King James

Pike Central 17 13 16 10 56 Shelby Valley 23 25 31 24 103 Pike Central (3-11) -- Thompson 14, McCoy 11, Gross 9, Mead 2, Charles 4, J. Mead 5, Reczinek 2, Tackett 4, Seal 2, Luster 3. Shelby Valley (11-4) -- Justice 17, Bryant 9, Hatfield 16, Ta. Newsome 12, Varney 8, Adams 9, Ty. Newsome 10, Tackett 10, Robinson 4, R. Roberts 3, T. Roberts 3, Barkley 2.

IMO, it has alot to do with Justice and also that SV gets everybody's best shot in the 15th, and unfortunately SV just doesn't seem to bring much intensity within the region.

As I said.... "Using Dave Cantrall's ratings from 1/4 here is how the State All "A" could play out"

Here are Dave Cantrall's 10 Ten All "A" Teams as of 1/4: Elliott County 85.9 Shelby Valley 81.0 Hazard 75.1 Glasgow 70.0 Covington Holy Cross 69.2 Newport Central Catholic 69.1 Russellville 68.2 Beechwood 67.8 Lexington Christian 67.6 University Heights 67.1

Using Dave Cantrall's ratings from 1/4 here is how the State All "A" could play out: 1st Round: Edmondson County vs.University Heights Bardstown vs.Lexington Christian 1st Region Winner vs. DeSales Glasgow vs.Hazard Bishop Brossart vs. Middlesboro/Pineville Whitefield Academy vs.Elliott County Shelby Valley vs. Gallatin County Danville vs.Covington Holy Cross 2nd Round: University Heights vs. Lexington Christian DeSales vs. Hazard Bishop Brossart vs. Elliott County Shelby Valley vs. Covington Holy Cross Semi's: Lexington Christian vs. Hazard Elliott County vs. Shelby Valley Finals: Hazard vs. Elliott County Champion: Elliott County

Elisha is back playing and has been for the past 5 games, but is not near 100%. I doubt very seriously that he will be 100% by the All A. Without him at full strenght they are a totally different team.

The way Shelby Valley is playing right now Elliott would win by a landslide...

Final from the first round...

Pitiful performance by Pikeville. Bart Williams doesn't have the program in very good shape right now...

This is Phelps first loss of the season. They fall to 8-1, but their schedule has been extremely weak...

He played a little and took another fall. He shot one left handed hook shot. The shoulder must still be bothering him quite a bit because he usually played 30+ minutes in big games. If he is unable to contribute much, they will stand very little chance of doing well. The other players are capable, but are playing out of position.

Team ball isn't needed to beat South Floyd... they are terrible. Corbin should win by >30.

I posted the link where I got that info, but it was removed...

http://www.bcstopdwi.com/bcstopdwi/ Click on "2008 National Bracket"...

Final from the Great Florida Shootout... Shelby Valley moves on to face the #17 team in the nation (American Heritage) with the #7 player in the nation (Kenny Boynton, Florida signee)... That game is tomorrow @ 8:30.

They play the host school tonight...

Shelby Valley played in this tournament last year and it had some very tough competition. They faced Sylven Landesberg who is averaging around 19 PPG for the University of Virginia this year as a freshman... Very nice tournament... and they use a shot clock.

Final. Shelby Valley is still without PG Elisha Justice.

I was told that he is going to sit out for a week and see how things go. This is a VERY different Shelby Valley team without him on the floor. The other kids are role players and nobody really stepped up. They will have to play a couple more tough games the next two days without him, and possibly the tournament in Florida. SV will struggle until he returns.

Justice injured his shoulder (possible tear) in the 1st game of the tourney.

Shelby Valley without PG Elisha Justice falls to KCC in the Hoopin' it Up Classic.

Final from the Hoopin' it up Classic...

I expected Corbin to win this game. I guess we'll see how they rebound in the consolation bracket...

Final from the Hoopin' it up Classic at NL/SL...

That's not correct. Eastern Kentucky was fine. It was reported that Fayette County prohibited any bus travel on the day of the game... There were various other mountain games played on that day.