[charlie22]

Very well-said! :Thumbs:

Thank you. I didn't mean to be critical of any optimistic Highlands or Boyle fans. It's human nature to get carried away about the team a fan follows, particularly teams that have had a lot of past success.

I remember after the Birds won the championships in 98,99 and 00. Some folks in Ft. Thomas thought that winning it again in 01 was going to be easy and a foregone conclusion. Lots of good players on that 01 team that were just as committed and worked just as hard on those on the prior three teams and the coaches were pretty much the same. But to think that the talent level was automatically just going to be as good wasn't logical.

Plus we are talking about teenage kids largely determining the outcome of games. In 01 Highlands destroyed CovCath in the regular season. Yet in the playoffs, CovCath beat Highlands. I have to think the mentality of teenagers played a big role in the turnaround of those two outcomes.

Both Boyle and Highlands reload this year. But what we don't know is whether they will reload to a level better than last year, or more importantly to the issue, which team will reload to a level higher than the other team does. Friday's game should be interesting and fun.

Hope both teams come out of it healthy.