Head scratcher.

[Guest SirJohn]

This is occuring all over the country. (Seperation of Church and State?)

 

As happenend in Tenn Kentucky's KHSAA (Kentucky High Scholl Atletic Association) today voted to seperate Private and Public Post season playoffs. The vote was 195-78 with 2 abastaining.

 

The reason given is 'no boundaries' (school line districts) for Private, read Catholic High Schools in Kentucky. Might also be the fact I think in the last 10 years Catholic High Schools have dominated the state championship. They can continue regular game match ups but in the State Championship each is expected to play their own Private or Public sytems.

 

I thought the whole idea was to get a true clear cut winner?

[Guest Weisguy]

not really the case anymore, face it high schools are recruiting kids to play sports now, its getting out of hand

[Guest SirJohn]

Buty I think then you get back into the public have certain set district boundaries. Parochial can go anywhere.

 

In my case when we lived in the West end the two top choices were St. Xavier or Flaget High. Pure and simple I went to Flaget because my parents found the tuition cheaper and most of my friends were going there. By then I caught the Flaget Brave Bug and Notre Dame bug, of course.

 

We moved across the City and about six blocks from St Xavier.Now they are Flaget's mortal enemy. My parents wanted we to enroll there. I had to argue and fight tooth and nail to keep going to Flaget.

 

This involed a 2 hour City bus ride and two transfers every schoolday in the am and then afternoon. I liked to have died waiting in the winter for busses. Regret it? No.

 

Bit of fun back then they had Teen 'Mixers" music and dancing (Dated myself ) So naturally it was like 100 St Xavier guys and a hundred Catholic girls from any of a number of High Schools. Course that didn't set well with me so every friday night a group of 4-5 of us Flaget guys, whoever had a car, would attend in our Flaget Logo jackets or what not. Took a while, at first it was like we had leporsy.

 

But I think it's loyalty driven. Asimple game between Trinty and St X gets 35,000 to 40,000 people. A Public HS lucky to draw 5,000.

[Guest SirJohn]

Recruiting? I bemoaned to Coach Dan that I lost my pipe-line to which kid will be ther next hot player in the City. This is how I learned about Brian Brohm before anyone ever heard of him. Every Lent this Grade School would have Lent fish frys. The huge real Ocean fish sandwich deal. They lost enrollment and are closing so few attended as they had McDonald's type fish.

 

However, that's where the Grade School Coaches would gater to eat, drink beer and jaw football. These Coaches would trade info as to which other Parocial school could take some kid to the next level. I presume urge the kid? That's all I ever saw done recruiting wise.