[honestjchsfan]

I am sorry, but I still don't understand...What does the above have to do with two schools with the same number of students not being able to compete with each other. 300 teen aged boys from here seem the same as 300 teen aged boys there. If a coach can get 50 - 75 of them to commit to the hard work it takes it should be pretty much equal. If the coach can only get 20 - 30 out it is tough, but that is not an excuse.

Lots of kids don't play because their parents can't afford to drive them back and forth to practice. It's not like the city here, players can't walk back and forth to practice. Some kids could really improve if they attended a summer Camp but their parents can't afford to send them. One of the reasons coach Matney has been able to put JC on the same field as HHS is because he has been able to get some of the poorer kids out for the team. If there was higher paying jobs in this area more kids would play. With more jobs there would be people moving into this area too. I will say this too, there has been lots of great Athletes in this area that were from a poorer family that came out for the team, they may have been better, faster, stronger than so and so but SO and SO played because there family had the "PULL". Coach Matney may run a "old time" system, but he plays the best players no matter who there family is. Playing the best players to HHS fans is common sense, playing the best players at JCHS is like finally walking on the moon.