Final from Walton.

Worst officials I have ever seen!!!!!

Officials did ok, although Ison did get her typical calls. Gallatin just has a limited bench. Their starters fought hard. Coach Mefford will get them where they need to be by the All A. Congrats to Walton on a nice win.

Walton-Verona 52, Gallatin County 42

 

Walton-Verona (2-0) - Perry 1 0 3, Anderson 3 3 9, Ison 5 7 17, Simpson 6 3 16, Lehkamp 3 1 7. Totals: 19 14 52.

 

Gallatin (0-2) - Sullivan 3 3 9, Wesley 4 3 13, Beatty 1 3 5, Terrell 3 0 6, Bowen 2 3 7, Duanvent 1 0 2. Totals: 14 12 42.

 

Halftime: WV 26-18. 3-pointers: WV 2 (Perry, Simpson); GC 2 (Wesley).

 

 

 

 

Walton led from tip to buzzer, and by as much as 17. Walton's biggest struggle was overcoming an uncharacteristic bad free throw shooting night. Some of this might have been the over time game the night before, and not as fresh legs, but they left far more free throw points than usual on the table.

 

The new Gallatin coach is GREAT for Gallatin. Dude can coach and they will, no doubt, continue to improve.

And one more thing, I agree with keepinitreal on the officials, but I was not going to post anything until a good nights sleep.

 

One big thing for me was the extreme inconsistency. You could not get a read on how they were calling fouls. One play, there would be an insane amount of pushing, holding, volleyball spike hacking and more, all within a short segment of play with no call. Then the next play, it was extremely tight. They would make a call with extremely little and unnoticeable contact that would cause the coaches to scratch their head in disbelief. This did not appear to really favor any team, but it did make the game difficult to watch.

 

There was a large amount of walks not called. Geez.

 

And one doozy that should have got the Gallatin folks in a frenzy. Autumn Bowen had the ball on the left side of the court about three feet outside the three point line and maybe a couple of feet from the side line. She begins a dribble drive to her right and toward the free throw line. As soon as she put the ball on the floor, her pre wrap hair band falls off her head and lands just inside the sideline, at this point far behind her, the defense and out of play. Autumn had a step on her defender and Gallatin was in a spread the floor kind of spacing. It was more than likely going to result in a Walton foul or a Gallatin high percentage bucket. What does the ref do? He blows the whistle to stop play about the time Bowen was at the free throw line driving. I understand stopping play to pick up pre wrap, but I would have thought they would have waited until play stopped on that end of the court. The little piece of pre wrap was all the way out on the extended perimeter and close to the side line out of the play. Thought that was very....rookie.