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Message: [QUOTE="OGBJ20, post: 511408, member: 2792"] LM is located in a populated area in Ardmore and Harriton is located in Rosemont. This are two very different types of populations in terms of wealth and family history. Most of the children who go to LM live mostly in south Ardmore and due to the recent school redistricting the line was moved further south to help with the minority population to attend Harriton if you lived in that area. The wealthier families tend to live in the northern part of Ardmore or Rosemont and less wealthy tend to live in S. Ardmore and Wynnewood/Bala area. That seems to be where the issue lies. Harriton could never compete in hoops even when they were in the Del Val. They always complained then and continue to complain about hoops. They win in football and baseball also in other sports against LM. As I said before, LM does not recruit outside of the district and did not recruit BJ or any of the players on the team. They all live in the area(district) with there families where most of them were born and raised in ardmore. That comes from S. Ardmore being one of stops during the underground railroad where AA settled here in history. S. Ardmore has always been populated with AA since. I get a kick out this subject when asked about BJ and how he got to LM or recruitment as is if he does not have parents who are concerned with his wellbeing and maturation in life. It was big talk around the district of how LM got BJ and Dalembert and others. LM has always been predominantly caucasian on the bb court in the history of the school. It is pretty equal in at this point when it comes to the team ethnic population. I think they do a great job with team chemistry in that area of ethnicity on the team. To my knowledge LM has won with both AA/Caucasian, Wealthy/Rich/Middle class players in the past. I for one believe that they will continue to have success using that chemistry and it tends to bring a sense of unity and pride to the school as a whole from an ethnicity standpoint. FOR ME, PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE. I DON'T CARE IF A PERSON WAS PLAAD IN COLOR IF HE WERE ON THE TEAM OR IN GENERAL. I JUST NEED TO KNOW IF HE WAS A GOOD PERSON (NOT AN ,JERK, ETC. AND WILLING TO BE BETTER AS A PLAYER/PERSON. AT LM, WE'RE ALL IN! As for Baskteball, their success and what school you attend is totally contingent upon on where you live and where you can afford to live in this area of the world. Both schools LM and Harriton are very high academic public schools so the education is beneficial to the student in preparation for college. Maybe it comes down to coaching to a degree? And I'll say this as well, you don't see Harriton or any other schools in the league complaining about the lack of coaching or talent on the other teams that lose representing LM. Recruiting or redistricing are never a concern then. "The same things that make you laugh, make you cry." No one in the league likes LM and that how it is. The coach does them a favor by calling off the dogs during games. If it was me as coach. I would give them something else to hate on or talk about because I would beat them by 50 or more every night. That's where I come from!! If you can't run with the big dogs than stay on the porch.;) I hope that I was able to anwer your question. [/QUOTE]

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