue. But I don't have a problem with Favre holding out until the last minute and playing. Strahan did the same thing with the Giants and Revis held out a long time this year for more money. I don't look at them in a bad light.

Its not for Bell Co. Bell is looking at having to drive 2 to 3 hours to play Casey Co. and Wayne in their district who, no disrespect, but neither are near as good as Bell perennially. But that part is okay. The problem is in the region Bell will have to go to E'town or Central, which are very long trips, probably pushing 4 hrs on a bus. Then if Bell gets past that they may have to drive basically 6 hrs to Paducah Tilghman or Fort Campbell. Those are LONG trips!

District 1 - Fort Campbell, Heath, Paducah Tilghman, Trigg County, Webster County, District 2 - Adair County, Edmonson County, Hart County, Monroe County, South Warren District 3 - Central, Elizabethtown, Henry County, Larue County, Western Hills District 4 - Bath County, Bourbon County, Estill County, Garrard County, Powell County (Was district 5) District 5 – Bell County, Casey County, Corbin, McCreary Central, Wayne County (Was district 4) District 6 - Breathitt County, Jackson County, Knott County Central, Magoffin County, Morgan County (Was district 7) District 7 - East Carter, Fleming County, Lewis County, Mason County, West Carter (Was district 6) District 8 - Belfry, East Ridge, Lawrence County, Pike County Central, Sheldon Clark Based on what was said in the Board of Control file this is the proposal Bell Co. sent in which isn't perfect, but IMO makes more sense.

Garrard Co. HS to Paducah Tilghman -250 miles Estimated time: 3 hours 55 minutes Estill Co. HS to Paducha Tilghman -300 miles Estimated time: 4 hours 40 minutes Bell County HS to Paducha Tilghman -350 miles Estimated time: 5 hours 40 minutes The team would have to leave no later than probably 10:00 to drive all the way to Paducah, stop and eat and then stop again a couple more times and then be there in plenty of time to get ready for the game. Then if the visiting team left at 10 your looking at getting home at 4 AM at the earliest. The estimated times given are not estimated on a bus, but a car so they are going to be much worse. Bell Co. would still have an hour more travel than Estill or Garrard Co.

The main point of Bell County's argument, though was having to go to Lou. Central or E'town (or vice versa) and then having to go to Paducah Tighlman or Fort Campbell (or vice versa). That has got to be changed if you ask me. You can't expect a school to drive 7 hours for a game.

I just think Setty is very talented and will have a big year. Also, I saw Ivey this summer and he looked very good! I hink hes going to have a big year. It will be fun to see how it shakes out!

No that takes money. Bell County can't afford that, its not a rich school district like Highlands!....lol

Bell County would not be intimidated by Highlands and IMO would give them a game. They always have in the past.