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By the way NewCath beat CovCath 41-36 in the JV game and Boone beat Dixie by about 20 in the Freshman Finals.

CovCath did a fantastic job of hosting both the JV and Freshman Tournaments on Saturday. They announced all the players to spot lights and smoke machine coming out of the tunnel. It made it very special for the kids. Trophies for the Freshman all-tournament team were first class. Thanks CovCath staff.

Dixie has good guards and are well coached. I think they'll give Boone a good game.

Anyone know what day and time NCC plays Highlands in the District Tournament?

Why aren't you fundraising?:sleep:

Best game he's played all year. You have to be in great shape to play point guard at NCC.

Ben's a great athelete and could have been a good basketball player, but never a point guard. Maybe a power forward. As far as Ben making the basketball team this year I have no idea. I haven't seen him play for 2 years. I know he didn't show up at any of the summer open gyms. That is where the real tryouts begin. It's difficult to play basketball and football.

NCC played a tough man to man the entire game. Holmes surprised me with so much one on one offence when down in the 4th quarter.

I believe the smaller schools have there own tournament, however if they had a very good team, they would have been invited to the bigger school tournament.

I agree.

NewCath 38 Ryle 27

I must admit Brossart has been playing well. But you have to admit their team and definitly their schedule is not as good as it's been in the past.

Best and most fun High school basketball game I've seen in a while. I want to congratulate both coaches on giving their players the confidence and the green light to just go out and play basketball. Most programs today slow the ball down to run a play every time down. Both teams ran when they could and it made it a very good game to watch. Thank You.

NCC will have to play better than they have to stay close, but maybe their fans will come out and make it fun. Last year CovCath won by a point with NCC shooting just 3-18 from the line.

Wow, some are picking Brossart, that's surprising to me. NCC by 10.

First of all, Giesler might just be OK, but he's as good as any other big man in the region and in the right offense can be very effective. With NCC's personnel I would like to see them spread their offense out. Did anyone watch Duke last night? That is fun to watch. Pangallo is good enough to get around his man and drive to the basket to dish out for a three to Lipscomb, Conner,or Meyer or down low to Giesler,Beiting, M. Giesler or Ollberding.

What is Ncc record so far in 2008? You're only allowed to play so many regular season games and why not believe your going to win the All A. It doesn't hurt to have a week off anyway in the middle of the season. Their record is 12-7 overall, I'm not sure about 2008. I heard 7-4 somewhere.l

I don't know what you mean by player personel problems but they are struggling on offence right now. NCC doesn't really have a player that can create their own shot consistantly so everything has to come from a play. I think if they ran the ball more they would get more open shots.

There goes the money theory.

They beat Newport this year.

Highlands used a triangle and 2 and NCC had no idea how to score against it. They didn't throw it into the post one time in the second half.

Might have been the worst officiated game I've ever seen, for both teams. Key traveling call on NCC with less than a minute was something else. NCC player was under the basket and I believe St. Henry was fouling him on purpose to put him to the line(since NCC was horrible from there) instead of making a layup. Many times NCC fouled St. Henry on drives to the basket and nothing was called. I would guess that less than 25% of offensive fouls are called correctly. The one on Lipscomb that would have tied the game was unbelievable. It's almost impossible to drive to the basket in high school basketball anymore. That's one reason why the scores are so low. That was the worst 1 point game I think I have ever seen.

I thought they seeded the top 2 teams in the past.

Maybe if your a Highlands fan. NCC played horribly. No points in the 4th quarter.

That's why you seed it. You play your way into the tournament. It's not the luck of the draw. It's like a 4-25 team getting the #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. It doesn't make sense.