Published: May 16, 2008 11:14 am            

No changes with KHSAA football realignment

The Way It Is

A new week means another week of rambling from myself.

There isn’t a lot to ramble about, but that doesn’t mean I don’t have anything to say.

• 2009/10 KHSAA football alignment

Nothing much has changed for our local teams with the upcoming football alignment in 2009 and 2010.

Lynn Camp, Williamsburg, Campbellsville and Clinton Counties will participate in the Class 1A, District 6; Corbin, Knott Central, Leslie County and Middlesboro make up the Class 2A, District 8; Bell County, Knox Central, Madison Southern, McCreary Central and Rockcastle County will play in Class 4A, District 7, while Lincoln County, Mercer County, Pulaski County, South Laurel and Southwestern make up Class 5A, District 7.

Clay County, Harlan County, Letcher Central, North Laurel, Perry Central and Whitley County will make up Class 5A’s District 8.

The board approved the football committee’s recommendation to maintain the previously approved alignment for 2007 and 2008 along with some minor modifications on a case-by-case basis with regard to a great variance in travel and geography and changes in enrollment figures.

“The board chose to move forward by tweaking the current alignment and make minor adjustments rather than starting over and aligning top to bottom or using other variable,” KHSAA Assistant Commissioner Julian Tackett said. “With only one year into a new playoff system, there really wasn’t enough data to make major revisions.”

What’s my thought?

I’m still confused on why North Laurel, South Laurel, Whitley County and Clay County couldn’t be in a district.

But what do I know?

• Upcoming district and region tournaments

For all of you local high school baseball and softball fans, I’m going to list the playing times of all first round games in the 49th, 50th and 51st District Tournaments.

It’s not a guarantee these games will be played, though.

The weather forecast for next week shows lots of rain coming through, so we’ll see.

I do know the 13th Region softball and baseball tournament’s first round games will all be played on Memorial Day at North Laurel High School.

So here we go:

49th District Baseball Tournament May 19, 2008 at Jackson County High School

Clay County vs. North Laurel 5:30 p.m.

Red Bird vs. Jackson County 8 p.m.

May 20, 2008

Championship game 6 p.m.

49th District Softball Tournament May 19, 2008 at Jackson County High School

Clay County vs. Jackson County 5:30 p.m.

May 20, 2008

Championship Game

North Laurel vs. winner of Clay County/Jackson County 6 p.m.

50th District Baseball Tournament May 19, 2008 at South Laurel High School

South Laurel vs. Williamsburg 5:30 p.m.

Whitley County vs. Corbin 8 p.m.

May 20, 2008

Championship game 6 p.m.

50th District Softball Tournament at South Laurel High School May 20, 2008

Corbin vs. Whitley County 6 p.m.

South Laurel vs. Williamsburg 7:30 p.m.

May 22, 2008

Championship game 7 p.m.

51st District Baseball Tournament May 19, 2008 at Knox Central High School

Knox Central vs. Pineville 5 p.m.

Lynn Camp vs. Barbourville 7:30 p.m.

May 20, 2008

Championship game 6 p.m.

51st District Softball Tournament May 19, 2008 at Union College

Pineville vs. Lynn Camp 4:30 p.m.

Barbourville vs. Knox Central 6:30 p.m.

May 21, 2008

Championship game, 3:30 p.m.

        

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