[Possum Bait]

Vogel,

I am not going to debate the populaton of the Cincy Metro area which includes several counties on both sides of the river, but I am sure the actual metro area is closer to 2 million than 1 million. Never the less, the teams in 5A district 8 probably have around 20,000 people in their school districts which cover areas similar to the greater Cinci area. A lot of kids commute 25 to 30 miles each way to school which involves a bus ride of an hour or longer each way over narrow curvy back roads.

Highlands is succussful, but most people around the state know that Highlands is one of those schools that routinely go outside the bounds of their school district to pick up key players. Percentage wise the majority of your players may live within the school district, but every year there are a few "Key" players that are not home grown. Take away the "KeY" players and Highlands becomes a good team not a dominate team.