Final.

 

Congrats to the Elliott County Lions! :ylsuper: I am glad to see you carry the banner for the small schools with a win over the region favorite Red Devils.

 

8th grader Timmy Knipp ends up with around 14pts., 10 in the 4th qtr. I believe.

Final.

 

Elliott advances to Monday night championship vs. Ashland.

Tough ending to the season for Russell. Imo the Russell kids,coaches and fans have absolutely nothing to hang their heads over, You have had a great season and the Red Devil seniors have had a great run. :thumb:

Maybe a Mod could combine the two threads on this final.

 

Thank You.

:Congratulations to Elliott Co. , Russell seniors you have nothing to hang your head about 1st State Tourney appearance in 30 some years and followed up with your Rupp trip with 26 wins this season. 3 District Titles in 4 years y'all will have some very fond memories of your high school basketball careers!

Congratulations to Elliott Co. I'll be the first to state the obvious. Russell really missed VanHoose's ball handling and scoring ability against Elliott Co's aggressive defense.

 

Give Elliott Co all the credit. The young Lions simply out hustled Russell today. Every rebound, every lose ball and every big shot went to Elliott.

 

Russell's seniors had a great run that ended with some bad luck. No Vanhoose, Blair's Ankle and Gill's mono. A bad game does not dull what has been a great career by all the seniors.

 

Again congratulations to Elliott Co. IMO the team that will win the region championship.

Congratulations to Elliott Co. I'll be the first to state the obvious. Russell really missed VanHoose's ball handling and scoring ability against Elliott Co's aggressive defense.

 

Give Elliott Co all the credit. The young Lions simply out hustled Russell today. Every rebound, every lose ball and every big shot went to Elliott.

 

Russell's seniors had a great run that ended with some bad luck. No Vanhoose, Blair's Ankle and Gill's mono. A bad game does not dull what has been a great career by all the seniors.

 

Again congratulations to Elliott Co. IMO the team that will win the region championship.

:thumb: :thumb: Good Post. Imo the Russell seniors certainly have achieved a lot and do not need to hang their heads, I know they don't feel that way now but they can look back at the years they have had and be proud.

Unfortunately, Russell lost the region in the Raceland district game. Very disappointing to anyone wanting to see the region's best advance to Rupp Arena.

Unfortunately, Russell lost the region in the Raceland district game. Very disappointing to anyone wanting to see the region's best advance to Rupp Arena.

Unfortunately, you are very correct.

 

This does not take anything away from Elliott Co however. I said it earlier and I will say it again. They play as hard as any team that I have seen.

Congrats to Elliott! Good luck Monday.

Congratulations to Elliott Co. I'll be the first to state the obvious. Russell really missed VanHoose's ball handling and scoring ability against Elliott Co's aggressive defense.

 

Give Elliott Co all the credit. The young Lions simply out hustled Russell today. Every rebound, every lose ball and every big shot went to Elliott.

 

Russell's seniors had a great run that ended with some bad luck. No Vanhoose, Blair's Ankle and Gill's mono. A bad game does not dull what has been a great career by all the seniors.

 

Again congratulations to Elliott Co. IMO the team that will win the region championship.

:sssh:

It has been a great year for the Devils.

 

I know it had to be extremely hard for J. Vanhoose to have to watch and not be able to run out and pick his team up.

 

This group of seniors will always be thought of with great affection by the parents and fans.

 

Coach Dodd and the staff did an outstanding job with this team.

:sssh:

What are you ssshing me for. I still believe that the winner of this game would go on to win the region. It happens to be Elliott Co..

Tough loss for Russell who had a great season. The talented Devils fought through a lot of adversity and represented our Region very well.

Congrats to Elliott on the "W".

This is about what I expected. Russell is clearly not the same team without VanHoose. I predicted Elliott Co. to win the tournament at the beginning of the tournament, and the young Lions have done nothing to change my mind. I hope McDavid, Thomas, and the rest of the Tomcats prove me wrong.