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Dixie continues to get stronger. For a hard fought battle, sportsmanship was excellent from both sides.

The house was rockin'! Students filled 2/3 of their side of the gym. Their wave cheers and various synchronized arm moves are really something to see. Dixie students showed up as well. Great high school basketball environment!

Hats off to CovCath's JV. They had to have shot over 75% for the game... 90%+ for the first half. Draining all of their 3's from wherever they wanted to. Dixie's JV is typically solid (StX overtime, close match with Scott County, beat Highlands, etc).

PC should be careful about what they ask for. If they are considered part of NKY,then they shouldn't be playing 3 Friday night games in January. Title IX considerations in Northern Kentucky have resulted in giving up those Friday nights in January to the girl's games

sorry if this has been posted but does anyone know any info about this game

I think it's late in February (last game of Holme's season) at Fairfield High a few miles north of Tri-County Mall off of Highway 4. Good venue for high school basketball with decent capacity.

Whats up with that. Thats one big kid. I asked last night and he doesn't play football either. This kid is thick and seems to get up the floor well.

Luke is young and still a bit raw, but coming along nicely. The high caliber schedule Dixie is playing will serve them well as the younger squad comes of age. People don't put much stock in JV results on this site, but it's noteworthy that Dixie has been holding their own with top notch competition.

CCH always seems to lose a few close games every year in the regular season on the other teams floor, then they run away with the frosh title when its on their home floor. We'll see if this year is the same.

Having the home floor advantage in the championship game every year seems a bit unfair, doesn't it :confused: But, Cov Cath does a terrific job hosting the event. It is something kids aspire to... getting to play in the big game with the fog machine intro's and packed house. :dancingpa

I agree. If they can get a little more from the bench that would help.

For example, a few rebounds, put-backs and blocked shots from a 6'8" 280 pounder. :thumb:

When is this game? Tomorrow or Friday?

Remember, CovCath is not restricted by silly Title IX rules. So, this is probably one of the only games in town Friday night. Get their early if you want to get in

CovCath by 15 points. All Dixie has is Lawson & Keener.

Lawson is just now hitting his stride, hampered by a broken finger to start the season. Keener has had a few good games, but by no means is he the only other Red Colonel contributing. Muzzillo is solid, Groneman can play, Cole is overdue to get hot again, and a host of underclassmen put in their minutes.

I'm not saying that Dixie is a favorite by any means, but the picture you paint about a blowout because Dixie has no depth is simply out of focus.

I predict a repeat of last year's JV matchup: CCH wins by 1 in OT.

Fresh ball is weird this year. HHS beat CCH. HC blows HHS away, and then CCH beat HC.

Freshman ball is very competitive this year.

I read in the Enquirer this morning that Taft's coach said four of his starters are receiving some level of D-I interest. Seemed like an awful lot, but I know Herky is a D-I guy. Who's recruiting him?

I think the Colonels can hang tough in this game. Dixie beat DeSales, who beat South Laurel, so theoretically Dixie should have a chance because Scott County is ranked lower than South Laurel. Honestly, it will be 79-64, Scott County.

Nice prediction. I don't recall the exact final, but I think it was Scott Cty by 15. Dixie kept it under 10 all the way, but let it slip to 15 in the end.

The Colonels are playing a brutal schedule this year. Their W's and L's don't tell the whole story. They had #4 Eastern down until the very end in the 5/3 when they let it slip away in the last minute. The next day they took care of DeSales.

Scott Cty might take over the #1 spot with South Laurel getting beat again tonight, and probably again later this week when they play NCH.

And, the relavent point is that a Boy's Tuesday or Thursday night game does not bring in the same dollars as a Boy's weekend game. All-in-all, an entire month's worth of lost (as in, never to be recovered) weekend revenues does affect the bottom line.

This revenue issue would be magnified ten-fold if football games had to be played on Thursday night instead of Friday for the month of September.

Maybe the schools losing income?

Yep. They're losing income because the girls are playing tonight instead of the boys. At schools I'm familiar with I estimate that combined ticket and concession sales for a Friday night girl's game are about 35% of what those same sales would be for a boy's Friday night game.

Those dollar differences seem to have a strong correlation with the level of play and entertainment value, don't you think? :sssh:

Why exactly you chose to enter the conversation on BFritz's behalf is beyond me, but have at it. If challenging someone's opinion or having a differing viewpoint than someone, expecially on a message board is disprespectful, then you and I have varying definations of the word. You made your attack on me personal and that is being disrespectful. :madman: :madman:

 

BFritz went to a game, made some general comments, I asked for specifics and thanked him in advance for his feedback. How again did this become personal?

I offered my opinion in response to your challenge to BFritz. I suspected he would not answer, because most folks will simply stop responding when demotivated by trolls who like to bait people into arguments.

Moreover, I offered additional information about the game, which is what this thread is supposed to be about.

I will not be responding to any more of your bait. I will read your future posts with interest and respect if you actually contribute something constructive about the topic.

See ya

Why do the 9th Region coaches think they have to hold the ball with 3 to 4 minutes left in the game when they are up? All it does is give the other team a chance to win.

It's okay when it works, but it can cause second guessing when it doesn't. It can have a negative effect on momentum. When football teams stop throwing the ball in the 4th quarter with a small lead, most folks would say "they're playing not to lose" rather than "playing to win".

Couple questions BFritz, if Dixie was on fire how did they only score 54 points in 36 minutes? Also, if they were on fire, why exactly didn't they come out on top? Thank you in advance for your insight.

Sandman, why exactly do you always need to challenge people in such an argumentive manner. I just looked at your most recent 20 or so posts and you continually offer negative and challenging remarks. It's okay that you choose this style of communication, but why exactly shouldn't Fritz suggest that you are disrespectful... it's your modus operandi :madman:

Both defenses were stingy, and play got physical in the second half. There is a difference between run and gun to get 75 points versus working hard on every posession to get a shot. When those hard earned shots were falling in the first half, I think it's fair to say "they were hot".

The box scores by quarter were 17-16, 17-18, 6-9, 8-5, 7-6.

Unfortunately, after all of their hard work, the Colonels lost their legs toward the end and missed their last 5 foul shots that should have sealed the game. Chevy took the air out of the ball with a 1 or 2 point lead in the last few minutes again, and that seemed to tighten the nerves a bit. A few missed put backs on offensive rebounds, combined with missed free throws sealed their fate.

Another nice win for the Eagles. Another hard lesson for the Colonels that will hopefully make them stronger in the end.

Question? December 22nd the tickets went on sale?

Yes. I bought several 4th, 5th, and 6th row tickets via TicketMaster in December, albeit 2 and 3 at a time, but in seats behind each other in groups. I tried to buy them 4 or more at a time, but could not get good seats. The four lower sections ($25) on both sides foul line to foul line were pretty much sold out last week. Again, my hint is to try to buy 2 or 3 at a time in the same section and you might get lucky and get them right behind each other

Was anybody physical for Highlands other than Guidugli?

 

The other Highlands guys just don't strike me as all that physical. Well maybe Eaton, but nobody else.

The Bluebirds JV has some big, physical (football) studs who like to bang. Who won JV tonight?

Great win for the Bluebirds. This somewhat vindicates some of the losses that other area teams have suffered against HHS. They are for real!

Good points CC, but if you remember those "great" Turkeyfoot and Summit View teams built gaudy records against no one. They never played the AAU tourneys or against the Catholic schools/teams. I think they just played each other and the Boone feeders. Never tested themselves against any Cincy or downstate teams of note!! I remember some of the St. Pius middle school teams (and they weren't even the best of the NKY teams) scrimmaging against those "great" Turkeyfoot teams (Sam Lawson era I believe), doing quite well and then never seeing them again; until reading about their 2?-0 undefeated season in the paper.

 

"To be the best, you've got to play the best"--Even if you take some on the chin along the way!!

You're memory is not as great as your sarcasm.

I watched Scott's AAU team knock off the "great" Rockets in Lexington in the State AAU tournament. I believe the Rockets were a combination of St.Pius and Blessed Sacrament. These were all good players and teams. There is no reason to implicate that the public schools were either afraid to play the parochials, or that they did not measure up. I recall that several of the local teams played both AAU and Southwestern Ohio League. However, you probably don't remember most of them because Ralph had the Rockets play up, as did Fast Break with their blue chip recruits (aka Pat Elliot).

As noted about previous 8th grade phenoms, it's a shame that the Rocket's best player, Brett Sutton, doesn't play anymore. He was the real deal.

BGGreen... Do you know why the publics and parochials don't play each other in middle school? I don't get it, and I've always wondered why they aren't able to mix their schedules more like the Frosh.

Eighth grade success doesn't always mean success at the high school level. Look at the current senior class at Dixie & Scott. The Turkeyfoot and Woodland were top of the class and staged some great games and the great things were predicted for both high schools from these feeder schools.

 

Scott & Dixie both appear to be solid programs and very good players still remain in each program, but I don't know if either has reached the level that was predicted from the middle school success.

 

Kids move out, other sports take precedence, priorities change, puberty finally evens out the playing field.

Only three of the Scott players remain from the team you are referring to (Howard, McCord, Whitehead). Brann, Strunk, Feighery, Brossmore, Best are focusing on other sports. Busse, Muzzillo, Kanafax, and Spradlin are playing at other schools.

Only two of the Dixie boys remain (Lawson and Cole). Keener and Groneman played for Summitview. Sawyer moved on. Gumble, Huber, Metzger, Kerdolff, Carter, and Strong are focusing on other sports.

Arkansas Brewer and his mates were soundly defeated by Dixie's frosh tonight. Stephen Pompelio played his normal game and looked much stronger than Ark. Matt Metzger also looked pretty good in comparison to Mr. Brewer.

Here's where I think it would affect the Dixie girls. Where do you think the boys team will go if the HHS/CCH game is on the same night as Dixie/whomever girls game?

The Dixie boys tried to go to the HHS/CCH game tonight. Some got in, some didn't (sold out). After standing around in the cold waiting to get in, they didn't feel much like driving out to Conner to arrive late and support the girls.

Hmm, come to think of it, I've done the same thing. Being dissappointed about not getting in at CCH, I didn't trek out to Conner either. Instead, I'm sitting here thinking... "Wow, this really did hurt the girls tonight."

Don't know an exact score.

Dixie 59 Conner 46

Any word on the Blackburn kid as to the extent of his injury?

Today's Post recap of Grant's game with Lex Cath included the following:

"Grant County struggled against a powerful Lexington Catholic offense without starting senior point guard Roger Blackburn who is out for the season with a tear of his ACL."

This is a tough blow for Roger and his mates. Mr. Blackburn is a fine young man.