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[quote=Coach Shepherd]D1recruiter
I think this is a pretty ignorant comment. I'm guessing you are only speaking of boys basketball, because your comment is mute for all sports.
56th is very competative and win the regions very regularly in baseball and softball.
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Well I would have to agree with D1recruiter on this one! After all this is a BOYS BASKETBALL PAGE, so that is what he/she was talking about. And furthermore, to have a region as stretched out as the 14th is absolutely ridiculous. To go from Jenkins to Estill county is absurd, that is a 3 hour bus ride and totally uncalled for, and Powell to Jenkins isn't much better. For the regions sake they should definitely remove the whole 56 district, if they aren't in the 14th region in every sport that should give you some idea of how stupid it is to have them in the region in the first place. Sorry they can't compete in the region that they should be in, so they had to put in to get out of that region and get in a mountain region, again ridiculous. Estill does not belong in this region and neither does Powell county, PERIOD! Would definitely be better with teams closer to the middle of the region, like Clay and Harlan. :Clap:

The 14th is not the only region in the state that is "stretched out". Wayne County in the 12th is not exactly a hop and a jump from the Jessamine County schools. Jackson County in the 13th is a long way from the Harlan County schools. Clark County has a long drive to the Northern Kentucky schools when they play, as well as going northeast to play Mason County. Clinton County is a good distance from the schools in the western part of the 4th region. As a matter of fact, the only regions that aren't "spread out" are the 6th and 7th. I agree, it is a long way from Estill County to Jenkins, but the Engineers have to be somewhere. At one time they were in the 11th region with Bluegrass schools and were the farthest school located to the southeast of that region. Then they were in the 10th region for many years, but they also ran into distance problems in that region too, being the farthest school located in the south of the 10th region. Now they're in the 14th and they are still located a great distance from other member schools, being the farthest school located to the northeast. So, they have to be in a region, and the 14th is as good as any. Powell County, a school 20 minute drive from Irvine, has been in the 14th region over 70 years. Why all the outcry now???

As to the other point you made, you must think that basketball is the only sport in the 14th region. The 56th district has dominated the softball title since Estill came into the region in 2006, losing only two of them since then. And Estill, Powell, and Lee have won more regional titles in baseball since 2000 than any other district.

Maybe some of the 53rd and 54th schools need to join the 13th or 15th region. Maybe that would solve your problem with the 56th.
But the 56th district is in the 14th to stay. Get use to it.