[Gitback Coach]

I suppose technically, the two schools "consolidated," but I've always considered it more of an "absorption" since Bell County HS retained its school name. At least they did give up their old maroon-and-white colors for Lone Jack's blue/white scheme, though.

I recall a few years prior to the Lone Jack merger, Bell County also absorbed/consolidated with Henderson Settlement HS (Frakes, KY)--and in that instance, no deference was given to the small school at all. Bell's mascot, colors, all stayed the same.