Vito Corleone

On my previous post I will go ahead and apologize for that remark. Just very frustrated right now as a Bracken County fan. I know what it is like to lose in a district finals when you haven't won in a long time. Bracken County has won 3 district championships in 30 years (1987, 1989, 1999) and last night they had their best chance in 18 years to win a championship for this community and make them be proud of these kids (even though they still are). And to see a kid not play his senior year, and who has played with these kids his entire life, who would have helped so much this year is just frustrating. He was the best multiple sport athlete in Bracken County since Sarah Sticklen. He could have got a scholarship for basketball, baseball, cross-country, and track; but in his best interest has decided to focus on running only.

I think that those 5 players are better than him as of right now. No disrespect to Mr. Allen but I have seen each player multiple times and that is who I am going with. You can respectfully disagree.

Don't know where you got that from..

Mason County is a lot better without him. He was only a distraction. They also had Ty Fox start playing halfway through the year, I think because a football injury.

1. I never said sickness lost them this game. 2. I never said refs lost them this game. 3. Hamilton could shoot, drive, pass, rebound, defend, handle the ball. It certainly would not have hurt!

I pray you're right

Hinson didn't really complain about the game calls the refs were making. It was more of the taunting going on between the two teams and when Bracken got a technical. I don't think Hinson has got a technical foul all year.

Pendleton County is also one of my favorite places to watch game

Bracken County won the rebounding advantage 41-32 which is shocking to me.

Of the games I have been too: Pendleton/Brossart - 2005 District at Bracken County Mason/Augusta - 2014 at Bracken County Mason/Augusta - 2016 at Bracken County Mason/Clark - 2010 Regional Championship at Mason County's home gym,

Also hard to win when your original second best player abandons his team his senior year.

They also beat them by 15 at the Fieldhouse.

I'm starting to think Mason County is better without Garrison and won't need him next year.

Everyone is hoping for that 38th District pill. Draw that and you're more than likely in the semi-finals and from there anything can happen.

Sorry but Hinson in his career the team he was coaching has NEVER EVER been the favorite to beat Mason County. This time they were favored by 1 point in computer poll, which to me doesn't make them an absolute favorite.

So Hinson wins at a school with 80 kids and a D-2 Brent Bach and is seen as a bad coach, but Aric Russell wins at a school with 1,900 kids and a D-1 Matt Wilson and is seen as a great coach? Kind of a double-standard, both are really good coaches.

I'm not making excuses. Just said Bracken County had their chances but just couldn't execute.

I saw that it was mentioned above that Hinson's resume was based off two wins and I am just going to have to disagree with that. He is the only coach in Saint Pat history with a winning record. After he was coaching Augusta and upset Mason County twice he still had to beat a decent Bracken County team after that. And they still beat Brossart in the Class A with out Brent Bach. I've always said if I had to rank coaches in the region it would be 1. Code, 2. Biggs, 3. Cook, 4. Hinson. It's true that players can have off or bad nights, but can't coaches be the same way?

If Bracken County makes just 2/11 threes in the 2nd half instead of 0/11 they win by 1 and this is an entirely different thread. Bracken got a lot of open looks the shots just didn't fall.

If you're a Bracken County fan this is a tough pill to swallow. Brady Jones and Cooper may have played the worst game in their career and that's all credit to Mason's bigs. Austin Crawford had 45 tonight but the most heart-breaking part of the game was him missing the game tying 3 that would have sent it into over-time. Also sad to see that this great group of kids and talent will never get to enjoy the experience the joy of cutting down the nets in their careers. However the still have one more shot at an unlikely, but still possible regional championship (trying to stay positive). On the technical note yes it affected the game but it's not what lost Bracken the game. Even though Mason County could have got T for some stuff. But the refs let them play tonight and I think that worked to Bracken's disadvantage. It made the game move faster which is Mason County's style. And it's easier to speed a game up than it is to slow it down. On the note of Hinson losing this game doesn't make him a bad coach. The players missed A LOT of inside shots tonight. I've said all along that Buddy Biggs is a great coach and so is Hinson. Bracken lost by 5 just like they did last year, only this time it was at the Fieldhouse which showed no mercy on the Polar Bears tonight. I'll look forward to the region draw Saturday and in hope of a winnable game in the region to help ease the pain of the loss. And just maybe, the district runner-up can make it to the regional finals.

You're forgetting GRC.

They are ranked #2 and #3 in the region?

Mike Honcho is dead

What are you talking about? Campbell County Middle School is a neural site!

I didn't know if it would hurt being of routine or help by getting more sleep and getting more practice in.