[Leaping Lee]

You missed my point on Beechwood. I am saying that Beechwood, a Class 1A school, has a far more impressive recent past than does Raceland. However, even in light of that fact, Fort Thomas would not consider scheduling Beechwood as Ashland schedules Raceland. There is nothing to gain.

I agree that Ashland has somewhat of a tradition from long ago. It is in the same vein as the old tradition of Army and Navy in football and CCNY and NYU in basketball. However, those triumphs were long ago and one cannot live on the exploits of teams from, for the most part, over a half century ago.

In football, Louisville Trinity and Fort Thomas Highlands have bragging rights in regard to modern day tradition. Mayfield is building a tradition.

While it is nice to dust off the old trophies and dream of "back then", it doesn't translate into anything relevant today.

I think it's safe to say that Highlands is on a completely different level than Ashland or any other 4A school for that matter. Therefore, comparing what they do to what Ashland does is pointless. That's why using the Beechwood/Raceland analogy is also pointless.

If your goal is to point out that Highlands is better than Ashland then you will get a disagreement from only those who don't live in reality.

You discount Ashland's tradition as if it happened but only in the 60's and before. While I will concede that most of the state championships were from way back when, Ashland did win a state championship in 1990 and has consistently played into the playoffs, which in my opinion seperates them from Army, Navy, and 2 schools that no longer field teams. I guess my point is, that Ashland's tradition/history isn't nearly as insignificant as you make it out to be and not nearly as significant as others believe it to be.