[DollarBill]

I think there is some evidence supporting your position.

However, I think there is contra evidence too. Look at Boyle County's success of a few years back. It beat privates and Indys during that run. Can one attribute 5 straight championships to a fluke? I don't think so. It beat an Indy for a state championship in 09 also (wasn't Lone Oak an Indy?).

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For the most part agree with your post although to clarify for the record in your post that despite the funny name, Lone Oak (purple flash-classic original name) is a county school--part of the McCracken County school system along with Heath and Reidland that will consolidate into one county school next year. Also, the original poster has a fair point. There are a lot of factors that go into the equation but there is no question that the logistics/transportation issues of getting kids to school from farther away in county schools for workouts and practices as well as, to a lesser extent, farm related or job/work related responsibilities for a few students that is more of a factor for some county school students than it tends to be for most private and independent students. I attended a rural county school with a good football system and now have kids attending an independent school with a great football tradition and the close proximity of the students to the school greatly lessens the transportation/logistics issues.