Ironton, OH 75 Ashland 71

[LRCW]

Final.

[oldrambler]

Tough loss for the Tomcats to their "cross river" rivalry. I believe that they (Tomcats) will get things going before and in time for the district.

[TruBlu]

Tough loss for the Tomcats to their "cross river" rivalry. I believe that they (Tomcats) will get things going before and in time for the district.

 

I agree with you. They were a solid team at the beginning of the season then lost their cohesiveness but its obviously coming back now. Some younger players are still making some big mistakes but they are beginning to make up for it and with encouragement these young men have the definite potential to pull it back together. When they play as a team with full out effort hitting the open man instead of making the selfish shots that don't always fall they are good competition for any team. Delaney is a great shooter, Skaggs an excellent point guard and assist man and Bonner is a huge presence under the basket. With a little seasoning Cody Withrow will be able to provide that strength that has been collapsing inside at times. I think T-cats will finish just fine.

[Cubster]

Great effort by the Tomcats. Ironton can play.

[A-town Iceman]

Thats 5 out of the last 6 right? Losses that is.

[TruBlu]

Yes 5 losses but they looked sharp against Ironton with the exception of rebounding and thats where they lost it. They are too soft under the basket. No muscle in there other than Bonner. Royalty is strong but not tall enough to get the big rebounds however he did his best. It will take work and with hard work I believe they can continue to improve.

Edited January 26, 2009 by Ram
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[Bench350]

I would think that Johnson would added 15-20pounds over the offseason. But he's nothing like his brother was Matt.

[TruBlu]

Matt was a much scrappier player and very competitive. Again, I think the kids who play other sports like football, which Matt did or even soccer like Will Skaggs does where you have to put a body on the opponent ..... they are just mentally more conditioned to playing aggressively on the basketball court. However, some kids are just more naturally agressive than others.

[ZoneBuster23]

Ironton had 28 turnovers if I read it right.If you turn a team over 28 times you should win. :idunno:

[TruBlu]

You are right. It should have been a win...but Ashland didn't rebound well at all...again weakness under the basket.