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Well written Spirit- and agree on all points.
The Highlands system is a source of inspiration to all Northern Ky youth football teams aspiring to get young men ready for High School ball.
Union has a very good program as do our folks involved with the Colonel Youth Football program which draws from local parishes in the Diocese. The class who started that program at it's grass roots level are now the Sr's at CCH- each year the number of players who were involved in the CYF returning for their subsequent year of high school ball has risen. Each year the CYF ends up either wining or playing for the NKMSFL championships at the Large (8th) & Small (7th) school divisions and I truly believe it will start to bear fruit in High School- it already has to a degree.
They had so many boys enroll this year that they ended up fielding not only a 7th & 8th grade team- but also a JV 7th & JV 8th. This assured every young man plenty of game time experience.
It absolutely starts with quality leadership & coaches who have their priorities in line. The mission is 1) Have fun and get them coming back the next year 2) Teach them the fundamentals and basics ramping them up slowly to the CCH system 3) Win along the way. That's the way I see it anyway.