[Lambert #1]

I've been on here for a little more than a month and I think that several people are confused when they hear the words Middle School when referring to football, I happen to be one of those people because after reading a few posts I don't think that we all do it the same when it comes to setting up feeder programs across the mountains. In Letcher County this is what it means. We field one team which we call our B-Team and that is our 5th/6th grade team. We also field (first time ever) our 7th grade team. Then you have our A-team which is our 8th grade boys. We allow 6th graders to play up on the 7th grade team if size and ability permits as well as allow 7th graders to play up for the same reasons on the 8th grade team, according to our coaches the conference they play in allows some 8th graders to play down on the 7th grade team if they are not starters or main contributers on the A-team, I do not think we are doing that currently though. Then you have our pee-wee teams in the county which are made up of our 2nd,3rd,4th graders and we currently have four of these teams.

Is this the way that everyone else in the mountain area does their programs. If not shoot out a post and let everyone know how your county organizes their football program for the youngsters. I'm sure our coaches and athletic directors would love to hear how other areas set up their programs because we here in Letcher County are not above stealing a few good ideas.