Letsgetit

Was Newport winning at the half or did they turn it on in the 4th?

 

Nice win Jags!

Tied at half. Cooper was up by 21 then the officials totally turned how they called the whole game and started calling every little touch.

79-70 final Cooper.

56-40 end of third Cooper.

End of the 1st quarter, correct?

Correct sorry.

33-33 half

21-14 Newport

Will anybody be providing updates for this one?

I can give quarterly updates if that helps out.

Newport vs Cooper tonight. Should be a great game.

Yes...2 games now

Out of control.

Ridiculous. Let the boys play ball. Diocese of Covington has screwed this up from start to finish.

Why are they canceling the games?? Is it because of threats??

In the other post someone said there was 5 kids walking around the halls that would beat the current team. Could you please tell me who that might be? My personal opinion it’s not so much the coach as lack of talent or maybe coachable kids??

Interesting seeing some of the schools bring down some Varsity players for this tournament.

 

Also, these games are ref’d like summer AAU games. Lots of contact few calls. Got to stay on schedule.

Why would a coach bring down players for a jv tournament? What schools did this ?

It is without doubt the biggest and most anticipated regular season game in the 9th Region this basketball season.

 

The game is being played at Covington Catholic and will likely sell out before the doors open. Big time Friday night prime time basketball at its finest, and I know that I can't wait.

 

Both teams seem to be riding high playing some of their best ball as of late.

 

CovCath is basically at full strength minus Michael Mayer who we still don't know when he'll be seen in action. He's always on the bench with the team, so one can only assume that his game is in the works. Perhaps they don't even want to play him in this game to keep him as a wild card down the road when these two teams will likely meet again in the 9th Region Tournament.

 

CovCath has been playing solid team ball lead by the super energized, and highly talented Grant Diskin surrounded by his working bees of tall trees in Thelen, Fleek, and Green not to mention the solid play of Moser. Right now it appear that the Colonels play about 8 players, but their bench is much deeper if need be.

 

On the other side we have an undeniably tough as nails, defensively solid Cooper who without doubt boast some of the strongest players in the region both in body and talent.

 

As I write this I've not heard whether or not the Jags will have yet the services of Blaine Walters, but he is certainly one of, if not their best player, but as we saw the other night against Simon Kenton even without him they had no trouble dismantling a pretty decent Pioneers team.

 

Still coach Sully is rich with talent, and can without pause rely on the highly talented TJ Deere, the versatility of the big horse in Micheal Spencer, the strength of Ty Houston rounded out by such decent players as Caleb Hampton, Josh Baker, and Kevein Centers. Forgive me if I'm missing any significant Jag roll players.

 

Personally I'm having trouble figuring who has this game, but I'm certain that it will be a dandy.

 

I lean toward thinking that Cooper's "D" could stymie the Colonels yet I'm confident in CovCath's teamwork ethic, and efficient offensive sets that I believe if there's a team in the 9th who can handle the pressure it would be them.

 

What you say... are you feeling more confident in one team over the other, because I certainly am not. My crystal ball is cloudy and murky telling me I'm just gonna have to wait and see for myself.

 

What's your crystal ball saying?

Great write up!

Can’t wait for this game!!

How long was Allen on the floor before the injury. Still very impressive.

He played the first half.

Michael Spencer has held Niece, Allen, and Draud for a combined 22 points!! Very impressive!!

No, Jalen is out until next week. Connor could use Jalen versus Campbell County on Saturday.

I’m sure would’ve helped a lot last night.

Was Scott back??

I think the D caused the bad shooting. SK has never faced that kind of defense.

I don’t understand why SK coach didn’t call off the press it caused zero problems for Cooper to beat it.

Niece had 5 I think.

Any explanation for this whipping?

Hard for teams to get ready for that D.

Cooper will be without Walters again tomorrow.

Can Cooper slow down Simon Kenton?

SK beat Cooper last year!

Hahaha. They sure did. That was last year. Does that count for this year??

That’s why I also asked if Cooper could slow down SK offense.

Exactly, Walton-Verona is mich better in a grind it out game against Cooper or Cov Cath who shoot 33 and 37% respectively from 3 than teams who get up and down the floor and shoot 45% from 3 like SK.

Is Cooper gonna be able to slow down SK on Tuesday. Should be a heck of a game.

This is pretty much exactly what I predicted with Bonne out for WV. The teams that will beat WV this year are the ones that can hit the 3 ball, this is exploited times 10 when Bonne is out because he is their most athletic guard and best scoring guard. Unfortunately for WV, 6 teams in the 8th can shoot the heck out of it. WV would actually be better off in the 9th this year.

No one in the 8th plays defense like CCH and Cooper.