[phs1986]

Another BONEHEAD move from the Pike Co. Hierarchy!! They are basically just punishing themselves by not playing Pikeville in middle school sports. There is no doubt that the best gate for any football or basketball game, not to mention volleyball & baseball games, is when the county schools play Pikeville. Pikeville has a bunch of players and a gazillion cheerleaders which means $$$$$$$$$ for the county schools....especially at tournament time. This really takes huge gates away from Johns Creek, Mullins, Virgie, Dorton, Belfry, etc.!! Pikeville will now join another league which will take a lot of interest away from the Pike Co. leagues.

I bet the people running for new Pike Co. board member spots will have a field day with this one. Pike Co. is a joke right now!!!

I can name quite a few games that drew a larger "gate" AND concession than the Pikeville games in football AND basketball. I am talking on the middle school level not the high school. Granted, the county football championship was held at ER this past year and the gate was evidently pretty decent but I honestly have no clue to the exact numbers. There was a good crowd there but IMHO the Belfry crowd outnumbered the Pikeville crowd by quite many.

Here is a suggestion... why doesn't Pikeville try to play some of the other independent schools and see how that works out for them? They will be able to play games outside of the county just like the county schools will be doing. ???????