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Jacob Hamilton from Pikeville.

Jacob Hamilton will not be an impact player this year! He is in eighth grade and is on a team full of PROVEN upper classmen. Team won 16 of last 18 last year without him and those two losses were to Lawrence County. People need to quit putting undo pressure on this young man. He has not even pitched to batters over 14 in his life. Dont ruin this young man because he will be a stud in a few years if everyone would get out of his head. He wasnt even the best player on the Jr. High team last year. My sources say Ethan Rowe was every bit as good and much more effective as a pitcher. He did not throw quite as hard but Pitched better and that is why they call them Pitchers, not Throwers on the scorecard. Let the Child develop and he will do great things, otherwise he is gonna put so much pressure on himself that he will have a hard time succeeding.

Also Pikeville administration allowing his father to help coach is not a wise move. Dads should not coach there own at the High School level, this isnt little league or is it at Pikeville?