[Blacksmith]

Was told from a good source Keathley may be taking a job as an assistant Coach with a team not to far away if changes ain’t made, little birds said he is talking to 2 schools in 2 different Regions.

Not trying to sound disrespectful but once the group of juniors that’s currently at Pburg graduate, that program is going to take a HUGE step back. If I’m Keathley and Parsley, I’m bolting. Our JV team has struggled this season and outside of Keathley, no one has significant playing time on the varsity level as an underclassman. I can’t imagine someone looking to get to the next level staying put on a team that’s likely to win less than 10 games for a couple to a few years.

Getting exposure is all about playing travel ball now days so what you do for your schools team doesn’t matter. It definitely helps if you make it to Rupp and play but travel ball is where eyeballs are for colleges

One of the biggest money rackets in sports too... I know folks who spend upwards of 10K a year of travel ball. All on the promise of getting thier kid seen

Sperry from Breathitt wouldn’t be d1 if he didn’t do travel ball. Kid from Harlan County same way. For kids that are good enough travel ball is where it gets done for them.

Oh it absolutely can be, if you can afford it.. Now to be fair most of my travel balll exp is with baseball. There its not uncommon to pay to try out and so on..Anyone can just start up a team if they pay...
 I played AAU ball when I was in 8th grade and freshman year but back then it was different than travel ball is now..  If it can help a kid then thats great...
Im gonna correct myself, I think it was actually called something like Summer All Stars, not AAU