From the 5/3 tourney.

 

St. Xavier 75, Russell 38

 

ST. XAVIER (5-3) -- Evans 14, Krebs 6, Passafiume 6, Schneider 6, Naiser 4, Anderson 5, Boone 6, Steiden 16, Gunter 2, Brooks 4, Robinson 4, Brutscher 2.

 

RUSSELL (10-2) -- Frazier 2, Blair 10, Gill 3, Ferguson 11, Mabery 2, Turner 4, Harvey 6.

 

St. Xavier 13 30 13 19--75

 

Russell 11 4 11 12--38

What happened in this one? What happened to Vanhoose?

Big ole ouch!

Why the suspensions? If they were warranted, I applaud the coach for having the moxy to do so!:thumb:

 

Tough to win when you don't have the region's best player!

Did they miss the bell for the second round? Outscored 30-4. Could not one of the 15 coaches on the bench come up with something to slow the demise.

What happened in this one? What happened to Vanhoose?

 

From what I was told yesterday at the game, it was a decision of the coach for discipline reason. Since this is a high school kid, and a school and team decision, it (the reason) should stay undisclosed....

Where was Vanhoose?

Big ole ouch!

Why the suspensions? If they were warranted, I applaud the coach for having the moxy to do so!:thumb:

 

Tough to win when you don't have the region's best player!

 

I'm applauding too. I respect a coach who makes the rules and apparently enforces them. Kudos to the Russell coach.:thumb:

I'm applauding too. I respect a coach who makes the rules and apparently enforces them. Kudos to the Russell coach.:thumb:

 

:thumb: I agree that it shows that he is holding the boys accountable for their actions...Robinson was also held out...These guys are almost adults & will be out in the "real world" next year...You have to learn to make mature decisions and there is always a price to pay when you don't...I'm sure a lesson was learned...

Wasn't there a suspension of some players for Russell last year? I may not be accurate but I think so. Does anyone know?

yes there was a incident.

yes there was a incident with something on the bus.

Were some of the same players suspended?

Just for the record, two of Russell's starters did not play. These two players account for about 35 pts a game. Russell made it a game for the 1st quarter and then they began to turn the ball over against the press and St X was hitting their 3 pointers. Russell coach elected not to play any of the 3 regular starters for a good part of the first half and most of the 2nd half. He went with several players in the 2nd half that rarely see varisity action. My guess is that was part of the "character building" that needed to take place. IMO, the regular Russell team could have been very competitive with St X and very possibly won this game.

Wow. St. X is a solid team, and I don't know if having Vanhoose and Robinson would have made that much of a difference.

 

The same thing happened last season. This looks like a little Deja Vu.

 

 

Frances

While we may never know how this game would have turned out with Russell's regulars playing, I watched St X twice in this tourny and I thought Russell would have matched up well against them. St X had a very athletic 6'3" forward that Gill matched up well against. St X only started one player over 6' 5" so Russell fared well there. St X had 3 quick guards much like Russell. It looked like the one advantage that St X had was there bench where they had a couple of other 6'5" ers to rotate in. As I said, we may never know.............