All Play No Work

You know I was thinking Lloyd was getting better but I'm going to guess that the lack of tackling got to them tonight. Mainly because Holmes is a slippery team and if you don't tackle them it is lights out.

Thought Bellevue would play better this week than in the past weeks. Thought they would win, didn't think they would win by this much, but congrats to the Tigers.

Come to think about Dixie ain't exactly Team Consistency.

Ryle must have decided to be bi-polar again. You know when they win they look tough as nails and when they lose boy they don't mess around. Guess the OT loss is still in their head.

Great game and I think both teams needed one like this to get ready for the upcoming playoffs. Camels opened the game in "WOW" mode taking less than 3 minutes to score. Breds were missing both of their starting Senior Defensive Tackles (Keating, Wedding) in this game and it showed on the first drive as the Camels did whatever they wanted. Eventually NewCatg settled down and knotted the score at 7-7 on a 19 yard run by QB Kues. Camels then scored on a nice drive but the PAT was blocked. 13-7. Breds scored on a 56 yard TD pass Kues to Pangallo but the PAT was wide. 13-13. NCC was missing their starting soccer kicker to injury so the back-up soccer kicker was handling PATs. After the break the Camels again put together a solid drive. Studer is a hoss and Eshman throws a nice ball. Time after time they converted third downs and took a 20-13 lead. NewCath came back on a nice drive where they actually were able to run the ball for the first time all night. 20-20. Then it got freaky crazy. NewCath took over with 4:36 to go in the fourth and had a great pass out to midfield where the last Camel possible make the tackle. NCC couldn't move the ball from there though and punted. Camels get the ball with 2:57 to go and can't move it and used their time outs leaving NCC 1:32 to go on the clock. NCC drove but a huge Camel sack on second down put the Breds out of field goal range (remember no starting kicker). Breds get some back on third down and try a 32 yard field goal with 55 seconds left on fourth down. Linebacker Pabst attempted in and it hit the upright and fell away. So on to OT. Camels go first and get 2 yards in 3 plays. FG is good. 23-20. NewCath goes and gains 1 yard in 3 plays. FG is good, but Camels rough the holder and the kicker. NewCath takes the points off the board, and take the automatic first down at the 5. Before the first snap, Camels are offside. Ball moved to 2.5 yard line. QB Kues takes the snap, fakes a pass, and runs it in. 26-23

Of course they have an idea. Point is that two years ago they did not even have a practice with the starting five until after just after New Years. Still ended up winning the All-A and being region runner-up. Heck that year they played a Varsity game on the same day as the State football final and had only 1 starter and maybe a total of 7 players. Basketball in the current set-up (which could change next year) for small schools that have good football programs means plugging along until after football ends, hopefully getting it together by the All-A, then making your run in the district and region.

Is the KHSAA not the very same schools as the schools entering the All-A? The KHSAA is the high schools in KY. The schools entering the All-A are what 40% of the schools in the KHSAA. Not to mention more teams (Boys and Girls) in the All-A than what volleyball has(just Girls) playing for the state championship. How can they not have a problem with playing basketball on Sundays.....in fact they are all TRYING to be able to play on Sundays........but yet we can't play other sports on Sundays? For what reason? Too easy for fans to attend? Kids will actually be in school all week? Has anyone ever proposed moving the Track championships to Saturday/ Sunday? Why can't we have 4 football games on Saturday and 2 on Sunday? I just don't buy the religious thing preventing Sunday afternoon or Sunday evening athletic events. If it is a religious thing, then all the schools in the All-A should refuse to participate.

Kind of have to wait until football is over to even see who is on the team. Then about another month after that once they've actually practiced together to see who is going to get playing time.

I don't even know what the heck FFA is but if it is a school function how can kids be punished for it? I assume it is not like a school dance, but more like a science fair?

I'm sure all teams have players that work, and all teams have players that come from families that have more than most others. And all teams have players that come from families that have less than others. Point is they all share the same thing. Every week they challenge themselves to do the best they can for themselves and their teams. And in the end the scoreboard will say one team has more points than the other, but what it won't say is every kid that is a member of a team is fortunate to have the experienced something that will last forever. Years after the scoreboard lights are turned off for the night, the memories will still light up their minds.

You make good points and the fact is nobody knows because we have never had two weeks of non-district play at the end of the year. In theory, CC could be playing for a home game but it is kind of strange when you really don't know if winning will get you the tie-breaker. Guess its kind of like being an Ohio team and hanging on Harbin points. In theory, can't really tell if the Breds get up for the county team they haven't played in a while or old rival Beechwood more, so that is strange too. Either way looks like the weather could be a factor but even that is an unknown because does cold/wind help or hurt which team? Guess that's why they play them.

Good thing there is turf now. In the "old" days this rain would have made the field unplayable for weeks.

I know the basketball All-A is not KHSAA sponsored but I haven't noticed any backlash against playing on Sundays there. The schools know that they could be playing on Sunday and yet all still enter hoping that they do get that chance to play on Sunday. Why would volleyball (4 teams playing on Sunday) be any different than 4 basketball teams playing on Sunday? Saturday/Sunday would be better for fans and better for players (exposure to colleges, no missed classes, etc.) Why could this not happen similar to the All-A?

I think a Corbin / NewCath match-up if it happens will be a classic. One of the best balanced offenses going against one of the best defenses. Something will have to give.

I'll slightly disagree in that what will put Brossart on the way isn't being a viable alternative. That might help but that isn't the main source. The main source to getting better in football is to get the kids wearing soccer cleats to wear football cleats, to get the kids wearing a baseball cap to wear a helmet too, to get the kids running up and down the court shooting jumpers in October to be running from sideline to sideline making tackles in October. In other words, the talent is there already it just needs to add football to the mix. Sure it will hurt the other school sports, but football is it in NKY.

That 's what I said. If they (Gallatin)can stop Bellevue's running game and make Bellevue throw the ball they (Gallatin) can win. I don't think they (Gallatin) will stop the run though. And anyway the 61.6 yards per game can be a bit misleading. The teams they gave up 68 and 36 points to do not throw the ball and still racked up the points.

An attempt at the 2A standings not counting games outside of the district. I'm not sure all the district games are done but I think they are. Someone can help with the unknown, and I am not sure these are correct. NewCath 7-1 (2 wins over Beechwood, LLoyd, HC, and split 1-1 with Newport) Beechwood 6-2 (2 wins over Newport, Lloyd, HC, 2 losses to NCC) Newport 5-3 (2 wins over LLoyd, HC. 1-1 split with NCC, 0-2 against Beechwood) Lloyd and Holy Cross (not sure but either 2-6 or 1-7 or 0-8)

They played a JV schedule this year and last I heard where 2-3 with all the games being fairly close. I've heard their Frosh/Soph team split two games with Dayton but don't know how many other games they've played.

If Volleyball is going to avoid Friday nights throughout the season, then why start the State tourney on a Friday night? Because everything does revolve around football. No v-ball and no soccer for the most part on Friday nights with good reason, because those sports can draw larger crowds by playing on other nights or on Saturdays. Why not play it on Saturday and Sunday? And don't anyone say games shouldn't take place on a Sunday. Of the final four teams that would be left on Sunday probably 100% of the girls are used to playing on Sundays in club volleyball or high school tournaments. Additionally playing Friday / Saturday in a location 5 miles from the Ohio border means the majority of fans cannot travel from all over the state as easy as they might for a Saturday/Sunday tourney.

I'm not sure either because the state doesn't list the male enrollment. For Track purposes there are only 5 schools listed larger than Brossart and Beechwood is significantly behind Brossart. Which means if 1A and 2A both go to 37-38 teams they would be right on the bubble. But that is using co-ed data. Their schedule is fine for now. The district games will always be difficult.

I think Bellevue has been a little shell-shocked since the Dayton game but now is the time to re-focus and drive towards the re-match. I expect them to play better than they have in the last three weeks. Gallantin Co. has had a nice season. They've hung up some nice wins. I'm not sure they can handle the size of the Tigers up front and stop the run. If they can, and Bellevue has to throw they can win. But I think Bellevue controls the clock and the game.

I believe I read that they will play a Varsity schedule next year. I'm guessing that they will not be involved in a district until 2009 when districts/classes are re-done. I would imagine that they would be in Class 1A then.

But really (not to defend coaches) it wasn't a pretend substitution in this case. If it is 3rd and 5 at the 50 and they run the ball up the middle for no gain.......and the "punt" call comes from the sidelines......and four players run on the field and three run off .......and the wide receiver that was on the field for the 3rd down play...........starts towards the sidelines yelling at the coach for the play call.......... who's to say deception was involved? The coach could yell back, "Shut up and get out here wide and Go!!!. Like I said it works to perfection.

Is that a recent rule? I've seen Bellevue run the play described to perfection at least 3 times and they were never flagged for it. How would "deceive" be interpreted? The player was on the field for the third down play. He was near the huddle for the fourth down play. Could not the coach contend that the player in question is truly his wide-out on punt coverage and that he was simply instructing his player to "Go" down the field and stop arguing since his back was to the play?

Is there a possibility that Brossart will be placed 2A after next year? I know they are one of the largest 1A schools and by my calculations there are 43 1A schools and only 33 2A currently. That happened because there are 1A schools who chose not to compete in a district and the state playoffs. Add in Walton Verona which starts play next year and that makes 44. If any of the schools currently not playing in districts decides to compete in a district after next year that basically forces a team to get bumped to 2A. I'm guessing here but I would expect some schools that found they could not be competitive in a district in the 4 class system may find that they can in the 6 class system (mainly because you only have 3 or 4 district games) and jump back into class 1A. Of course there are other things like consolidations, new schools opening, new teams, dropped teams, etc. that will effect the total numbers of teams and thus the division of teams into classes.