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I didnt realize Lewis Co. could have had that much power. Who is it that votes, the coaches or the A.D.?

Each school has a designated voting rep.

Each of the participating schools gets 1 vote. It takes a majority for something to pass. In years past Russell & Greenup voted to seed and Raceland & Lewis (Fairview before they moved to to 64th) voted against it. Always ended 2 - 2. Had Lewis voted yes it would have been 3 - 1 and it would have passed.

Finally, we did get seeding passed this year.

I'm not sure why Russell would be so eager to seed unless they just feel it is the right thing to do.

You hit the nail on the head. Someone made a statement on another thread stating they bet Russell is glad they did not seed this year because of the season they are having. I said then that Russell still voted to seed last year knowing that this year would be a "rebuilding year". They knew with everyone that the other teams in the district had returning that they would not be a favorite and probably a #3 or #4.

Seeding generally creates the best matchups for the region tourney & it makes the regular season mean more.

Wouldn't there have to be 2 teams that voted against it?

I was only responding to lewiscoref being upset that #3 or #4 will go to the region this year. Russell & Greenup ALWAYS vote to seed. Had Lewis voted to last year that would have meant 3 of 4 voted for it and that would have been enough. They could have looked forward to meeting Russell or Greenup this year instead of the district favorite.

You can't complain about a #3 or #4 definitely making the region the year you are a #1 or #2 when you had the power to keep that from happening. Certainly it is not a stretch for a #3 to beat a #2 if the district is seeded but it lessons #4's chance of making it when they play #1 in the first round. #4 may be able to beat #3 in a draw but should not beat #1.

Again, this is all water under the bridge because we seed from now on. Can't imagine that will ever change as long as there are only 4 teams in this district and Greenup and Russell are in it. :thumb:

Yet again, a 3 or 4 team out of a district will make it to region. :mad:

Lewis had their opportunity to vote for the seed last year and declined. This won't be an issue starting next year.

I seen the first game Ricky and understand your opinion. Boyd definetly has a tough time with the Press.

 

If I were to stick with a Coach in a District game, it would have to be Zornes, now if he can just convince this group of players like he was able to in the Past he will be OK.:thumb: But I also agree sometimes teams are just too overmatched, but still sticking with my prediction, but happy either way.:thumb:

 

 

BTW, hard to beat someone 3 times in a year.

Not if you are the better team. If the 2 teams are equal then yes it is. These 2 teams are not equal or probably even close to equal.

I dont mean difference in makes. I mean if its called to where Raceland is getting called for fouls when Hall goes into the lane. He pushes off a lot and draws fouls on the opponent. Like Reggie Miller did in the NBA.

If there is a CLEAR push off then the refs will see that and call it. If there is contact when he goes in the lane and a foul is warranted, I'm sure they will call it on the appropriate offender (offense or defense).

If Fairview doesnt shoot a bunch of free throws , Raceland wins.

If Raceland doesn't commit a lot of fouls, Fairview won't shoot a bunch of free throws. :thumb:

What happened to the Lady Lions?

They came out on fire and led 27 - 15 after the 1st quarter. Then the shots quit falling and West started playing much better. Elliott doesn't seem to run much offensively in the halfcourt. Everytime down court someone either drives to the basket and throws something up or jacks up a 3 pointer. And, it's not that their shot selection got worse as the game went on because that is just how they play all the time. West did a good job shutting down their transition after the first quarter. If you get Elliott in a halfcourt game they struggle.

Congratulations to West on the win.

Heard the score was 7 - 5 at one time. That means Ashland went on a 75 - 5 run!!!!!!:eek:

Couldn't agree more -- I had a daughter playing 6 years ago in the 9th and it seems to have gotten worse since then.

Refereeing is horrid in the 9th. Pickup games at the Armory are cleaner.

The 16th region is glad to hear this since we are exchanging with them for our region tournament. :creepy:

It is correct but I am not sure how many times they have faced each other. I think it is only a handful of games in the last 30 yrs. (but that is just a guess).

I believe I heard Dickie say this win breaks a string of 24 wins in a row for Ashland against Raceland. That would mean they have only played 24 times in the last 60 years.

Is this correct and if so, how many games does this involve.

Dickie said it on the radio. Don't know how many times they have played. He may have said, I just didn't hear.

First win over Ashland since 1947.

Final from "The Palace".

Russell did a much better job as a team taking care of the ball today. The committed 18 turnovers as opposed to 29 against Boyd. Much more poised today.

Russell shot 16 - 26 from inside 3 point arc for 62%.

They were 1 - 3 from behind the arc for 33%.

Total FG's 17 - 29 for 59%

They were 8 - 12 from the FT line for 67%.

Simpson - 19 points on 9 - 12 shooting, 1 - 2 from FT line. 7 blocked shots!!

Sparks - 10 points. 5 - 6 from the line in the 4th qtr.

Parsley - 9 points and 11 rebounds.

Russell played without 6'0" center Katrina Holmes (knee). 8th graders Gabrielle Cassity and Molly Baldridge really stepped up in her absence. They had only one turnover between them while splitting time for the entire 32 minutes.

Final.

Greenup missed a ton of free throws in the 4th quarter. I know Craft missed 6 straight inside the last minute that would have sealed the victory for Greenup. He did hit a huge three to put Greenup up 3 but Skaggs trumped that one with the biggest of his 4 threes and possibly his young career to tie the game. Ferguson was huge for Russell tonight as Shooter stated. Hit the winning FT's with 2.8 secs remaining. The 63rd draws on Wednesday. The teams that avoid Raceland have to feel good about their chances. Should be the last blind draw for the 63rd. The speculation ends on Wednesday.

It will be at half time of the varsity game... So there should not be a delay or late start. We do consider those that have to travel.:thumb:

Plus, it's a weekend game so getting back late on a school night is not an issue.

Russell was 18 - 27 from 2 point range for 67% and 19 - 37 overall for 51%.

They were also 8 - 14 from the FT line for 57%.

They had 11 blocked shots, 11 assists, & 7 steals.

Most of the time you would expect to win with these stats.

BUT........

They committed 29 turnovers. That is hard to overcome. Boyd's pressure was good but several of the turnovers were simple bad passes with people open. Over 70 turnovers in 2 games in the last 2 weeks (Rowan & Boyd). Russell has to do a better job protecting the ball if they want to make a run at the region championship.

Congrats to Boyd on the hard fought win.

You know that 82 is the average of 2 of Russell's games put together

Certain folks are really enjoying Russell's down year in basketball. That's fine. Kick a dog enough when its down and it will eventually bite back.

16th should be wide open this year. Some Russell pitchers have been working their tales off all winter long. Be interesting to see how well they do!

What stories have they been working on dad?? Sorry, couldn't resist!!

Because Ashland gets every call at home.

I get so tired reading this. How do you all figure since they get the same officials on the road that they get at home?? Swift doesn't assign the officials, Darrell Smith does. This is not Ohio.

Y Russell in front of Greenup?... Greenup is playing better ball, had Fairview on the ropes in the 4th... they play Russell friday so i guess we will see

Because it's an opinion poll and that is his opinion. Doesn't make it so, just makes it his opinion.

All that matters is what they do head to head and that looks like it will mean even more starting next year!! :thumb:

Dickie kept saying both teams, the officials, crowd, and timekeeper were all flat tonight.

Final.