[kywldcat01]

Never said anything about moral victories. SV is too good and too experienced to be satisfied with moral victories. My point was that they have the cards stacked against them athletically and talent wise, but they still are a threat to anyone in this state on a given night. Championships are the only things that matter to them, though. Again, I am not saying SV is a state title contender, but they could be. We'll see what happens from here on out.

I disagree that they have the cards stacked against them athletically and talent wise. While the Newsome boys and Varney are average players compared to the top players around the state, both Hatfield and Justice have played against the best on the AAU circuit and Justice is very athletic.

Bottom line, for the team that SV has this year, there's no reason they shouldn't be playing 3 or more top 20 teams.

It's funny that you use 60 miles as an example. Have you been to eastern Kentucky lately. Sixty miles will get you just on the other side of Prestonsburg. Even the 100 mile examples will just get you somewhere on the Mountain Parkway. Mountain team are looking at 150 miles trip to get to Lexington and 225 mile trips to get to Louisville. SV made the trip to PRP in the preseason and beat Iroquois, and will probably make the trip to Richmond for the All "A". I somewhat understand your point and would like to have seen an in-state tournament in place of the FL one, but to say geography doesn't play a big part is ridiculous...

Again...I don't buy the geography excuse. Holmes travelled to the bottom tip of Western KY to play at Warren Central (211 miles from Holmes) and Marshall Co (301 miles from Holmes) in back to back week ends when they easily could've stayed at home and played nky competition.

Hazard came up here last year on a Saturday to play Holmes and Warren Central will do the same thing this year. Ballard and Mason Co travelled to EKY last year on a Sat to play Elliott Co and I'm pretty sure Mason Co may have made the trip on a week day.

Heck, North Laurel and Cumberland Co even came to NKY this past week end to play in the Lloyd Memorial Invitational.

Like I said...if Booher tried to schedule any top 10 team to come to EKY, they would. It would be very easy to set up a Saturday game. That's what a lot teams are doing these days.

Norcross, GA came up to play Scott Co on a WEEKDAY while school was still in.

Does anyone understand we're in a recession and Shelby Valley is located in EKY, the most impoverished part of the state?

What does that have to do with anything? If SV can travel to Florida to play in a tournament, why wouldn't they be able to travel 150 miles two or three times during the season? I don't know the exact figures, but I'd guess that would be cheaper than going to Florida. Also, Canfield Development usually pays for the kids to stay in Louisville for the KOB if they make the trip there from somewhere far away.

There's also close competition that SV could be playing. Fairview, Ashland, and East Carter would all be quality opponents this year.

BTW, Christian Co is travelling all the way from Western Kentucky (359 miles) to play at Shelby Valley.

I don't buy the recession or geography excuse at all. It hasn't stopped other teams from travelling to find good competition around the state.