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Between 20 and 25.

Definitely 14 on the roster there. I believe only 12 are on scholarships.

Huge get! This is someone Pope had to have! As I said before, if Pope landed this guy. He would have put together a good roster, even though he missed out on many of his targets. He now has a roster than I do believe can make a run. So now it truly comes down to Pope. No excuses Pope has to show he is the guy for the job this year, and while I definitely have my doubts about him being the right guy. I truly do hope he does out there and proves that he is and he and UK get back to being a top program this season!

Let’s go! Pope had to get this guy, with UK by all reports offering the most money too. If Pope would have somehow missed on this, he would have definitely been done IMO. Now though he has a good roster that I believe could make some noise this year. It truly will come down to how well he coaches.

Well a few really good names did decide to drop out of the draft, and return to UK. let's see if Mark Pope can actually close and land at least one of these guys.

This may be a topic for another thread. However, is that true that he truly left on his own terms last time? As there has been suggestions on here, and other places that may not have been the case. Which now a few of those people that may have played a role in him leaving, are now no longer there. So I wouldn't be surprised if he is at Beechwood for a few years now, and is not just a one year thing.

Coach Burnett did or is joining Ludlow's staff this year. However, with Rash being back at Beechwood now. I wouldn't be surprised if that now changes and Coach B ends up now back at Beechwood with the coaching change at Beechwood.

Alex Wilkins is that someone IMO. He is someone who can create his own shot, and even showed that when playing against Uconn last year too.

If UK ends up getting him, combined with Moreno’s return. Then Pope would have put together a good roster imo. While he may have whiffed on a lot of his targets, he still would have put together a good roster when it was all said and done.

Was the last year CovCath won the region, the same year the won State?

Walton was up early 6 to 2. Then North Oldham was up 8 to 7 game heading into the top of the 6th and North Oldham exploded for 12 runs with walks and some big timely hits to make it 20 to 7.

This will be fun, and I will have to be there for it. As the Bengals will be looking to win their third Super Bowl in a four year period in 2030, starting with winning the Super Bowl in February 2027 and 2028.

Walton Verona will have these players in the game: Michael Oldfield Shawn Sinkhorn Bryce Swanson Eli McFadden Levi Tilley Brayden Donato would have been in it, but is still recovering from a shoulder surgery.

With the addition of both St. Henry and Walton Verona to the NKFCA a year ago. St. Henry and Walton Verona are on the West Team and Scott joins the other Kenton County Schools on the East team.

That sounds like a lot of excuses, especially when considering the type of players referenced in this thread that they have. I mean I guess based off what you said maybe it would have been better for Beechwood’s state title chances if they had played Morgan County in the second round instead of Walton-Verona again, even though WV put a running clock on Morgan County in the first half of their first round game, which is why Beechwood had to play WV a second time. I think you completely missed the point of my post. As the person I quoted was bringing it on a little to heavy about how Beechwood should be number 1, and how could someone else be over them with the players they have. Which is why I brought up last year, just to try to bring it down a little bit. As Those same great players were on the team last year too, and they fell short. So it’s not completely crazy to think someone else is above them. I know I have already said that I believe Beechwood is the best team in 2A going into this year. Quite honestly I think if they had beat OC last year, they would have beat LCA in the title game. However, that is why you play the games.

The OC is still Hergott isn’t it? Which he was also the OC when Rash was there. So the offense scheme probably won’t change. The main area that may change is on defense in regards to scheme.

All the reasons you have stated is why I also think Beechwood is the favorite. With that said, all those same players were also on the team last year. I know for me I also thought Beechwood should have won it last year, but they didn't even make the title game. So with the way you are talking about them here, how did they fail last year, because how you are talking about them here, sure makes it sound like it would be impossible for them to lose, but yet they did.

He certainly has a great chance to win it. If Beechwood isn’t the favorite, then they are easily 1A imo. Their offense will put up big points. Which while the defense wasn’t bad, I do think the defense will be even better under coach Rash.

To piggyback more off this, this is the response googles AI gave. Does look like yes even coaching job do need to be posted. However, there are exceptions Beechwood was perfectly fine in the way they handled it. Here is what Google AI said: Kentucky school districts cannot bypass posting requirements simply because "they already know who they want to hire." Doing so under normal circumstances would violate KRS 160.380. However, the law provides an explicit loophole for situations exactly like this one: Kentucky School Boards Association 1. The 15-Day Posting Requirement Was Waived Under Kentucky law, a superintendent must normally submit a job vacancy to the statewide system 15 days before filling it. However, the statute states that if a vacancy needs to be filled in less than 15 days to prevent the disruption of necessary instructional or support services, the superintendent can request an immediate waiver from the Kentucky Commissioner of Education. Kentucky School Boards Association Because Coach Jay Volker's exit happened in mid-May and official summer football workouts start immediately on June 1st, a 15-day public posting and interview period would have completely disrupted the athletic program. The state grants these emergency waivers specifically to avoid leaving students without leadership. WCPO 9 Cincinnati +2 2. It Was Structured as an "Appointment" Because Beechwood used the emergency provision, the administration was legally allowed to directly appoint Noel Rash to the position rather than running a standard open-hiring process. WCPO 9 Cincinnati +1

Congrats to coach Rash!!! While it obviously wouldn’t have mattered, cause as long as Rash wanted to come back it would have been him. I’m curious how they were able to get around legally having to post the job.

Congrats Coach Riggs!!

Did coach Volker end up with a head coaching job in Cincinnati now? I wonder why the change, when it looked like at least for this year that they were going to let it play out.

That was the name I was hearing early on in the process. Good hire by Gallatin, and I believe he is someone that should stay there awhile to build it.

Injuries can happen to any team, and if injuries happen to Allen, Mahomes, Jackson, etc then their chances of AFC Championship or better are gone too. So yes not accounting possible injuries, it is good to see the Bengals talked about as one of the favorites in the AFC.

This! As you can make probably close to the same amount of money by coming back, while also getting to play a lot of minutes. Most likely if he goes to the NBA he will be getting paid, but not playing to much early on.