Emmitt

I believe the upset had the best chance last year with Henderson but Hoptown won a narrow 5 point victory in a very good game. That Colonel team was loaded and those kids had been playing together since beginning of middle school and earlier. Many believe including me that if the Administration had not insisted on a coaching change and kept Starnes, there would have been a 13 year streak instead of 14. As always in life, politics play a roll in everything we do and sometimes innocent people get the worse end of it, in this case a very good group of young basketball players got the shaft.

The three headed monster in the 8th have won 14 straight region 2 titles and I don't see anyone else for years to come.

Regardless how she plays, The Northern Colonels have basically owned this region for years and 2016 no exception. There probably no better girls coach in the state than Jeff Haile year to year but the State Championship has managed to elude him.

The 8th has been the three headed monster for years

North best Webster and Hoptown beat North, both games earlier in the season. I think both Webster and North have improved since those games and agree with Broadcaster that The Tigers have maybe regressed a little. With that said I still think the balanced scoring of Hopkinsville will prevail ( have to slow Eaves down a little, he had big game earlier) and they come out of lower bracket, meet CC in the final and the Southern Colonels win the region.

You hit a homer in your analysis, the Billy Clyde years vs the Tyler Smithhart years

Of course the players deserve a lot of credit which I gave but they have to have direction as to what works. Only thing I know was enough adjustments were made to go 27-8 last half.

Webster outscored Henderson 27-8 in the second half. Newtons adjustments at half by far the difference in this game. It appeared to me that Smithhart got away from his game plan coming back out beginning of the third. He appeared to me he slowed the game down, almost trying to protect the 8 point lead. Edmonson dominated the boards in the second half. Yates hits back to back threes and the Colonels had no answer for Stubbs. The Trojans struggled some in the first half but dominated all aspects in the second. Jon Newton one of best coaches in the second if not the best. After not getting out of the region last year with that senior loaded team, Coach Smithhart has some work to do to get in the conversation with Newton.

Good question, always movement in the 8th. Will be a lot of jockeying around for Tandy this summer.

Bo added a little to his resume tonight with a 49 point performance as Union County upset University Heights 112-107 in double overtime. Bo's last name is Robison, no n in his name.

The name is Robison, no n in his name.

Big action in Morganfield tonight involving the three top scorers in the region. According to The Gleaner, Union County upset University Heights 112-107 in double overtime. Bo Robison led the Braves with 49 points and the Blazers Kyky Tandy had 41 and sidekick Tray Hollaway had 32. It was senior night for Robison and Jacob Tapp. Jacob had 21 points and sent the game to the second overtime with a three at the buzzer. These two seniors will get to play one more game on their home court as they meet heavy favored Henderson County Tuesday night in the opening game of the 6th district.

I for one understood your post. Don't forget Joe B. didn't recruit him because he was too slow to play at Ky.

To correct some wrong information I had on Bo Robison. Bo has always participated in summer games and all basketball activity with his high school team. He will turn 18 in the spring before graduation.

Teams could have played tonight for the district championship but Webster has a policy of not playing games on Wednesday night but will forego that policy for the girls district championship on 2-24-16.

How are these decisions made? I had to go to Providence this morning from Henderson on 41-A and it would be no problem whatsoever for Henderson to get to Webster County tonight. Why would you not play? To me it's a tainted championship. Settle it on the court. I heard at coffee this morning that there has been a departure from the Trojan squad. Is that true Cols 51?

Bo Robison, Union County in the 2nd region. The kid nobody knows outside of the 2nd teams that play Union. Three sport athlete which is very common at small schools that share athletes. Q-back on the football team, center fielder on the baseball team ( hit around 450 last season ) and point guard on the basketball team, averaging around 22 points a game. High game this season, a 84-73 victory over Estil County, 52 points on 19-25 field goals inc. 4-6 threes, 10-13 free throws, 9 rebounds and 5 assists. Low game, 57-51 win over Lyon County with 12 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists. Very explosive 6'2 senior point guard off the dribble who has to score points on his own. No summer ball, no AAU ball and no team camps. Lot of potential, very young, will be 17 when he graduates. Friends at Union tell me he doesn't have any offers. He gets double teamed and chased at every game as any good player does. Friends tell me basketball is his favorite sport and he wants to play. Would be a steal for somebody who wants to take a small gamble on a kid nobody knows.

Say What??

If they are able to keep the athletes they have now. The revolving door for transfers in the 8th is like no other. Your best player might end up playing for another team next year. There were several this year but you are right, future very bright if everyone stays and who knows UH might get a transfer in if needed.

No analyst here Chief. I thought at the beginning it would be fun and there would be a lot of posts because the 6th has always been interesting in some ways. Lot of views but no posts so this is my last post. Results and details are in The Gleaner the next day and actually on line most nights by 11. I am going to the game because I think it will be a good one. Good luck to all of the 6th district teams both boys and girls the rest of the season.

Wow, the Chief won't be happy to hear that.

Action begins again in the 6th tomorrow night with Webster visiting Henderson. It is homecoming for the Colonels and it should be a very good homecoming. Colonels playing very well with DeAngelo Ware hitting his stride scoring over 18 a game over the last few games. With Robert Dawson and Karteece Rollins doing their thing on the boards make the Colonels a sure favorite, especially at home. Jon Stubblefield leads the Trojans at 14 per game and can get hot and score much more like he did against Union County but the Cols want let Stubbs get those easy looks he got against that UC zone. You can't forget Cayden Edmonson scoring around 11 a game and getting 9 boards a game. Looks to be a close game for a while but I look for Henderson to pull away late and get a leg up on the top seed.

Right, it works both ways.

Chief, I may or may not know Ky. football but I do know the realities of life. Winning a state championship in either class by either school is remote, very remote. What is important to most is getting their family in the best possible situation as far as best school system, community and money reward opportunities. I will assume Henderson pays their football coach much more than Union does and can. If you don't think if he got a call from the Administration like Lewis did, he would turn it down, you are living in a dream world. Union is a stopping off point for most of your major sports coaches. Your basketball coach tried to leave last year but that didn't work out. I don't have a clue if Coach Boston will apply or if he would be offered the job but regardless of the outcome of this situation, just like either school winning a state title in their class, the possibility of Coach Boston buying a house on the US 60 corridor between Waverly and Sullivan is remote, very remote.

I tend to agree. He would not be looking to leave. His whole family inc his wife's family lives here. Actually a no brainier but same issues are there that kept him from getting the job before.