[birdman44]

I coach in the Ft. Thomas Jr Football League and I have to say its where everything starts for Highlands football. Teams have 23 kids tops and we play non starters in the 3rd quarter. Its not as macho as other jr leagues that have 40 kids sit bench for a whole year. we dont weed out players until freshman soph year, and that is from the strenuous demanding practices. a crazy amount of untapped talent is discovered and the kids learn the highlands playbook from 4th grade on. its a very smart formula. i believe cov cath modeled a jr league after it a couple of years ago. the competitive leagues basically destroy kids that are on fence with football interest and the late bloomers. we harvest the talent , not pave over it for proud dads.