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One of the top four will have their season end in Round 2. Manual-St. X game is huge for both as the loser will be relegated to a 2nd round trip to Trinity. Without the #1 seed, South Warren's path will be much different than 2025. Third round almost certain to be Trinity or Manual....unless X beats Manual in October. A possible Final Four: FD, Manual, Madison Central, Trinity.....If T is a 4-seed of that group, you would be cursed to be #1. I guess that means that Manual would actually have to win a 2nd round game. With down years at Male, X, and Ryle, the top of 6A is not overly populated.

Veer.

FTH T Scott Co X Apollo 34

The clear "fault-line" with the RPI lies in the calculation of out-of-state opponents. This should be the next KHSAA step- Partner with CalPreps to do calculations for major sports. Have a contract with CalPreps, let the KHSAA get a cut for every subscription sold to a KY address. KHSAA makes $ and gets a better rating system.

The only reason the '24 game was not a running clock is because BG took their foot off the gas and quit running Bailey. St. X blowout predictions on this board are simply 'Rat Poison" for the Tigers. 10 days ago the Purples beat Male. They had a bad night, they did not forget how to play.

I'm trying to figure out the water tower.

Roll some carpet on your driveway and go dive into it! That pretty much defines it.

Deuce has been incredible when the pressure moments require execution. Winners win.... The other Final Four hoops teams at BG have had other 2 sport stars as well. 2014- Nacarius Fant scored 30+ vs Cov Cath in the state tourney, was a 3-time FB state champion, and Mr. Football. 2017- Deangleo Wilson, starting point guard on state championship team, 3-time state champion in FB, went on to be an FCS All-American WR at Austin Peay.

SW TD drives of 83 and 96 before BG takes an offensive snap. Dragon Fire is right...what a weird start to a game.

End of 1- SW has outgained BG 146-0 and trail, 14-7. Statistics can certainly lie.

You tell 'em Coach Glaser!

The X-Ryle series will not continue in 2025.

Leaders create a culture. Culture drives behavior. Behavior produces results. The ceiling of those results can be associated with the athletic and coaching talent associated with a program. My assumption would be that your experience at a "Powerhouse" program was one that experienced failure in some part of the performance pathway described above. The construction of relationships is at the core of team performance. If built properly, the outside factors that created your negative experience will be minimized. There is no demographic group that can not benefit from an experience that builds core values and trust in relationships. Striving to reach those high standards will impact rich/poor, entitled/needy, championship program/struggling programs. If a program fails to invest into producing leaders and culture, you can only hope that those great kids walk through your doors every year. My decades of involvement in high school athletics tell me that happens infrequently. I agree with your conclusion that winning is not the ultimate reward in coaching. While the goals of every program differ in wins/losses, every leader should hope to meet the personal challenges that individuals carry with them as they enter a locker room on a daily basis. Those exist in every locker room, they just might be packaged a bit differently.

Historically, Franklin-Simpson belongs on this list.

Surprisingly poor clock management by FD in the last two minutes of the half.