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I think they didn’t come out to play because they aren’t taught to NOT by playing in the awful grade school basketball program they have in the county each year. 4th grades playing with 8th graders. I reffed a lot of grade school county games over the years. The level of grade school ball has went down hill drastically since coaches like Rob Neace, Misty, Earl Turner, Dougie, Vernel Williams, Dena Smith, and Larry Caudill all stepped away from it.

The past 5/6 years I reffed here kids I could recall playing that could actually do average things were East Perry kids. Been a couple here and there from the other schools but just not many. I think most teams in the county play like 10/12 games a year and barely practice 1-2 days a week. Got Volleyball and Cross Country going on during gjrls Bball season. Just can’t have a good program with a county as small as Perry with all these activities going on. Most parents want the easy way out and choose sports that just require showing up a day or two a week.

And what players did she lose besides the grade school kids that went to Hazard? Aren’t most of them starting up there in softball to?