Mayor of Paintsville

Congrats to Cole! The best is yet to come with this fine young man.

If she was beaten that brutally, I wonder how in the world could there NOT be evidence on the defendant or in his truck? This was a very terrible tragedy and hopefully the Commonwealth has some stronger evidence forthcoming.

This years team will be young but they will be well prepared. Look for Koby Carlton to lead the point and they will have size in the middle with Noah McCubbin. Mason Wilson will also contribute at the guard position. There will be no doubt that every player on this team will know his role.

Who is the coach at Villa?

Gallatin County 6'8" big man Troy Phelps commits to Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio. Congrats Troy!

High school coaches will give an opportunity to a talented MS player if they can help the HS team win. That also gives the coaching staff a year or two to convince the MS student to stay for high school and continue playing. Sometimes it works and they stay, sometimes it doesn't and they transfer.

How many varsity points did Cole score at Villa Madonna last year as an 8th grader? Wouldn't those points count towards his varsity total?

Yes...6'8" senior

Troy Phelps at Gallatin County has 90 recorded blocks so far this season.

Wasn't at the game, but IMHO I find it hard to believe that the Cooper player under the basket who got the ball would take the ball out of bounds and inbound it IF it didn't go in. Most HS players I've seen would be looking at the refs to plead the case of "no basket", not contine the action by inbounding the ball. :idunno:

Does anyone know if Hemmerich or Lamblez are getting any college looks to play? They both seem to be leading Conner this year.

Final from Henry County. Nice win on the road for the Gallatin County Wildcats coming off a tough loss to Carroll in the All 'A'. Congrats to Coach Jones and the team!

This will NEVER HAPPEN

Wouldn't be surprised to see them possibly offer to an alum. Right now they might be waiting to see if there is enough interest to field a team.

Yes, they moved back in May when school got out.

Phelps transferred to Gallatin County. Von Handorf never intended on going to high school at Villa, and many up and coming junior high players have gone to other high schools. Maybe with a new coach they will be able to retain some of their junior high players.

Vonhandorf was never enrolled at Villa

The game was very exciting! Villa was down 10 with a minute to go and battled back. Villa junior, Troy Phelps, scored 10 points and pulled in 10 rebounds to ring up his 5th straight double-double. Troy also had a clutch 3 pointer to set up the last second 3 pointer by Cole VonHandorf, who finished with 20 points. Villa senior, Thomas Steinkoenig scored 9 points with 6 rebounds, and Villa senior, Andy Piccirillo scored 14 points. Ludlow has a nice team and is very well coached, but it was a great team effort by Villa on the come back. Just goes to show that it ain't over 'til it's over!

Villa senior Andy Piccirillo led the team with 22 points, which included six 3s. Villa junior Troy Phelps had 11 points and 11 rebounds for his 3rd consecutive double-double. Villa senior Randy Lund had 11 points and 5 rebounds. This was Villa's 4th game of the season and I believe it was Dayton's first. The Blue Lightning are back in action this Friday at home facing Calvary Christian, then travel to Ludlow on Monday December 10th. That should be a very good game.

Last year's top three scorers are seniors this year. The Phelps brothers are both about 6-7 to give them some size. The district will be tough but they should compete in D-3.