It's now running neck-and-neck with "Newport may surprise some people this year."

 

Dave's a fine coach. I just think his legend is a bit overstated.

 

Just some FYI.... since 2010 Newport has a regional title and a regional championship appearance. thats a span of 4 years. So your "Newport may surprise some people" line is weak. Get some hate for a new team. Thanks.

Happy October 15th! Hope it's a great season for all the 9th Region Teams. :dancingpa

You really need context? A few of us have been on here for several basketball seasons, so we have more than two months of posts to reference. Those lines that I included parenthetically come up every year on here. BGP had about 14 years of posts before August of 2014, so things tend to carry over season to season.

 

I'll also say a little overrated is true. It's not like St.Henry doesn't have good feeder schools to be an elite program in NKY.

You're exactly right and I was going to say the same thing.

 

Faust gets more love on BGP than almost every other coach, for reasons unbeknownst to me.

 

Faust has been at St. Henry for how long? 20 years? With 1 regional championship & a fair number of teams that weren't even competitive.

 

Always support a NewCath alum.

Just some FYI.... since 2010 Newport has a regional title and a regional championship appearance. thats a span of 4 years. So your "Newport may surprise some people" line is weak. Get some hate for a new team. Thanks.

 

You're going to need to learn your BGP history before taking shots, my friend.

 

The reference was not to Newport basketball. Since about 2003 we've been hearing annually from posters about Newport football "maybe surprising some people." You can set your calendar to the posts.

I'll also say a little overrated is true. It's not like St.Henry doesn't have good feeder schools to be an elite program in NKY.

You're not going to like hearing this, but that is exactly what I said to someone this afternoon.

You're not going to like hearing this, but that is exactly what I said to someone this afternoon.

 

It did seem familiar when I read it.

It's now running neck-and-neck with "Newport may surprise some people this year."

 

That's easily my favorite BGP Hoops line. Oddly enough, I was still surprised when they won the region several years ago.

To be clear, I think Coach Faust is a good guy & a fine coach. I have a ton of respect for anyone that is willing to coach and teach for as long as he has. He's well respected and he's obviously doing something right.

 

I just think the "Faust does more with less" line is tiresome and inaccurate.

To be clear, I think Coach Faust is a good guy & a fine coach. I have a ton of respect for anyone that is willing to coach and teach for as long as he has. He's well respected and he's obviously doing something right.

 

I just think the "Faust does more with less" line is tiresome and inaccurate.

 

"Diff'rent Strokes" for different folks, I guess. :thumb:

 

Alrighty then. I'm anxious to see some of these top 10 players in action. What kind of preseason scrimmages are out there?

Alrighty then. I'm anxious to see some of these top 10 players in action. What kind of preseason scrimmages are out there?

 

Highlands will be playing CovCath then maybe LexCath or Boyle County and then possibly Owensboro. j/k

Newcath:

Zack Pangallo, Grant Moeves, Ben Weyer, Drew McDonald

 

Covcath:

Cole VonHandorf, Bo Schuh (How good Grant Romes, Matt Schumate, Cooper Theobald, and Will Heppler play will determine how far the Colonels go)

 

Holmes:

James Bolden, Markel McClendon, Rod Avery (Don't be surprised if soph Jaiden Green starts for them...have heard he has gotten a lot more aggressive and is dunking any and everything near the rim. Nice size at 6'5-6'6....my sleeper, however, is 6'1 jr Marcus Mullins. One of the best athletes in the area. Missed a lot last year due to injury. Gives Holmes a legit deep threat)

 

Dixie:

Liam Rabe, Austin Schreck, Drew Moore (Have heard he was their best player at times when he was there this summer. Deepest team in the region with Hedger, Niehaus, Bolin, Isbel, and soph Hunter Meyer in the fold as well.)

 

Cooper:

Sean McNeil, Colin Hathorn (Jon Liechty and Dante Hendrix will both have nice years as well)

 

Boone:

Brendan Stanley (Brett Mayberry and Junior Stockwell will likely be 2nd and 3rd leading scorers)

 

Newport:

Ethan Snapp, Paul Price, Kam Covington (Averaged 9 & 9 last season as a soph...look for soph Najee Williams to really make a name for himself this year along with frosh Rico Hollis)

 

St Henry:

Connor Kunstek, Adam Goetz (I really like Alex Green and Paul Wallenhorst as well)

 

Highlands:

Parker Harris

 

Ryle:

Tyrek Owens, Jake Puthoff (Have heard a lot about Logan Turner as well from the JV level)

 

Conner:

Alec Garnett, Mike Scott (Would love to see him with a team like Holmes, Newcath, or Covcath)

 

Holy Cross:

Tyler Bezold (Hamilton Scott and Leighton Schrand should be the other two to make the biggest impact for HC)

 

Lloyd:

Lashunn Townsend (should have a really good soph year)

 

Beechwood:

Jacob Huff (Kyle Fieger, Conner Brock should also be contributors)

 

Those are likely the main contributors for each team this season.

 

No offense Walter, and this is a good list. But this list is the definition of a big school bias... Not a single DIII school mentioned.

Highlands will be playing CovCath then maybe LexCath or Boyle County and then possibly Owensboro. j/k

 

Go Highlands!

No offense Walter, and this is a good list. But this list is the definition of a big school bias... Not a single DIII school mentioned.

Let's hear it, ESPNdeux. Give us some DIII names.

Who does Ludlow have? They lost 2 of my favorite guys to watch last year.

Silver Grove has Billy Miller

Dayton?

Belleview?

Villa?

I'm glad I was able to illicit some more commentary for this thread with my Coach Faust comment.