Faith Christian at State Duals

cbal24 wrote: AA schools don't get much discussion on this board, but the lads from Faith Christian gave a good showing this year.  They may have gone 0-2, but they were competitive in many of their bouts.  They also put up more team points than other AA teams in recent memory.  Kudos to the wrestlers and coaches for representing D1 well.

Not to burst your bubble about the school district going all in, but I believe Faith Christian is a private christian school, and is located in Sellersville, upper Bucks County.  So yes, it's great that the school is supporting the sport.  But they can draw kids from "the area" and are not restricted to school district boundaries.  Which can help a program grow.  No different than PJP, St. Joes Prep, Arch Bishop Carroll, the dreaded Bethlehem Catholic, etc.  

Edited by KevinK76 - Feb 12 2019 at 1:12pm

You're not bursting my bubble. But to see the new wrestling facilities that were made for them, shows that they mean business and are looking to improve for the long haul.

Get a good coach? Check
Give him the facilities he needs? Check
Start building a tougher schedule? Check

You may question if they are all in because of the fact they have kids outside of sellersville on the team (not sure how that doesn't mean they're working to better the team).....but it certainly appears to me that they are.

Kevin
Not saying you were... just know where this thread was going on this forum. There is a loud contingent on this forum that ‘dont ‘ approve of non public schools competeting. Sorry if you took it as a shot against you.

Edited by Mctuna40 - Feb 13 2019 at 11:19pm

Foleman wrote: That legislation, even if it did pass, would be tied up in the court system for years.  Don't underestimate the power of the Catholic League lawyers.  The PIAA cant compete with St Joe Prep's money, every School in the Catholic league hates them.  You never hear any complaints about the Pub's who dominate sports-S. Columbia football, the most dominant program in the State, or Reynolds wrestling-3 straight titles.  Reading Hoops won the PIAA with 6 transfers who teamed up with Lonnie Walker, but that's OK.  The transfer rule will help, so will the multiplier with Private schools moving up in class....no way Erie Cathedral Prep should be 4A for football. Look at what a mess NJ is.  Everyone gets a trophy!  I also see some teams that have been part of the recruiting problem-Wood, Imhotep etc taking a step back due to the transfer rules.

Dodfan wrote: castelli3017 wrote: Word on the street is if this becomes a reality District 12 teams will no longer be members of the PIAA. ThePhiladelphia Catholic League for obvious reasons, of no geographic catchment area. The Philadelphia Public league will also have to go as well because the league is a mixture of neighborhood schools with catchment zones, Magnet Schools that draw from the entire city (Central, Masterman, etc...), and Charter Schools.  If this happens whats the result? Does the PCL go back to National Preps? Will the PPL follow? It would be nice to be rid of the PIAA competition points and scheduling restrictions.   Why wouldn't those schools be eligible for classifications with non-public schools?

JstoneCFS wrote: I always think it's worth noting in these conversations that the vast majority of PIAA private schools do not recruit top athletes. I think that the way to go is to have clear and more strictly enforced recruiting and transfer rules.  Just sending all non-boundary schools, including those playing by the rules, into some exile division, where everyone is destined to lose to BECA, can't be the only solution.

I will say it again...

The rules the PIAA had in place in the 70-80-90’s were anti-inner city (affecting a higher percentage minority) and Anti-Catholic! The PIAA knew that Football and Basktball wold be dominated by Philly & Pittsburgh, so they limited their participation... Returning to these rules would be a travesty, a political nightmare and would never hold up in court! The fact that many Philly and Pittsburgh public schools are magnet schools... and If you look at it objectively every private school in the state is a magnet school and needs to recruit to survive!

Would you limit Berks Catholic, McDevett in Harrisburg, BSHS and even schools that are not dominate in sports... because ALL of them recruit and include students who are outside their “Boundries”? Would you pick and choose because of sports on who would be exiled? How about a parent in Eastern LanCo who chooses to send a child to BSHS because it’s better academically and their child is a very good female LAX player, would you say BSHS should turn them away or would you now not allow Football to compete in PIAA competition?

This argument being made truly effects parents and children and even though my kids go to DEHS and are “Negatively affected” by this, I always error on the side of parents and students rights! As someone who has coached in PIAA sports for many years, I’m may more interested in the individual student athlete.