[Pulp Fiction]

I respect your opinion, however........

Ask Belfry if their AAA football titles mean "less" because it wasn't an un-classed state title. Ask the schools in West Virginia, or Ohio, or Virginia, etc. if their state titles in baseball means "less".

I don't buy anyone's argument that mentions "water-down" state titles with a classified system. I think a 4 class system, with a super-regional (double elimination) and a semi-state (best of three) concluding with a Final Four state championship would be great. What the state would get, and see, is the top 16 teams ranging from small to large schools in the state tournament. This would not be "watered down", you would have the 4 best A, AA, AAA, and AAAA teams in the state. What you would NOT get is the current system:

1 or 2 small size schools vs. the large schools.

Believe it or not, I'm a Belfry fan when they are not playing JC. They are 15th region team and represent our Mountains!!!

In 2013, Scott County won 6A and Bowling Green won 5A, those were the best two teams in the entire state that season... Belfry probably wouldn't have won it that year had it not been Classed.

In 2014, Trinity won 6A, Belfry doesn't win it that year.

In 2015, Male won 6A, Belfry doesn't win it that year.

In 2016, Trinity won 6A and Bowling Green won 5A, Belfry wouldn't have won it that year either.


That's Belfry's 4-Peat... gone. Not saying Belfry wouldn't have been able to play with any team the past four seasons, but I really don't see Belfry winning their 4-Peat without football being Classed. So Belfry fans, please don't send me anymore hate mail, I promise I'm a pirate fan when you guys aren't playing JC, but any logical member of the PCN would have to (somewhat) agree with me.

This is just one of several examples across the state I could have used from different sports.



I'll say it, my beloved Johnson Central probably doesn't win our first state football title last season if football wasn't Classed. And NO.... winning a Classed state didn't take any enjoyment or prestige away..... it was incredible for our school and our community. The team had a caravan of fans following them back from Bowling Green and the road leading in to town was lined with fans showing their support. Not to mention the amount of people that showed up at the high school when the team returned home with the trophy.