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Fearlessness propels Ludlow baseball

Awesome year by HC girls and coaching staff. I have to admit the last play I was wondering why the ball wasn't in McClendons hands to begin with then I listen to Coach Murphy explain his last play call and it made perfect sense. That is why he is coaching and I am watching, great call by a very classy coach. Love listening to my old Butlers buddy call the game on HC radio. Congrats HC on an great accomplishment.:thumb:

Agree 100% on the bolded. Congrats to Holy Cross on the huge win. Very tough to score against HC, even with E-Towns lineup.

If you can't beat'em...... Join'em

I think if the Cards handle MC's press and show patience on offense then the Cards win. I think GRC's size will be a factor. I'm going with GRC by 3.

Who's arguing? Never once in my posts did I blame the refs. I said we didn't play defense good enough to win. We put ourselves in that position by lack of defense. Some look at that one call but I look at the whole game. Sure your going to say it was the right call as a MC fan. Refereeing an easy job? I never said that either, in fact I heard hundreds of refs in the stands on both sides of the court and I can promise you I wasn't one of them. I was encouraging our team to play thru their mistakes and any other mishap the game brought them. I gave MC credit for the win and even said they deserved it, so don't twist my words around and make a mountain out of a mole hill.

Camels were down 2 with the ball and a chance to tie things up with 45 seconds left in the game and an illegal screen was called. Right or wrong? No clue, but I saw many other illegal screens during the game (from both teams) that weren't called. I didn't like the call but if we didn't give up so many layups and played better defense throughout the game that call don't make a difference. Bottom line is we didn't play good enough defense to win this game. Congrats to Mason County on the win. Both teams could be battling for the next few years being so young. MC with sophomores and CC with freshman. Should be a fun rivalry to watch.

Only shot she missed was a last second half court shot.

About the game: I don't think Mason County made one outside shot (they didn't need to). I think all their points, besides free throws were from point blank. They got layup after layup in transition and drives. When MC went to their 1-2-2 zone their length made it tough for us to score. Very balanced scoring for MC. Taylor Clos with a good game for CC. Extremely proud of this Camel team. They grew by leaps and bounds since the beginning of year and I have enjoyed watching this team. I will miss these girls more than some will ever know. Keep your heads up, it just wasn't meant to be tonight. Good luck to MC and GRC in the finals. You both deserve to be there. I had the absolute pleasure of meeting and talking with Gold Sunrise tonight. :thumb:

I usually come straight down 27, you saying that way should be fine or should I take 75?

Goldie, how are the roads down there? I'm trying to decide what time to leave?

They did push the girls championship game back to Sunday because of the boys 10th 1st round games being pushed back.

As of now it's still on for Friday at 6:00. If anything changes I will post something as soon as I hear. :thumb:

I'll be there Goldie! :thumb: I expect this game to be close. I think they both match up well. Should be a great game.

Go to my game summary in Post #1 . I said they shot horrible from the 3 point line but was spectacular in every other aspect of the game. I've seen every Camel game this year and have seen us light it up from 3 more times than not. I'm pretty sure 10% from 3 point land constitutes a horrible night but the difference was the 29+ rebounds that we out rebounded RC by because of the girls boxing out and hitting the boards. Why is that so hard to believe? You made my point by posting the 3 point stats!

I hope so too but like I said earlier, we really shot the ball bad last night. 2-15 from 3 point land. We did most of our damage on the boards and defense. I was shocked to score 97 as bad as we shot. The girls just really got after it in every other aspect of the game. We will have to shoot much better against Mason. I look for that game to be a barn burner.

I never said RC's press bothered us. I said they were pressing to try and get back in the game which resulted in us getting easy run outs and layup after layup which pushed the score to 30. We only had 4 turnovers on the night and none against the press. It's no secret we only go about 8 deep and 3 of the 8 are freshman. The 3 freshman combined for 40 points. I didn't see RC's coach using his bench very much or "running us out of the gym". :thumb:

Camels led by 21 after the 1st quarter. Led by 19 at the half. Robertson was pressing the whole 3rd quarter and beginning of the 4th which resulted in numerous layups which pushed the lead out to 30 midway through the 4th and the staters were pulled after that. Camels had a 30 point lead in the 3rd, called off the press and Saner hit some 3's to cut the lead to 22 and RC was turning up the full court pressure trying to get back in the game. Not sure what your complaint is but it's the regional tournament. Coaches aren't going to put subs in until they know the game is well in hand. I have no problem with what went on last night. Are we suppose to let subs in during the 3rd period so RC's starters can press, get steals and hit 3's to cut it to single digits. No coach in their right mind would do that. I can guarantee if RC would of pulled their starters beginning of the 4th, CC would of followed suit. Camels starters had 79 of the 97 points.

Robertson County got on the board 1st with 2 free throws and the Lady Camels went on a 23-0 run. Camels held RC to 0 field goals in the 1st quarter and led 25-4 after the 1st. 2nd quarter RC's #14 Saner got hot from 3 point land to keep them within striking distance but the Lady Camels went on another run to lead 45-26 at the half. 2nd half saw CC pull away and the running clock came into play as CC won 97-60. Believe it or not CC shot horrible from 3 point land but was spectacular in all other parts of the game. Fast break layups, pressure defense layups and ball movement to unselfishly find the high percentage shots were huge tonight. Nice game by RC Saner 29 points. Her shot is unorthodox but they go in and she can fill it up. Kylie Kramer had 27 points to lead CC and the work horse, Kenzie Schwarber recorded another double double with 20 points and 10 rebounds. Nice job Camels, stay focused and keep playing team basketball. :thumb:

97-60 final. Camels face Mason County next.

74-52 after 3. Camels lead

Timeout Robertson. Camels lead 51-33

Camels hold Robertson to 4 free throws in the 1st quarter led 25-4 after 1st quarter. 3's and free throws keep Robertson in it in 2nd. 45-26 camels lead at half. 2nd half in 2 minutes

Congrats to the Lady Birds on the win. Surprised by the low scoring of this one. Good luck to both teams in Regionals.

Jolly Fornash MVP was Schwarber