Week 2

Will keep it short and sweet this week. 

1. Lloyd

• Welcome Juggernauts to the top spot. EJ Walker is handling business.  Lloyd will take on St X this week who has some good resume wins. Solid test

2. CovCath

• Cov Cath received its first L of the season against Great Crossings. Not a bad lose but good to see what they need to work on. McGillis still shooting the ball well.

3. Holy Cross

• My biggest watch team pick of the season. Coach Johnson has done an amazing job with the team. Tough loss against Winton Woods. let's see if they can stay top 5. 

4. Highlands

• Highlands cracks the top 5. Still looking for a resume win. 4 players averaging double figures in scoring. 

5. Cooper

• Cooper with what I believe is a shocking loss to South Oldham in overtime. Johnson went for a double double with 30 points and 14 boards. No Stats updated yet for South Oldham to see how they played.  

6. Beechwood

• 4-0 Tiger team shooting 54% from the field. 3 tigers averaging double digits 

7. Ludlow

• 4-2 Panther team with also 3 boys averaging double digits. 

8. NCC

• Ian Mann averaging 18 points per game. Have Cooper this week, solid test. 

9. Dixie

• Dixie is a bit behind on stats but Derry is scoring 20 points per game. 

10. Newport 3-3

• Newport has 3 early losses this year. Trying to figure out things without Kinney seems to be taking longer than expected. Still going to be a tough team as the year progresses. Defense is lacking a bit. 

11. St Henry

12. Conner

13. Ryle

14. Heritage

15. Holmes

16. Villa

17. Bellevue

18. Boone

19. Dayton

Is this satire?

Solid list and to the point, it's early.  I wouldn't call the Cooper losing to S. Oldham that shocking as the eventual starters are football players and basically a week from hanging up the cleats. Andy Johnson continues to be elite avg. 33ppg.  He'll definitely will need his supporting cast to ramp it up as the season continues.

Holy Cross continues to impress me personally and I believe Ryle should be in the Top 10 somewhere. 

Closing kudos to the Holmes Bulldogs who've won their last two games and while that may not be significant to most, keep in mind that the team only won 2 games last year and 3 games in 22/23  which was the last time they won 2 games in a row.  Small victories and I hope Coach Elsbernd can continue rebuilding the program in the upcoming years.

1. CovCath

2. Cooper

3. Lloyd

IMO

Just now, LLS10 said:

1. CovCath

2. Cooper

3. Lloyd

IMO

With Ryle also top 5.

Yikes Newport all the way to number 10. 

1 hour ago, LLS10 said:

1. CovCath

2. Cooper

3. Lloyd

IMO

Cooper ahead of Lloyd? Cooper will need more production from their other players. They only have one player averaging more than 2 field goals a game. However you can’t ever count them out with one of the better coaches in the region. 

Conner just beat St Henry by 40 plus, I'm not sure how they are behind them. 

Ludlow ranked ahead of Newport and Ryle?  I think you been smokin some of that stuff that killed Elvis.

16 hours ago, Hollywood23 said:

Cooper ahead of Lloyd? Cooper will need more production from their other players. They only have one player averaging more than 2 field goals a game. However you can’t ever count them out with one of the better coaches in the region. 

They guard better than anyone in the region and have had a much tougher schedule. I see Cooper beating Lloyd H2H. 

17 hours ago, Bengal Boy said:

Ludlow ranked ahead of Newport and Ryle?  I think you been smokin some of that stuff that killed Elvis.

Ludlow has a 20 point loss to NCC and a 27 point loss to Pendleton County.

 

Wins over Villa, Eminence, Trimble & Williamstown.  That gets them maybe a 13-14 range in the rankings?

3 hours ago, LLS10 said:

They guard better than anyone in the region and have had a much tougher schedule. I see Cooper beating Lloyd H2H. 

We will have to agree to disagree.  We will find out January 14th.

Newport is much better than 10th in this region. I've watched them at the King of the Bluegrass the last 4 days and they are a very solid team. They play Lloyd Memorial tomorrow I'm very curious to see how that one goes.

South Oldham is one of the Top 3 teams in the 8th with a veteran squad. I was there and expected it be a toss up. Definitely not an upset.

On 12/17/2024 at 12:55 PM, Hollywood23 said:

We will have to agree to disagree.  We will find out January 14th.

63 - 59, Cooper wins. However, it was a little closer than I expected. Lloyd has taken big steps this year.