StThomasMore

After skim reading a number of the 160 posts in this thread, I have reached the conclusion that most of the "knocks" on private schools are, in reality, good reasons to send a child to a private school. It may have been mentioned above and I may have missed it but it bears repeating. Most of those paying tuition for private schools are also paying a material amount of school taxes to the public school district in which they live. No one can question the dedication of private school parents to their children and to the private system. If the St Xs, Trinitys, CovCaths, Rose Hills, Lex Caths, et als. are ever removed from championship competition in the KHSAA, those public school trophies will be very hollow. The publics have one advantage that the privates can never have- the bottomless pit of tax dollars (local, state, and federal). Maybe the publics should just pull themselves up rather than continually trying to set the rules to accommodate lower levels of performance and dedication.

I would be very tempted to nominate former Clark County great, Linville Puckett, who played for legendary coach, Letcher Norton, and. later, for The Baron at UK. However, when Puckett played, the Cardinals were a part of the old 16th Region so I guess he doesn't count. Nonetheless, it is good to remember some of these great players from the past and also to remember the days when the 16th Region was a top notch region.