By Lloyd N. Gardner Head Basketball Coach Fairdale HS, Louisville, Kentucky Basketball is king of the bluegrass, but not every Kentucky high school athlete pins his hopes on the round ball. In fact, many students train and excel in other sports.
Multisport participation benefits the student-athlete and the whole athletic program.
It also provides a needed balance in the lives of high school youngsters. I coach basketball at Fairdale High School in Louisville, Kentucky. Before coaching at Fairdale, I was the trainer for the Kentucky Colonels in the American Basketball Association. Fairdale has garnered three state championships in the 1990s in a state that has no divisions or classes and produces a single champion each year. Fairdale football teams have qualified for the playoffs every year for the past 20 years.