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I don't know why you keep comparing 8th graders to high school teams. The only way evaluate the current 8th grade teams is by this year scores and as 7th graders and looking at strength of schedule.
All teams have to have birth certificate to play in the playoffs. It looks like new middle schools rules have changed and passed you by since your coaching days.

Unless you drive around the state and see teams there is noway you can know strength of schedule and as for the rules that you can turn 15 after aug1 but the rules as to whether or not you have to sit out or play ur holdback year vary per school district and some places only hold back to give their kids a benefit in HS because a kid needs size or maturity to handle varsity football places like mayfield a kid as a freshman goes right to practice with the juniors and seniors. Some places holdback because they are not capable of playing championship football straight up so they can an advantage where you can at the middle school level and then get to HS and cant compete. If you took a good deal of the 8th graders that would still be eligible to play age wise next year ads then to Mayfields 7 th grade class a year older nobody in this area or most of the state could compete with them. Not even mighty division 1 teams. I am well aware that Pulaski county is a great middle school team and good for yall but i truly hope your arrogance and overconfidence is not a reflective of your football teams attitude cause when you start to take other teams lightly cause of recent success it can bite you on the butt. Still think LO is good enough to dethrone you this year it may or may not happen. If you think that LO isnt capable of doing that cause they got beat as 7th graders yall just keep thinking that.