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Pretty good analysis for the most part. I also wonder why they only have 15 or 16 on the 7th/8th grade team. The kids that did play, I commend them for having guts and heart. They were not loaded with talent by no means, but still toughed it out.
I would like to ask you a question, since you are from Letcher County. It seemed like your boys were all a head taller and just alot bigger than our kids, even at the skill positions. I hope you will be honest when I ask, how many holdbacks did you guys have on your squad? I happen to think it's fine to hold kids back and even let 6th graders play on the middle school team. But, at Pikeville, holding kids back is frowned upon by the administration and if you hold a kid back from fourth grade on, they can't play sports that year. At Pikeville, the administration doesn't even want 6th graders playing middle school football.

I will say this..if it looks frowned upon to hold kids back in this day and age at Pikeville...Then continue to keep going in the direction that you are headed because you are a head below everyone when you are now facing all kids whom are 18 and some an early 19 instead of a young 17-18. Believe it or not, that year makes ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD! You can't compete anymore without having a majority of the kids being held back in sports, ESPECIALLY IN FOOTBALL because of the physicality of the sport!