[Fly Like a Duck]

I don't know how you could call either Fulton County or Fulton City a winner. They both need consolidation because both are bad. I know know Fulton County did at least make a run in the basketball All A tourney.
Tilghman dominated because McCracken was divided into small rural schools. They have made up ground after consolidation.
Graves was also bad because it was divided too much - again a place where consolidation was needed.

You can't with with the Fulton's...why I said it was really hard to even compare (or worthless to do so, whichever).

Lone Oak wasn't that small. They were a 4A school and rolling at the time of merger with Heath and Redland (who were both 2A in their own right). Since consolidation of McCracken, they have only beaten Paducah once...which, is one better than any of the other three ever did (Tilghman never lost to a McCracken school pre merger).

Consolidation with OTHER football playing schools I don't think hurts (may not make things better all the time, but I don't think it hurts). What I am trying to say that hurts is when Football playing school in the county merged with the other NON fooball playing school (s) in the county. That's when, IMO, nothing is gained and in most cases hurts...because here you are a bigger school in size, but the population/area from which you draw your football players is that of a much smaller class school (likely the town/area that only had football as is years ago).