Battle of some of the top 8th grade centers in NKY tonight. Issac Salter(HMS) vs Neil Green(St Agnes) tonight. Should be a fun one to watch. Get the popcorn ready.

 

How did this one turn out?

How did this one turn out?

 

Unfortunately it wasn't much of a game. HMS won pretty big. Green just doesn't have the same supporting cast. They seemed to struggle bringing the ball up against Highland's pressure. Ahlfeld being a 5'10 guard caused them problems since there guards were pretty short(I think one of St Agnes guards even came from the 7th grade team.) They ended up having Green bring the ball up most of the game.

 

Green and Salter had a few good battles down low, both had a couple of nice blocks and put backs. Green seems a little more polished with going strong to the hoop but Issac seemed to have a little more touch on his shots and a little better on D(diving on the floor for lose balls and taking charges). Nice to see Issac playing so hard last night. He was definitely motivated last night playing against one of his AAU buddies.

 

Unfortunately, no dunks during the game. Only during warm-ups. Crazy seeing 5 kids last night in 8th grade grabbing the rim and 2 of them dunking. That just never happened when I was in Middle school.

Who is dunking? Green? Salter?

Who is dunking? Green? Salter?

 

Both can dunk pretty easily. I believe Green has also dunked in a game already.

Are you allowed to dunk in MS games? I believe their used to be a "no dunk rule." I could be mistaken. Nonetheless, you are right, pretty impressive. And, not happening when i was in MS.

 

St. A does have a 7th grader that plays up in 8th as well.

Thelen for Pius dunked 3 times last year in games. They were allowed.

8th grade has been a war all year long, with everybody beating each other who are the front runners for each division coming down the stretch?

"Front runners" in the large school conferences have to be SVA & Highlands on their side, and Pius and Camp Ernst on their side. Ockerman is the outlier, and the interesting matchup.

What games are there tonight besides CE at Conner?

What games are there tonight besides CE at Conner?

 

IHM at Ockerman

THURSDAY 1/21/16

 

IHM at Ockerman

Grant County at Saint Pius

Camp Ernst at Conner

Highlands at Woodland

Summit View at Twenhofel

Holmes at Campbell County

Highlands at Woodlawn

SVA at Twenhofel

 

6th- Twenhofel

7th- Twenhofel (unreal half court buzzer beater to win)

8th- SVA (by 1. Great game)

CE 8th grade beat Conner by 12 not for sure the other grades

Highlands at Woodlawn

 

6th - Woodlawn

7th - Highlands

8th - Highlands