[OrangenowBlue]

Being a private Catholic school has nothing to do with it . . . there's nothing stopping someone in Letcher County from starting a Volleyball club team made up of girls from Letcher and surrounding counties and playing year 'round. Who says you have to play 3 sports in High School? Why? Is anyone asking the girls what they want to do? Isn't it better to be great in 1 sport instead of mediocre in 3? It's real simple - if you want to get better in volleyball, you have to play club and play more than 3 months a year - if you don't want to do that, then don't complain about getting beat by girls that choose to do that. I don't know why girls that play year 'round just happen to go private Catholic schools - but it's not always the case - look at Campbell County and Ryle - 2 public schools with teams full of club players. It can be done.

Being a Catholic school must have something to do with it as they have won every state title since the beginning of the volleyball state tournament. I love how some of our sports brethren in Northern Kentucky feel like they are "all knowledgable" about every section of the state and have the answers for every problem or issue that plague other counties or areas. Club programs in Eastern Kentucky have been started in the past and can be started in the future. The problems is the distance and lack of population to maintain club programs or improve the quality. Most of the schools are smaller and depend on the same athletes to compete. You state that Campbell County and Ryle teams are full of club players. Where are these schools located? Oh yeah, in the greater Cincinnati area with a population of well over one million people. Oh yeah, they are located within a one hour drive of Dayton(Ohio), Louisville, and Lexington. Oh yeah, they reap the benefits of being in an area of where there is some top notch CATHOLIC programs.