While working on the Ken Shields book I ran across this old photo.

 

I know that it's been on here before, but I also know that maybe our more recent members would like to see it.

 

The non-goaltending call took place during overtime of the 1978 State Championship game between Shelby County and Covington Holmes.

 

The Shelby County Rockets were coached by Tommy Creamer, who I had the privilige of working under while he served as the head coach at Brossart from 1990 to 1992.

 

Holmes (and Northern Kentucky Basketball) fans would often chide Coach Creamer by telling him that he didn't really win the 1978 State Championship, to which Coach Creamer would smile and retort, "Is that right? I'd swear I've seen that trophy in the lobby of Shelby County High School!."

 

Now that I've typed all of this in, I hope the attachment is discernible.

 

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Hard to believe something so obvious (still photo) wasn't caught by the refs. Is Moeves the father of the former BlueBird?

I think even I could have made that call!

Hard to believe something so obvious (still photo) wasn't caught by the refs. Is Moeves the father of the former BlueBird?

Yes, Mark Moeves is the father of Derrick Moeves and the son of former Bulldog coach Fred Moeves.

The Bulldogs were royally screwed that year. I really thought we finally had our first 9th Region Championship. This was on the heels of the CCH/Earlington fiasco 11 years prior. Everyone was beginning to think there had to be some kind of conspiricy against the 9th Region. Then Simon finally won it--- and moved to the tenth region! Still no current 9th region team with a state championship!

Charles Hurt also scored the game-tying basket at the end of regulation that looked just like the Laettner shot in 1992.

Yes, Mark Moeves is the father of Derrick Moeves and the son of former Bulldog coach Fred Moeves.

The Bulldogs were royally screwed that year. I really thought we finally had our first 9th Region Championship. This was on the heels of the CCH/Earlington fiasco 11 years prior. Everyone was beginning to think there had to be some kind of conspiricy against the 9th Region. Then Simon finally won it--- and moved to the tenth region! Still no current 9th region team with a state championship!

 

Actually the conspiracy was against one family :scared: ...the Schloemers, who had a son on each team. In the state finals George scored (8) and had a ton of RB's for CovCath, and Doug scored (25) for Holmes. Both were all Tourney and Doug was named Mr. Basketball. Can you image the feelings of the family when it happened again? To lose it once, but to have it happen again.....:cry: :cry: :cry:

Even though the 78' Holmes team did not win the state championship(they got robbed), many believe this Holmes team was the best to ever play in N. Ky.

Even though the 78' Holmes team did not win the state championship(they got robbed), many believe this Holmes team was the best to ever play in N. Ky.

 

That team was absolutely loaded and MR Basketball Doug Schloemer lead them.

 

Still hard to believe that call wasn't made.

 

If it's clear as day that he did indeed goaltend, why couldn't Holmes protest the game with the evidence in the papers?

You can't help but feel sorry for the Holmes players and fans. How could referees miss that? It's so obvious.

Two additional observations: first, Hurt's shot rattled around the rim a bit before dropping through and it only tied the game, sending it into overtime, while Laettner's was a walk-off swish, and second, if you look at the four years of northern Kentucky basketball from 1978-1981, I don't think you can even find anything close to such a successful run, because not only is that period bookended by the Holmes' 1978 squad (that but for Charlie Hurt won the state) and the Simon Kenton 1981 team that won the state, you also had a very good Highlands team in 1979 with Muntis, Vories and Sullivan and a 1980 Holmes team led by Dicky Beal that got to the semifinals and ran out of gas after a triple overtime win over Ashland late on Friday night.

 

Anybody got any comparable periods?

Schlomers get on with life's work....

BY CAREY HOFFMAN | ENQUIRER CONTRIBUTOR

 

For some members of The Enquirer's Top 100 boys' basketball list, basketball itself became a career.

For others, it became the avenue to a career.

Doug Schloemer fits into the latter category.

 

Like the majority of players on the list, a glorious high school career became the high point of his basketball exploits. Schloemer, the No. 20 player on the list, earned Kentucky's Mr. Basketball and led Holmes to within a hair of a state title before his layup attempt was controversially blocked off the backboard at the end of the game.

 

Then he went to UC and became a role player for the Bearcats. But he got his education paid for, went to law school and now is a partner in the Northern Kentucky firm of Poston Seifried & Schloemer.

 

"As Paul Brown would say, I guess I got on with my life's work," Schloemer said. "Having success in high school basketball gave me a free college education. That was a springboard - it paid for that."

 

The story is remarkably similar for Schloemer's older brother, George, who checked in at No. 42 on the Enquirer list. George was a big scorer at CovCath and led the Colonels to the Kentucky state final in 1967 before his team was edged out late by Earlington. He went on to play collegiately at Dayton and today is a physician in Berea, Ky.

 

Both Schloemers took advantage of their opportunities to become professionals. Even today, Doug says, basketball continues to help him.

"I just got done with a jury trial that involved some out-of-town attorneys," he says. "Invariably, when we'd walk into the courtroom, someone will want to talk to me about my playing career, and those out-of-town guys just shake their heads. I've always said that if I had a dollar for every person that talks to me about that goal-tending call, I could retire now."

 

 

Theoldguy take:

 

Funny how both Geroge, Doug and their family (and what a great family they were) view basetball as a end to a means to getting a great education. Sadly far too many kids and parents don't look at it this way today....

 

Sports are for fun, an education last a lifetime....

This was on the heels of the CCH/Earlington fiasco 11 years prior. QUOTE]

 

I was talking to someone tonight about this game. He said he was there. CCH was winning and Earlington had the ball and had to go full court with 4 seconds on the clock. They went full court and missed a shot, got the rebound and missed, got another rebound and won the game. All in 4 seconds.

That was how he remembered it.

This was on the heels of the CCH/Earlington fiasco 11 years prior. QUOTE]

 

I was talking to someone tonight about this game. He said he was there. CCH was winning and Earlington had the ball and had to go full court with 4 seconds on the clock. They went full court and missed a shot, got the rebound and missed, got another rebound and won the game. All in 4 seconds.

That was how he remembered it.

 

Close but no cigar.....:cry:

 

Earlington took the ball out from under the CovCath Basket with 5 or 6 seconds on the clock after CovCath made a basket to go up one point. After Earlington calls timeout, they inbound the ball from under the CovCath basket and dribble to just inside the mid court line and a Earlingon player heaves a shot that just nicked the rim and instead of bouncing harmless out of bounds it (meaning the ball) drops straight down into the hands of a surprised Earlingotn player who throws the ball up into the basket for the win. Trust me I was there, and for the next couple of day's in Mr. Hils class we tried to see if the clock had expired before the shot was let go...... It's one of those things that happen in life that just wasn't meant to be.

 

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Note: The reason the two tall CovCath defenders didn't try to block the shot was they were as surprised as the Earlington player was that the ball didn't bounce high off the rim as most shot that hit the rim do, but instead went straight down. It was 40 years ago in March of this year, and I still remember it like it was just the other day....

 

Still wonder why CovCath didn't honor this team in this their 40th year, kind of sad really.

Schlomers get on with life's work....

BY CAREY HOFFMAN | ENQUIRER CONTRIBUTOR

 

For some members of The Enquirer's Top 100 boys' basketball list, basketball itself became a career.

For others, it became the avenue to a career.

Doug Schloemer fits into the latter category.

 

Like the majority of players on the list, a glorious high school career became the high point of his basketball exploits. Schloemer, the No. 20 player on the list, earned Kentucky's Mr. Basketball and led Holmes to within a hair of a state title before his layup attempt was controversially blocked off the backboard at the end of the game.

 

Then he went to UC and became a role player for the Bearcats. But he got his education paid for, went to law school and now is a partner in the Northern Kentucky firm of Poston Seifried & Schloemer.

 

"As Paul Brown would say, I guess I got on with my life's work," Schloemer said. "Having success in high school basketball gave me a free college education. That was a springboard - it paid for that."

 

The story is remarkably similar for Schloemer's older brother, George, who checked in at No. 42 on the Enquirer list. George was a big scorer at CovCath and led the Colonels to the Kentucky state final in 1967 before his team was edged out late by Earlington. He went on to play collegiately at Dayton and today is a physician in Berea, Ky.

 

Both Schloemers took advantage of their opportunities to become professionals. Even today, Doug says, basketball continues to help him.

"I just got done with a jury trial that involved some out-of-town attorneys," he says. "Invariably, when we'd walk into the courtroom, someone will want to talk to me about my playing career, and those out-of-town guys just shake their heads. I've always said that if I had a dollar for every person that talks to me about that goal-tending call, I could retire now."

 

 

Theoldguy take:

 

Funny how both Geroge, Doug and their family (and what a great family they were) view basetball as a end to a means to getting a great education. Sadly far too many kids and parents don't look at it this way today....

 

Sports are for fun, an education last a lifetime....

 

Great story!! I remember a teacher of mine long ago making a statement that I have never forgotten. Even though she thought I wasn't listening. Her quote was " Education is the KEY that unlocks ALL doors." I don't believe we have a better example than this one.

A techincal should have been called on Shelby Co. for wearing those ugly uniforms. :scared: :scared: