School Yard

Dixie by 15 NewCath by 5 Holmes by 5 Lloyd by 5

NCC laying down and letting Highlands beat them, obviously you don't know the rivalry. That would never happen. Even if Grant Brannen's mom,dad or wife was coaching at Highlands.

Very surprised to see CovCath win, thought all year HC was the better team. Congrats to HC on a fantastic season.

So much for a close game, Newport has some athleticism but no size at all.

Why would Highlands have a bullseye on their back, this is a basketball thread.

Hatton is a very talented offensive player no doubt, but Campbell is dominant on both ends. Would have to give POY to him because of that. Alot of season left however. Berger didn't hurt his chances over the weekend also.

Couldn't disagree more. Grant gets his team ready to play and is best X's and O's coach in Region. Just because this years team makes some poor basketball decisions doesn't mean Grant is not a good coach.

NCC just going through the motions right now. Still hungover from not being in All A. They'll snap out of it come tournament time or by an embarrassing loss.

I agree that the block doesn't count, but it should since the basket would have counted if it had gone in. I also believe that an assist should be awarded for a pass where the player is fouled. Maybe 1 assist for both free throws made and 1/2for 1 made, and of course no assist if he misses both free throws. Maybe thats to complicated, but it makes sense to me.

I agree NCC should use their zone defense more. It would allow them to use their length which is a weapon in zone play. I like Seibert up top of the 1-3-1 with his long arms and quickness. Let's face it, most good man to man defensive teams are agressive and physical. NCC is neither outside of Hightchew. Zack Pangallo is going to be a very good player for NCC over the next 3 years but he's not quite ready yet. He still forces shots sometimes, I look for him to play alot of point guard next year moving Bueter to a 2.

If your dribbling and fall down, you can't roll over and pass it. If you dive after a loose ball you can then roll and pass the ball.

NCC is going to continue to struggle against physical teams because they are young in the middle and thin on the perimeter. I can see Evan Morse playing more and more, he has done a nice job all year and gives them some toughness. Can't understand the inconsistancy I've seen this year from this team. One minute they're making the extra pass and being unselfish, the next minute their jacking up 3's and making other poor decisions. I think they'll be there at the end if they find a leader, or are willing to follow one.

I would say height advantage but not size advantage.

That's the second time this year I've seen that ref call 5 seconds in last seconds of a game that could determine who wins or not. Clearly his five seconds are 2 seconds faster than should be. Might have cost Ludlow the game. Did the same thing to NCC in LLoyd tournament game with Brossart.

Unbelievable that all 3 refs didn't see the ball go in. I have two questions. One, if your not following the ball as a ref, what are you looking at? And two, there is an official scorer that the refs could ask if the ball went in. Why wasn't the scorers table consulted if all three truley didn't see it go in?