[Blacksmith]

I really hate to sound so negative, but I coached for 35 years.  And in my experience, you can live anywhere and play anywhere as long as you know the right people or get the right people some $$$

Yea, I as involved with sports for a good while myself. I saw it and even my wife who went to a 15th region school and knew several kids on her schools team that lived way out of district and out of county(parents did not work there or anything, so no legit reasons) that played for her school...This was in the 90's and it was pretty common back then..

You do not have to live in a district to attend that school. 

Beechwood in NKY about 20% of their football team is not in the Beechwood school district. Those kids pay tuition to attend that public school because their "state" tax dollars do not follow the student to an out of district school.

There are some school districts that have closed enrollment and do not take out of district student, but that is self imposed. Until recently in Boone County Schools you had to attend the high school based on where you live, hence closed enrollment. But recently they lifted that and you can attend any high school within the county school system. That does not mean you can play for a different high school each year, you would have to have a bona fide change of address to be eligible immediately.

Thats what I mean, they never had a change of address and jumped school to school almost yearly without setting out. No change of address, no job changes, no extenuation circumstances..