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Fact of the matter is it was unfortunate the game wasn't any better than it was!! But those girls practice all week for games and deserve to be rewarded for their hard work! They approached and played the first half as they would any game. It was not a blatant attempt to upstage another team. The schedule does not get easier for holmes and he owes them his best effort to get them ready as well as theirs. He does not coach to please the masses!!

http://enquirer.com/editions/2000/10/21/spt_highlands_81.html 'm not saying I like it but if Taft's coach who congratulated Perkins for having a nice team isn't complaining then why is everyone else! I played sports I have had my tail kicked and kicked some tail along the way! It happens!! I would find it more insulting to not give it your best effort all the time for everyone involved! And if the shoe were on the other foot so be it!! I just read the article on that Highlands vs. Holmes football game and not one time did then coach Vander Meet issue a complaint!! And yes at halftime of that games Highlands led big and put up some gaudy stats!! I pasted a link to it

How so??

I'm not condoning or celebrating this by any means! But I do want to mention this... I can remember around 2000 or 2001 maybe even 2002 a Highlands football team traveled to Holmes handed Holmes an 81-0 thumping!!! Now who coached that team! And did that have a poor reflection on him, his school and athletic department at the time?? Just wondering???

Although it's not always fun or entertaining the strategy of having a slim lead and holding the ball to force the other team out of the zone has proved to be a winning strategy!!

Running Clock whole second half, Jv played most of that half. Did not press entire game. Holmes does not have a freshman girls team but capable freshman play varsity or jv.

Boone County had some serious athletes in their back court as well!! Really fast girls!!

I was being a little facetious!

Hmmmm.... You may be right!!

Foul issues hampered both teams in the Holmes game!!

SMH

Not sensitive at all. Just stated that this thread was very GRC oriented and that there are two sides to every game. It's ok for me to state that!

I can't control how many people post while I'm driving home and stopping for dinner with my family??? In MY responses when I finally was able to I stated my opinion!

I stated many times throughout my post why Holmes played the way they did??? My opinion was established in my other post!

Pound for Pound the toughest kid I know!!

Great game Asyah Mitchell!! ( that's my niece)

As I stated this thread was started with a very GRC point of view and added a few snidbits about game play and players who didn't play. That happens but explain as to why you thought they held the ball. What was happening in the game to dictate that style of play?? gold sunrise's comments weren't to give Holmes credit for devising a strategy to win on the road against a talented team?? They were a setup comment to win favor for his team not to lose favor with the pollsters and people who are on BGP!! It was posturing!! Read it no where did it say it was a winning strategy which is exactly what it was!! In the Holmes preview thread it was established by RCC9 that this team was going to see a lot of zone... How would they combat that?? Well I think that question was answered yesterday! If teams want to sit in a zone against this team it looks like Perkins will hold the ball up top to force his girls to be guarded!! who's at fault the girls who held the ball or the girls who didn't get up and defend?? It's basketball and yesterday it was the winning strategy! ! That's what this thread should of been about

F Sydney Henry-Quad-out F Marissa Brown-Back-out G Shania Parker -Sick- tried to play Coach Ellis - Sick- out Coach Williams-Sick- tried to coach In hindsight maybe we should have rescheduled this game...Teasing

Well this game was about the girls who did play!! Obviously both teams have girls injured, sick as do most teams they all play short handed from time to time it's basketball and sport by commenting about it your adding a well if element to it!!! Holmes played with the girls they had and GRC did as well...

Bingo!!! This was spot on GRC ONLY played zone(which is fine) Holmes strategy at the end of the first three quarters because of foul trouble was to limit potential fouls mainly to force GRC to come out and guard and open the floor!! So I'm confused because it looks like a brilliant strategy on the scoreboard.. And if GRC coaches, players and fans didn't like Holmes holding the ball( IT WAS BORING) all the coaches had to do was instruct their girls to step out and defend !!!

What I won't do is jump on here and immediately discredit another teams accomplishment because I didn't like the other coaches strategy( not necessarily against GRC) and point out who didn't play to try and take that other teams efforts and asterisk it up!!

2 teams played hard... refs called lot of fouls... Coach made a decision to take it out of refs hands... Holmes won 55-46

That's a very GRC point of view!!

Final from GRC double overtime

Holmes 56, Boone County 50 Boone (1-1)–Ford 2 0 6, McGar 2 0 4, Foster 5 2 12, Switzer 3 6 12, Moore 4 3 11, Travis 1 1 3. Totals: 17 12 50. Holmes (2-0)–Harris 2 9 13, Tubbs 2 4 10, Englemon 3 8 14, Mayes 2 3 7, Gulley 4 4 12. Totals: 13 28 56.