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Example #1 - Shelby Valley see herehttp://www.bluegrassrivals.com/forum/sho...post486776


I am a Belfry fan 100%, but am impressed with the run that Shelby Valley has made in the bast 7-8 years. Its a run in the 15th only surpassed by Paintsville and their Sweet 16 Title.

I also don't want you to think that holdbacks are the only reason Shelby Valley is winning like they are. It takes talent and coaching to pull of something like they have BUT the maturity of these kids because of being a year more mature helps tremendously.

To be honest though, unless the holdback rule is changed in Pike County it will be a long, long, long, time before a region title is won from Pike County after this Soph. class is gone. Why? Kids from Pike County are going against kids from Johnson, Floyd, and Martin county at the middle school level that are 1 sometime 2 years older than they are. Currently at Belfry we have kids who are 11-12 years old in 7th grade playing against kids who are 13-14 in the same grade. If they play 8th grade you are looking at a possible 4 year age difference.

I don't fault the parents of those kids one bit, in fact I applaud them for wanting to keep their child at home one more year and giving them an extra year of maturity before going to college. Parents complain its not fair, but yeah, it is.

That current rule in Pike County is only hurting the future of programs like SV, PC, Belfry, and ER and needs to be done away with.


Shelby Valley is example #1 of why it is a GOOD thing to hold your child back for maturity reasons.

If you need others -

Elliot County currently

Belfry of the early 90's

Paintsville.

I encourage you contact whomever you should to get the rule changed.