[Backwoods]

Ive never understood why these keep this thing goin....

dont get me wrong, its a nice honor for the kids, and a quick way to get noticed, but im not sure what its for at this point.

I think you just said it Runitupthegut,it's a nice way for teams and kids to be recognized for their reular season accomplishment's. Only a very few will recieve anything from the All State honors. Although the SEKC isn't what it used to be when Rockcastle Co.,Laurel Co. and Whitley Co. were in it and there were only 4 classes instead of 6. The individual awards don't seem to mean as much being broken into 2 seperate divisions. Back in the 80's it was a pretty nice accomplishment to win the SEKC or be voted Player of the Year or Lineman of the Year when the honor was for the entire group of school's. Especially for the smaller school's. Some of the school's this year had as many as 12 player's recognized. Back in the day the winner of the SEKC might only have like 4 first teamer's and 3 second teamer's and maybe one of the player's of the year. But like everything else nowaday's it kind of watered down.