OC takes the short hop to Crestwood to do battle SO (2/12/26)

Could this be a upset in the making?

Who wins?

I think SO wins, but could be a tight game.

I am with you South should win this game but it will depend on a lot of factors if OC wants to keep it close.

- how well will South shoot? And how will OC guard the three point shot?

- how will the younger OC guys handle the environment?

- I think one of the keys for OC is how they will contain Siakam ? He is an athletic beast running the floor, on the boards, etc. 

Either way it’s easily the best environment in the entire region when  the Oldham schools play against each other. 

I’ll say South by 10. Big game for district seeding. 

Not really

North has beat both.

South and OC will play each other in loser goes home District opener.

North has qualified for Regional

South won 70-54. Ty Bryant is a talented player especially for a freshman. With that being said Siakam completely took him out of the game with his defense. Will be a fun matchup for the next two years. My understanding is Ty Bryant used to be in the same graduating class as Siakam and they had fun battles in middle school.

51 minutes ago, BBN_34 said:

South won 70-54. Ty Bryant is a talented player especially for a freshman. With that being said Siakam completely took him out of the game with his defense. Will be a fun matchup for the next two years. My understanding is Ty Bryant used to be in the same graduating class as Siakam and they had fun battles in middle school.

I have a close friend in the OCHS school district….. you are correct … Ty and Siakam have been battling for years. Was told Ty had a brain injury a couple years ago from an accident in a baseball game and to miss a year of sports and school. So that is reason they are in two different grades. 
 

Something interesting I did observe last night. 
During timeouts, Renner doesn’t even always communicate with the players but his assistant does all of the coaching . This happened in a few full timeouts where Renner just talks to the jv coach outside of the huddle.. On the flip side Simpson does 100% of the coaching…. It was very interesting to view the differences in programs as a neutral fan. 

14 minutes ago, Bballjunkie said:

Something interesting I did observe last night. 
During timeouts, Renner doesn’t even always communicate with the players but his assistant does all of the coaching . This happened in a few full timeouts where Renner just talks to the jv coach outside of the huddle.. On the flip side Simpson does 100% of the coaching…. It was very interesting to view the differences in programs as a neutral fan. 

This is not uncommon for Renner, he done it for years at Ballard.  I've even seen him sit on the far end of the bench for the entire first half and let an assistant run the show, and it wasn't always the same assistant.  It's a different approach, but seems to work.

Hmmm interesting . Thanks for the info. I never watched him coach at Ballard.