[Hound05]

I posted this in another thread.
An independent may have 200 boys that live within 5 miles of school. A county school may have 200 boys that live within 50 miles of school.
Its different probability of number of boys/parents interested in playing football.

no offense, but I'm not buying that. County school typically have more students to choose from than independent schools, because they are larger. So the proximity advantage is usually evened out by that. Look at Corbin and the surrounding schools. All 3 that surround us are larger schools. Therefor they have more numbers to choose from. I'm pretty sure we'd all like to have more of a sample of bodies to choose from than living closer to the school. If there is dedication from the students, parents, school, and coaches, travel time to practice and such should be taken care of. In fact, Corbin has reciprocal agreements with other schools such as whitley county, our kids can go there and theirs here (corbin). And, the kids make it to practice one way or another. Our RB when I was in school lived deep in whitley county, he never had issues. If anything, and on average, independent schools are typically at a disadvantage