But Allegany is now a girls softball team school. Football has been replaced........Here is the way back:
1. Administration must want a better football program
2. The community wants a better football program
3. Fire anyone involved currently
4. Make football a priority
5. Get kids involved
6. Do what FH and other successful programs do
7. Create a culture of expectations among the administration, coaches, athletes and their families
Not as hard as you think…. Being committed to these things isn’t hard. If it is hard the wrong folks are running it.
Couldn’t agree more. This is an complete embarrassment to the once proud Allegany Camper programThe charade needs to end. 15 years of straight ass kickings and there is no sign of it changing. When is it enough?
Thank you. That makes sense. I didn’t see it until recently.I believe Ridge only played 3 Freshman games. They had a JV team, then put Freshman together for 3 games. A lot of the freshman didn’t see action during the JV games
I believe Ridge only played 3 Freshman games. They had a JV team, then put Freshman together for 3 games. A lot of the freshman didn’t see action during the JV gamesTodd - How many local teams field a freshman team?
I wasn't even aware that Mountain Ridge did until it popped up on NFHS.
Todd - How many local teams field a freshman team?When FH took a head count last winter of this year's 9th and 10th graders, there were roughly 52 kids signed up. You can only play 11 at a time, which meant you would need like a 4th and 5th string. That doesn't offer much playing time for everyone if at all. Splitting into a frosh team was the only way to help get kids on the field consistently. I think they ended up with aprox 38 players combined even after moving up 10 to varsity. They took their win/loss lumps on JV but I think they got an "A" for developing players through lengthy game experience. All of their losses were one or two score games outside of maybe two of them.
The Hollidaysburg JV QB threw for over 350 yards on them. That Hollidaysburg JV team was really good offensively. The Golden Tigers are going to be solid the next few seasons.
I think all parties (BoE and school) should be responsible for reasonably (to be defined) verifying residency. This will create a backup to prevent this from falling through the cracks. And, you can't say it's going to be a massive amount of work because how many out of district/state students are there really?One last question. I didn't see in the article any corrective action to prevent repeat occurrences. What should a county high school coach do if a new student athlete shows up at their school. Suppose a family moves to area from say South Dakota. How do we fully trust said athlete is eligible.
It could fall upon any school the way things are at the moment.One last question. I didn't see in the article any corrective action to prevent repeat occurrences. What should a county high school coach do if a new student athlete shows up at their school. Suppose a family moves to area from say South Dakota. How do we fully trust said athlete is eligible.