Royal Uncle

Laure Terry did not play. Still trying to get over a bout of bronchitis, made worse by a case of the flu that's hitting everywhere. Hope she recovers soon.

The refs need to be mature, not me.

Just like driving by a car wreck.

And Britt certainly has a bullseye on her back, as far as some folks from her former school are concerned. Whatever she gets, she deserves. Right?

If you're way of thinking is correct, then the varsity game officials were dead wrong to let what they heard during one game they had nothing to do w/ affect how they called their game. I find the taunts quite comical. All fans, at one time or another have gotten onto the officials, some more than others. You must remember we are dealing w/ high school kids here. The adult refs have to act like adults and not intentionally pick on one or two kids because they didn't like what they heard from her. I Didn't hear what she said during the game. She very well may have deserved the "T". I'm only responding to your comments of the refs not liking what she said to their colleagues. If this was the case, they need to reexamine whether they are mature enough to officiate HS games. Maybe they need to go back to jr. high or biddy ball. If they did that, maybe they wouldn't need that head start to get down the floor.

I believe they have played a full compliment of games allowed the past few years.

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I've not discussed this personally w/ Coach Euton, but I believe an attempt was made to schedule more games, w/ several area teams opting not to play RH. The only other option was for Coach Euton to schedule a bunch of out of town games, which there have been plenty of, requiring 2-4 hour bus rides before a game, or an over night stay. This, although sometimes necesary, is not an ideal situation for the girls. I would love to have been able to watch more games, but w/ the refusal of local teams, not all, but some, to play the Lady Royals, the shorter schedule was probably the best option.

Then Terry should have been called for a technical. This just furthers the discussion on poor officiating.

You have one of those cool scooters, too? Just kidding. I'm glad to hear Emily is doing alright, hope she's not in too much pain.

I saw that. My :thumb: was for the comment by Himmelfarb on the total ineptness of a couple of officials in post #23.

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I'm sure if the coaches felt Britt's technicals were justified, they would take action. If they feel as I do, that tonight's T was total crap, then why punish her twice for something that should be a non-issue anyways. If a player gets called for a foul they disagree with, and walks away from the ref griping, that is, IMO, much better than being in the ref's face. This technical foul tonight was totally uncalled for.

Although Queen came back to have a good game, she was injured quite severely early on. Do you have an update on how she is doing after the game? Hate to see a team allowed to be so rough that they blatantly try to hurt the other players.

Good job, Lady Rams. Good luck in Richmond.

I'll get ripped for this again, but this game was just like the game between these two teams on Nov 30. The refs kept the game close. RH ballers get hacked to death w/o getting the calls. Queen gets slammed to the floor intentionaly, and only gets a foul out of it. Faulkner complains about the treatment she is getting, and gets a T. Great job by the Lady Royals to keep it together and play team ball under these circumstances. I'll really open myself up here, but the fans had to yell at the refs and have them stop the game more than once to have RH points posted on the board. I would like to hope they were just slow getting the points on the board, but I don't think so. Once again, great job Lady Royals!

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I think most found it best to stay out of the divisive conversation that Walrus was trying to get started. This was a good win for Raceland and I wish them good luck in trying to make it to Richmond. Walrus is trying to make their win look more like a blow up on the part of RH, rather than a result of a lot of hard work by the Lady Rams. JMO.

Mark Watkins at Rose Hill has a good knowledge of the game and the respect of the players.

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This game was a great opportunity for the younger players to get some precious playing time. Home court made for a good environment for the girls to work out some of their jitters. Good game and keep it up, girls. Would like to make a trip to Richmond.

Dakotah has strong ties at RH. I'm not sure of the grade level he was in when he started there, but it was in grade school, his mom is the school's AD, as well as the head coach of the girls team. I would look for Euton to stay a Royal throughout his high school career.

Be careful, Himmelfarb. I was ripped earlier this season for being too critical of the officials.

Of course they were. With Queen in foul trouble, it made it easy to key on Terry. She responded by dumping the ball off, rather than take high risk shots. Showed some selfless play, IMO.