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Will there be a dominating force for Dixie or we will continue to see multiple players contributing? I think Dixie wins this one by six.

Any thoughts of who takes this game away on 1/2 at Dixie? Who will be the big contributors for both teams?

Trammell is a junior. I heard he was going to be out for three weeks, not sure what the accuracy of that statement is. Someone told me he was sitting the bench at the game last night.

Who were the big contributors for both teams?

I think Newport will win by 6 in a very close game!

Regardless of Dixie player injuries , I take Dixie by 10. I know that Smith has had limited playing time, trammel has been out and I believe is still going to be out for a few more weeks. Someone also indicated that Pike didn't play in the tournament they attended last week. Does anyone know who their healthy players are , who we expect to see make a difference for Dixie tommorow night?

Good win for the birds.

very well played game by the colonels. they held beechwood to just ten points in the first half. i was very impressed with the hatton kid, not exactly positive of the exact numbers but he had 7 points, 9 or 10 rebounds, 8 to 10assist 4 or 5 steals and 1 turnover on an offensive charge. the colonels played there tails off on the defensive end of the floor very impressed with there effort tonight

I will have to disagree about Dixie dishing out more than Highlands until the fourth. Don't get me wrong Dixie was dishing out but I think this was about as even physical game as you can get. That is mo of course. I saw alot of elbows being thrown on both sides. I think that Highlands always plays physical and Dixie will turn it on physically in a need be case. I do believe the refs should not allow games to get out of hand physically. I don't think Tuesday's night game got out of hand. I think both teams got their fair licks in and that the refs did not favor either side. I thought it was a great game and showed Highlands could finish. Dixie just doesn't have that staying power in the last few minutes of the fourth quarter. I will agree Dixie took a ton of f/t shots in the first quarter.

I don't believe Trammel will be playing friday night so I am not sure who the fifth starter will be?

I would love to see Cov Cath win this one, but I think Lous St X will be too much for them. I think it will be a close game with a final of Lous St X 59 Cov Cath 56.

Good job Cooper Freshman!

Dixie travels to Beechwood Friday night, any thoughts on this outcome?

Hatton definately doesn't carry a body of a 14 year old. I was speaking with his dad at the game, he won't be fifteen until the end of April. Hopefully for his sake this is not all the growing he will do. I agree that his AAU ball playing definately has helped preparing him for Varsity basketball. If this boy continues on the track he is on now, watch out in the next two years. I think Dixie struggled some but not nearly as one would have thought having Trammel out. Again I was seriously impressed with Hatton's composure at point. Trammel however is one of the better pgs in the area. Hopefully he will get well soon and back on the court for Dixie. I do agree that Highlands losing Grote for the night was not a deal breaker for them by any means. They have a ton of talent in their starters as well as on the bench. Dixie just doesn't have the same talent. They are a tough, physical team but they just don't seem to be able to finish on top.

I believe Trammel was injured.

I thought Hatton did a good job stepping into Trammels place. He had great composure for being a 14 year old kid. I thought it was a good game. The fourth quarter was somewhat out of control. There were alot of elbows thrown by both teams. It was extremely physical. I think that Dixie stayed in there so long until the last two minutes because of the physical aspect of the game. Dixies' talent is not up to Highlands, but they are physical. I think Highlands will have an excellent year ahead of them.

Great game by both teams. Appears as if both teams had players out tonight. Trammel was also on the bench in Dixie gear not playing at all tonight. Highlands is going to be a tough team to beat this year. This is the best I have seen Dixie play thus far. They battled the whole entire game. The teams were tied at the end of the third quarter. It was a very physical fourth quarter. The bluebirds just had too much for Dixie to handle in the last two minutes. Congrats to the Bluebirds!

They have left Pike name out of the box score. If you add the points it doesn't tally the total points for the game. Pike played and scored. He fouled out before o/t. He was in foul trouble and he only got to play about two full quarters. It was a very good game. Dixie did not have enough to finish in o/t. NCC just ran all over them. They had two of their starters fouled out , so they were not in for o/t play. NCC is a very good team. Congrats to them on their win.

This is the final score after one overtime. Anyone at the game? Thoughts?

I would agree that the guard play didn't look well tonight , however I don't believe that will be the case for the whole year. I think Hatton and Trammel are very good players and expect to see good things out of both of them this year.

This game is on 12/8 at 7:30 at Dixie, any predications?

I will say Highlands by 13.

I was not expecting this outcome at all. I was at the game and disappointed how Dixie played. SK had a great game and Dixie did not. However I will state the officiating was one of the worst I have seen in a long time. I do not believe referees win or lose games for teams, but I do believe they can play some role in the outcome. There were several , several questionable calls. Was anyone else at the game? Maybe there were things I didn't see that they could, but I was not impressed.

Dixie takes this one by 17

Any predications for this game?