[16thregionballer]

Baller, you must have either been living under a rock for the past decade or you are the most personally offended parent of ALL-TIME from his son not getting playing time at Ashland.  This is going on in ALL sports EVERYWHERE winning is taking place across the 16th region.

FOOTBALL
Best team in the area was Raceland.  Their QB was from Russell, even saving Red Devil alumni from a burning house in his neighborhood on his way to school.  Leading receiver was from Russell.  3 of top 6 tacklers were from Symmes Valley, Ironton, and Russell.  Raceland has NEVER won a state title.  They've never even placed a kid in a D-1 college that I know of except for a kicker a couple decades ago and the big Swedish foreign exchange student that went to Marshall.  You think there aren't some behind the scenes conversations taking place to get these players there?

BOYS SOCCER
Boyd County won the region this year thanks to their leading scorer who moved from Missouri.  He even has a small brother who scored the winning goal in the region championship game.  Their dad just happened to be an assistant coach on the Boyd County soccer team.  You think dad just magically popped up on the staff without having talked to someone first after moving from Missouri?  In 2018, a player from Norway caused Boyd to win the region in soccer.

GIRLS SOCCER
East Carter won the region for the second year in a row thanks to their top player moving from Lawrence County 2 years ago.  I don't have time to do the research on the KHSAA site, but these are probably the only regions East Carter has EVER won in girls soccer.  You think that girl just enrolled there blindly without some travel ball connection or talking to some coaches first?

VOLLEYBALL
Boyd won their second region in a row thanks to their top player moving from New Jersey last year.
She's the daughter of one of the Marshall football coaches who moved to town when Doc was shown the door.  The Boyd AD coincidentally has good connections to the college since his daughter played there.  Boyd last won a volleyball region in 2003 before this girl showed up.  You think the family chose Boyd when moving to town because of their rich tradition in volleyball?

BOYS BASKETBALL
As you know, Baller, Ashland has won 4 years in a row.  Three of those years, their top player was from Elliott County.  Two of those years, they had a starter from Greenup County.  The Elliott player chose Ashland, much like the Fairland player chose Boyd for his senior season in 2018 and led them to a region title.

GIRLS BASKETBALL
The same volleyball player mentioned above played point guard for their region title winning team this season.  They would not have won without her.  This follows a decade of West Virginia Thunder AAU players, an organization to which the Boyd AD coincidentally has close ties to ever since his daughter played there, magically showing up at Boyd to help them win region titles.

BASEBALL
Boyd finally won the region title this season with no obvious recruits that I know of.  However, Russell baseball seems to currently serve as the minor league system for Boyd as they take their best players on nearly a yearly basis now.

SOFTBALL
I look at this as an individual sport like tennis, golf, archery, or wrestling since teams win this sport with literally one player, the pitcher.  Lewis County has had the pitcher the past couple of seasons so they've won.  East Carter had the pitcher before them so they won a bunch in a row.

Come on, Baller.  Some intellectual honesty is all I'm looking for here.  The ONLY difference in the Jason Mays story from these other programs and coaches is that he ran into a lunatic father who was intoxicated by a bunch of old kids he coached in middle school "obliterating" teams only to run into one of the best well-oiled machines in 16th region history that Mays had going.  It was too much for him to watch his own team get "obliterated" so he blamed Rheyce Deboard.  He even said in the call that Boyd's better with Griffin Taylor rather than Rheyce Deboard.  We saw with our own eyes how that turned out in round 1.  That comparison is about as ludicrous as whoever paid D&D Sports to compare the guy's son to OJ Mayo.  There's some ridiculous stuff going on.  Just see it for what it is, Baller.  No hands are clean in these matters.

Regioner you same the same old thing when you debate this subject of Jason Mays and the recruitment of 16th region kids. Why don’t you use some intelligence when you talk on the behalf of Mays. You again talk about everyone does it theory. That’s a criminal way of thinking. You and Look continue justify this man’s actions. That is pathetic and embarrassing honestly. You are more part of the problem then a solution. Again, for the love of God. Mays was caught red handed recruiting numerous kids. Not just one. That’s what got him fired. He probably set the program back if Khsaa hands down sanctions. Again for the record. If anyone gets caught cheating aka recruiting. Then they need to get sanctioned regardless if it’s Raceland EC BC Ashland, Russell.  It doesn’t matter who they are. You do realize Mays agreed in the audio on Deboard. Liked him at the two better. Mays tape.  Use all the subject matter not on to spin your narrative. I took me a minute but I did find the article on d&d. Again don’t lie. During a aau in Cincinnati, there hadn’t been a buzz about an 8th grader since OJ Mayo. Do more research instead of bashing other kids. Like I have always said. You are a chip of the ol Mays block.