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Not saying Southwestern would have won, but sure would have been interesting to see the difference in a healthy Hutchison play. Young man is a really good player and can shoot the lights out from 3. He hobbled a few minutes but could not give the effort to help much.

Well, I was hoping we cardinals would have a chance, but guess we may as well stay home. Seems its all decided.

We got our shots from 3 point around the rim shots and just places on the floor where we usually hit high percentages. that's not an easy place to shoot in so I think on another floor it could be different. Not taking away from DCA though, they are a good team that can score. You don't want to be behind from midway through 3rd quarter through fourth. They will spread the floor and do a lot of one on ones. Regional depends on how the game is allowed to be played. We have had games where touch of 2 hands on player was called and games so physical you could be pushed 10 feet and not get a whistle. So teams just have to be ready to adjust.

Before season started seen lots of posts about Wayne's guard and still some being posted now. We are solid at that position. Young man is a warrior that will battle you on bothsides of the court. As a freshman, he doesn't get pushed around like some competitors thought they might. Hopefully some mid season struggles are behind us and we continue to compete like we have the past couple weeks.

On 1/7/2024 at 8:34 PM, Statsdontlie said:

Warren Central is just now getting all there good players back including Kade Unseld. Boyle loss is a mystery. 

If you seen Boyle shoot the ball, would not be a mystery. Don't know how many three's they made but they shot well over 50 percent I'm sure. Grant it, Wayne is not playing real well at this time but I think there are brighter days ahead. HOPEFULLY

On 1/2/2024 at 12:25 PM, Boyd_Blue said:

All starters played and 3 subs.  Wayne shot 4-20 from 3 and let a kid put up 45 on them.  It was a bad loss.

It was a terrible loss and one of those nights where Wayne was having their way the 1st half with a 12 point lead at half then someone must have sneaked and put a lid on their basket in the 3rd quarter. We scored a total of 2 points in that quarter and that kid you talked about is averaging in the 30s a game. It was not that we played bad defense on him , but when a shooter is taking shots you really want them to take and knocking them down, not a whole lot you can say or do. We did have a chance to win it at the end of regulation with free throws but end up tied. another chance to win at last shot of first overtime and as the whole second half went the shot clanged off the rim.  we did beat a couple of good Tennessee teams so hopefully we never shoot like that again.

On 10/26/2023 at 2:44 PM, QueenoftheSouth said:

I went back and looked up Dumphord’s stats from when he last played two years ago. He averaged 8.2 points and 8.8 rebounds. 49% FG & 52% FT. Didn’t take any threes. Is that in line with what you’d expect from him this year? Is he more of a skilled kid or a physical banger type? Just trying to figure out how much his presence is going to impact Wayne and the balance of power in the region.

Dumphord from 2 years ago is no comparsion to what he looked like this summer. Wayne could easily have won 6 or 8 more games last year if he plays. We will probably struggle a little early with 6 football players getting into baskeball shape but we still so young I personally think the next couple years after this could be very good.

Lincoln had no answer for Sloan. He tweaked his ankle starting the 4th quarter and sat out the entire quarter but still managed 286 rushing yards with 5 touchdowns. Lincoln has a really good football team and will be a tough out in the district playoffs.

Was a big time high school game. Wayne co has been without a starter or two all season long but is starting to come together as a team. Hope by the end of January we will be full strength and can make a run for the region title. Went 2 and 2 in Florida against some good teams with Rowan going 3 and 1 in the same tournament, so this was a matchup of 2 pretty good teams and believe both teams will make a run for the region title in respective regions.

Just heard that Braedon set the all time scoring record that Shaun Alexander had for the last several years. Young man gets a step not too many players can ever run him down. 7 rushing touchdowns tonight.

This young man is just a special talent. I think in 6 games now he has 1200 plus yards rushing. Not sure on receiving yards but has a bunch. I believe the 6 touchdowns last night gave him 30 through 6 games. Had a couple in the 1st quarter of the Danville game that got cancelled. If he played farther north would be getting more coverage than he does now, but lots of D-1 coaches knows the young man so that's a good thing.

Hard to understand why this game cannot go on. Weather came through for about 20 minutes and absolutely nothing showing on radar and everybody expecting the game to restart. Wayne Co leads 14 to 0 just starting the second quarter and all for nothing. No contest now.

Too much Braedon Sloan, don't think they will stop the bleeding.

I either heard or read before that Braedon Sloan was the 9th best running back in the state. I would sure like to watch the 8 that are better. This young man was already leading the state in touchdowns prior to tonight's game and all he does is go out and touch the ball 6 times and scores 6 touchdowns. What an impressive football player.

Looking forward to see my Cardinals in action at Lincoln Co. Could not tell much from scrimmage last Friday against Metcalfe County. We pretty well had our way with them on both sides of the ball with many starters only playing a quarter. I'm sure Shelby Co will be much better competition.

Might want to keep an eye out for Sloan at Wayne County. Lost quite a bit in our line last year but this young man is special.

When you beat a team so easy a couple games during regular season you probably become a little complacent. Doesn't pay to because it will bite you. McCreary had an outstanding game plan and played it to a tee. We were fortunate to win tonight, so i hope both teams will make a good showing next week in region.

If they shoot 3's every game the way they did yesterday, they could be unbeatable. Anyone that has watched Wayne Co. play know we are not too bad of a defensive team and they hit some 3's against us that was head shaking. I grant you Wayne didn't have their best legs yesterday and we were a step slow but most of the shots were guarded and they just made some great ones. Warren Central certainly deserved to win the game. They are a solid team with about 9-10 players that doesn't drop off much when subs go in and out.

Somerset will be a team to be reckoned with the next couple years.If i understood the announcer correctly, they start 4 sophomores. Was a good hard fought game, good crowds and players were giving their all.

I really think referee's do not work at the game near as hard as when it was just 2 calling the game. Lot's of them are not physcially prepared to do the game. They wait on each other in some instances to make a call since it's been 3 calling games. I personally witnessed games in Scott Co last night that some of the missed calls just from being out of position and guessing. Like i said, don't think lots of them work at being in position to call a game. Now with that being said i would not want their job.

May need to include Aubrey Weaver as a player of the year contender. There may be a better basketball player in our region,, but i doubt seriously if there is a better athlete . He is a very good defender rebounder and scorer.

One of the better games to watch, even if not a fan from either school. You had to feel for these guys on both teams. They left everything in them on the floor. I know Wayne played the same 5 guys except for 1 sub for a couple min in 1st half.

All this crap about each side having half the field is exactly what it is when warming up. Both teams don't go over the 50 unless to retrieve a loose football. When it comes to the home team introducing the starting lineup for either defense or offense it should be respectful for anyone on the visiting team to let it happen. Never been a problem before The ROCK starts their hollering and carrying on before the game ever starts and it was no accident what they did or planned to do.

Wayne Co will introduce their players the same way they have for many years and that is to run across the field. If you don't approve that's tough cause they are not going to change a tradition to appease Rockcastle.

Thank you 85 Rebel. Boyle is most definitely best team I seen play this year. I posted after we lost that Boyle was best fundamental team I had watched in high school. I think the fumble when we were about to score before halftime was the killer. I believe you guys win 3a.