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Montgomery down 32-18 at the half, comes back to win by 10.

Mercy vs. Montgomery Co.

Montgomery pulls out 3rd district win at North Laurel. Any thoughts on the game?

Montgomery Co. wins 25-7.

Start of 4th - Montgomery leads 25-7

There will be no problem with parking at Montgomery, they have plenty. Their main lot has been resurfaced and expanded. It probably has about 500 spots. During their renovation/addition they added some parking lots which added a total of about 200-250 more spots. Including one directly next to the new gymnasium which will hold minimum 50 cars and another next to their football fieldhouse which added a minimum of 100 spots. On top of that, if needed, they have a church across the street that could park at least 300 cars, and the middle school is next door with more than plenty of parking. I would say altogether they have more than 1000 spots, easily.

After all first round games: 1. Lexington Catholic 91.7 2. Montgomery County 80.1 3. Iroquois 79.7 4. Henderson County 78.7 5. Elizabethtown 78.3 6. Rose Hill Christian 77.5 7. Franklin-Simpson 76.7 8. Letcher County Central 71.2

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He could not do the Montgomery / Pendleton game as he lives in Montgomery. You brought this up up last year. Remember as you said you started this ruckus Digger. So as he deserved a Regional Final he got switched to the girls and finished up in Richmond.

I think I saw him do the 11th region girls Finals.

Seems you like to keep digging. The assigning secretaries have nothing to do with whether the officials stay in or go out for the regional tournaments. It is based on the COACHES and the regional policy board. The coaches have the biggest say in who they want in those regional games. The 10th and 11th region officials would love to go out of region. The assigning secretary for the BBA would love to send them out of region. This would make his job very simple. Send the top 12 rated officials to do the games. Job done. But as it is now, he has to be aware of scratches and who is still alive in the tournament. As has been said before Diggerbill, The 10th and 11th region policy board has said as long as they have anything to do with this decision, they will vote to keep the BBA officials in region every year as they feel this is best for all involved. Also if you were at the 10th Region Finals, you would have seen the so called official you were in question last year, doing the finals. This makes the 12th regional final he has done in a row, Whether it be the 10th or the 11th. He must be doing something right as he is well respected by the coaches as well as his fellow officials.

Did not realize cap lock was on. Kids were on earlier.

Maybe should have said East West Junior Allstars

DOES ANYONE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE KY JR GIRLS ALLSTARS..WHO IS COACHING THE TEAMS? WHERE ARE THE TRYOUTS? :cool:

Anyone know how many messer had?

2:33 left in 3rd Quarter Montgomery 61 Nicholas 15

HALF TIME Montgomery Co. 46 Nicholas Co. 13

Messer is a junior.A really nice player..Not sure about Sizemore,but I think she is also a Junior.

It appears to me that the original post did reflect that the official in question should have recused himself. It did appear that you later decided that it should have been the assigning secretary's job to take the official in question out of the game. Basically what you guys are saying is that if you want to be a high school official you should move out of your home region, not have children, friends who have children, friends, or even acquaintances because that might cloud your vision. What you might not realize is that officials are rated by the assigning secretary and by the coaches. The officials who make it to the semi-finals in the region have to be ranked in the top 10-15 in the BBA. I don't think coaches or the assigning secretary would rank an official that high if they thought for one minute that they would be biased based on where their children happen to live and attend school. Maybe the official in question should send his children out of region to school so he could officiate without ties. Furthermore, I already stated that the 10th and 11th region coaches and policy board members have attempted to go outside the region for regional tourney officials. They were not satisfied and soon decided that they preferred the BBA officials even though most of them live and have TIES to either the 10th or 11th region and sometimes both. Most, if not all coaches in the 10th and 11th regions think that the level of officiating in the BBA is superior to other surrounding regions. Actually the officials would prefer to go outside the region for tournements, but stay in at coaches and policy board members request.

First of all, obviously you watched the official much more than you did the game, because only one child sat with that official not children. Yes, he does have children that attend Mont. Co schools. Should his children become unbiased due to the fact that their father happens to be a BBA official? Is it a crime that he takes his children to a game or two a year? Maybe that was the only game he could attend with his family this year because he was not officiating for a mere $55 a night. It's a shame that fans like you don't have more to worry about than whether an official who is not officiating attends ballgames. Are they suppose to be inhuman and not attend games when their local school district is playing in the regional finals? Yes as a Mont. Co. fan, had he been officiating that game last night I and I'm sure several other people would have been disturbed. Attending a game in which he is not officiating is not against KHSAA rules as I see many officials at games including the one last night. If you had looked closer in the stands you might have spotted a few other officials who were even proud enough to wear Mont. Co. "GARB". The BBA only covers 2 regions, the 10th and 11th region, not 3 as you stated. The assigning secretary is fully aware of where each official lives. Referees have no say in where they are assigned for district and region games, or regular season games for that matter. That is decided with the help of coaches and the BBA assigning secretary. Maybe you don't know this official very well. He has been around since the late 80's officiating in the 10th and 11th region and has done several regional finals the last few years. I'm sure the assigning secretary would not have placed him in those finals year after year if there had been a question about his integrity in those games or his ability to make the calls or even where he lived. The officials stay in this region at the coaches' request. In the early 1990's officials were pulled in from other regions to call regional games if I remember correctly. The coaches were disappointed with that decision and wanted the BBA officials to stay here and call the regional games, as they are regarded as some of the best in the state.