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Sounds like dad is feeling more pressure than the kid. My advice is to let the kid decides what he wants to do. The weight lifting of football would be a major plus. Another question: How do you know that he is the best 8th grade PG in the Region?

Encourage him to play both. IMO, the weightlifting more than compensates for lack of court time. My experience tells me that most football weightlifting programs are much more effective than most baketball weight lifting. My son gave up football for basketball, and now kicks himself for doing it. Curious as to where the pressure is coming from to specialize?

Safety should be put first, no matter the cost.

I guess if nobody "saw" it, it didn't happen? :confused:

I've heard almost as many conspiracy theories regarding this hire as I have about JFK's assaination, but, as another poster said, it's a moot point now. Good Luck to Coach Chappell, and his SL team. I'm sure the young men are excited to have a new coach in place. With Chappell supposedly being pass-happy, is there any word on who the SL QB will be next season?

"Very good" is in the eyes of the beholder.

I'm not sure the point you're trying to make. The guys who run a 4.5 time at a combine are faster on the field than those who run a 4.8 at a combine. Some kids play faster than they can run a 40, but fast is fast no matter how you look at it.

Wright has tried to leave a few times over the years, most recently a few years ago he almost moved to Clark County. I believe he gets his pay supplemented by having a job that works more days than your average teacher.

I was advised that if the merger indeed happens, North Laurel will be playing Louisville Western in the Ft. Harrod Bowl.

This shocks me, though I do think that Lincoln is a better team than their record indicates.

I believe Williamsburg scored 3 unrearned runs in the 7th to make it a little closer. Ryan Sams picked up the win, and Senior 1st basemen Brad Mink picked up his first career HR. :dancingpa

Ryan Sams picks up the win, coming in relief of starter Sean Evans in the top of the 5th. Game was tied until the bottom of the 5th, when Sean Evans hit a bases loaded double, scoring 3 runs. Whitley threatened in the top of the 7th, scoring 2 runs on an errant NL throw. But in the end, Sams heat was too much for Whitley. Nice combination of pitching for NL: Evans with the offspeed, and Sams closing with the heat. NL wins the 7th in a row. Good Luck this weekend Jags in the Diamond Classic!

Should be a very interesting Regional Tournament this year. I see a small handfull of teams that could win it: NL, SL, Corbin, Cumberland, Middlesboro, & Whitley County.

Bell has only played 13 games, while Whitley has played 25. I'd say that has a lot to do with the difference.

IMO, the frontrunner will be Bourbon County Coach, Daniel Brown.

While in Hazard over the weekend for baseball, I was told that Chapell resigned his Head Coaching position on Thursday, and his staff was fired on Friday. This came from a couple of Perry Central parents. They said that Chapel was young & energetic, but pretty raw and inexperienced. They also said that his record would have been much better had he been able to get more kids out to play. Numbers should not be an issue for him at SL.

Broviaks's 3rd, and Maggard's 2nd. NL's hit a bunch more HR's already this season in comparison to the last few.

That was an odd play. What about the OBI player scoring from 3rd to home after time was called? NL plays Hazard, Perry Central, and Powell County this weekend.

I agree with another who said that the walk-off grand slam was a perfect ending for such an odd game. There was all sorts of odd plays in this one. As MT said, NL did get to play a lot of their younger players in this one. Good Luck to the Jags in Hazard over the weekend.

No big suprise here. AD coaching the baseball team probably has him a bit "out of the loop".

Neither team hit the ball very well, but both pitchers struggled a bit with throwing strikes (Middlesboro's especially). M'boro was able to kill big innings 2x with double plays.

Lucky break for Middlesboro. The rain came at exactly the right time.

I believe that Oneal will be SL's QB this season if Bowling goes to AL. Oneal has an excellent arm, but I don't believe he's as mobile as Bowling. IMO, SL will be fine with Oneal at QB. If it indeed happens, pretty wild, imo, that a high school qb follows his coach 350 miles away to play high school football.

I bet SL is more concerned with making it to the 13th Region tournament than winning it at this point. In baseball, ANYTHING can happen, especially in a 1 loss and out situation like the District tournament format.

I hear he is not going to play ball in college, but understand this is just what I "hear".