[Hoot Gibson]

Obviously they don't have a 4A male enrollment, otherwise their request wouldn't have been denied.

The request was made because JC's enrollment dropped to 4A level after the classifactions were determined. The Golden Eagles were placed in 5A because of the timing of the classification - if a one-year enrollment had been used to classify teams, JC would be a 4A team. I believe that the other reason that JC requested the change in classification was travel time. Aside from Ashland (a one-our trip), I believe that Montgomery County is JC's closest 5A opponent. Bryan Station was also in the district at that time and Woodford County is an even longer trip from Paintsville.