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In the first round of the 53rd district, 1st seed Powell County defeated 4th seed Lee County in the first two games and 2nd seed Owsley County defeated 3rd seed Estill County. Powell and Owsley play for the championship tomorrow night at Lee County High School begining at 6:00pm. This should be a good match-up. Congrats to Powell and Owsley.:dancingpa

I watched the Jr. High Boys game last night at Owsley and was very impressed. The boys looked very structured and extremely talented. I think the future looks bright for the Owls. :banana: :ylsuper::banana:

Wallace Bates coaches the Volleyball team and Girls Basketball Team at Owsley County. He is also a teacher ther and is loved by many students at Owsley County High. I talked to Wallace about an hour ago, and his team was visiting him. He said he was sore, but he is already trying to bargain with the doctors to let him come back to work next week. Prayers were answered. Thanks to all who responded.

Tonight, after volleyball practice, head coach for both volleyball and girls basketball Wallace Bates was in a car wreck. He is currently in route to UK, so remember him in your prayers.

You might want to check your sources. I don't think that is true.

I think the keys to Owsley's success is a strong point guard and leadership from the senior players. This was the elements lacking last year, not talent.

Owsley County's Gym has air and practice is going well. Owsley should have a strong team in the 56th district and 14th region with the return of all starters that are seasoned. Good luck Lady Owls.

How much would it take? You would love the big city of Booneville!!!

Hazard Lady Bulldogs did this not too many years ago. I can't remember the year.

I agree!!! McIntosh is a consistent player and has been all season. After Neeley left Owsley, Congleton had to come out of forward position to take over point guard, and as a senior who had never played this position, was extremely hard. He has give it is best shot, and at times become very frustrated.... but he has stayed with it, never complaining. And don't forget his younger, but not smaller, brother Jeremy. He has really come on strong the last three games.

All of them were very deserving. Congrats to all!!

Thank you Einstein!!! All of the staff at Owsley helped this week. We couldn't have done it without them. Thanks to all the coaches and their staff and the administration from all the schools. You were great and very supportive if we needed anything. We always appreciate the opportunity to open our school for student events.

They did x-ray her foot but she won't know until Saturday if it was broke or not.

You're right, Gold Sunrise. But remember, Lee should have beat Owsley, so you never know.

You can vote for him now, since he will make it out of the district with the biggest upset in the 14th region.

Very well put!!!!!:banana: :banana:

It was a great game. Both Lee and Owsley fans were awesome from start to finish. After what the boys, and Coach Parrett have went through this season, and especially the blow they had today, they deserved this win. Go Owls!!! We want another 56th District Championship Banner!!!!! We're behind you all the way. :dancingpa :dancingpa :dancingpa :dancingpa :dancingpa :dancingpa

That is true, the oldest Congleton boy was sick but wanted to play anyway. The Owls have improved over the last two weeks. During tournament play, you never know what will happen. The adrenaline is flowing and strange things could happen.... so who knows who will come out on top???? (I guess from my name, you know who I hope will be the 56th District Champ!!!):sssh:

Was a great game to watch! I think the Lady Owls are ready for tourney time. Tomorrow night will be the true test.

Alot of good points have been made on this thread. As a former player, with parents (that I dearly love) but knew nothing about basketball and always thought the coach was picking on me, I understand how parents can be. As a former Jr. High and Varsity Coach, you are expected to "win" so that is what you look to do. I understand how hard it is to have seniors on the bench, but if they throw the ball away or cannot play defense and hurt your team, you will leave them, for the most part, on the bench. From a small district, where I have lived all my life, I understand how hard that is, when the parents are your friends. From being a parent and having a player, I understand what you are saying about wanting your child to play. Parents do tend to have "blinders on" with their children and I understand how easy that is, from experience. But as stated in the original thread, the coaches are paid to do a job, and the parents and fans have to leave it in their hands to be the judge of who plays and who doesn't. Coaches are human and make mistakes, I know I made many. This is a hard job, like teaching, a decision you make could change the childs entire future. So when you have a person that dedicates their time to coaching, which is extremely underpaid, but most coaches don't do it for the money, pat them on the back and thank them. Thank you Coaches for dedicating your time to work with our youth. I assume you are talking about Michael Jordan. Who's to say that if that coach hadn't cut him his freshman year, he would have put in the hours he did to improve and prove his coach wrong. He might not have turned out the player he is/was, if it wasn't for that coach.

That's awesome. Congrats, Aaron.

:thumb: Thank you, Strike 3. I think this post has gotten away from what the Title IX guidelines was put in for. I don't know how the schools in Kentucky schedule, other than the ones around me, but our schools do not "double book" games on the same night except on rare occasions. Our girls and boys alike come to each others games and cheer each other on. I agree if schools are scheduling boys and girls games on the same night, fans need to step up and ask their AD's not to do this. Boys or Girls, both are equally important, is what Title IX is trying to say, so Girls should have game scheduled on the weekends to allow fans from out of town or parents that work out of town be able to see their daughters play.

The 56th district goes in alphabetical order and I think the 14th region does also.

I think I did, since I have them ranked #1.

I've never seen Emily play, but that is an awesome accomplishment. Best of luck for the rest of the seaon.