[MtnHSFootballFan]

But were those not all city schools, or what you would refer as coal camps, and were all independently governed?....I think at one time, Van Lear may have had a team as well, but at that time Van Lear was a bigger city than Paintsville. When Johnson Co. consolidated I don't think they had a team then though. I would feel save in saying too that Wheelwright, in it's heyday may have had a larger population than Prestonsburg too. Granted perhaps not all were at the location of their county seat, (I said usually) but I think you can see where I was coming from.......As an example, in Floyd Co. did Maytown, McDowell, Garrett, Martin, or Wayland have teams? In Johnson Co., did Oil Springs, Flat Gap, or Meade Memorial have teams? In Martin Co., did Inez or Warfield have teams? Did Salyersville have a team?.....etc. My example is probably not 100% perfect, but everybody should be able to get my jest. I just think that it's a pretty fair statement though to say that consolidation lead to most county schools developing programs here in the mountains. Heck, even right now, I can think of Elliot, Menifee, Lee, Owsley, and Wolfe counties that are in this area that still don't have teams.

You already lost your argument. You didn't say city schools. You described county seat schools. Edit: You said schools in cities that were the county seats.