[cougarmom54]

I think it is a shame that someone would just drawa check!! But I see it every day at our school. I have fought tooth and nail every year to keep boys basketball at our school.usually it ends up right before cougarama we have a coach.In the past 4 year we have had 4 different coaches,I personally asked to have our kids combined somewhere else.the whole point of these middle school teams r to be prepared for the high school level and I think we r doing these smaller schools a big disservice.They do not have the pool of kids to choose from so you end up with maybe 2 really good kids on a team.After they get there heads beat in every game they r so sick of it there is no way they r going to play with these kids at the high school level.I know that with a little coaching these kids could hang with any of the other teams in the county.But due to lack of interest u lose some really good kids. They either choose another high school or go to LCC and never play at all. these kids r so far behind everyone else they have no chance.I know that with consolidation there comes problems.But the benefits outweighs everything.I saw firsthand what the football did in middle school. I also understand that one team in basketball would prob. not work.But I think every kid should have a fair shake that wants one.Someone actually needs to take some interest in these kids There are some good athletes that go somewhere else in the county besides the 3 top schools. Consolidation is the best answer in my opinion.It will not help my child but it will be in the best interest of letcher county to do so.