I was there and in no way did I think Holmes ran it up or did anything that would suggest that. Holmes could have easily scored 150 if they really wanted to. I don't think I even saw coach Henley get out of his chair. I know nothing of him other than watching a few games from the stands and he seems as classy as they come.

 

Congrats to the freshman Maniacci on his first varsity start. While he did get dunked on twice, a two hand dunk by Rico along the baseline in the first and a big one hand break-away dunk by Pittman in the third, he still did not back down. He, as to be expected, just got beat by a couple of the best players in the state. He had six points and drew a couple of fouls on Pittman. Overall for a freshman I thought he did well. I also thought Coach Sullivan coached his rear off and would not let the kids quit. He was vocal to the final whistle which was good to see.

 

Congrats to Holmes and I hope you bring home another title this year.:thumb:

I can tell you that coaches Henley and Sullivan both have a great amount of mutual respect for each other. There would be no chance that coach Henley would try to embarrass the Cooper coach and program and coach Sullivan would probably be the first to agree. Coach Sullivan played a large role in preparing these Holmes seniors for what they accomplished last year and those players have the utmost respect for coach Sullivan.

I can tell you that coaches Henley and Sullivan both have a great amount of mutual respect for each other. There would be no chance that coach Henley would try to embarrass the Cooper coach and program and coach Sullivan would probably be the first to agree. Coach Sullivan played a large role in preparing these Holmes seniors for what they accomplished last year and those players have the utmost respect for coach Sullivan.

 

Completely agree, you are just talking about two programs in two completely different places right now. Holmes was not at all running it up.

Somebody sent a message tonight to NKY. I heard Pittman had a dunk that was ala Lebron over Duncan a couple years ago. The victim who was posterized was the 6'6 Frosh Maniacci.

 

Pittman had 22 pts when he was taken out of the game early in the 4th.

:laugh:

Holmes 79, Cooper 28

 

Holmes - Pittman 9 4 22, Hayes 4 0 8, Herndon 3 0 8, R. Johnson 3 0 8, J. Johnson 3 1 7, Slusher 2 2 7,Rice 2 0 5, Stephens 2 0 4, Gray 2 0 4, Mayfield 1 0 2, Avery 1 0 2, Reese 1 0 2. Totals: 33 7 79.

 

Cooper - Thompson 1 0 3, Bradley 2 2 6, Story 2 1 5, Quinlin 1 0 2, Webster 2 0 4, Cook 1 0 2, Maniacci 2 2 6. Totals: 11 5 28.

 

Holmes 32 15 18 14 -79

Cooper 12 5 6 5 -28

 

3-pointers: H 6 (Herndon 2, R. Johnson 2, Rice, Slusher); C 1 (Thompson).

Edited January 29, 201016 yr by Walter

I can tell you that coaches Henley and Sullivan both have a great amount of mutual respect for each other. There would be no chance that coach Henley would try to embarrass the Cooper coach and program and coach Sullivan would probably be the first to agree. Coach Sullivan played a large role in preparing these Holmes seniors for what they accomplished last year and those players have the utmost respect for coach Sullivan.

 

Which was evident last night after the game when all of the Holmes seniors gave Coach Sullly a hug during the post game hand shakes.

Beating a team by 50+ when you could have easily played more of your bench and maybe worked on some halfcourt things to me is sending a message. From what I heard Henley let them run and was a little more freespirited in his coaching. You knew after the loss to Ryle that Cooper was going to be the child just waiting for Dad to come home with the belt.

 

I fail to be impressed by any "message" being sent against Cooper. Send a message against Highlands and I'll be impressed.