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Seems like it was a very good game. Congrats to Boone!

Walton-Verona should be ranked. Ballard too high(maybe #15), Anderson too high with two losses(maybe 12 or 13), IMO

#13 left out??

Anderson Co. 60 Anderson Co. 24 6 11 19 60 Paul Dunbar 15 29 13 17 74 Anderson Co. (4-2) -- Cann 20, McKee 17, Brown 8, Robinson 5, Whiteside 4, Stewart 4, Averitt 2. Paul Dunbar (4-1) -- McEldowney 18, Parks 18, Muhammad 11, Fender 9, Jackson 6, Edwards 10, Todd 2.

Congrats on joining the 1000th point club!!!

South Oldham 57 Highlands 53 Highlands 16 14 11 12 53 South Oldham 11 19 11 16 57 Highlands (2-2) -- Abner 12, Parton 8, Fisse 3, Kowolonek 2, Watson 6, Schafer 16, Baley 4, Bridewell 2. South Oldham (3-1) -- Dye 11, Gamsky 2, Wright 6, Housley 5, Whitfield 23, Sedoris 4, Beaudrie 6. Good win for the dragons against a very good Highlands team!

Wow, So many girls hurt this year. She is such a good player, I really hate to hear that about any player especially seniors. Hopefully Bryant's injury is not as serious.

Have I missed something? I saw the box scores for a couple of games and have not seen Hannah Devine From Carroll County and Nicole Bryant from North Oldham. Are they hurt??

Heard that Melton for Oldham was hurt in the warm up and taken to the hospital. Hope she is OK. Is she their leading scorer?

Good win for Owen. I think the situation in the 8th will be the same as last year. Few points will determine the wins between the top teams, Walton, Anderson, South and Owen.

Not sure we were watching the same game, Whitfield did play the point. She played as always about 75% of the time, she is the point. The problem is that she did not play most of the game because she got two quick fouls in the first couple of minutes in the game. Did not play again until the 3rd and got in foul trouble again. I wouldn't say the defender on her did such a great job because she was the high scorer in very limited play--she will have to stop being so aggressive on defense in the first half of games. I do think that WV should definately be ranked higher. I think they have the best post players in the region. WV guards know how to get them the ball and they know how to finish at the rim.

Walton Verona 77 Paul Dubar 74 (2OT) Paul Dunbar 8 16 18 14 18 74 Walton Verona 8 15 16 17 21 77 Paul Dunbar (0-1) -- Fender 6, Muhamad 22, Jackson 10, Edwards 3, Cod 4, Raglin 8, Parks 21. Walton Verona (1-0) -- Clinkenbeard 12, Sladey 2, Ginn 4, Sandlin 20, Taulbe 15, Judy 20, Hoffa 4.

Hope it is not a serious injury. Will keep her in my prayers.

Congrats to the Gayheart family! She will do very well at NKU.

COACHES' TOP 25 TEAMS (First-place votes in parentheses) Team Region ’10-’11 1. Manual (43) Seventh 33-5 2. Marion County (31) Fifth 27-7 3. Boone County (1) Ninth 28-6 4. Perry County Central (1) 14th 27-4 5. Mercy (1) Sixth 24-8 6. Butler Sixth 28-5 7. Madison Central 11th 23-10 8. Anderson County Eighth 23-9 9. Clay County 13th 27-7 10. Ryle Ninth 23-7 11. Elizabethtown Fifth 29-4 12. Sacred Heart Seventh 23-6 13. Lexington Catholic 11th 19-12 14. Montgomery County 10th 15-16 15. Monroe County Fourth 24-7 16. Scott County 11th 19-11 17. Owensboro Catholic Third 27-8 18. Lincoln County 12th 22-7 19. South Oldham Eighth 22-6 20. Ashland Blazer 16th 26-5 21. Rockcastle County 12th 36-1 22. Bowling Green Fourth 25-2 23. Calloway County First 32-2 24. Grayson County Third 28-5 25. Murray First 22-10

Coaches' Top 25 Players: Kentucky High School Girls' Basketball Preview 11:52 PM, Nov. 17, 2011 | Comments COACHES’ TOP 25 PLAYERS COACHES' TOP 25 PLAYERS (First-place votes in parentheses) Player, school Ht. Yr. PPG College choice 1. Sydney Moss, Boone County (34) 5-10 Sr. 23.0 Florida 2. Makayla Epps, Marion County (13) 5-11 Jr. 16.0 Louisville 3. April Wilson, Manual (7) 5-7 Sr. 6.9 Purdue 4. Kyvin Goodin-Rogers, Marion County 6-1 Jr. 11.0 Louisville 5. Kendall Noble, Breathitt County (2) 5-11 Sr. 19.0 N/A 6. Jenna Crittendon, Ryle 5-10 Sr. 14.0 Xavier 7. Bre Elder, Marion County 5-9 Sr. 14.0 Dayton 8. China Dow, Christian Academy (1) 5-10 Jr. 16.0 N/A 9. Kara Wright, Manual 5-10 Sr. 9.4 SE Missouri St. 10. Ashton Feldhaus, Madison Central 5-11 Jr. 12.0 N/A 11. Megan Pittman, Casey County 5-11 Sr. 14.0 Coastal Carolina 12. Kayla Styles, Manual 6-1 Jr. 4.4 N/A 13. Jasmine Whitfield, South Oldham 5-11 Sr. 20.9 Cincinnati 14. LeAsia Wright, Manual 5-7 Sr. 9.4 N/A 15. Kelsey Adwell, Pleasure Ridge Park 5-8 Jr. 13.4 N/A 16. Rianna Gayheart, Owen County 5-7 Sr. 16.0 Northern Kentucky 17. Larryn Brooks, Madison Central 5-5 Jr. 13.0 N/A 18. Kayla Rankin, Perry County Central 6-0 So. 17.5 N/A 19. Caylan Bybee, Monroe County 6-1 Sr. 19.3 N/A 20. Javonna Layfield, Ballard 5-10 So. 18.0 N/A 21. Serena Sandusky, Bryan Station 5-8 Jr. 16.0 Butler 22. Ashli Mayes, Franklin County 5-10 Sr. 16.3 Samford 23. Micah Jones, Green County* 5-8 Sr. 15.8 Western Kentucky 24. Aareon Smith, Butler 5-10 Jr. 11.1 N/A 25. Katelyn Newsome, Sheldon Clark 5-8 Jr. 13.5 N/A * - Sat out last season with knee injury; stats from sophomore season. Note: Owensboro Catholic junior Becca Greenwell received 21 first-place votes but will miss the season with a knee injury.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the family. Rest in peace.

I agree totally. This is exactly what I told my daughter. Told her I was very disappointed, she is suppose to be a leader and lead by example, always playing hard. I have many coversations about being mentally tough, playing hard whether you are playing the "best" team in the state or the "worst" team in the state. But as you probably know, getting a 17 year old to really listen to a parent doesn't always happen. Might be nice if a coach made them run a little extra in practice to reiterate this point.(lol) WVFrank, of course I know who you are. Was actually going to talk to you during the JV game but somehow missed you leaving. We think your granddaughter is great. She has such great hands, and amazing jumping ability.My daughter rarely talks to me about other high school players but she often calls Sydney "a beast" and "amazing"(highest of compliments from a bball player). Boone will have a great season, the transfer from Virginia is going to help a lot.

Regarding the South-Boone scrimmage, when I asked my Daughter why South did not play with much intensity in the 5th quarter, she said "The scrimmage was over, Boone just wanted to play another quarter. the fifth quarter didn't count" But I do think it is hard to look at scrimmages and know who would win in a real game. South played a very physical game and if individual fouls were counted it might have been a different game. That being said, I really liked South's defense. Dye had a great game, very strong in the post. After 4 quarters, Dye had 18pts and Whitfield 16pts. But Whitfield had more turnovers than usual but I think this is normal for her coming off summer AAU playing the 2/3 she always has to adjust back to playing the 1 position. I also liked the sophomore Sedoris for South, I think she will give South a very good inside presence. For Boone, Moss was great. She is just unbelievably athletic, I also liked #13 and #34. They will be a very good team.

South Oldham Lady Dragons had two players sign today: Jasmine Whitfield - Cincinnatti Mary Dye - Bellarmine University So glad for both girls! They get it done on the court and in the classroom. Coach Wright has done such a good job with making these girls better players. It was such a great time today with teammates, family, middle school coaches, AAU coaches, etc. Congrats to Mary and Jasmine!!

Congrats to Sydney and her family!! She will do very well at the next level. Awesome athelete. My husband thinks she can dunk and just doesn't know it yet. She can elevate. Glad she is not in the 8th region, lol!! If she stays healthy, she should be the next Miss Kentucky Basketball.

Congrats to Sydney!! Met and talked to her Grandmother several times. Very nice Family. Jax State is getting a very good player!!

I don't think I agree that Gayheart is better now. Statistically Whitfield was better that Gayheart in ppg, shooting %(2pt and 3pt) and rebounding. As I do not have all Gayheart stats it would be hard to compare but I would bet they are very similar. Physically Whitfield is taller 5"11 with a 6'2 reach. What I will say is that we have 2 very good players, but they are very different type of players IMO, so it is very hard to compare them. Whitfield is a more athletic player using a lot of her physical attributes and Gayheart is a more finesse player using more skills. So depending on what type of basketball you like to watch, your opinion will be different than another person's opinion. I think it is great that the eighth region has girls that will be playing at the next level, Gayheart(NKU), Whitfield(Cincinnatti), and Dye(Bellarmine). I am hoping that Brown(Anderson), Bryant(North Oldham), Taulbee and Slavey(Walton), and Devine(Carroll Cty) will also be playing at the next level. Does anyone have any recruiting info on these girls? The 8th has a lot of talent. I am a big fan of Women's Basketball, so I am pulling for all the girls in Kentucky, especially the 8th region!!

By Mickey Patterson Teams 1. Anderson County 2. South Oldham 3. Walton Verona 4. Collins 5. Owen County 6. Simon Kenton 7. Oldham County 8. Gallatin County 9. North Oldham 10. Carroll County Players 1. Rianna Gayheart - Owen County 2. Jasmine Whitfield - South Oldham 3. Hannah Devine - Carroll County 4. Aaliyah Wells - Collins 5. Mackenzie Cann - Anderson County 6. Eriel McKee - Anderson County 7. Ashley McMurtrey - Oldham County 8. Sydney Brown - Anderson County 9. Mary Dye - South Oldham 10. Nicole Bryant - North Oldham

South will need more consistant offense from players other that Whitfield and Dye. South will most likely be starting 5 seniors. I expect Maddie Wright to join the 4 remaining starters. Although, Whitfield was South's best 3-point shooter last year, I personally thing Wright has the ability to be the best 3-point shooter. Getting her to shoot this year will probably give South 3 very good players for offense. The other two starters, Gamsky and Housley(both very strong defenders) will also give some needed offense. I think South is also losing Mikala Pfeifer to another sport, she was a very good physical player in the post. If sophomore Emma Sedoris can step up in the post, South will be very, very good. I was also very impressed this summer with juniors Mackenzie Beaudrie and Corrine Sanford. I think they both will play good minutes off the bench. South will have 8 Seniors on varsity with most having played three years on varsity. As always, I think Coach Wright will have this team ready to compete for the region, but it will be up to the players on how far they will go.