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“Super classes” I would classify as a group of 5 or more kids that stayed back, that added with an already bigger class. That being said, nothing was done that was against the rules. 1A schools having 15+ kids in a class is very successful in terms of interest in football for a given class. 1A schools with 20+ in each class is pretty unheard of. That has happened now, atleast in the 15-20 kid range, several times over the last few years. Most of those classes having several (not all) 19yo seniors at graduation time. A lot of schools have taken advantage of holding back at a younger age, k-5, which flies things under the radar and doesn’t get noticed. But when it happens during, or leading into the MS years, it draws more attention. My argument still is pro-hold back though. Kids aren’t ready for the real world at 18. Let them get another year before they get thrown into the fiasco that is life in this day and age. If it benefits a football program or so be it. The transfer portal is trickling down, hold backs are the norm, let’s all move on lol

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And imo, the only way Sayre stays consistent in what they did in ‘24 is to hammer the private school ability to talk to whoever you want essentially whenever you want. Lexington has a huge crop of talent and Pennington has shown he can develop it into something very competitive.

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So if he can get kids coming in, it will change the game for them. If not, this big group of talent he had come through will be the last one for awhile.