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The bolded is the only part that is not accurate. WC played one game over the limit due to a miscalculation of how regular season tournament games counted toward the total number of games allowed to be played. Was a shame for all involved. A question. Who compared the LCA situation to what happened to WC?

Congrats to Ryan!!!

AWESOME!!! I'll have to check it out!

You are correct that the lines at the Newport facility were built in to the original design. If I am not mistaken, the yard line hash marks and the sideline yard marks are "painted" on the football field at HHS (someone will have to verify that, I know it was done that way in the past, may have been recently changed). Not sure I would consider that tacky??? Unless the paint is still wet... ;-)

NDA has played some of their "home" matches there. It has also been used as a somewhat "neutral" post season site.

You are correct (although I am sure you meant can't instead of can), you can paint over top of the existing field (new lines do NOT have to be recut, water based paint is used all the time on these fields). I agree there are many issues involved here, but you are not bringing many of them up (and if you choose to NOT to do so for whatever reason, I am fine with that too, but the reasons you are bringing up have been found to be false).

Nice. Easily get a soccer field to 110 by 55 there (with an extra couple of yards to spare each side).

You are not listening... The MINIMUM dimensions of a soccer field are 50 yards wide by 100 yards in length.

:thumb: There are numerous issues involved, but the two above seem a little out of bounds (no pun intended).

A couple of points. NDA, arguably one of the best teams in the state of Kentucky has not had their own practice field or game field since the inception of their program. Hasn't stopped them... Point two. A football field IS big enough to play soccer on. Regulations state that a soccer field must be at least 100 yards long and at least 50 yards wide. While a wider field is preferred, a football field will work.

CONGRATS TO CLAY!!!

:mad: Didn't get to the game tonight!!! AWESOME win for the BIRDS!!! Congrats girls!!!

Plenty of teeth in bylaw 33 under the suspension section. All of which can be applied to violations of bylaw 10. http://www.khsaa.org/handbook/bylaws/bylaw33.pdf http://www.khsaa.org/handbook/bylaws/bylaw10.pdf

How many elementary school kids in the Beechwood area are currently playing club/rec soccer and club/rec volleyball? I do not know of many that do both volleyball and soccer. I do know that the biggest club soccer team in NKY, not to mention those across the river or rec, fields 4 or 5 teams each of 6th, 7th, and 8th grade kids. I wonder how many of those kids attend elementary school in the Beechwood area and would attend Beechwood High School if they had a soccer team? Not sure of those numbers. I agree if that number is zero then adding soccer is a tougher sell, but still possible as I do not think there is too much crossover in students playing both volleyball and soccer. If that number is 10 or more, adding soccer would have little to no impact on volleyball.

:thumb: Fair enough. I agree that it would be more than the 20 as previously noted. Probably only need 20 for a varsity roster, but really more like 35 to 40 for varsity and junior varsity. I have zero connection to Beechwood, but can you help me out Beechwood fan? Are there girls who attend the elementary school that do not go to Beechwood high school and wind up at the other surrounding schools because of the lack of soccer as a choice? My guess would be yes, but not sure. If it can be done at the other schools I mentioned, why can Beechwood not have a competitive volleyball and soccer team?

The reason most of the parents are elementary parents is that because Beechwood does not offer soccer, they are sending their kids to the surrounding schools that do offer soccer (for sure not the primary reason to send your kid to a school, but no doubt it is a factor). IMO if Beechwood offered girls soccer, its girls enrollment would increase and not dillute the pool as you suggest. The other examples provided also show that it can and has been done at similar sized schools.

I am not sure it will... There are some very similar sized schools (granted slightly larger than Beechwood) i.e. NCC, BB, Covington Holy Cross, and St. Henry that have very competitive girls soccer programs as well as volleyball. With as many girls that play soccer in the Fort Mitchell, Park Hills, and Covington area, Beechwood might attract some of these girls if the school offered soccer. Instead those girls now choose to attend the many private schools around Beechwood that do offer soccer. So instead of diluting the pool of girls, it may actually increase.

Good for them. I do not think it will detract from football either. You can be strong in both, even at a smaller school.

Amazing story and my heart goes out to the Sorrell family during their time of loss.

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It is a verbal commitment at this time. Congratulations to Leslie!!!

The well oiled machine marches on!!! Gotta love it!

CONGRATULATIONS BIRDS!!!

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