[Joe Friday]

And yet Again this year all private schools in the final 4 with Mercy again in the championship game.


I really wish the khsaa would make the privates compete in their own state championship. The public schools can't compete with all these privates who go all over the country playing in volleyball tournaments every season.

You are absolutely right!

Private schools in Central and Northern Kentucky are NOT like the private schools here in Eastern Kentucky (Piarist). They have dormitories, students from all over the US are enrolled, and they start athletic programs, such as volleyball, in the primary grades (1st grade). Volleyball programs at Mercy, Sacred Heart, Assumption, Newport Catholic, etc. have no comparable programs here in Eastern Kentucky. Those high schools (private academies) could play at the small college level and win (Assumption #6 in the nation) - that's a fact of life and there isn't much we can do to change it. Let's face it, the state tournament for Eastern Kentucky teams is our regional tournaments.

We have Eastern Kentucky girls who can play and are playing at the college level (NAIA). Players in Eastern Kentucky cannot sit back and wait to be discovered. Information about them needs to be 'put out there' for college coaches to see, such as stats, game records, pictures, videos, and forums (such as Bluegrass Rivals). High School Coaches obviously have to help the players do this. They have to get their foot in the door. Basically, the players and teams have to say LOOK AT ME!