[Diogenes]

If Belfry was in the same class as Highlands then both schools would have comparatable enrollment numbers. You give me Highlands with 3A numbers or Belfry with 4A numbers the past few years and I will give Belfry a chance. BHS is 2-1 against Highlands since 1979 and on that fateful night in 1989 when Highlands won against Belfry the Pirates were the better team. Before you start spouting about the last 7 years of Highlands dominance remember in your scenario Highlands either has fewer players or Belfry has more regardless you have to adjust for enrollment numbers if you are going to make a statement like that.

For the 2013-14 season - the most recent numbers on the KHSAA web site - Belfry's numbers are 647 this season, and HHS is at 940, and that's by far the biggest difference in the last six years. A difference of 293 students is not a full class size apart. If you go back to the beginning of the Highlands run - I picked the 2009-10 enrollment numbers from the KHSAA web site - Belfry was 721 and Highlands at 740. If you go forward to 2011-2012, it was Belfry 767, Highlands 818. Take 2012-2013, Belfry 738, Highlands 888. If you look at the 4-year average boys enrollment - which they used to draft the current alignment - Belfry is 380.8, Highlands at 450.8, a different of 70. The difference between the largest and smallest 3A schools is 420 - 315 = 105, so Highlands is not even a class size larger than Belfry over the last four year; they barely made the cutoff for 4A this year.

I don't have to adjust those numbers. They're pretty much the same. And have been over the last seven years. Highlands in 1989 and Highlands from 2007-2014 are different animals, just like Highlands in 2015 is a different animal. Both JC and Belfry could play with this version of Highlands. Mueller's version of Highlands would have dominated both just the same.