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That's what happens when a 13-17 team ends up in the Sweet 16, I guess?

I believe it gives a player to have the chance to develop his or her skills and to play against some of the best High School players in the game. It has also become imperative if you want the exposure to Collage Coaches and recruiters. Is it demanding on the players and their families? Absolutely, but the benefits of earning a "Full Ride" somewhere outweigh the demands, IMO.

Don't you know it!

Nice article WVFrank. I know how proud, and rightly so, you are of her.

Manual moves on to tomorrow morning's semi -final round with today's win over Bowling Green.

Final from Diddle Arena. Dupont Manual 48 - Bowling Green 36.

46-32 1 minute to go. Manual playing well, once again, with one of the better players in the State on the bench again with a broken hand. To my knowledge April Wilson will be sidelined the entire tournament.

After being down at the half by 4 points Manual has taken charge in the second half and leads Bowling Green by 15 with under 4 minutes in the game.

Great game! Listened to the whole game online. Congratulations to both teams. NCC you represented the 9th Region well. Calloway County still undefeated in the State of Kentucky this year.

Wilson for Calloway County hit a half-court 3 pointer at the buzzer to end the half. Both teams shooting aroung 30% from the field. NCC 100% from the line and 57% from 3 point land. Avery Fields with 10 points For Calloway County.

I picked Dixie... I'm sure not too many picked Simon-Kenton in 1981.

I think that because a schools feels that something may need a change reflects badly on the person who was in charge. I don't know Coach Elkus but I have never heard anything negative about him at all. I wish him well. I think the Dixie faithful would like to see their team competitive again on a larger stage. Nothing wrong with that, IMO. It has to start with getting young ladies interested in basketball again. Good luck to the program, as well.

Final score from the 1st Round of the Sweet Sixteen.

I'm beginning to believe from what I have read on here that RC would beat the LA Lakers in a rout!

I'm beginning to believe from all of the posts about RC that they would beat the LA Lakers in a rout!

My bad Rebel 1984 that was mountain ref that said that. Sorry.

Rebel1984 posted on the Rockcastle-Casey County thread that Rockcastle is ready to roll through the Sweet 16 or something to that effect:confused:

Look what happened to Marion County last season, after entering the tournament as the favorite.

Here's hoping they can find someone who can return Dixie to the top of the heap in the 9th Region. 1st challenge is to get some good athletes to go out for the team.

Their 6 foot center is legit. She accounts for 36% of their offense. Not sure who backs her up though.

I still believe the 7th and the 9th Regions are by far the toughest in the State. Do they win more State Championships? No, but the winnwrs of these Regions have been battle tested and a lot of times, beaten up by the time they make the State Tournament. Hopefully the Lady Breds can get pumped back up and make a serious run. I believe they are as capable as Marion Co., Rockcastle County or Manual of winning it all.

You're more than welcome. She is a pure joy to watch play. Some days everything and sometimes nothing goes your way. Such is life. Looking forward to some more memorable matchups between our 2 schools. Have a good off season:)

We certainly don't need this. The young lady is a remarkable player.

The 1st Ryle - Boone game last month at Ryle High School in front of a SRO crowd of more than 2500 fans is what High School basketball is all about, IMO.:thumb:

The 9th Region tournament should be held in a High School Gym, period. I'll take the trade off of a comfortable front row seat for "bleacher-butt" smack in the middle of a bunch of sceaming students any day of the week. I know it probably never will go back to that because it's more about making money than it is about the experience.