Jim Schue

I thought Bethlehem could hang with E’town, but probably lose by 10 points, like Bardstown did. I’m not the only one by a long shot. Given the school’s limited postseason success history, that would’ve been a job well done and let’s see what happens next year with most everyone back. Pats on the back for all involved for making history. Bethlehem did something altogether different by dominating a team that was undefeated in the region, ranked as high as No. 3 in the state. I’m not sure entirely what to make of it because of how surprising it is, but it seems they didn’t want to wait for next year.

After what I saw from Bethlehem last night, I don't know what to expect. Still pretty shocked at how that went down.

Pretty big stunner out of Green Co. tonight. I thought Bethlehem could hang with them, but they did more than that, flat-out taking it to top-5 E'town tonight from the get-go, building a double-digit lead six minutes into the game. The Banshees trailed 3-0 25 seconds in and then never again after a 9-0 run in response. They dominated on the glass against the taller Panthers, 37-18. Bethlehem had 18 offensive rebounds. Bethlehem's Mikiah Livers-Bryant went for 13 points and 17 rebounds (10 offensive) and Ella Thompson had 10 points and 12 rebounds. Amelia Hodges nailed four triples and had a game-high 21 points. Baeli Young added 11 points. Whitney Hay had 17 points to lead E'town, but the Banshees harassed the region POY into an uncharacteristic 3-for-16 shooting night. This is Bethlehem's first trip to state. The school has only ever been to the region finals one other time, and that was in 1976, the second year of girls' basketball's return as a KHSAA varsity sport.

I've been told there was a lot of extra stuff that led up to that incident. Wasn't the first T of the game.

For Taylor to keep it that close without Smith is surprising.

This game could be a record.

Wow.

I was told by a mutual friend that OC burned the nets at 90 percent, but he may have been exaggerating. But the Colonels shot pretty good is what I can gather?

Pulled this over from the update thread. I’m trying to recall if I remember hearing about a 5OT HS game. Drawing blanks. Watched a 2OT girls game last night. I would love to see a stat sheet and the scorebook pics.

Games like this usually lead to lots of offbeat kids who never get varsity time coming up with huge results because of attrition. Who came up huge out of nowhere in the extra 20 minutes of a 56-minute game?

He turned it on in a big way down the stretch. Bardstown should be a region contender next year.

John looked really good in what was a road game. They have a lot of ways to beat you.

Mason Sullivan led all scorers with 18 for MC, and Tyshay Epps had 14. JJ Traynor continued his great play of late with 14 points, 16 boards and 8 blocks. JaRel Montgomery and Tereylin Calbert had 10 each.

Tigers shot very poorly in the first half and went into the break down 31-16 and were down 14 in the 4th before staging a huge comeback, cutting it to 1 late. Marion led by 4 when Bardstown scored with just under 10 seconds to play. Tigers got the steal but couldn’t get a shot off late. There was some discussion after the final buzzer among officials as to whether there was a MC foul on the final play before zeroes (lots of contact) but the lead official waved the game final.

Zero points for Mark Goode?

Upset?

Tuned into this one earlier. My first image was a couple of older fellas standing up in front of the camera for freeze-frame. It got much better once I reloaded it lol. Good broadcast, guys!

Also, congratulations to Bardstown coach Boo Brewer for winning his 200th game as a head coach last night. He's averaged 22 wins a season over nine years.

Bardstown takes on Washington Co. in Friday's finals. The Commanders are in their first district final since 2003.

Bardstown — more specifically, JJ Traynor — dominated in this game. Traynor had 26 points and 18 rebounds, and had I don't know how many blocks. It felt like 8 or 9, and he altered probably twice that many shots. Also had 4 dunks, including a beautiful oop play. Packed gym at Bethlehem tonight. Great crowd. Tough loss for Thomas Nelson, who had played Bardstown close in two losses in the regular season. Their senior bunch leaves having set the new school record for wins at 18, and an amazing job done by coach Chris Tolliver and his team in turning around a program that had won a grand total of 9 games the four previous seasons. They have a lot to be proud of. If Bardstown plays like they did tonight, they can make some noise in the region.

This.

Guess what made it onto Barstool today :lol:

At least we've got someone on Barstool looking out for this sort of thing.

... this stuff continues and Bryce Harper has no place to play? Or really, any of the others? Can the Reds go even crazier than already and add a 1-year $30m contract for him or Machado? Or $20m for Keuchel or much less for Kimbrel? Just for laughs to try and compete in a silly-loaded division?

Heard some interesting stuff went on at halftime of this game.