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Allegany should’ve opted out

I set a new PR at the concession stand tonight. Year in and year out, I continue to raise the bar, especially late in the season. Continuing this eating tradition is a heavy burden on my finances and health. But I'm willing to push boundaries in the spirit of tradition. Someone has to. You can't stop me. You can only hope to contain me.

Allegany should’ve opted out

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.
But Allegany is now a girls softball team school. Football has been replaced........

Allegany should’ve opted out

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.

FH appeal question.

FHHSAHS hit the nail on the head. A kid could do nothing all marking period and still play until the grades came out. Since the Board gave the initial nod so that he could play, it would be nice to know the date as to when they realized the error and notified the school. That to me would make sense. Maybe that would help with the appeal.

You know a few years ago Mountain Ridge had a female athlete who was residing in Ridgeley. She drove to school every day in a vehicle with WV tags. She used another address, and she was in fact questioned about where she lived, but no one knocked on any doors. I wonder why they went out investigating this time. Anyway, FH will travel for the playoffs. It's nothing but a thing, and, if anything, it may make them a little more chippy than usual.

In the last week, the anonymous person has not been identified. You know that I feel that it came from across the river. Several on here stated that they had no reason to do so. Now I'm asking, when was the last time that Frankfort has won an Area Championship? This year, Frankfort has the chance to win a State Title but is still playing in the shadows of Fort Hill. I'm telling you that it is eating them up. Remember, that this is the program that listed a bunch of kids that, as far as they were concerned, should have been at Frankfort. The list was insane, but the funniest names were the three Robinett brothers. So much for my little rant, I could go on, but I won't.

FH / Ridge Freshman

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.
Todd - How many local teams field a freshman team?

I wasn't even aware that Mountain Ridge did until it popped up on NFHS.

FH appeal question.

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.
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?

Also, how well do we verify out of district/state students not involved in school sports? Shouldn't this be looked at, as well?
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