[RoyHobbs]

First of all, heart, teamwork and TALENT win ballgames. Second, Cordia High School is not an independent school. It is a public school in the Knott County School system. Yes, they have some players who are not "homegrown" as you called them. Three seniors have started since 7th grade and Austin Combs, a Freshman has started since 7th grade. Unfortunately, Cordia has about 100 high school students with less than half being boys. It's hard to field a team sometimes, let alone a winning team. By the way, even large schools have found it necessary to drop down to grade school levels for players. Baseball does not have the appeal that basketball does in eastern Kentucky. I can also assure you these boy have never played varsity sports so there will not be any uproar about the eligibility.