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In regrads to feeder programs, does anyone see this as a major problem with Knoxville area schools (KIL) being competitive on a regional and state basis? You've got kids from Holston going to 3 different high schools, kids from South-Doyle middle to 3, Northwest to 3, Bearden to 2, Cedar Bluff to 3, West Valley to 2, etc. About the only MS's that all go to the same high school are Karns, Farragut, Halls, and Carter. Not surprisingly, those are 4 of your more competitive KIL schools. A-E obviously has the advantage of being a magnet school. The KIL schools that get the "split up" kids, often struggle outside of KIL. When you look at outlying, yet smaller, areas like Blount Co, OR, Clinton, Sevier Co, etc, the middle schools there feed one high school exclusively. After having coached AAU and fall league several years now and beginning to coach HS, this seems to be perhaps the #1 reason Knoxville can't compete. Kids that play together in MS (and AAU) often get split up at high school, so the talent gets significantly diluted. And, what good does it do a high school coach to work closely with a middle school coach on keeping things consistent so the transition is smooth if 2/3 of those MS kids aren't even coming their way? Obviously, this is not very likely to change. Since it's this way, I don't see much consistent regional/state action for KIL teams anytime soon despite some great players and coaches in these schools.

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