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Let me add some details.... FIRST HALF: CC jumped out to a quick 13-0 lead before Walton hit its first bucket. Walton, not exactly in what will probably be their normal starting five, struggled with Campbell's pressure in the opening minutes and dug themselves in a hole. Once Walton settled down, some subs were made, and players were more in their roles, Walton played EVEN with Campbell the rest of the half. And RCC9 is correct, Ison was on the bench when Campbell jumped out to its early lead. At around the 3 minute mark, Campbell with the same 13 point lead, picked up their pressure full court. THIS is where Campbell is really good and they extended the lead by 10 to end the first half. SECOND HALF: Most of this half was probably much more like what we would have seen from Walton offensively and defensively if it was a regular game. Walton took an early lead, Campbell came back and would lead by smaller margins until late in the half. With Campbell leading by THREE, with around three to four minutes remaining, a timeout was called. At that point, Walton's coach sat ALL of the starters and out of the time out, Walton's JV, who mostly had not seen the floor yet, finished the game. Campbell's varsity pressure OVERWHELMED them and Campbell rattled off 20 plus points in a hurry. It did look a little funny watching Campbell press the dog doo out of that group, however, I DO NOT fault Coach Menefee. You are there to play your game and run your stuff, regardless of who is on the floor. In the end, Campbell is a very good ball club. They have some nice players and are very well coached. I love Taylor Clos (sp?) Her short range jumper is smooth. I hope the Camels have a great season and win the 10th as I root for the NKY teams.

Campbell is my clear cut preseason number one in the 10th region. I know Mason County is very good, however having the opportunity to see both scrimmage back to back this morning, I have to give the edge to CC. Again, this is now. There is a lot of practice, coaching, games to play and getting better to be done before the end of the season.

I'm not sure what your trying to say and why you would mention me in this post. Honestly, it makes no sense. Your thread introduction clearly stated that at a certain point, the SK coaches thought the physicality was too much (beyond legal) and pulled the players of the court. Now you say most people don't complain? I guess I'd pick one. I'm going to try to go high road here and really hope you are not making light of teams, coaches or parents when kids get injured. That would be on the edge of despicable. I have been around more than enough families that have had to deal with injuries that have resulted from the physicality of basketball, as many folks have, and NONE of them are something to make jabs at. Finally, if you have a question for me, you could just ask me yourself.

Your good. No apologies needed. I have absolutely no reason to be disappointed...at all. Number one. I just thought it was ironically funny. And it still is. Number two. It's thanksgiving. I am off work, with family, and getting ready to strap a feed bag on. It is hard to be disappointed in that situation. Number three. If SK got frustrated when physical play was matched or dished back, that is not disappointing, that is enlightening. It would certainly not be the typical Stowers teams of the last few years. Im glad no one got hurt. And have a blessed day!

So am I reading correctly? Coach Stowers got upset about over physical play? He cried about elbows and players trying to be over physical with his star player? Even to the point where he took his players off of the court? Really? If so, that's comical.The cheap shots, throw downs, elbows, rides, trash talks, etc that SK has built a reputation with the last few years (and have routinely gotten away with in their own 8th region) never seemed to bother him any at all. I guess it's different when the shoe is on the other foot.

Obvious. It certainly depends on how good. We were talking starting 5 so the assumption was "your best 5". I am with you on the point your making. If my post players are not skilled enough to force double teams, or weak side help, or if they are not able to force mismatches, then I'll take 5 quality guards any day of the week. In my post, I made specific reference to SKILLED post player.

Campbell County will be very good and extremely well coached. They will not, however, have the best starting 5 in NKY at any point in this season. At this point, I would go with Ryle, Holmes and Highlands for that honor, simply because they have a more balance line up with some version of skilled post players. I think you can do more with inside and outside balance than you can with 5 perimeter type players.

Mason plays Highlands on the 28th at 11:30AM. Game is in Highlands' Middle School gym.

As far as your observations, I am a little surprised with the bolded. It seems to me, and lining up with what you said above, that Coach Stowers usually plays pretty deep on his bench. Perhaps he wanted to see extended time with the core in order to still make some decisions. I have no idea...I am only guessing.

Conner host Walton-Verona in a F, JV, and V scrimmage this Thursday. Looking forward to seeing some old friends and watching the Cougars play.

I can confirm FBD's comment as I work with a parent of a Gallatin Co player. While at work yesterday, he got text messages from his daughter and his wife telling him about it. The girls were told the news yesterday at school. I will also add, that as of this mornings update from him, it sounds like there are a few very good options being explored. Hopefully one of those will work out for the better. I wish the best to those young ladies, especially the Seniors.

Congrats to Dasia and her family! Go Tigers!

Congratulations Aimee! Benn watching her play a long time..and block a TON of shots!

Congratulations to Carly and her family!

Congratulations!! Very exciting for the young lady!

Ugh! Hate it for the young lady. Praying for a blessed procedure and a full, quick recovery!

Congratulations to Ms Green and her family! Now have a great season!

Like a glove. :thumb:

:dancingpa Congratulations Hailey!! You've worked incredibly hard and have been blessed with an awesome opportunity! Couldn't be more proud of you! Now have a great season! I am sure the transition from Bearcat to Tiger will be a smooth but exciting one!

Moran from WV hits a 44 yard field goal with 4 seconds on the clock to extend the Bearcats lead.

Halftime in Verona. WV Bearcats up on the Wildcats of Newport by a score of 31 to 6.

Um, talk about lobbing one in there. C'mon RC, you can hit harder than that. :lol2: Maybe your being a good boy for once.

Fair enough. And I did think about that when I picked a "starting five" off the list. A few thoughts in response... 1. There is still 5 other players on the list that can come off the bench anytime for defensive reasons if my mismatch attempts backfired. 2. Offensively, the 5 I listed would be very good, I think there defense would be good enough. In fact, better than one might think. 3. As far a your thought if they could stop anyone, I only mentioned the 9th and 10th and I think we'd be just fine. :lol2: So, what line up would you use out of the CP list that you think would be more competitive defensively, without dropping offensively?

Congratulations! Wishing her a great senior season and a tremendous college career! Just guessing but I would assume that it would be one of these three since they are the only D2 schools I can find in Virginia... Virginia State University Virginia Union University University of Virginia's College at Wise Do any of those ring a bell?

Although ones personal preference or "bias" would cause them to possibly add/trade a couple players on or off this list, I still have to admit, its a pretty doggone good list. It got me thinking about the neighboring 9th and 10 regions, their Cat's Pause threads and the players on their list. For the sake of fun and discussion, I'm gonna throw this out there. Here goes... The 8th region Cat's Pause team would defeat both the 9th and 10th CP's teams. (Separately of course) Here would be my starters by position for the 8th, with the other 5 coming off the bench. 1 - Ally Niece 2 - Kaci Currens 3 - Hailey Ison 4 - Justus Martin 5 - Shelbe Black How fun would that team be? They would have the best point guard between the 3 regions, we would be deeper and stronger in the post, and we would be an absolute mismatch nightmare between Niece, Ison, Martin and Black. Niece and Ison as guards can dominate posting in the paint and likewise, our post players have the ability to play on the permiter with great effectiveness. And btw, between Currens, Kennedy, Clifford, Ison, Neice, Black, we would shoot the lights out from 3 land stretching the defense big time. Finally our bench would be very balanced almost giving them the ability to platoon and still keep every position. I thought I would get some 9th/10th fans stirred up a little. :popcorn: Is there anyone else that's with me? Maybe you would change the starting line up a little? And what region between the 9th and 10 CP's list would match up the best with the balance and versatility of the 8th?