Add Baugh from Beechwood and Karim from Cov Cath to the list.

 

Pardee for Walton

Smith for Ryle

Overall a very good tournament. Highlands took Beechwood to the final seconds and could've advanced to play HC. Beechwood played HC very closely as well. HC led by former Highlands player Macke wins the Tourney.

 

Would've been an interesting year if Macke and Finn (Cincy St X) were still on that Highlands roster. IMO they win the Region. But if If's and but's were candy and nuts....you know the saying.

 

You could say the same for CCH with Davin and Thelen.

 

Congrats to the HC Frosh squad.

Congratulations to Holy Cross, Coach Macke, & Coach Houston on winning the title.

You could say the same for CCH with Davin and Thelen.

 

Congrats to the HC Frosh squad.

 

Very true!

The HC PG was the difference tonight - CCH tried to pressure the ball on top to force turnovers and not only did the HC PG not turn it over' date=' he scored and assisted after beating the pressure. Can't believe he didn't make all tournament.[/quote']

 

The guard was Andrew Wahl. Very good player. Also, I think #24 for Holy Cross was very solid. I know most of the boys on HC, but not sure if I've seen him play.

 

I predicted a different outcome earlier in the thread. I just thought HC wouldn't have the legs in the 4th, basically playing 5-6 kids the whole game. I was wrong. Congrats Indians!

The guard was Andrew Wahl. Very good player. Also, I think #24 for Holy Cross was very solid. I know most of the boys on HC, but not sure if I've seen him play.

 

I predicted a different outcome earlier in the thread. I just thought HC wouldn't have the legs in the 4th, basically playing 5-6 kids the whole game. I was wrong. Congrats Indians!

 

Andrew is a fantastic kid. Really have enjoyed watching him grow in sports. His stamina was never going to be an issue seeing as he played Freshman, JV, and Varsity soccer most nights during the season. Really nice athlete.

I want to think the administration in Covington Catholic, including the athletic director Tony Bacigalupo, on keeping this tournament up at the lofty level that a lot of us expect from it. It is no easy task, but they do the best job in the state, in my opinion, of running an end of season freshman tournament. Great job there guys.

 

In addition, it is a testament to the effectiveness of the officials that there hasn't been one post or comment anywhere that I have found about them in last night's final game. I really can't even remember a call that drew much argument from either coach or bench. Honestly, as far as officiating goes, I don't know that I can ever recall a close and hard-fought game with so few arguments about calls made during the game.

 

All in all, another great year for the Covington Catholic hosts. I look forward to being there for next year's games…

He was not going to Highlands he was going to NCC before he went to Holy Cross.

He was not going to Highlands he was going to NCC before he went to Holy Cross.

 

He was at Highlands before he thought about going to NCC before he transferred to HC......next year, who knows where he'll think about going or where he'll end up. What's the point again? Congrats to HC and all their players and coaches wherever they come from:ohbrother:

He was not going to Highlands he was going to NCC before he went to Holy Cross.

 

Who is He? If you are talking about Macke he was at Highlands grade school and Middle school through 8th Grade.

Congrats Indians!

Back on the subject of the tournament, I would be interested for perspective about where Macke and Houston rank among the best performers in the history of the tournament, at least from a scoring standpoint. Macke scored 89 points in the tournament, and Houston scored 77. Anyone have any numbers from past years to compare those to? I would think it pretty rare that two players from the same team put up numbers like that in this tournament.

I don't care if we went to Holly Cross, I was just letting you know he was enrolled at NCC.

Back on the subject of the tournament, I would be interested for perspective about where Macke and Houston rank among the best performers in the history of the tournament, at least from a scoring standpoint. Macke scored 89 points in the tournament, and Houston scored 77. Anyone have any numbers from past years to compare those to? I would think it pretty rare that two players from the same team put up numbers like that in this tournament.

 

4 games?

Actually this year there were 18 teams, so two "play in" games, so both Holy Cross and Covington Catholic both wound up playing 5 games. And it turns out I was off on Ty Houston's total, he actually scored 80 in the tournament. I have been told there are no archived records, but in thinking back over the past 40 years or so I can't recall a pair of teammates who would have both scored over 80 points, for many reasons, including the fact that a lot of big scorers (Hatton, Draud, etc) never played freshman basketball and did not play in this tournament.