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Talent and depth are down. Fort Thomas halted open enrollment. That is a HUGE variable in this equation. Once the elite out of district players were not allowed to attend...they went elsewhere and they are currently doing so. This isn't rocket science.

You are totally wrong on this. It is being a top academic school in the country that brings people to the school, open enrollment played little in the winning ways of HHS. This has been talked about so much people are sick of hearing it. It has been shown over and over that most kids have gone through ft Thomas school and lived in the city their whole life. Generations continue to stay and go through the school system. Do you think not having open enrollment would stop a family from finding a way to get their kid in if they wanted them to play at HHS. I know of 2 families of freshmen who rent an apartment to use as ft thomas address but live in their Alexandria home, and their kids are not athletes, they do it for the academics.