KC Sportsmom. What does KSHSAA, the governing body of Kasnas school sports, have to do with taxes--or with governing Kansas as a State. No connection. You are mixing apples and oranges. Again, go get smart on a subject before commenting on it. And Bishop ward, I have empathy for them. If there were to be exceptions--I surely agree they should qualify. In an inner city with a growing Hispanic population, Ward with a large Hispanic enrollment, serves a special need. With a multiplier I doubt Ward would be bumped a class--to small to start with. And yes I live in Lansing. What choices do I have that you are refering to. I am totally satisfied with where I live and with my public HS. And state championships at Lansing, maybe one in volleyball. Lansing wrestling--up and down--up the last couple of years-will be down for a few years when these kids graduate. Not all public schools are bad and need shutting down as many of you seem to advocate--in fact the vast majority of public are doing very well at what they are supposed to do. If you and Cokely had your way you would lump Shawnee Mission and Blue Valley schools in with the very hard core inner city schools. I am not jealous of private or parochial schools, but sometimes your elitist attitudes stick in the craw. And I am not just a wrestling dad. My older son played football and my youngest played soccer and wrestled. I have coached youth T ball, baseball, football, basketball, and soccer In soccer I sponsored (equipped and suited-free to several financially challanged players) managed and coached a successful competitive level team--a team that sent four players to William Jewel College in Liberty, and another four players to Kansas Community Colleges to play soccer.

Cokely. He want to cite sports history back to 1980---way before many of today's private schools existed (new comer KC area schools I know of: STA, SJA, KCC, Maranatha Academy)(do not know when out of area private schools were established--the only big private school with a sports history seems to be KMC). THe big parochial school in KC area prior to 1990 was Miege---and they have a sports history of extraordinay success. A couple of people have mentioned that both Miege and KMC were sanctioned by the KSHSAA in the 80s--what was that all about. By using sports history between 1980 and 1995--STA came in I think in about 1990 and started their sports run the best I can determine in 1992--Cokely can cite low private school state championships--a time when there were not very many private schools. Why not shorten the time period and include soccer and volleyball--sports dominated by private schools since they became KSHSAA sanctioned sports.

Did SJA recruit Ryne (Cokely). The thought never entered my mind. However, there has been a lot of speculation about Moeder. I accept Mr. Moeder's post without question. However, I have thought how did Miege got the two Releford all staters. Understand they were in public schools in KCMO. Two tuitions at Miege must be a bank account buster. Were they Catholic and offered financial assistance "based on need". If not Catholic and given financial assistance, how many deserving Catholic kids were denied financial assistance. Way too many dark spots.

Still looking for the spel chker.