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No they could not, Combined NL SL couldn't beat Beechwood or Mayfield in 1A. Those schools currently struggle when they play smallerschools and have never ever won with any regularity.

As far as someones comment that they could make 3 dominat 3A teams, REALLY? They cant beat Bell 3A, Corbin 3A, Breathitt 3A, Rock 4A, Knox 4A, Belfry 3A, Somerset 2A or Danville 2A on a regular basis now, what makes any one think they could if they were smaller?

I am going to get blasted for this again, but I don't care: The problem is community involvement and coaching. I think it is getting better but when both have been that bad for years, it takes a long time to change.

RIUTG got it. I was saying if ALL the athletes were at the 1A school they could COMPETE. Competitive does not mean they win the title. Nobody expects Lex Cath, Boyle, or Cov Cath to win the 4A title, but they can compete for it.

I guarantee if every male in the Laurel County school system stood side by side and we looked through each one of them, we could find the athletes to field a good football team. However, they are not playing and they do not really know how. Coach Welch and coach Larkey need time, I do not care if it is them or Frank and Dean coaching, whoever is there needs time to create a good feeder system, get kids to come out, etc...

I agree that right now, they could not compete but if we went on just athletes, they have them.