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re: Louisiana High School Baseball 2017
Posted on 5/15/17 at 10:15 am to ForkEmDemons
Posted on 5/15/17 at 10:15 am to ForkEmDemons
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Class A was almost perfect before the split. Total joke now.
I still hate that OCS and Haynesville did not get to go head to head in 2014. That had the makings of a heavyweight fight in the 1A class.
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Posted on 5/15/17 at 6:18 pm to choupiquesushi
quote:you and hold backs is like IB Freeman on the Poli board with film subsidies...
bigger impact than recruiting
Bottom line every kid anywhere can play his senior year at 19 if he or she wants. It isn't an advantage for one specific school
Posted on 5/16/17 at 8:24 am to chalmetteowl
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Bottom line every kid anywhere can play his senior year at 19 if he or she wants. It isn't an advantage for one specific school
Bottom line they tried to legislate it out - now parents just do it earlier.
Having been heavily involved in prep sports for a long time - I see the difference.... Just because it's within the rules doesn't make it right. At the end of the day it is stealing opportunities from kids that are the right age...... and at as a tax payer - I don't like having to pay for the extra year of schooling for kids when it is a parental choice to improve the lie of their kid.
Posted on 5/16/17 at 12:43 pm to JJ27
Each class should play at a different location like they use to, with the smaller classes playing in Sulphur. I think 5A should play at Turchin or at Zephyr Field
Posted on 5/16/17 at 2:31 pm to choupiquesushi
quote:so that means you only disapprove of it in public school?
and at as a tax payer - I don't like having to pay for the extra year of schooling for kids when it is a parental choice to improve the life of their kid.
most kids that play a senior year at 19 aren't doing so because it was a calculated maneuver to become a stud in whatever sport. Life happens, some kids fail a year early on without ulterior motives
Posted on 5/16/17 at 2:38 pm to chalmetteowl
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o that means you only disapprove of it in public school?
most kids that play a senior year at 19 aren't doing so because it was a calculated maneuver to become a stud in whatever sport. Life happens, some kids fail a year early on without ulterior motives
no....
wrong.. Most kids do in fact do it for sports reasons... When 85% of the boys playing sports in a parish are voluntary hold backs that is far more than most....
life happens I agree with.... it's the voluntary and manipulated I don't.
Posted on 5/16/17 at 3:05 pm to choupiquesushi
I had two kids who graduated the same year and played sports. One was 19 at graduation, the other 17. The older one repeated in kindergarten due to speech and hearing issues and being dyslexic. Did it help him for sports, absolutely but that was never a factor. When you hold a kid who is doing ok in school back in 6th grade, that is an issue and it takes place across the state...public and private.
This post was edited on 5/16/17 at 3:07 pm
Posted on 5/16/17 at 3:07 pm to chalmetteowl
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most kids that play a senior year at 19 aren't doing so because it was a calculated maneuver to become a stud in whatever sport.
I personally know a family with 3 boys that is in the process of doing it. My oldest missed the September date by 3 weeks, or I would have no problem doing it.
I had no business being in college at 17 years of age.
Class of '89, but could have been class of '91.
Posted on 5/16/17 at 3:16 pm to chalmetteowl
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most kids that play a senior year at 19 aren't doing so because it was a calculated maneuver to become a stud in whatever sport. Life happens, some kids fail a year early on without ulterior motives
You're not that naive are you? Schools like WM & Curtis have been doing this for 3 decades solely because of sports
Posted on 5/16/17 at 3:37 pm to sta4ever
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Each class should play at a different location like they use to, with the smaller classes playing in Sulphur. I think 5A should play at Turchin or at Zephyr Field
Although the "poles" are definitely in the way on fields 40 and 41, I enjoyed being able to watch semifinal and final games for multiple classes. For anyone that enjoys high school baseball, having them all play in one complex is the way to go.
Posted on 5/16/17 at 3:57 pm to GRIZZ
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Although the "poles" are definitely in the way on fields 40 and 41, I enjoyed being able to watch semifinal and final games for multiple classes. For anyone that enjoys high school baseball, having them all play in one complex is the way to go.
i'd go if CHS was there... but if they went, i'd go see us play and whatever game is happening before us while waiting. what added value is it for class 5A school fans to have B, C, 1A, 3A there, etc.?
i can see why the LHSAA wants it though. it's easier to make an event out of it all in one place for logistics, as opposed to 5A in NOLA, 4A in Ruston, 3A in Crowley, 2A in BR, and 1A, B, and C in Alexandria
i wish it could be at the Box... that's where kids REALLY want to play and more centrally located than NOLA
Posted on 5/16/17 at 4:15 pm to chalmetteowl
Problems are
The venues you guys want, don't want the event
The venues you guys want, don't want the event
Posted on 5/16/17 at 4:17 pm to choupiquesushi
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The venues you guys want, don't want the event
is it that, or that the SEC, AAC, CUSA, etc. can't guarantee those teams road series that specific weekend?
Posted on 5/16/17 at 4:27 pm to chalmetteowl
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i'd go if CHS was there... but if they went, i'd go see us play and whatever game is happening before us while waiting. what added value is it for class 5A school fans to have B, C, 1A, 3A there, etc.?
I guess it all depends whether or not your a fan of baseball or just a fan of one particular school. Take last year for instance. I pull for Central Catholic, so naturally I was there to watch them play. However, I knew of several kids that LSU signed who were playing in games before and after ours, so I stuck around to see how those guys and their teams performed.
The multiple class, state tournament format affords fans like myself the opportunity to watch kids and teams that we don't normally get to see. So to answer your question, the added value for the baseball purest is to have the luxury of watching multiple games from multiple classes at one site. The added value for the LHSAA is more dollars.
Posted on 5/16/17 at 5:17 pm to Lester Earl
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You're not that naive are you? Schools like WM & Curtis have been doing this for 3 decades solely because of sports
Just wondering...why are these two always mentioned, but we never hear a word about OCS? OCS had a program specifically designed for these purposes called 8 Plus. OCS is constantly in the finals of multiple sports, yet they're never portrayed as one of the problem schools.
Posted on 5/16/17 at 5:19 pm to GRIZZ
I watched parts of 5 games Saturday and that was great. The only problem is the view was obstructed in all except one where I stood the entire game behind the dugout. Even then, there were plays in LF I couldn't see.
Posted on 5/16/17 at 6:01 pm to choupiquesushi
2 out of 3 might be "better", but there is no argument that it is not fair and balanced in determining a champion.
Actual champions would change simply by arbitrarily changing the rounds where best of 3 are played.
It must be consistent to hold any validity.
They could reduce number of playoff teams and play best of 3 to determine a true champion, but we all know what the driving force is.
Money.
I had an issue that needed attention earlier this year and was given names and numbers to LHSAA. I called 2 days straight all day and not one person out of 8 different numbers I called even had a voicemail/answering machine. No receptionist/secretary.
They are not in a hurry to help or answer any questions, I can assure you that.
Actual champions would change simply by arbitrarily changing the rounds where best of 3 are played.
It must be consistent to hold any validity.
They could reduce number of playoff teams and play best of 3 to determine a true champion, but we all know what the driving force is.
Money.
I had an issue that needed attention earlier this year and was given names and numbers to LHSAA. I called 2 days straight all day and not one person out of 8 different numbers I called even had a voicemail/answering machine. No receptionist/secretary.
They are not in a hurry to help or answer any questions, I can assure you that.
Posted on 5/20/17 at 8:12 am to wahoocs
coaching jobs now open
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EA
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Assumption
Posted on 6/3/17 at 6:08 pm to choupiquesushi
A little question... Why are Texas state championships a WHOLE MONTH after ours?
Yes. They're next week at UT and in Round Rock
I feel like we're needlessly getting gypped out of baseball here in Louisiana
Yes. They're next week at UT and in Round Rock
I feel like we're needlessly getting gypped out of baseball here in Louisiana
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