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Congratulations to the ENTIRE Villa Madonna team not just the defense on setting their school record. I would like to remind the OP that there are 11 players on the field and to single out Villa's "defense line" as you did several times in this thread is some what disrespectful to the other players on the field. I was at Monday's game and Dixie style of play was much more high tempo compared to Villa. Dixie went into the Villa game with a 7-8-4 record. Dixie had played 5 teams in the top 20 in the state. Sure Villa might have a great personal season but the teams that they shut out this season, did it prepare them for the District tournament? According to the Maher rankings Villa's strength of schedule was 415 compared to Dixie's 109. In the 9th region Villa's schedule strength was 3rd to the bottom with just Ludlow and Covington Latin lower. Dayton had a tougher schedule then Villa this year. Since the Boone County game cancellation has been mentioned in the thread, if I were Villa's coaches I would have gone for the coin toss with seeding in the district games just for the chance to play a tough team like Boone County before playing either Dixie or St Henry. I realize that Villa is a small private school with a low enrollement and I do not want to take away from their team's achievement this year. I would even go to say that Villa had more talent then Dixie's team has but I did not see them work together or hustle the way that Dixie did. This was gained from playing a tougher schedule. Dixie seemed to have more heart then Villa did. I would suggest that if they want to do better in the post season in the future that they play tougher teams leading up to the District tournament and not play the cupcake teams that they did this season.

Great kid with a lot of heart! Congrats Lex!

Just ask the players.

I was at the game Saturday night. St. Henry applied full court pressure as soon as Villa had the ball. As soon as Villa's point guard Aytes had the ball St Henry had 2 or 3 players on her the second she touched the ball to bring it up the court. I have to say she did an excellent job beating their "press" but unfortunately she got in foul trouble early in the 1st quarter and St Henry went on a 30 point lead with her out of the game. To anyone that disagrees with my statements of the game, 3 people were filming the game. Two were from SHDHS so ask them for a copy and rewatch and listen to the game. You can't argue the video or sound Villa is a very young and inexperienced team. They have 7 high school players and 5 middle school players. Villa's tallest is 5'7'', SHDHS has a DI player who is 6'2". All they could have and should had done to beat Villa was feed Neace the ball all night and she could have scored 49 points. But it seemed Coach Strurgeiion had different plans. According to several players on the team, Coach Strurgeon had asked SHDHS Athletic Director Jay Graue (who was at the game) if it was ok to run up the score and not let up on Villa BECAUSE of Coach Coburn. Graue gave him the ok. Every player on the team knew from the start of the game what the plan was. Eight of the seniors on the team had played with Coburn, most liked him but few did not and were willing to go ahead with the plan to embarrass Coburn. After the game several of the SHDHS parents came up to the Villa parents they knew and apologized for their daughter begin a part of the game and for the behavior of some of the parents during the game. If the AD and coach are a reflection of the school, I would HIGHLY not consider sending my younger children there for high school in the future. I found the following on SHDHS website and found it very contradicting as to what went on Saturday: PHILOSOPHY: All rules and regulations are made for the general good order of school operations. As Christian people, we are responsible for acting in accord with the beliefs and principles of our God and our Church. We consider respect for others and their property as very important. St. Henry District High School assumes this fundamental premise. When the good order is disturbed, or the rights of others interfered with, the matter becomes disciplinary and requires correction. Good manners in church, classroom, library, cafeteria, corridors, and outside campus are demanded by all for the concern of all. The Assistant Principal is responsible for corrective measures for all unresolved problems involving student misconduct. I must give credit to the Villa players and to Coach Coburn. Although they were out matched, they did not give up till the last buzzer. Coach Coburn and Villa should be very proud of their girls.