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I'm most impressed that the official appears to have put the ball in their air enough for a couple of above-average centers to reach it at it's peak. Nice work! An great timing on the capturing the photo!

Don't know if they tried to throw 100 times( 😀 ), but I do know it was a wet night in Goshen. This was the first game in inclement weather for the Mustangs. Not making an excuse (I didn't attend the game), but I'm guessing it was a factor.

Congrats to the boat of Dade Vincent and Brock Vincent on winning the KHSAA Bass Fishing State Championship over the weekend at Kentucky Lake. They won with a two day weight of 34lbs, 11oz. The Vincent/Vincent boat continued the legacy of excellence for Muhlenberg County. MCHS has won 5 of the 10 state championships. Second place was the McCracken County boat of Camden Baker and Harley Valerius with 26lbs, 14oz. Third place was the Montgomery County boat of Joe Rothwell and Luke Maiden with 24lbs, 11oz. Fourth place was the Madison Southern boat of Clifton Scully and Riley Causey with 23lbs, 12oz. An inaugural all-female champion was also crowned. Congrats to the Montgomery County boat of Maggie Miracle and Kenleigh French with a 2-day today of 27lbs, 11oz.

My grandfather was a starting picture on those teams. He celebrated 100 years in December and can still tell you about the state championship game.

NOHS just announced that Brock Roberts will be the next head coach.

Duece, if you get the opportunity to coach, I would suggest that you find the most struggling team you can to bring your coaching talents to. It's not until you're on the receiving end of blowouts with a team that just doesn't have the Jim's and Joe's that you truly find out how you would treat other teams if you were on the giving end. You find out how classy some coaches are when they find ways to keep the score down. And then, you run into coaches just as you described you would be. I've been fortunate enough in my life to play for a very established program and to be part of a coaching staff at a school in their 2nd year of football. We didn't win a game and scored our first point in game 8. I learned more about coaching from my 3 years at the program than I did everywhere else. It was painful, no doubt, but well worth it. Oh, and the programs that are struggling are always looking for good coaches. I'm confident that your stance might soften after being on the receiving end.

North scored on the first play from scrimmage on a 73 yd TD pass and never looked back. At half North had outgained OC 233-67. For the game it was 316-137. OC's only score came on a kick return in the 4th.

I'm picking North in this one. They are playing their best ball of the year and seem to be running on all cylinders.

After a few delays, the wait didn't disappoint. North Oldham came away with a 76-63 win over South Oldham. It was a tale of 1 quarter and then 3 quarters. South came out on fire from 3. Of their first 20 points, 6 were 3's. It was a clinic. They built up a 25-12 lead at one point in the second quarter, but with a combination of North playing better defense, South missing some open shots, and North hitting the glass, South went into the half up 32-29. I don't have stats, but would like to see the breakdown of shooting percentages after the first quarter. The third quarter felt like a struggle for South from the field. And with the make-up of their team, if they aren't hitting from the field, they are going to struggle. (but when they're on, they are fun to watch) The third ended with North up, 51-42. (a 39-17 run from North's biggest deficit) The district ended in a 3-way tie. So it will come down to LIT ratings to determine district seeding.

Thanks for the schedule. Look forward to seeing the Colonels in person on 4/12.

Thanks for the update bluegrasscard. My son is playing LAX at North Oldham HS. I'm looking forward to talking up lacrosse on bluegrasspreps this spring.

Stan Steidel, from Dayton, was one of the organizers of the very first All A Classic. According to his bio from the KHSAA HOF, it's more than just basketball tourney. There are other events and competitions that coincide with it. (not sure if they still do or not). http://khsaa.org/httpdocs/hallfame/Inducted/Steidel,%20Stan.pdf

Yes. Congrats to the Tigers. I would have liked to have stayed around, but had another event to get to. Congrats to Tates Creek as well on the Div II State Championship. 2 very good lacrosse games to close out the year.

This Friday (5/18) at Trinity HS. Div II @ 6:00pm North Oldham v. Tates Creek Div I @ 8:00pm St. Xavier v. Trinity Should be a couple of very good games with 4 good teams.

The reason why the college game made the change wasn't because of the rare times that the underdog would stall, I really believe it was because of North Carolina's 4-corner offense. The offense they would run when they were winning. They would start playing for the last shot of the half a the 4-minute mark. I can only remember a few games when an "entire game" stall was employed. Most underdogs can't stall if the better team plays an active man-to-man defense. I will go on record and say that 99% of the girls high school teams in the state couldn't execute a stall technique if the better team played man-to-man defense. It's very rare for a team to have 5 ball handlers and players that can pass effective enough against an active m-to-m defense. Regardless of if I'm an HHS grad or not, I don't think we need to make any changes to girls high school basketball. The rules are fine the way they are.