RNCSportsaholic

Sounds like the teams switched uniforms at halftime. Great game Valley. Good luck the rest of the way. Congrats Central on a fine season.

Paintsville should be the favorite next season but I have two other sports to worry about before basketball starts again. I think that Coach Runyon needs to do his best coaching of his long and very successful career next season and develop a post player that can control the boards for him and stop other teams post play.How can a team that doesn't start a single senior be considered overrated? For about 95% of the schools that start such young players it would be considered a rebuilding year. They showed what they could do in the Hoops Classic and just couldn't level stay at that level, but this is a learning experience and Coach Runyon is going to have another great run before his days on the sideline are over.

It all goes back to the feeder programs. Johnson Co/Paintsville, Pikeville and LC have solid leagues to keep a solid high school program. Martin Co. and others have improved but haven't reached that level yet.

Everyone had a bad game, several missed point-blank shots. However, the starting 5 return next year so the future is still bright. I don't have the stats but I'm sure we lost the rebounding game and our defense was suspect at best.

Paintsville may have a new coach but he has had nothing but success in his carrer as a player and a coach. As for pitching, VanHoose, Grimm, and Watkins will do a fine job. As for hitting, a lineup with Pugh,VanHoose,Sublett, and Brown, and Willaims will provide enough offense to win several games. A pre season poll without JC, Pikeville, Paintsville in the top 5 is a little suspect to me because these 3 have pretty much dominated the 15th.

I understand that, but didn't everyone in the state know Slone would be taking that shot so Pugh took it with enough time to get another shot off, and didn't Slone take the final shot after a rebound? PHS was out of timeouts and couldn't draw up a play for the final shot and its hard to create an open look when youy have to shoot a 3 (no defender is going to honor a drive to the basket.) I know Daniel very well and you are misjudging him when you say is ego got in the way.

A Paintsville player? Being protected by the refs? Now that's funny. Let's not forget that Slone and Grimm both had to sit in the first half with 2 fouls and Valley went on a run and was up by 15 at one point, thats not exactly what I'd call protection. People said refs protected/bailed out Slone last year in his 51 point game but he only shot 6 free throws in a double overtime game and had several drives to the basket, lets put this theory to bed.

This is just a guess but I don't it would hurt them because thousands are shipped via planes, I know some bats are frozen to give extra "pop" however I think that is just a ploy to get a little extra $, but maybe there is some scientific proof of it helping.

Yeah Pugh is a selfish player, he only led them in assists this year. From the stats of the game it looks like nobody was hitting anything. With the way they shot the ball last night I don't see how they were even within 15 of any team.

I don't understand this post, if they don't play as a team then how did they win so many games this year? Thats not giving the yeams that beat them any credit.

He lacks a big man to control the boards and I'm pretty sure his overall coaching record speaks for its self.

SV wins 64-61.

PHS is out of timeouts.

VanHoose makes 2 FT's. 13.2 left Valley up by 2.

SV by 3 Timout. SV has 1 FT to shoot. 21.8 to go

Slone to the line for 2. 23 secs left

SV by 3

Danny Johnson never gives the time.

47.8

59-58 Valley. under 1 minute to play. Time out PHS. SV to inbounds after the TO

Valley leads by 3. PHS ball.

Valley has to go Riddle.

Bundy for 2. Valley lead by 3.

Time Out PHS after thet get a steal.

2:08 to go Valley lead by 5.