Sandman

Maybe you meant one of the closer finals in the last decade:D . Couldn't tell you if that's the case. As for Lloyd, they have some pretty good talent, but their coaching staff is still looking for clue one.

I'm sure the last decades have seen closer district finals than 15 points. :creepy: Lloyd has some talented girls...

He hasn't stayed down there yet in his career, probably just a little late to start now Maybe if he stayed there once in awhile Ludlow wouldn't have been 1-12 or 13 in non D-III games this season.

CAPE had a rough go of it that year against Northern Ky. competition, as the basketball team featuring the same three standouts opened their hoops season with loss to Lloyd. :thumb:

If they won "nationals" two or three years ago and didn't repeat or even threepeat, what's the problem?

Willie had his whole group back. Maybe they underachieved last year rather than overachieved this year :sssh: . Or maybe the schedule had more than a little to do with the turnaround.

From what I've seen, Schambach may be the most underrated player in Northern Kentucky.

Erik Goetz without question.

Mike Hester is the best on the ball defender in NKY this year, hands down.

They beat CovCath at CovCath.

Pretty sure I already said all of the above, but thanks for the help.

I'd guess that Beechwood will add some kids after basketball season. I'll guess they may have 40 kids in the program when all is said and done.

You're going to have let this one go. If HC had Giwa playing down, he would bring a lot to their team. CovCath also has a freshman not playing on that level, and he'd bring a lot to their team. Boone and Conner also have kids "playing up" that would help their squads. Bottom line none of these kids would dominate the freshman ranks like men among boys. That's not how it works. The freshman tournament is what it is, and CovCath does a nice job with it.

Great point. A freshman who played up in that class may have had an impact on the freshman tournament. I think his name began with an N.... :confused: Neistheide maybe, how'd he turn out?

If you think you have all the answers to SK, then why were are you posting as if you were at the NCC-Holmes game Tuesday, instead of the Pioneers HOME game with Campbell?

Seems to me this is moot point. Campbell County, for example, still scheduled Ninth Region schools Lloyd, Ludlow, and Newport instead of a tenth region school. They also had room on their schedule for Bracken and Deming, so there is still some freedom there.

In 1999, Newport, NewCath, and Highlands all drew into the same bracket. Since then, NewCath, and Highlands have stayed away from one another.

Hicks isn't top three, or even top five, well maybe top five with all the recent movement of teams (out of region) and coaches to retirement.

Scott Thomas was the head coach, Hicks was an assistant.

Not like the guards were playing against future college players, all they have to be is serviceable. The problems seem deeper than this. I think this qualifies as a bad win.

This statement was true 20 years ago, even 15 years ago, but not anymore. Ninth region refs have totally changed the way they call the game in the last 10 years. They allow as much physical play and hand-to-hand combat as any area in the state now (too much if you ask me). They still protect shooters though, and overall the ninth region has one of the best groups of the officials in the state. Maybe not as good as the top Bluegrass Association guys, but better depth.

FYI, steals are included in the turnovers. CCh's 24 turnovers included 13 steals by LexCath.

Good call OR. Shaun is very religious and I'm sure his daughter's name has everything to do with that, and nothing to with a high school he played against. I'd go out on a limb and say Shaun has moved on, and a state championship game more than a decade ago is barely even a blip on his radar. :thumb:

I said being a good defensive team was easier than offensive. You're the one that said Scott had to "open up" the offense, beat people off the dribble etc. My question to you is, if they are not fast enough to be a great defensive team, why in the wide world of sports would you want them to employ a beat someone off the dribble offense? The ball tends to slow kids down, and if they aren't fast to begin with how would they ever gain an advantage?

I'll play along. Where may Ramsey go? Not many better coaching jobs in the state than Elder.