[SportsKing]

Mason Co. plays 3rd grade up and every team is playing AAU on the weekends, even while they are playing middle school ball. Mason County concentrates on developing players and Coach O'hearn has a say who makes every team. Each grade level plays close to 100 games a year. This is how it is done, and I am sure Scott Co, LexCath, Holmes, and various other basketball schools do it the same way. It starts earlier than 6th grade is basically my point.

Easier to do at schools who's enrollment is 1,200 -1,500 kids and has several feeder systems. Not so easy at 1A or 2A schools with 1 or 2 small feeder systems! Too many kids play other sports at smaller schools.