[BlackcatAlum]

Prestonsburg boys basketball team has underachieved many times, I don't think anyone can doubt that.

The school has some very good basketball players that don't even play basketball. You can go in the gym during school and see some very skilled boys, but they've never played organized basketball and the coaches don't recruit them onto the team like they should. This hasn't always been the case, but over the past 3 years, it has been. There's no reason for Joseph Jamerson to not be playing basketball. He's one of the most athletic kids that have walked through Prestonsburg's hallways in many years. Same went with Steven Patrick, as he didn't get to play until his senior year and now he plays college basketball at ALC. I don't know what Jackie Day was thinking when he was running the basketball program during Steven's first 3 years. He could've become one of the better basketball players in Pburg history if he had gotten to play earlier in his career.

I think the administration needs to go out and get someone who wants that program to succeed and get some actual kids that are talented basketball players on the court. We can't have 4 or 5 decent players and put them on the same team with 5 or 6 kids that are on the team just because of their parents.