The veteran Charger team vs the young Tigers of FC.

 

Who are you taking?

 

I predict Bullitt East by 3. I think Sharpe makes big plays down the stretch for the win.

 

I look for this to be a great experience for Fern Creek and think they may make a push for the district title next year.

You beat me to the punch getting this 24th district poll out, so I will pick Fern Creek for argument sake :sneaky:. Before I comment on my prediction, I will say that in last night's 22nd District Championship Doss beat DeSales and looks to be the clear favorite. Tyler Jefferson is back on the team with another double double posted last night. After watching that game, I suspect neither of these teams want the fate of potentially facing Doss in an opening regional game which the loser has the possibility of drawing. It will add to the incentive for both teams.

 

I would agree if Fern Creek wins it would be the upset choice. Bullitt East has won 5 consecutive District titles I believe and Fern Creek has to go back 10 years to 2005 since they won a district championship. In the victory of JTown, Coach Schooler did a great job on a scheme defending prolific scorer Brandon Johnson from JTown. He averaged 27 ppg all season and 32 ppg in the last six games. With one of the freshmen, Anthony Wales, defending him for most of the night and quick double teams whenever he came off picks it was a difficult night for him. He scored 6 points in the first quarter and only scored 3 free throws the rest of the evening. He totaled 9. Tony Washington played exceptional and Trey Hill had 12 points and 10 rebounds. Ahmad Price also scored in double digits.

 

So the question is whether they will do the same to Tyler Sharpe and will that strategy work with the other Bullitt East weapons available to leverage? These teams played to a 2 point game last time, and I expect another close game. If Fern Creek can revise that same plan on defense with the adjustments to account for additional weapons they could win this game. If Tyler Sharpe goes for his 17 point average or more than I think it will be Bullitt East.

Fern Creek wins this game. Bullitt East struggled with a depleted Whitefied team (start out whole game, 1 or 2 more players at point through out game). Defense will dictate the game and it sharpe has to handle the ball plus score East will be in for a long night.

Fern Creek wins this game. Bullitt East struggled with a depleted Whitefied team (start out whole game, 1 or 2 more players at point through out game). Defense will dictate the game and it sharpe has to handle the ball plus score East will be in for a long night.

Fern Creek has taken on the personality of their coach. They are smart and enthusiastic and they can be fearless. The learning curve takes freshmen players a little longer to get there- they've arrived. They don't have a wait till next year attitude anymore.