[Bobcat_Dad]

8th grade teams at best play with and against two classes....7th graders and 8th graders. Once you enroll in high school you will play with 7 different classes, the 3 classes ahead of you and when you are a senior,the 3 classes below you and your class. Success just does not depend on your class but more so on the classes around you.That is called a program compared to a school that has a good team every 5-10 years.

Good point.

plus

1. Coaching makes a huge difference not only during the games but in the off-season as well (I remember for years teams here in Bell Co. loosing to m'boro and corbin in middle school only to kill em in High School)

2. Players leaving/quiting or moving

3. Work ethic as a team

4. Competition that a team plays