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My opinion probably isn't popular & that's fine, but I think if the KHSAA just fixed the classification system there would be more parity & therefore the playoffs would be fine as is.

I think that the population of the county that the school is located needs to be factored into their classification rather than just the enrollment of the school.  I say the enrollment should still be the main classification criteria but the population of the county that the school is located in should be factored in as well as how many schools are in that county.

Its kind of just common sense, if your school is located right in the middle of a city of 100,000+ people you are going to have access to more talent than a small, rural county school in which there isn't even 10,000 people within a 30+ minute drive.  But that's just my opinion and what do I know?!

Schools like Raceland, Pikeville, Hazard, and Johnson Central are no where near being urban and they seem so do just fine.

I'm admittedly not as familiar with the eastern side of the state, but just looking at the numbers of your examples, they kind of fit the criteria of exactly what I'm talking about. These are all small schools located in some of the more populous counties of the state:
* Raceland is a single A school located in Greenup County which ranks at #30 in population with almost 36,000 people.
* Pikeville is a single A school located in a county of over 57,000 people (ranks #17 in total population) .
* Hazard is a single A school located in a county of over 28,000 people (ranks #38 in total population).

Looking at 2A - going back to 2007 - which I believe was the first year KY moved to 6 classes - 11 of the 13 state champions have come from counties that are ranked in the top 15 of the state for total population (Kenton, Pulaski, Jefferson, Campbell & Christian). The other two state champions were Mayfield from Graves County (#29 in population) and Danville from Boyle County (#33 in population). Those numbers are a far cry from other 2A schools such as: Hancock Co (#100 in population) McLean County (#101 in population) Butler County (#88 in population) Clinton County (#102) Metcalfe County (#99) Green County (#95), etc...

Also, my point isn't that these more rural schools can't have good years, of course they can. Metcalfe Co has had a great year this year. McLean & Butler Co are both 2 loss teams, so great seasons for them. But also at the end of the day, the only 2A schools anyone on these message boards is giving a realistic shot to win it all are from Kenton Co, Fayette Co, Daviess Co & Graves Co - all smaller schools in much more populous areas than the other schools I mentioned. Again, I fully admit that I am just some random guy, and I might be completely missing the mark here, but it makes sense to me & its just my opinion.