Greatest 9th Region Finals of All Time

[Qryche11]

We need some HS Hoops topics while we wait for the Sweet 16 to start. Local fans what are some of the best finals you either witnessed or heard about?

[Clyde]

Troy Fryman hitting an elbow jumper in 1993 at the buzzer vs Holy Cross to put Conner in the Sweet 16.

[cowboy90]

Dixie/NewCath 4 OTs

[statman]

Dixie - NewCath was a classic, but a very close second is

 

1991 - Holy Cross' upset over Holmes in 2 OTs at what is now the Campbell County Middle School

[allsport71]

Holmes vrs Boone County in 09 was very low scoring but exciting anyway as the game went down to the buzzer, then Holmes goes on to win there first state title.

[cowboy90]

1992-- CCH/Holmes -- 1st final I remember attending. I believe CCH was down 16 or 18 points and came back and won at Holmes

[UK#1fanisback]

Nick Brosky last second shot. SK beat CovCath 1995.

[Jumpman4004]

Dixie/NewCath 4 OTs

 

This is probably the best high school game I have ever seen. Big shot after big shot was hit for both teams. Kids were exhausted by the end of it and it came down to a player off the bench hitting big FT's to seal the win for Dixie. Absolute phenomenal game.

[Pete Mitchell]

Doug Schloemer baseline jumpshot in 1977 to send Holmes back to the Sweet Sixteen, denying Newport its first regional championship in decades (I think they had to wait until 2009 when they defeated, ironically, the defending state champion Holmes). Not only was it a last second shot to win the region 77-76, it followed a controversial call where many, many people believe to this day that the ball went out of bounds off Schloemer's leg with 2 seconds to go, only to have the officials give it back to Holmes under their own basket, setting the stage for his last second shot.

[Qryche11]

Didn't Highlands win in 1979 over Dicky Beal-led Holmes on a huge 4th Qtr by Highlands Point Guard Mike Vories. I think he made like 10 FT's or something.

[B-Ball-fan]

2001 Double Overtime 57-53 thriller at Holmes with Sophomore Nelter and Senior Gino Guidugli leading Highlands over a very talented Conner Cougars team lead the smooth guard play of Marcus Johnson, and the shooting prowess of Jeremy Stevenson, and the athleticism of Terry Johnson.

 

 

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Not a close game for sure, but the shear magnitude of a blowout that nobody saw coming when in the 2010 Finals the Newport Wildcats destroyed the defending state champs the Holmes Bulldogs 60-34.

[B-Ball-fan]

Didn't Highlands win in 1979 over Dicky Beal-led Holmes on a huge 4th Qtr by Highlands Point Guard Mike Vories. I think he made like 10 FT's or something.

 

Great game in an exciting packed house at Holmes. :thumb:

[Hellbird]

My all time favorite was this years

[Pete Mitchell]

Didn't Highlands win in 1979 over Dicky Beal-led Holmes on a huge 4th Qtr by Highlands Point Guard Mike Vories. I think he made like 10 FT's or something.

Exhibit 1A about the importance of shooting free throws. Holmes had a lead, tried to hold the ball and turned it over a couple of times and missed free throws, then Highlands got the lead and when Holmes fouled, Vories turned out the lights. There was one other play from that game that I remember, at one point Dicky got the ball at about midcourt and saw Bob Muntis all alone back on defense, and he went right at him, 5'10" trying to jump over 6'10", and the way he took off I really thought he was trying to throw it down. Muntis went up and made a play on the ball, and I think Beal wound up scoring, but it wasn't the posterizing moment that Dicky intended. Just always stuck with me all these years.....