[Belfry0304]

Not trying to piss anybody off or get on to the endless holdback debate, but a lot of these Corbin middle school kids over the years have been hold backs.
Problem is, they peak too soon. Theres a big difference in being a 15 playing 13 year old, but not that much difference when your 19 and playing 17 year olds. High school catches up to them really quick. If you look at the Powers kid at Corbin, he was a two year hold back I think. When they won it in 2010 nobody could touch him. Ran over everyone. Problem is, as a 19 year old senior this year, hes almost the same size he was in 8th grade and doesn't touch the ball that much. Im not sure how many are on this middle school team, id have to ask gobigblue82, but im sure theres a few.

I don't disagree with what there doing, personally I wouldn't want to have to spend more time in school than id have to, but it doesn't bother me if one does. If this years Corbin team looked as dominant as they did in 8th grade, nobody in 3A would touch them, but time and maturity caught up to them. Nonetheless, they still have a legit shot this year, so we'll see if it pays off.

Gonna disagree with you here in a sense. Belfry had a "holdback class" that just won a state championship. I think it can be an advantage, but I think "peaking" in middle school is in part due to subpar high school coaching. That's an advantage I love about Belfry's program, if the coaches at the MS level are getting it done and sending really talented kids - they're almost all going to improve vastly under the HS staff.