loubballfan

Lamp played in the NBA for a few years also

IMO Madison Central was probably as good although they were down 17 in the 3rd quarter and had to claw back for the win so I would say Ballard had something to do with that with their mistakes and poor decisions at the end. Being very knowledgeable about the 2010 season, I think Ballard was clearly the better team but had to play three top ten teams to make the final game while SV only played one top 20 team, as I recall, so I think the Ballard team had no legs for the finals. If that game is played with both teams in a similar situation from the rest standpoint, Ballard wins 8/10 times IMO. And for the SV fans, this is just my opinion and I'm not trying to demean the accomplishments of the SV squad.

These regular season games mean virtually nothing except to illustrate that there is no dominant team this year in 6A. The way I see it, the team that improves the most over the next 3-4 weeks among the four super-district teams will be the favorite to win the state. (no disrespect to SK intended). Could be T, X, Male or Manual Should be a competitive playoffs in rounds 2,3 and will be much more wide open than in the past three years. That being said, I'm betting on Beatty when it comes to crunch time!

I still go with T Let's assume that BG has superior talent. They would still have to do it on the field and T has proven multiple times that even when they have inferior talent (as we saw with X in 08,07 where they lost the regular season games by 28+) they still win championships and I attribute that to coaching adjustments and game preparation. Add that to the fact that BG hasn't beaten T in multiple tries recently adding that psychological hurdle and I don't you can chose BG in this one.

That doesn't sound like a denial. Possibly my source was correct? Personally, I would like to see him play. Great talent!

I heard there is some talk that Walker is hurt and may not play. Can any of the X folks confirm or deny?

My mistake. I was making my comment on the goals of the team and added thoughts on game as I thought it was relevant.

I would not be surprised at all for Trinity to lose this game then come back and win the rematch in the playoff game as they have done so often in the past ten years. Beatty has never shown all his cards in the regular season game and I wouldn't expect him too this year either. It seems that he is always focused on having the team peaking in the playoffs and winning state. That being said, if X shoots themselves in the foot with suspect play calling or turnovers, it could be a long night for X.

I wondered why Ballard didn't make an effort to screen for Snyder to get the ball in his hands. Looked like they just told the kids to try to get open and that wasn't easy since they were being face guarded by athletes of equal or better quality.

This has been Ballard's "modus operendi" for years. I only see Madison Central having the ability to deal with their pressure and athleticism.

IMO, if the girls dive to form, state meet will be won by either Carly Hill or Erin Duffy from Sacred Heart and no-one else will be close! Graduated four division 1 level girl divers from last year's meet so talent is way down this year and after the top 2 it is wide open!

Did Hicks play?

Listened to end of this game St X blew this one. Rekindles the question of whether a team should foul up 3 at end of game, Not doing so killed X tonight after they controlled game most of way.

Congrats to the Trinity class of 2013 football players. That was one of the best runs that will be seen in the state of KY in a long time! Best of luck in the future on and off the field. You have represented your school well!

The kid is just a competitor and a winner!

I think he has the intangibles that are hard to measure! Handles it just OK IMO, nice 3-point shooter and shoots with no fear but most importantly, he is a lock down defender at the high school level. He absolutely locked Tamron Manning up in the state final or it could have been a much closer game. I'll take him on my team any day of the week! That being said, it's Ballard's to lose!

This one could have been worse if T receivers could hold on to the ball!! I counted three drops and two balls that would have been touchdowns all by one receiver. Otherwise, I thought X's defense was solid all night and kept T in check as long as they could. Also, T's defense did a good job of keeping Walker from making the big play.

Didn't X win the frosh game last year?

Would have to agree. The goal line stand against a quality O line from Cincy St X made me a believer in these guys!

This doesn't appear to set up well for X. T's defense against the run seems to be the best I've seen in the past several years. The pass defense is not as good IMO. X passed 4? times against Central. That is not something that you can just turn on for this weeks game so I'd give the advantage to T. On the other side, if Dawkins is healthy, T will put up some points and X' s defense has been spotty this year. Walker will break loose at least once and take it all the way. Kicking game goes to X. I think T will win this one 21-10

So you think Central will win, I assume, since their Coach has won the past three or so 3A titles?

I find it intersting also since there is a healthy respect for Indy Cathedral and Cincy X has already beaten them??

Dew-don-a

IMO it was between Dieudonne, Manning, and Wing before state tourney Wing didn't have a great tourney, Dieudonne was MVP but Manning dropped 26 in final against T. I'd give it to Dieudonne but one could argue for Manning being deserving as he didn't have near the supporting cast?

Congrats to T team First one is always toughest! T will be good next season but lose a lot in Dieudonne, Foster and Saxton I would say Ballard will be the team to beat from Louisville next year