True blue (and gold)

I was so sorry to hear about this earlier today. Coach Osborne seemed like such a class act who always cared about his players. My condolences to his family, friends and community.

1. Male 2. Ballard 3. John Hardin 4. Collins 5. Covington Catholic 6. Madisonville-North Hopkins 7. Lexington Catholic 8. McCracken County 9. Marshall County 10. Fern Creek 11. George Rogers Clark 12. Warren Central 13. Bowling Green 14. Bourbon County 15. Lincoln County 16. Henry Clay 17. Butler 18. South Oldham 19. Ashland 20. Newport Central Catholic

1. Male 2. Ballard 3. John Hardin 4. Collins 5. Covington Catholic 6. Madisonville-North Hopkins 7. Lexington Catholic 8. McCracken County 9. Marshall County 10. Fern Creek 11. George Rogers Clark 12. Warren Central 13. Bowling Green 14. Bourbon County 15. Lincoln County 16. Henry Clay 17. Butler 18. South Oldham 19. Ashland 20. Newport Central Catholic

I never drive anywhere without it. My daily commute is 40 minutes and I keep my phone plugged in the whole time. When I get to my destination, my battery has more charge than it did when I left. When the eclipse occurred, I traveled to Kentucky Dam Village to see totality. On the way back, it rerouted us and was a total lifesaver. I’m talking HOURS shaved off our trip, as others I know got stuck in the traffic.

1. Male 2. Covington Catholic 3. Ballard 4. John Hardin 5. Collins 6. Henry Clay 7. Madisonville-North Hopkins 8. Marshall County 9. McCracken County 10. Fern Creek 11. Lexington Catholic 12. George Rogers Clark 13. Warren Central 14. Bowling Green 15. Trinity 16. Dunbar 17. Beechwood 18. Bourbon County 19. North Laurel 20. Lincoln County

1. Male 2. Covington Catholic 3. Ballard 4. John Hardin 5. Collins 6. Henry Clay 7. Madisonville-North Hopkins 8. Marshall County 9. McCracken County 10. Fern Creek 11. Lexington Catholic 12. George Rogers Clark 13. Warren Central 14. Bowling Green 15. Trinity 16. Dunbar 17. Beechwood 18. Bourbon County 19. North Laurel 20. Lincoln County

Please make sure each game gets its own thread.

I would say that attendance percentage make-up would differ from school to school, but let’s say that it is 100 students in a 500 student school. At $5 per student x 5 games, that’s $2500...or the budget of baseball or boys/girls golf and tennis. That budget just pays some of the bills. They have to fundraiser the rest. Research shows that commitment to at least one extracurricular activity greatly improves a student’s chances of graduating. In addition, the value of teamwork and competition that is learned is a major reason why I choose cross country over letting student spectators in free.

See the post above yours.

Okay. Which secondary sports do you want to cut? Particularly at small schools, they rely on gate attendance at football and boys basketball games to fund baseball, golf, tennis, etc. For about half of my teaching career, I’ve been a member of the Site Based Decision Making council at my school (two in my career). I’ve been privy to the costs, gate receipts, fundraising and other information. In many instances, it’s a worry year to year on how to balance it all. In theory, I agree that letting in students for free would be great. In practice, it wouldn’t work for most public schools.

I saw it a bit differently. I felt that South’s turnovers and bad punt were the factors that resulted in their loss. BG was able to capitalize on those (a couple of nice short fields) whereas South didn’t (got the interception but then lost it in the red zone.) Having watched a lot of South’s games this year (and this is no knock against BG), I didn’t see anything that made me feel that scheduling was an issue in this one. South had a great year and continues to improve. Coach Reed was again named district Coach of the Year and DE Luke Clark was named Player of the Year. In his time at South, Coach Reed has taken a team that, before him, went 0-10 and losing to the teams that people now accuse South of playing a weak schedule with to a team consistently making it several rounds in the playoffs.

South with an interception. Shout out to one of my Physics kiddos, Nate Garrison! Ran it back to the BG 27.

Half 14-14.

49-0 at the half.

TD was Bednarczyk.

14 all with 1:07 left.

7-7 with 8:49 in Q2.

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14-0 Trinity with around 5 minutes in Q1.

7-0 South with 6:45 left in Q1.

Yes. There is an excellent Mexican restaurant very close. It’s Gustavo’s (in Crestwood...there are three total in Oldham County).

Final.

The Bruins score. 43-7

43-0

Wow. South blocks a punt and runs it back for a TD. 36-0 South with 9:56 in Q2. Running clock.