[Salimander]

I knew it was bad, but I didn't know how bad. A glance at Pike Central's roster on khsaa.org shows six 6th graders and six or seven 7th graders. All but two of them are from Mullins. Did Mullins win the 6th and 7th grade Pike Co. tournaments this year? What is going on at Pike Central and Mullins? One 8th grader by the way.

Unbiased people with no ax to grind can watch the feeder programs over the last years and see that the problem is the degree of emphasis of basketball. Seeing how Mullins girls have destroyed Johns Creek and Kimper the last three years (and even Kimper has beaten Johns Creek) it seems that what's going on is a lot more emphasis on basketball at Mullins than at Johns Creek. Kimper even seems more focused on building basketball than JC. As far as whining about young players...we haven't seen and will not see any 6th graders play JV or Varsity at PC this year. Yet those 6th grade girls are on the roster so they can practice and watch most every day to get better even though they have no chance to play JV or Varsity this year. So does it really seem right to bad mouth those girls for giving up a lot of time to PRACTICE to improve? Maybe if the 8th grade girls at all three feeders worked that hard at their game you wouldn't be so bitter and your ax wouldn't be so sharp!