[Dillon]

I'm from Johnson County and if this isn't the "pot calling the kettle black", I don't know what is. It's almost common law to hold your kid back in this county and you know it. If a kid turns 14 in the 7th or 15 in the 8th as long as he does it after August 1st...it doesn't matter. My son is a SR at Paintsville this year and he along with pretty much every male in his class and along with all his male friends at JCHS are "Holdbacks".

The same thing happened to JC today that happened to Paintsville. They just ran into a better team. Hats off to JC for even making it to the Championship game and hats off to S. Pulaski for their Championship! The furtue is bright at BOTH our schools!

I'm just wondering exactly how this has helped the high school team? I could be wrong but I don't recall any of these teams winning or playing in state championship games. So where is the so called development from holding back so many. Do they all of a sudden stop developing or is it a case of playing with your own age and realizing you're not as good as u think. Personally, and I'll be completely honest, I'm 100% against holding kids back to dominate a sport. No benefits to the kid or school. Check and see how many of these high schools play in the state tourney!