[RunItUpTheGut]

A good feeder program Bell Co. starts at the age of 5 in full paids with about 10 to 13 games a yr.

I agree, it is the reason why Bell is so strong every year. The kids play together there whole careers and maintain that bond that is hard to come by. Whitley has a problem with keeping kids in the program when they get older. I know a couple of years ago one of the elementary schools in the school district alone had almost 50 football players on its 5th and 6th grade team alone, and there are 6 elementary schools in the county, but after years of falling off, when it comes times for each year there may be only 7 or 8 seniors on a team. I believe encouraging these kids to keep playing is a big deal.

Also, at bell, i believe they start teaching the young kids the ways of a high school offense, what makes this hard at a school system like Whitley is that there are 6 elementary schools alone, but, they are competing against each other which means each school is teaching different things.