The Double Deuce

7th Grade, I believe Pius wins it all, and is probably never pushed. 8th Grade, I'm honestly not as confident, and I've never seen St. Thomas play (they are the #1 seed from the West?), but I'll say the winner of St. Thomas and St. Joe's Cold Spring will play Sts Peter & Paul in the finals.

To the contrary, I think most are with you in that Highlands can, and certainly may, win the game. I think you're actually in the majority. I'm going to take the other side and say that it isn't going to be as close as most are predicting, that Cooper wins a game that may only be 10-15 on the scoreboard, but will be described by those in attendance as "not as close as the score indicates".

The poll has Dixie instead of Conner. @Colonels_Wear_Blue

Meatloaf Homemade Spaghetti Sauce My two favorites of hers.

How do you foresee it shaking out?

I said months ago the region was Cooper #1 and CovCath #2, and I think that is how it will shake out. Cooper over CovCath in a final at The Bank and Coach Sully's boys move on to Rupp. Anything but that being the case and I'll be shocked.

Cool angle, I hadn't looked at that way! :thumb:

Beechwood vs Highlands would be a VERY interesting first round match-up.

If I knew how to insert the cool and funny GIF for "you missed the point" from my phone, I'd do it here.

Did you just say "bestie"? I'm just going to leave that there. However, your good friend is 100% spot-on!!!

Huge Sully guy and I KNOW it will be different now. That dude is so good at connecting with his players in a real and genuine way and knowing just how to get the most out of them. I LOVE the relationship he has with his current AND former players. So much about Sully to like and respect.

Why are you tap-dancing around the point, which is 100% germane to this thread given that a technical foul helped change the momentum in Beechwood's favor? If you're going to low-key say that someone is operating without class (the word in the quote, note mine), why not just call it out and go all-in? They aren't a student, so unless I'm misunderstanding the rules, I would think that is fair game. Again, in this case, it appears to be wholly germane to the discussion of the game and how it unfolded.

Hard not to think you're on to something here.

I agree. You knew someone was going to lose minutes if and when Michael came back, and it looks like the lion-share of those are coming from Fleek. This team has a ton of solid front-court high school players, but are not blessed with the same talent level or depth in the back-court.

Happy for Coach Snapp.

Congrats to the Wood. Twice is a trend!! Hope CovCath likes that 1st round matchup with Cooper. Coach Goetz has to be over the moon.

Would you agree that the most similar non-private school to Ryle in NKY is Highlands? Or maybe Beechwood? Both are also very affluent, which I think is the point you are dancing around. Can the culture / parental support at HHS and the Wood not be replicated at Ryle? If you're reply is "no", why is that?

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While I think both parties may be better off be separating, I think we need to be careful using wins and losses as the rationale for replacing a H.S. coach. Give the beloved Dave Faust as an example, in the 16 years since he won the Region in 2003, he has 8 winning seasons, 8 losing seasons, and is 17 games under .500. That is counting the 13-12 he has thus far and assuming he ends with a winning record, so it is in the 8 winning seasons. No one, rightfully so, has ever called for a change at SHDHS. He has had 3 straight losing seasons on two occasions over the last 9 years. Let's not make this move at Ryle about wins and losses, let's stick to the fact that for a myriad of reasons it was probably not a good fit. Especially for a young coach and a "very passionate" set of parents.

You left out "ONE OF" in your sentence. They will be in the mix with CovCath, Cooper, Beechwood, St. Henry...to be sure. I don't think they will be, singular, "...the team to beat..." in the region.

Auspicious beginning to the post-season for the Colonels.

13 colonies built this great Country.

Whew.....Camels dodged a bullet.

I believe this will be Coach Goetz's first trip to a Regional Tourney, is that right? If so, a hearty congratulations, welcome to the party at the Bank.

Congrats to NewCath on a solid transition year, so many good young players on the Breds. Congrats to Coach Kevin and the Birds on a trip to the Regional.