Final in the 2nd Quarterfinal game at Dayton HS per the KHSAA scoreboard. The Wildcats will face Beechwood at 6pm tomorrow night at the home of the Green Devils.

This was a fun game to watch if you like offense. Both teams are young and battled to outscore each other. Tyler Bezold is a do-all for Holy Cross. He will handle the pressure, shoot the three, post up, block shots, and whatever else needs to be done. He may tend to force shots at times, but he was doing more good than bad and finished with a team high 20 points. I went expecting Ethan Snapp to put on a show and instead he quietly put up 22 points. It was nothing flashy. He did what good players do. He took his opportunities and hit his open looks and made his free throws. Holy Cross had a tail on him all night and forced Newport to beat them with someone else. Michael Turner and Paul Price stepped up huge. These guys put up 18 and 21 and played like they had an extra motor. Turner is deceptively quick and attacks the basket extremely well. Price is quick and forced several turnovers that led to buckets. Coach Snapp had his guys fired up. Newport will need to get better on defense. They gave up a lot of easy baskets, but you can definitely see this team growing. I give credit to Coach Schrand and Holy Cross for spreading the floor very well. They utilize their strengths and move the ball extremely well. Both of these teams have tremendous upside to them.

This was a fun game to watch if you like offense. Both teams are young and battled to outscore each other. Tyler Bezold is a do-all for Holy Cross. He will handle the pressure, shoot the three, post up, block shots, and whatever else needs to be done. He may tend to force shots at times, but he was doing more good than bad and finished with a team high 20 points. I went expecting Ethan Snapp to put on a show and instead he quietly put up 22 points. It was nothing flashy. He did what good players do. He took his opportunities and hit his open looks and made his free throws. Holy Cross had a tail on him all night and forced Newport to beat them with someone else. Michael Turner and Paul Price stepped up huge. These guys put up 18 and 21 and played like they had an extra motor. Turner is deceptively quick and attacks the basket extremely well. Price is quick and forced several turnovers that led to buckets. Coach Snapp had his guys fired up. Newport will need to get better on defense. They gave up a lot of easy baskets, but you can definitely see this team growing. I give credit to Coach Schrand and Holy Cross for spreading the floor very well. They utilize their strengths and move the ball extremely well. Both of these teams have tremendous upside to them.

 

Nice report!

Congrats to Newport. I was hoping Holy Cross would make a little statement in the 9th region All A but it was not meant to be.