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Would it have hurt anything had they played in the kymsfa state tournament?

Hard to say....it would have added 4-5 more games per season to a 24-0 record in middles school. Their best player missed half his 8th grade season and was promptly named KHSAA All-State Honorable Mention as a freshman. I can tell you honestly that not one of those kids was concerned with that tournament before during or after middle school.

I don't think there is anything wrong with playing in the tourney if schools decide to do it. My point has always been that it has no bearing on high school football and for us was never a priority until a new coach was hired when the previous one went to coach at the high school. If we weren't in our conference and only had 9-10 regular season games before the state tourney started and/or if the tourney was sanctioned by the KHSAA then it might be different.

To win it is a great accomplishment without question but it's just not a priority at Boyle Co.