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Was Gallatin not at full strength when they lost to Walton by 22 in the All A?

Not sure Gallatin is healthy Dossett has Pneumonia

Solid game by GC congratulations on making the 8th region tourney.

Also congratulations to the 3 Seniors from Carroll County, Tasha Hunter, Kyndal Curry and Jill Butcher. All three have been with coach Mefford since the 7th or 8th grade and have had excellent careers at CC. This is the first year they won't be making the trip to the regional tourney. Great kids on and off the court.

Good luck to Gallatin County.

Congrats to Tori!

I saw this game and Carroll really did take the inside game away. Curry did a great job on all three of the WV bigs. 3 of CC's starters played all 32 mins. Walton started the game with four 3's in a row and led CC 12 to 2. Carroll closed it to 2 or 3 a number of times. To WV's credit they were hitting from the outside. Some were open looks but the majority were with a hand in their face. Carroll's game plan was a good one but Walton hit the shots needed to win.

Congrats to Hannah and all the girls!

The All A hangover is legit, this will be an interesting game.

Anderson, South Oldham, and Walton Verona are contenders. Everyone else is second tier or below. Collins and Owen do not belong in top tier.

Simon would have to be considered top tier, I believe they beat WV handily earlier this season.

"They must not have scouted Carroll" I would think not. Most every team that knows Carroll, knows you have to stop Devine. She can absolutely fill it up. Last I heard she was averaging 25+ points a game. She is a nice player.

Devine struggled on offense in the first half uncharacteristically missing some wide open shots. I believe she was 1 for 15 for the half. Devine's teammates carried the scoring load in the half with Curry scoring in double figures, Hunter had a 3 and Freshman Makenzie Ogden and Makena Kindoll scored 1 and 2 points respectively. Carroll finished the first half with the lead. Devine found her shot in the second going something like 7 for 10 in the second half. Curry continued to score in the second finishing with 17 pts along with Andrea Hardesty with 6 pts and Brittany Arvin adding a bucket. Jill Butcher added a couple of free throws. What makes Carroll tough is they usually play pretty good defense and there are more girls that can score when needed.

This is a much closer score than I expected

Not sure what you mean? I didn't see it that way.

I didn't think they communicated very well on defense and their offense was to quick to shoot instead of working the ball.

Congrats to Coach Miller and the Bearcats. W-V struggled offensively the whole tournament with many BAD offensive possessions, partially due to their opponents sticking to the scouting report, turnovers, and the Bearcats not making adjustments offensively. The Bearcats defense and overall talent prevailed in this tournament which is a nice luxury to have. But, unfortunately, the Bearcats run for the All A State title could come up well short if their offense contiues to be stagnant and turnover plagued. The good news for Bearcat fans is the the coaching staff has couple of weeks to prepare for their trip to Richmond.

I would have to agree about their offense and actually I didn't think their defense was that good either, WV relied on "free throw line" defense. The game last night could have been a lot closer if WHS would have hit their free throws. There will need to be much improvement if they want to advance very far in the All A State Tourney. Congrats to WV on winning the 8th region all A.

This was a very entertaining game. WV jumped out to a 20 - 6 lead and Carroll cut it to 29 - 21 at the half. WV finished the 3rd qtr leading by 4 after Ginn hit a big 3 pointer to finish the qtr. The game stayed close (4 or 5 points) until the final minutes. Carroll couldn't overcome Walton's initial push in the first qtr. Walton did a great job at the free throw line. Carroll played with tremendous heart and poise. WV was too deep for the Panthers. Congratulations to both teams and good luck to WV tonight.

Williamstown played a good game and lead most of the way. Owen more of a me game instead of we game.

Williamstown played very well last night but they will have to play better than that to beat WV. I like watching the Demon's play because they put so much into each game. In the end it will be a very tough matchup for WHS and I expect WV will win. WV by 17

Sounds like CC had a good tournament. Congratulations to the Panthers and Coaches.

Carroll changed some defensive assignments the second time around. CC put #34 Curry on Dossett and she was able to stop her from penetrating and drawing a foul. Also by inserting #10 Ogden CC was able to match GC's quickness. Carroll limited Gallatin's second chance opportunities as well. Overall Carroll played a much better game and it was truly a team effort.

What's odd is CC matches up better with GC when Hill is playing.

Carroll's defense was suspect they couldn't contain Dossett off the dribble and the help defense would reach instead of sliding over. That gave GC a big advantage at the FT line.

NCKC player of the week

Carroll County's Hannah Devine has been named the North Central Kentucky Conference Player of the Week.

 

Devine, a 5-foot-8 junior guard, averaged 34.5 points-per-game in two contests during the week. So far this season, she is averaging 30.5 points and is shooting over 50 percent from the floor.

not to mention she is a great teammate!!!

It took the entire 1st half for CC to figure out how they call fouls in Indiana that put the girls in foul trouble. I thought they did a great job getting it together in the second half. They will continue to get better and really look strong at this point.

 

 

Southwestern probably shot 25 - 30 free throws.

Good game to all!

25 - 30 really? How many did Carroll shoot? Was Southwestern attacking the basket?

Congrats to Trimble!!

Very surprising!

The win is surprising or the margin of victory?

Trimble is a much different team than last years. They have improved their quickness and they have more scorers. Carroll's rebounding was impressive they got a bunch of second and third chances on the offensive end. The Madison Courier has a good write up on the game (sorry I don't know how to link)

The Conner/Carroll game was a foul fest. Carroll won the first quarter and the last quarter. Carroll had trouble adjusting after Curry went out. They were able to regroup in the fourth quarter. Trimble had little trouble with Whitfield Academy but a more physical team could give them some problems. Gallatin played North Bullitt and it looked like GC is going to push the pace this year.

Conner has won all of the games so far. Coach Stamm seems to be well liked early on and the girls have had fun over the lasy few days.

 

Go Conner!

Did they play Gallatin last night? If so what was the score?

1) Walton-Verona has the best overall package; IMO top team talent-wise, with two large inside players and a stable of guards. Not confident or really quick on the perimeter, though, and must break out mentally to beat SK.

 

2) Simon-Kenton is next; Wainscott willb be back; playing at home in region tourney; not deep but used to cutting down the nets. Until they are dethrowned ... they are tops.

 

3-4) Anderson Co./South Oldham - both with lots of young talent, athletic but not always consistent; first meeting means nothing with these two teams: neither team is complete inside and outside.

 

5-6) Double-Os are next: Oldham and Owen are capable of getting through three games.

 

After that there some one-game upset-capable teams, but no teams who can win it all.

I agree with the first 4 teams but there is a huge drop off to Owen and Oldham County. Owen may not make it past Henry Co. in the first round of the districts.