I think this will be a very interesting game that I hope to watch. It would not suprise me to see NL win. I think if they control Messer for KC they will win.

 

Messer does not start for KC, although he can be a good offensive player off the bench for the Panthers.

Messer does not start for KC, although he can be a good offensive player off the bench for the Panthers.

 

I am pretty sure he was talking about Miller. After the game he had against North a few weeks ago, I am sure the Jags know they have to slow him down.

Knox Central... But, as Chris Berman would say, "closer than the experts think..."; 57-51

Personally, I like Conway as a coach. To be honest, he hasn't had a great deal of talent (except Seidel) in his tenure. Good kids, but not a lot of really skilled basketball players. They turn over middle school coaches far too often, and hasn't had a great deal of support in getting the AAU program going. I think he has done pretty good with the talent he has. Also, it is hard to build when many of the best players in your district, even if they started playing at North Middle end up at playing at South. There are 2 major contributors for South who started their careers at North middle and found their way across town. Both could have been an enormous help to NL right now. One even played varsity as an 8th grader when he was at North.

 

That being said, I think this will be a very close game. I look for Seidel and Miller to play big. The difference will be their supporting casts. North needs a big game from Couch and Shears for North to pull it off. I will have to be a Laurel County homer and pick North in the upset. If they play the way they did for most of the game against Henry Clay and Marshall County in the hoopfest, I think they pull it off. But I agree, it would be an upset.

 

NL 73

KC 72

 

Why do kids with talent leave North to come to South?

KC will win this one just like they did 2 weeks ago. Knox too much for NL to handle. Miller will have a repeat performance of 2 weeks ago with at leat 30 or more and 10+ rebounds.

 

KC 78

NL 61

Why do kids with talent leave North to come to South?

 

I am not wanting to offend anyone, but South has historically had a much better basketball program than North. They also had have much more stability in their coaches. Steve Wright has been at South Laurel since it was originally Laurel County High school and has given it a great deal of stability. North has had numerous coaches in that same time frame (actually 3 different head coaches in just the past 5-6years). Sometimes it works the other way, but not very often. There is a young man who actually played a little bit at South early this season, transferred to North during the season, and was ruled eligible by the KHSAA. I do not know the circumstances of how/why, but the KHSAA believed it was a legitimate change of address and he has actually played in a limited capacity for both teams this season. Very strange.

It will come down to coaching. KC by 15

 

Yea it did come down to coaching and unfortunately Conway coaches for North Laurel and not Knox Central. Not a surprise!!