The 23rd annual AHSAA summer conference is upon us this week as administrators, coaches and players converge in Montgomery for practices, games and other events across nine different sports. Eight of those sports focus on upcoming seniors, giving them an extra opportunity for exposure to college coaches and recruiters.

During the week, the rest of the sports are not allowed to hold competitions during their summer workouts which means the focus of high school sports in Alabama is on what is going on only in Montgomery. And although our focus is there, the same issue seems to arrive every year.

Caleb Turrentine is a sports writer for Tallapoosa Publishers Inc.