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Who is in charge of this debacle anyway?? is this a fly by night operation? judging by the way the 7th grade brackets were set up it is?. I can see why nobody else joins......9 teams in the east and only four in the west. Play one game in the west and you are in the Semifinals. Lex Cath and Southern Pulaski already in the quarter finals in the east. lewis wins their confrence....Greenup comes in third in theirs yet Lewis has to go to Greenup. What was the thought process behind this bracket?

Before I comment, let me qualify a couple of things: I have no part in setting up the tournament, nor do I even know any of the people/coaches that are responsible. With that being said, your comments are way off base and totally unfair. I suggest that you read the rules and guidelines of the state association. They are located on the website under the heading "State Championship Information". http://www.digitalsports.com/article/typ...28185.aspx There are six links at the bottom of the page. If you read the attachments, everything is clearly explained.

Also, most middle schools do not have the budget or administrative support to travel to games that are 4+ hours away. This thing has to make geographical sense. Do you think that Raceland or Greenup would travel to Lone Oak (or vice versa) for a first or second round game? Whose to say that there won't be 16 teams in the west and only 4 in the east next year? Would you still feel the same way??? Let's just face reality, when money is tight, the 7th grade teams will receive less support...that is why you have less participation. Plus, a lot of the conferences in the west did not schedule accordingly as to allow their teams to participate. I know that Bowling Green will have to skip out on their conference tournament to play in the state or they will have to play 2 games in one day...which they probably could do (LOL!).