You said you didn't think Deming was as good as their fans think they are? Beating those teams above was no easy task. I would love to see Fleming play Deming in the Devil Dome. It would be the same outcome as St.Pat. St.Pat lost by 2 (?) in OT and then whipped up on them by 18 in Bracken. Fleming Co. is not very good, until they play at home.

 

I'm not saying Fleming County is going to win the region or the district, they're not very good. I don't see why everyone thinks Fleming Co. is such a hard place to play. They have very little crowd support and it is a big gym. I am trying to make the point that for as hyped up as Deming fans were about this team, they didn't show me anything. That being said, I'm sure Deming fans were very excited about beating the above teams.

^^^^I don't think it's that Fleming is a hard place to play but the 10th Region is way different from the 16th in the styles of play. The 16th is more physical and I think that made Deming uncomfortable. Of course I didn't see the game but from what I've been told this is what I have come up with...

You said you didn't think Deming was as good as their fans think they are? Beating those teams above was no easy task. I would love to see Fleming play Deming in the Devil Dome. It would be the same outcome as St.Pat. St.Pat lost by 2 (?) in OT and then whipped up on them by 18 in Bracken. Fleming Co. is not very good, until they play at home.

 

No matter how many games the boys from fleming win they never seem to get any credit... I think they are doing a great job for such a young and upcoming team

No matter how many games the boys from fleming win they never seem to get any credit... I think they are doing a great job for such a young and upcoming team

 

You could probably say the same for the boys from Mt. Olivet

You could probably say the same for the boys from Mt. Olivet

 

Fleming plays 6 sophmores and maybe 2 freshman....NO SENIORS or JUNIORS...Wut about the boys from Mt. Olivet?

Fleming plays 6 sophmores and maybe 2 freshman....NO SENIORS or JUNIORS...Wut about the boys from Mt. Olivet?

 

They run 2 seniors 3 juniors and 3 freshman normally.

 

But the 6 sophomores from Fleming have probably been playing together since grade school. So I'd say they are way more comfortable together

Deming has about 60 boys from which to field a team. What about Fleming??

Deming has about 60 boys from which to field a team. What about Fleming??

 

Thats a very good question but has absolutely nothing to do with the subject we were talking about..which was the age of the boys not the field they were selected from

Fleming plays 6 sophmores and maybe 2 freshman....NO SENIORS or JUNIORS...Wut about the boys from Mt. Olivet?

 

Why isn't there any Juniors or Seniors? From the Fleming County team I saw last year there was quite a bit of would be Jr/Sr on that team.

Why isn't there any Juniors or Seniors? From the Fleming County team I saw last year there was quite a bit of would be Jr/Sr on that team.

 

Last year there was only 1 would be jr that actually got to play varsity and he didnt join the team this year... There was 1 would be sr and this is only his second year of playing basketball so he doesnt get much playin time

Fleming will be a good team when they mature a bit. I stand by my statement that they are not a very good team. I watch alot of different teams from all over the state and I would love for Fleming to be the team of years past, 98-99 type teams, but they are not. I pull for the Panthers, my wife is from there, but there just not that good yet. They play hard, and I think play as good as they can. I love Dugan as a player, but outside of him, I don't really see alot of basketball talent, alot of kids playing as hard as they can, just not alot of talent. I graduated from Pike Central and we are not very good, I will be the first to praise my team, but I am also realistic. Sometimes people can't see the forest for the trees.

I think the implication was that Deming had some sort of advantage because they were playing Jrs and Srs. My point was that Fleming has a bigger advantage in that they have about 6 times the number of students from which to field a team.

 

Fleming won. They happened to be better than Deming on this particular night. Don't try to make it into something more since most of their players happen to be a year or two younger.

Aren't Demings "freshman" close to, if not already 16 years old?

Wow, it looks like Fleming is playing very well together as a team. Instead of last year when their team averaged around 1 assist per game. Three people scoring double figures.. i will take that any day. Deming is very competetive. They do not give up no matter what happens. But it just seems to me like they only want two people to get the ball and when they do coach lets them do whatever. My opinion though.

The games I've watched in the Fleming County gym were well attended; in fact, I was worried that the gym wasn't big enough to hold the fans. Good, loud, enthusiastic atmosphere.

 

Have things changed with the move to the 16th? Or were the Mason-Fleming games packed because of the geographical and historical rivalry?