BigDP

This brings up a good point. Does anyone know if a District Runner Up has ever won the region? Or, at least made it to the finals of the region? :idunno:

Too bad it wasn't in place this year!!!! Perhaps NDA or NCC would have made the finals!!!

I happened to hear the broadcast and here is how this conversation went: Mark - 'Now Guy, say three Hail Mary's and an Our Father and NDA has a chance against Mercy' Guy - 'Ok'

In my opinion, volleyball is the new soccer for the girls (and hopefully not to far away, boys). 10 years ago, if you drove a mini van you were parked at a local park on a Saturday morning and your daughter was out there playing soccer. Now, with the success of the women's national volleyball team (Olympic medalist almost every olympics) and the sand volleyball (AVP in Mason, Kerri and Misti, etc.) I feel a lot of young girls are taking up the sport earlier and earlier. Plus, there seems to be a lot more of the college volleyball on TV so the younger girls are being exposed to the sport. I believe it is a matter of time before more of the public elementary schools begin teams/leagues for the girls to compete in. I'm surprised there are not more public schools with teams today. All that needs to happen is a parent to step up and put a team together at the elementary level. Then just calling around to see if they can put their team in an existing league or work with other elementary schools on forming a league of their own. I'm sure the school would support the sport for the younger girls. I believe this is what was done when a parent of a boy formed a local elementary boys team. 'If you build it, they will come'...... Just my thought.

That, or he was giving some real good :idunno:insight on the game being a real snoozer.... Did anyone tell him it was a radio broadcast????

Thank Goodness for Coach Lanham!!!! Way to take one for the radio team!!!:ohbrother:

Congratulations players, coaches and fans of NCC on a very very good year!!!

Congratualions Jamie on the record and great career at NDA!!! All the Panda fans are very proud of you!!!

:thumb::thumb: 100% agree!!!! Thanks paNDA. Also, thanks Mark Wehry for broadcasting the games on internet radio!!! You guys both do a great job in supporting NDA/Cov Cath athletics!!

Well said Beechwoodfan!!!:thumb:

I could not agree more. In talking to different college coaches in different sports. I've been told more than once that 'The easiest kid to recruit is the kid that wants to come to your school'. At the end of the day all you want to do is give your child the oppurtunity to continue their career at the next level if that is what they want. All you really need to do is get your childs name / information in front of the coach or assistant coach. Heck, you can send a letter (or even an email) to the coach or assistant coach of the school your child wants to attend or a variety of colleges that they have an interest in. If you provide them with your childs schedule, stats, 'resume', etc., who knows, they may show up. I agree that it helps to play on the top AAU teams and in the Sweet 16, however, kids get recruited that do not do either. You just want to do what you can to get them noticed and their name out there. Sometimes you just need to do some of the leg work! Just my two cents worth.

Absolutely!!!!

:thumb::thumb:Agreed!!! You go TOG!!! I think it would be great for the team, students, the school, etc. to have ALL the girls/school at Regents Hall to support the volleyball team.:banana::banana:

You have my permission to leave early Friday....... You have to be there, you are the photographer!!!!

paNDA - Great job again with the pictures!!! Nice job of getting a pix of Mr. Panda doing his P A N D A (no 'S' please) cheer!!! Rumor has it that he doesn't even practice it, he has it memorized!!! Congrats to the Panda coaches and players on winning the region!!! NDA v. Green Co @ 1pm Friday. A little background on NDA's opponent on Friday. There have been no common opponents between the two schools. It looks like Green Go upset(?) Bethlehem in the regional finals in two games after losing to Bethlehem in three earlier in the year. In the second round, it looks like (if both teams win) it will be NDA v. Paul Laurence Dunbar. There have been a couple of common opponents between NDA and Dunbar: Boone County, Ryle Both schools won their matches over these teams this year. This match may be more competitive than some may think. However, my friends money is still on the PANDAS!!!! Go Pandas!!!!

:thumb:I agree Perfect Practice And he can jump out of the gym!!! With his height he has the ability to see over the defenders with the ball in his hands in the open court or in the half court set. He has made some sweet no look passes to his teammates. If anything, I think he needs to be a bit more selfish and look for his shot more!

I believe Bredwinner said it best a week or so ago when the COY was announced that it occurred to early!!! If you would have told me that NCC would win the 10th region at the beginning of the year with everything they lost (including Coach Mertle), I would have had a hard time believing it. Congrats to the Breds and Coach F. on winning the 10th region.:thumb:

B You are correct, NDA plays Scott Saturday night for the regional final at Ryle @ 7pm. They met earlier in the year and NDA did pull out the victory, however, it should be a very competitive match with both teams big hitting stars (Tibbs and O'Connor vs. Wulfeck and Barton) going against each other. In the end, I think NDA's 'other' players are stronger than Scott's 'other' players. Especially when you have the POY Schellhaas patrolling the back row for the Pandas.

Agreed about the Scott game Saturday night. First things first.... The NDA matches versus Mercy and Sacred Heart both went 5 games and were 15 -12 and 15 -13 in the 5th game. However, NDA did win both matches!! Hopefully, NDA gets a chance to play and beat both these teams again next Saturday. Also, if memory serves me correct, against Mercy, their 'star' player went out early with an injury (Mercy's star player that is). Don't bring balloons?:isurrender::idunno:

These scores are competitive, but I would think Assumption would have put up a stronger fight. Were some Assumption players missing/injured or is it that they just haven't matched up well with Sacred Heart the past couple of years? Did anyone attend the game that can share some insight on what happened?

Agree! :ylsuper: Sometimes the coach needs to adjust to his players and their strengths. I just don't see that happen at Boone this year or in years past. If you've got the horses, let them run and in my opinion, Boone (and Holmes) have more stallions than anyone in the region. It would be nice to see if Popp, Montgomery or any of the other outside shooters for Boone were given the chance to display their outside talents without having to look over their shoulder at the scorers table if they miss an outisde shot.

The 'first game' NDA team against BW and HC didn't show up last night as you can tell by the score. I thought that was a big key in NDA's victory last night. It was pretty impressive when, before 5pm the whole NDA team was already on the court dressed and stretched out in preperation for the match. It looked like they were much more ready to start the match than St. Henry, IMO. Congrats to NDA and St. Henry on fine seasons and good luck to the Pandas Saturday night against Scott. :popcorn:

Wow, NDA came ready to play last night, Coach Lanham had her team firing on all cylinders!!! Especially in the first game where, in my opinion, I thought the Pandas thoroughly dominated the Cru in every aspect. The second game was much more competitive. Congratulations Coach Lanham on a job well done. You deserve a tremendous amount of credit for working through all the injuries your team has sustained this year to get back to the regional final! Also, it looks like Assumption got beat last night in Louisville which really opens up the State Tournament next weekend at NKU. The winner of the NDA/Scott match Saturday night has a very legitimate shot at reaching the semi finals of the state tournament where they will more than likely play Louisville Mercy.

Good post! I agree :ylsuper: It seems Boone has the horses to run up and down the court. I thought they should have done that more last year when they were deeper and more athletic than most of the teams they played. It looks to be the same type of team again this year. Against Holmes and some of the other more athletic teams, I agree that playing half court games may be the way to go, however, with the athletes/players that Boone has I think it would be some pretty exciting basketball if they were turned loose. Thoughts?

So, NDA wins both games by a score of 1 - 0 and Olivia doesn't make all tournament team? Wow!! Congrats Olivia and the PANDAS!!!