Baseball Nut 24

Welcome back PotatoMan it's been a while. Your assessment was spot on.

Unofficial from Holy Cross Radio - Holmes 18 22 15 9 - 64 Holy Cross 23 22 18 26 - 89 HC (15-6) - Ward 40, Z. Arlinghaus 17, D. Arlinghaus 12, Gibson 8, Lehmkuhl 3, Pulsfort 3, Hoffman 2, Bales 2, Reinersman 2. Holmes (8-14) - Q. Calloway 27, Perrin 10, Boyd 8, Pouncy 7, T. Calloway 6, Commodore 6. * Holy Cross played without Jacob Meyer who sat out the game with an injury. Javier Ward led all scorers with a career-high 40 points. The Indians had 11 3-pointers on the night. Quantez Calloway led the Bulldogs with 27 points. Holy Cross is now 1-1 in district play with one game left at Beechwood on Feb 5th. Holmes drops to 0-2 in district play with a game left with Beechwood.

Lead was between 8-12 most of the game. Got to as high as 15 on the first play of the 3rd quarter on a 3 by Cooper. Holy Cross cut the lead to 3 and had 2 possessions to get closer but never could. Cooper is a really good team. Was impressed by their defense. They outplayed Holy Cross and deserved to win. Best of luck to the Jags!

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Holy Cross trailed 46-35 at halftime but outscored Campbell Co 54-39 in the 2nd half to come away with a nice win on the road. Junior guard Jacob Meyer led all scorers with 43 points. Indians have now won 5 straight games. They travel to Lloyd this Friday night. HC 20 15 31 23 - 89 CC 12 34 28 11 - 85 Holy Cross (14-5) - Meyer 43, Ward 22, Z Arlinghaus 9, D Arlinghaus 8, Gibson 5, Lehmkuhl 2 Campbell Co (8-10) - Hamilton 32, Davie 29, Gross 9, Smith 5, Sorgenfrei 4, Siry 4, Jackson 2

New Cath deserves a lot of credit. Holy Cross jumped out to a big lead but the Breds kept chipping away and took their first lead at 63-62 I believe. Holy Cross responded finished on a 20-7 run to end the game. Was very impressed with Jase Iles and Caleb Eaglin. Both only Sophomores.

Unofficial from Holy Cross Radio HC 23 22 14 24 - 82 NCC 10 24 23 15 - 72 HC (13-5) - Meyer 41, Ward 24, Gibson 5, Lehmkuhl 3, Pulsfort 3, Z Arlinghaus 3, D Arlinghaus 2, Hoffman 1. NCC (5-10) - Eaglin 19, Jase Iles 17, Butts 16, Joel Iles 6, Luhn 5, Simons 5, Runyon 4. * Holy Cross will play Sayre in the first round of the state tournament at EKU at 9:30 pm on Thursday, January 27th. ** All Tournament Team - NCC - Butts and Simons HC - Hoffman, Ward & Meyer (MVP) *** Jacob Meyer scores 45, 48 & 41 the last 3 games vs BW, St. Henry & NCC.

71-65 is the correct score

Unofficially from Holy Cross Radio we had Jacob Meyer 20/24 from the field. He was 18/25 against Beechwood on Wednesday.

Friday night semi-finals at Villa high School 5:30 pm - NCC vs Dayton 8:00 pm - Holy Cross vs St. Henry * Finals will be 7:00 pm Saturday at Thomas More.

Final from Walton. Holy Cross wins their 6th in a row.

Final score from the 9th region All “A” Classic. Holy Cross advances to the semi-finals on Friday night at 8:00 pm and play the winner of St. Henry/Newport. Holy Cross broke open a close game in the 2nd half to come away with the win. Jacob Meyer led all scorers with 45 points, 14 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals. He shot 18/25 from the field. Javier Ward added 14 points and 5 assists. Beechwood was led by Cam Boyd with 23 points. 8th grade PG Cash Harney had 15 points. * Stats compliments of the Statman from Beechwood. Holy Cross - 15 12 25 26 - 78 Beechwood - 11 17 21 11 - 60 HC (11-5) - Meyer 45, Ward 14, D. Arlinghaus 11, Hoffman 6, Z. Arlinghaus 2. BW (5-9) - Boyd 23, Harney 15, Eviston 10, Gabbard 6, Way 6.

Games tonight for the opening round will be at 5:30 pm and 8:00 pm at Villa High School. 5:30 pm. Villa/Dayton 8:00 pm. Holy Cross/Bellevue * All games will be played at Villa High School with the exception of the finals on Saturday which will be held at Thomas More University at 2:00 pm.

Is this breaking news? Wasn't the argument...Lol

RJAL - I know you weren't putting anyone down. I was making the point that it doesn't matter how many shots get taken and made from the wings etc....NO ONE is sagging off Meyer to run to the wings and leaving the lane wide open for him. I can make the argument that as the season goes along he will be double-teamed in the half court even more.

VOR - I've heard this argument from more than one person (outside of Latonia). If he was shooting 30% from the field and taking all the shots I would have a problem with it but shooting 57% is what I am trying to say is very impressive.

Every team wants to be more "balanced". The problem is that most schools don't have the luxury of just replacing seniors (especially ones that could score like Hicks, McClendon & Robinson from last year) and just plug 2 or 3 new guys in the next year and automatically get or stay "balanced". It doesn't always work like that at least not at most/small schools. Some people who don't watch the games and just see the box scores want to criticize this team because Jacob Meyer averages 41 and Javier Ward 17 but no one else is above 4. The star players will almost "always" take the most shots. Meyer has gotten his teammates much more involved this year. Most nights he is seeing a double-team at half court. It's up to the other guys to step up and makes shots. This team still has a chance to be really good in my opinion. They have already played the tougher part of their schedule.

Final from Eastern High School - Middletown Holiday Classic

Final from the City of Middletown Holiday Classic at Eastern HS. Holy Cross (8-2) was led by Jacob Meyer with 47 points. Zach Arlinghaus had 22 and Javier Ward added 19. Holy Cross will now the play the winner of the Eastern/Hopkinsville game tomorrow at 6:00 pm.

Without a doubt. Javier Ward averages 18 ppg coming into today but if they add a 3rd scorer they would be even more dangerous.

Did not get all the stats but think Meyer ended with with around 48. Zach Arlinghaus had 22 and Javier Ward with 19. HC led 66-46 at half. They will now play the winner of the Eastern/Hopkinsville game tomorrow at 6:00 pm.

Per KHSAA scoreboard - Conner 75 Seneca 57 Oldham County 73 Central 67

Appreciate that B-ball-fan!

Jacob Meyer broke his own single-game school scoring record he broke two weeks ago (53) with 58 points. Javier Ward added 32 for the Indians. Justin Becker had 48 points for Robertson County. The Black Devils got the lead down to 11 early in the 3rd before Holy Cross went on a run. I was impressed with Becker. Really nice player. RC 18 24 19 16 - 74 HC 28 29 28 26 - 111

Final from Union. Entertaining game from start to finish. Ryle jumped out to a quick 10 point lead shooting the ball extremely well in the first quarter leading 27-22 after one. Holy Cross would answer in the 2nd quarter with great 3-point shooting from Javier Ward and Jacob Meyer to take a 48-46 lead into halftime. The Indians gained control of the game in the 3rd quarter creating turnovers and transition baskets including a couple highlight dunks from Meyer (one a transition alley oop from Ward) and would lead by 8 heading into the 4th. Holy Cross would move their lead back out to as many as 13 but Ryle didn't quit in the final few minutes and the final score 87-83. Jacob Meyer led the way with 43 points for the Indians. Javier Ward had another nice game adding 24 points. I was very impressed with Donovan Robinson who is a fun player to watch and has unlimited shooting range. Dominick Amorello had a great game in the paint for the Raiders. * Sam Gibson (HC) Did Not Play Unofficial stats from Holy Cross Radio - HC - 22 26 25 14 - 87 Ryle - 27 19 18 19 - 83 Cov Holy Cross (4-2) - Meyer 43, Ward 24, Z. Arlinghaus 5, Lehmkuhl 4, Pulsfort 4, White 4, Hoffman 3 Ryle (4-4) - Amorello 24, Robinson 20, Bishop 16, Walker 8, Yowan 7, Verax 4, Smith 3, Lorms 1 3-point Field Goals - Holy Cross (12) - Meyer 6, Ward 4, Z. Arlinghaus 1, Hoffman 1 Ryle (8) - Robinson 3, Walker 3, Bishop 1, Smith 1