CONSOLIDATE LINCOLN COUNTY SCHOOLS

[City223]

4 minutes ago, PercyPeabody said:

I appreciate the info. I'll definitely confirm everything before moving. We just really liked the peacefulness of Park City. 

If you move in park city and live there for so many months before the season you’d be eligible at city. I just forgot how many months you have to live at the address

[tiger355]

Park city is peaceful but I will say that it is growing fast. The K-8 school there is overcrowded. A lot of that has to do with huge growth south of the state line. I would say that all of Lincoln County is peaceful. It is a little harder to find housing in the city limits but it can be done. If your children play baseball or softball in the k-8 schools in the county they all combine to make one team. That’s one benefit at city. There are opportunities for more kids to play. 

[PercyPeabody]

4 minutes ago, tiger355 said:

Park city is peaceful but I will say that it is growing fast. The K-8 school there is overcrowded. A lot of that has to do with huge growth south of the state line. I would say that all of Lincoln County is peaceful. It is a little harder to find housing in the city limits but it can be done. If your children play baseball or softball in the k-8 schools in the county they all combine to make one team. That’s one benefit at city. There are opportunities for more kids to play. 

Thanks for the explanation. I love what Fayetteville offers and with Huntsville being so close the area as a whole offers a lot in shopping, restaurants, etc. Marvin's is a huge plus in my book LOL If I was still playing I could be recruited with the fried chicken off the buffet haha

[RichyRich]

Why doesn't Lincoln County play Fayetteville in football or basketball or any sports really. Figure they'd want to start an in county rivalry.

[PercyPeabody]

1 minute ago, RichyRich said:

Why doesn't Lincoln County play Fayetteville in football or basketball or any sports really. Figure they'd want to start an in county rivalry.

From what I gather from posters here, LC wouldn't be able to compete...at least in football. I'm not sure about the other sports.

[LCAlumni4]

27 minutes ago, PercyPeabody said:

From what I gather from posters here, LC wouldn't be able to compete...at least in football. I'm not sure about the other sports.

Trust me they will put them on the schedule maybe if they see a decline in city football watch and see

[GG22]

7 hours ago, tiger355 said:

Park city is peaceful but I will say that it is growing fast. The K-8 school there is overcrowded. A lot of that has to do with huge growth south of the state line. I would say that all of Lincoln County is peaceful. It is a little harder to find housing in the city limits but it can be done. If your children play baseball or softball in the k-8 schools in the county they all combine to make one team. That’s one benefit at city. There are opportunities for more kids to play. 

As far as I know, there isn't even a middle school baseball coach at City currently. You're right about there being more opportunity, though, as any above average rec ball player could start for the middle school currently. The city youth rec baseball program has been a mess for a few years and the best athletes at City usually don't play baseball, so it's a struggle there.

There's a lot more than sports to choosing a school, but it's pretty obvious currently that City has a more successful football program and Lincoln County has a much stronger baseball program. Both have had some recent success in basketball, but City has had more and probably has the potential to reach a higher level.

[City223]

1 hour ago, PercyPeabody said:

From what I gather from posters here, LC wouldn't be able to compete...at least in football. I'm not sure about the other sports.

I think lc is waiting for this 23 class to leave

[GG22]

1 hour ago, RichyRich said:

Why doesn't Lincoln County play Fayetteville in football or basketball or any sports really. Figure they'd want to start an in county rivalry.

LCHS refused for the initial years after City started a high school, largely due to sour grapes from the old dudes who were administrators and boosters. That's starting to fade now, and there have been preseason football games the last two years, so I think within a few years they'll start playing. The kids would love it, and the gates would be useful to both sides.

[RichyRich]

16 hours ago, LCFayettevilleAlum said:

Trust me they will put them on the schedule maybe if they see a decline in city football watch and see

I know for awhile here in Mcminn county they talked about building an Athens city high school they'd likely be 2a or a small 3a , but I couldn't imagine what that would do to the talent pool of Mcminn county. Wouldn't really hurt Mcminn Central, but I know Mcminn county talent is mostly all from the city limits, that'd leave only Niota,Riceville,Calhoun, and the 2 county schools with athens  addresses as feeder for mcminn county. But I'd say athens would be alot like Fayetteville had that went through with building a city high school 5/6a talent on a small ball football team. 

[BBRaider]

FC has done nothing anyone else wouldn't do given the opportunity. They have free reign over a county of 35,000 compared to others like MC who have just over 6,000 thats not FC fault . Fortunate for FC when they re-did the classes a few years ago it was smack dab in the middle of Covid-19 with many students doing at-home learning the overall # was easily manipulated. The following cycle probably wont be so lucky!

Edited September 11, 2022 by BBRaider

[Tigers713]

Someone hopes that they can end City to have this imaginary great powerhouse team. It will never happen. My son will never play for that trash team. If you have 100 players and can’t win more than 2 games it’s not because you don’t have talent. Your players run terrible routes, poor technique and running back runs with his head straight down like a battering ram. Not to mention, diving head first into tackles. It’s Coaching. If you were winning, you all could care less about who was at city. Instead of holding County’s Admin accountable for terrible hiring, it’s easier to blame City for your demise. City started in 2013, County was down the drain well before that with all the players. You take city away and we’ll move elsewhere. We will never be at Lincoln County. Good Luck with that illusion. You all payed a retired, washed up Alabama coach 80k for 3 wins in two years at County. You’re like the Tennessee Vols of Lincoln County. 

Edited September 11, 2022 by Tigers71