[blue1424]

I do not know a time in Kentucky high school history that a school was drained of their talent like Shelby County when they split the school. Whoever designed this made sure the new school was going to have a big advantage.

Actually, they didn't. The high school lines are the same as the middle school lines, which basically split the county in half. All of the athletic talent has always come from the west side of the county, which is the new schools district. The east side of the county, Shelby East Middle School, has always struggled in sports, especially girls basketball. Last year, all of the starters and most of the players (Freshman, JV, and Varsity) on the boys and girls basketball teams came from Shelby West Middle School. This year Shelby County only has a few girls who played at any level last year, so they have to play 7th and 8th graders. They do have a great coach and the girls work very hard, but the athletic talent is not there, at least not yet. It is very odd but there is a huge difference in the athletic talent from the west side to the east side of the county. All of Shelby County's great players from the past couple of years (Toni Slaughter, Charlotte Marshall, Amanda Green, Heather Axline, Raechelle Gray, Haleigh LeCompte, and Dee Dee Davis) all went to Shelby West Middle School. Even Antonita Slaughter, who went to Christian Academy, went to Shelby West before transferring.