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I couldn't agree more. I have seen Conner 4X this year and each time I walked away thinking how was this team #1 preseason. Preseason polls are worthless and often times most of the polling is done off of who is returning for a team from the previous year. That does not mean that they got any better.

GRC is very impressive to me - they will be way too much and roll by at least 20.

CCH cannot allow Holmes to hit 13 - 3 pointers as they did against BW - if that happens they have no chance of winning. Mixing up their defenses and not sitting back in a 2-3 zone could be a solution to slow the Dogs.

They collapsede heavily on Thelen which is what allowed others to get wide open shots. CCH had many uncontested shots throughout the night.

Don't get me wrong - I was not implying that the referees determined the outcome of the game. I think that the refs did not determine the outcome but I was courtside and really thought Holmes got a few calls late. Great game for both teams - I am not taking that away from them.

CCH only had two bad periods of the game where their ball handling was suspect. The start of the game and the start of the 3rd quarter. Other than that they controlled the ball pretty well against a very active HC team.

CCH played the game they were supposed to play. Hard nosed man-to-man defense, dominance inside offensively and controlling the ball. They did these things and got a great game from Drew Baker. I kept waiting for HC to mount a challenge in the 1st half and it never came. They made the game moderately interesting in the 2nd half but the game was really never in doubt. CCH has been playing well for the past 2 weeks so I wouldn't think anyone would really want them in the regional 1st round.

I kept waiting for Holmes to go on a big run to close BW out earlier than they did. They just couldn't shake BW and if it wasn't for a few questionable calls at the end that favored Holmes this game could have gone the other way. Holmes is more athletic but BW played a great game and deserves a lot of credit for hanging in until the end.

I just can't imagine Ballard losing in the districts, but stranger things have happened. Having seen Ballard play and being really impressed with their athleticism - I am going with Ballard by 5 at trinity.

Cov Cath has the best cheering section and most engaging in high school sports. Not only are they great but they engage the opponents coaches, players and cheering section with class. I have spoken to people in Lexington and each year they wish Cov Cath would make the Sweet 16 just for the cheering section. They are fun to watch, great themes and clever.

I believe that CCH was playing very well until last Friday against Madison Central. I would expect that the CCH coaching staff doesn't play a lazy 1-3-1 zone and let HC shoot them out of the gym. If CCH plays to their potential they will win by 10+.

CCH is playing with a lot of passion. This is the type of win that can really propel a team. Great win.

If Holmes keeps this game within 10 points I would have to say that it would be a moral victory and maybe give them some momentum going into the districts.

From my understanding issues have been boiling at CCH for the past 5 years or more. It includes the departure of assistant coaches, those coaches expressing publicly everything that is wrong with the program and allowing some kids to publicly disrepect the head coach and nothing is ever done to correct the issue or discipline the student.

Listerman started at CCH in 1986 as an assistant to Coach Tieman.

I have only seen Holmes play 2X this year and they played well in both of those games. Are they beginning to struggle because I would have thought that there athleticism would have prevailed. Great win by the Breds - they have some big wins in the 9th region this year.

This sounds like it had to have been a great game. I wish I could have seen this. Does anyone know if there was a live feed that can be tapped in to?

I received the email and believe that while many of you believe that it was a bashing session on Listerman I viewed it that with all of the turmoil currently with this team that a parent has great concerns that the season is getting away from the team. Maybe I was looking at it with optimism but it didn't kill Listerman like many of you are stating. I also don't agree with the heated arguments between the coach and his players - they are simply rumors. I think this should be left alone and let the CCH Colonels finish the year on a high note.

This was a great game tonight between two very quality teams. Congrats to Dixie on a big win against a CCH team that had redemption on their minds from the last meeting between these two teams. I appreciate your comments Clyde and agree with most, however the starting 5 for Dixie is better than the starting 5 for CCH. That is why Dixie can get away with a short bench because quite frankly they are not very deep. There were a lot of substitutions tonight because CCH has a deeper bench. You are actually agreeing with me on the bench development because I have been saying since December that CCH did not have to go to a 6 man rotation - which Hudepohl was left out of. I really thought that Cleves, Schult, Thelen and Baker looked solid tonight. I hope to see Dixie again in the regionals. I also thought that the entire CCH team showed a lot of enthusiasm, which has been missing.

Your understanding, in general is correct, however with the primary focus on scoring from Thelen and Connelly the guards have not had the opportunity to put up gaudy numbers. Schult is not going to give the team any more points at the 2 guard position that they have gotten from Reidinger, Hudepohl or Cleves. I will not deny that Schult should have been receiving more playing time, but that should be in the place of Baker who hasn't played well since early in the season. I love Schult's game but he is not a shooting guard. The front line has been the primary scorers the entire year - nothing is different now from the very first game.

Only 4 minutes playing time last night and he and other guards are being blamed for the losses going back to December. This problem has been going on since they returned from the Lexington Catholic Tournament. We've seen this same thing happen time after time under this coaching staff. CCH starts to lose, coach has to blame someone. Looks like this senior leader -who has given 110% to this team - has turned into the scape goat.

CCH doesn't have anyone that can stop Hatton one on one; There are more personnel adjustments on the CCH side that need to be made. It will be interesting to see what adjustments CCH makes this time to the athletisicm of Dixie.

Dixie will win this game at home but I don't think that it will be a blow out like the last meeting. CCH is struggling with some chemistry issues but will put up a good fight and keep it within 10 points.

This may be one of the best games in the 9th region this year. Holmes is legit and BC is legit to win the 9th this year.

I couldn't agree more kinglouie. The CCH guards have been the scape goats the whole season, of course when things are going bad. I said it a month ago that CCH has not developed anyone on their bench for games like this and that Listerman going to a short bench in December was going to kill them. It has and if changes aren't made they will not beat HC in two weeks.