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Should Conner get by Dixie they will not allow Holmes to "rest" as they will make Holmes guard them. Holmes shouldn't and probably wouldn't play zone against them because Conner will shoot the "3" and if zoned could get hot and hit a bunch of them. Conner can also handle the press pretty nicely so I don't agree with your "rested" statement at all.

Teammate, only one other scorer with 16 for Jenkins.

During the season in 30 games they were 385 for 620 and 62% or an average of 12.8 makes for 20.7 attempts.

and little Draud is not there also.

So you just dump the seniors who have given it their all for the last couple of years?

Hard to tell how tall he might be but pretty impressive stuff even if he is not 5'5".

Heard McNeil had his cast removed yesterday. Anyone know for sure if that is true?

Per the KHSAA. Congratulations to the lady cougars as they win their 20th game of the season in their regular season finale. Imo this is considered an upset and probably Conner's best win of the season. While not a good shooting night again from the field for the lady cougars they were able to hit 23 of 28 from the foul line to end the season and prepare for the districts next week. Does anyone have any details of the game? I have stated previously that this team could be a team that could upset a team come tournament time if they get hot from the outside and make shots.

The shot was a layup and it had a very good chance of going in until it was illegally blocked by Hurt. A goal tend is a goal tend is a goal tend unless totally missed by 2 referees who never did another state tournament game.

Ever hear the old saying "be careful what you wish for"? Holmes may be down but they won't roll over for any of the other 3 teams.

Start the "everyone loves the atmosphere of the close gyms" thread. While I appreciate the fact that they rotate the districts through the schools the district loses a lot of revenue by not having enough capacity to hold the crowds that they could accommodate at a larger venue. Imo it causes fans to lose interest in even trying to go. I can remember getting shut out of district games at Holmes with 3000 seating capacity. I wouldn't even attempt to go to a district game with 750 capacity.

Here are the 1976 state tournament results. I remember being there to watch Holmes lose to Henry Clay in the 1st round. Edmonson Co. had nail biters until the semifinals and then they just blew out a tired looking Christian Co. team in the championship game. Edmonson Co. was lucky to draw in the early session playing Wednesday and not again until Friday afternoon. Christian Co. was in the bottom half with the Lexington and Louisville schools. They had to play the late Thursday session, late Friday session, Saturday morning against a tough Henry Clay team and really didn't seem to have anything left against Edmonson Co. Saturday night. Not to take anything away from Edmonson Co. they were truly a team of destiny and a great small school story. This probably did save the "sweet 16" as we know it. I am glad though that we now play the finals on Sunday. I think we get a much truer championship game with some teams not having to play 4 games in 48 hours and twice on Saturday. 1976 First Round Shelby Co. 74, Apollo 68 Paducah Tilghman 75, McCreary County 60 Edmonson Co. 77, Betsy Layne 72 Harrison Co. 75, Green Co. 54 Henry Clay 74, Holmes 65 Ballard 95, Hazard 67 Christian Co. 67, Ashland Blazer 63 Shawnee 85, Clay Co. 57 Quarterfinals Shelby Co. 64, Paducah Tilghman 54 Edmonson Co. 61, Harrison Co. 57 Henry Clay 77, Ballard 74 Christian Co. 75, Shawnee 69 Semifinals Edmonson Co. 53, Shelby Co. 52 Christian Co. 68, Henry Clay 67 Championship Edmonson Co. 74, Christian Co. 52

Not to take away from your post but there were no 3 pt goals at that time in high school in Ky. He was definitely something to enjoy during the games.

10 in a row for CCH since losing to Holy Cross in the shoebox. Looks to me like colonels are clicking and more than ready to defend their regional titles. It would be hard to not bet on their doing that.

Good win for the lady cougars against a Notre Dame team that has been playing very well of late having won 6 in a row including wins against Scott and HC. Still say this Conner team can be dangerous if they can score the ball as they play pretty good full court pressure defense. Anybody have any details?

Not much to talk about I guess?

Thought this SK team was a team that had promise to start the season. What seems to be the problem? Are they young or is Trent just not getting production out of everyone? Not seeing them play I wonder if someone could enlighten me.

Conner struggling of late. After starting strong they have lost 7 of their last 11 games and are not trending in the right direction. After seeing this team at Christmas time I thought this was a team that could scare some teams. They have a couple of games to get it turned around and finish with Holmes and NCC before the districts start. Could still finish strong imo.

Wouldn't you empty the bench early in a 37 point beatdown?

Congrats on the win and Stamm's 200th. The lady cougars continue to struggle with their shooting woes, 15 of 45, 2 of 17 from 3 and 13 of 24 from the line in the win against Boone Co. If they don't start shooting better it will be a tough stretch here at the end with ND, Highlands and NCC still on the schedule. The district looks to be set with Ryle #1, Boone Co. # 4 with Cooper #3 and Conner #2 set to face each other in the districts. Cooper just beat Conner recently and they need to tighten things up if they want to get to the regionals. They are dangerous when they play tight "d" and hit the "3" but have dropped 4 of their last 6 and these upcoming games loom large in their getting momentum for the tournaments imo.

Per the KHSAA site Conner was 11-20 from the foul line. Free throw shooting continues to haunt the lady cougars. Have to think that a few of those the second half were front ends. Also looks like Hurst struggled with only 2 pts and 0-9 from the field. This team is capable of upsetting someone should they get to the regional but they would have to be clicking on all cylinders imo.

Heard that Conner held the ball for 6 minutes in 2nd quarter and score was 13-13 at half. Conner had a 2 point lead with about 2 minutes to go but would end up losing by the final score of 46-42. Sounds like they made it interesting for the lady raiders.

Pretty amazing for anyone any year. I never thought that Jamie's record would be topped and this girl is going to blow it away. Congratulations and much success at the next level. Go disprove your doubters.

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If my math is correct it looks like Miss Creech needs 63 points to surpass Jamie Walz - Richey after scoring 220 points in her last 5 games to give her 1035 on the season. She still has 9 games left in the regular season so based on her current 49.3 average you would expect her to break the record on Feb. 4th at Perry County Central. In an earlier outing against Perry Co. Central she scored 55 points. She faces Painstville next On Feb. 2nd at Paintsville. I would expect a full house for those next 2 games in anticipation of her breaking the record.