[UnderArmour24]

Shewwww what a night in Pippa Passes. First I would like to say JBS is a good school and they really do seem to have some nice kids that are enrolled there and also some that play ball. It is tough being on the losing end and especially one by this many. Teams that have experienced it know the feeling and unfortunately there have been some in the past and this is not the first time SF has been thumped and won't be the last. Going into the season we knew it was going to be a tough go and that was before Adam Slone decided to transfer and Tommy Joe Hall and Kory Henry would be lost for the season because of injuries. Certainly going out twice a week and getting beat pretty bad gets a team down to a low that is difficult for everyone involved to keep going but that is what has to be done. You can't quit and never give up then maybe and hopefully a win may somewhere be there which could help. A thing that I have found out over many years around the sport of basketball is that sometimes teams just simply are not ready to beat or even compete with some of the better teams around and that happens alot to small schools which SF falls into this category as of now. Working hard in practice does not always bring about results that we would hope for and life's hard lessons sometimes hurt. In a year or two South Floyd will be better and win more than they have in the last couple of years and hopefully the younger kids will remember how it was when the going was just about as bad as it could get and they still tried, They can give up and rollover or they can work and do the best they can each time out for the rest of the season. We still have some very good teams in front of us and Shelby Valley being one that is every bit as good or better than JBS. I personally am not mad or hold anything against anyone at JBS including the coaching staff and will simply chalk this one up and go on. We have a great bunch of kids here at SFHS this year playing and they range from an 8th grader that plays up to the senior class. The three seniors that have never been a problem and all are very good students that represent our team and community the way young adults should, I just wish the wins would have been a little more for them as I know all will be successful in what they do after basketball. Things will eventually get better at South Floyd and will no doubt go down at JBS as far as the talent they now have. It happens. I would not trade this SF team for any other and that's a fact. Come to think about it, basketball does not always teach us about how to win but rather how to handle the losses, especially one like this. Good luck to all of our schools in Eastern Kentucky and what they have representing them in these young kids that go out every day and put in the time. Even if they don't win a game or only a few, it is the best time of their lives.

Excellent Post!