Hey everybody, this is producer Harry here. Quick programming note before we get into today's

episode. For the month of September, Spinster's is going down to once a week. We are going to take

some time to recharge our batteries, take a little bit of time off, but we still have one episode a week coming out every

Tuesday for everybody. So, enjoy this episode, and we will see you next week. I love when people

spell out an MC into Mac. I'm like, that's, first of all, that's Kentucky culture.

Welcome to Spinster's, a podcast where we reminisce about our high school sports glory days.

I'm Jordan and Haley's here.

You reminisce about your high school.

I hated high school.

I do. I do.

I have to admit, I might bust out that Letterman jacket every once in a while.

It was the girl Jordan sign, you know, with the ponytail.

I loved it.

Fair enough. Today we have a story from sports reporter Robert O'Connell. You can find Robert on Twitter at Robert F. O'Connell. We love the

story he brought to us. It is about local high school hoops versus specialized prep academies and how they are existing together in the same

space, the advantages, the disadvantages of both and what it is doing for the high school

basketball economy overall. This is something I'm really passionate about because as long as I can

remember my Aunt Kathy, my favorite person in the world, has been updating

me on Ballard High School Basketball, which is a high school here, a public high school in Louisville.

She taught there for decades.

And I remember when she met my uncle, she said, I'm not moving to Louisville with you because

all they care about there is high school basketball. And then she moved to Louisville with you because all they care about there

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