Intentional Foul

It appears that Coach Bradley has his girls playing their best ball at the right time of the season as the Kittens improve to 21-3.

Coach Tackett doing a great job in his forst year as the Lady Vikings coach as they improve to 21-5. Congrats!!!!

Final

Final

Strait 18, Wilcox 16, Ward 13, Dietrich 8. Laisha Ward had another double-double with 17 rebounds to go with her points.

Nope, cancelled.

I see many of the 16th region coaches regularly scouting. I believe that a lot of the 16th region coaches don't show a lot of new stuff late in the season due to the "eyes" in the stands. They don't want to give away any tricks to be used in the post season. By season's end, many 16th region coaches know the names and even hand-signals for many of their opponents offensive plays and set their defenses accordingly.

Per the KHSAA website Rowan Co. is visiting Montgomery Co. tonight. The website shows that this girl's game is still on. Can any Rowan or Montgomery fans confirm this? Also can someone give me directions to Montgomery Co.'s gym. I am coming from the Ashland area. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!

There is no question that coaching can make a big difference (possibly the biggest difference) depending on the situation, but to win consistently you must have talent and experience. The Rose Hill girls ALL play hard and will be very competitive players in the future, but you can't expect them win consistently at their age or experience level - regardless of the coaching. I believe that the RH coaching staff is looking at this as a developmental year and seeing success as improvement from October ot February. To expect more from this young team (and coaching staff) is naive thinking.

I agree, I attended this game and I thought RH's kids showed a lot of heart. I was surprised that RH kept it so close against a much bigger and stronger Raceland team, especially with Vanderhoof back. I thought RH's Gamble was a big positive for RH hitting about 12 points and running the show. Pretty impressive for a 7th grader. She's going to be a major player in the 16th in the years to come. On the flipside, good win for Raceland. Great to see Vanderhoof back. I hope that she stays healthy the rest of the season. She epitomizes all that is good about high school sports - great work ethic, great attitude, great sportsmanship, just a great all-around kid.

From the other game post its sounded like a heartbreaker for the Lady Vikings. Good run at the end of the game, just fell a little short to a very good North Hardin team. Good luck to the Lady Vikings the rest of the regular season.

I totally agree.

Clark (a guard) and Vanderhoof (does everything) are still out. Yes, the Lady Rams do have a depleted roster right now, but still a good win for Ashland against a well coached team. I'm sure that Bradley and his girls would have rather played against a healthy Raceland squad. With the addition of Vanderhoof and Clark I believe that Raceland will be right in the regional mix. Good luck to the Lady Rams and the Kittens as the rest of the season plays out.

Good Point Syndrome - Looking back, I probably shouldn't have asked the question, but my curiousity got the best of me. Good luck to the Lady Royals for the rest of the season. I don't have any stats, but I heard that Ward had a double-double in reb/scoring (as she has consistently had all season) in limited playing time. IMO she is the most dominant player in the region right now. From the article, it sounds like Bradley has done a great job in mentoring her in basketball and in life the past few seasons. Also sounds like the Kittens are a really close knit group of girls that enjoy each other on and off the court. Its nice to hear about a team like this, when it seems like nowadays that all we ever hear about is players quitting teams, parents unhappy with playing time, etc...

Why do you say this? Talking to some of the RH fans this season (and last season) they all have said what a promising young group this is. Yes, they will have a rough few years but then most RH fans seem to think they can be real contenders in the 16th. Why would any of these young players want to leave this situation. Do you have some inside info?

I agree that the Young royals never gave up - something I should have added in my earlier post. The Lady Royals play very hard and can hold their heads high. I also heard that the Gambal (?) kid played very well and is only a 7th grader. I saw her in a game against Boyd game earlier this year and I was impressed. If RH can develop some more young players like her, RH has a bright future.

Great win for the Rowan girls. Makes them 2 for 2 against a very good Mason team. I heard that 5 players for Rowan scored in double figures. Those kind of stats win regional titles. The Chambers girl for Mason must be the real deal.

Good win for the Kittens. Looks like a good defensive effort as Ashland is the only team to hold the lady Royals in the 20's all season. Per the KHSAA website the Kitten's record is now 14-3.

Good rebound win for Russell after losing to Boyd this week. Kidwell will have the Lady Devils ready for Districts.

After reading a lot of RH/Ashland bashing on BGPs it nice to see Ashland making this accomodation for the RH girls so they can see their boys play in the All A tourney. Kudos should be given to Coach Bradley.

Its nice to see 16th region teams trying to accomodate each other, but at this point in the season a coach must look after his own. 4 games in a week is asking too much of any team this close to tourney time IMO.

Don't be too confident. Remember that Rowan beat Morgan on a last second shot at Rowan. I still believe that Rowan is the best team in the 16th, but to say they will cruise to Diddle -- I don't know about that...They are beatable on any given night, just like any other team in the 16th.

Wow! This is a huge win for Lewis, especially since Morgan just recently took Rowan County into overtime.

Sadly no. If they meet it will be in the regionals. I think that both of these teams are improving as the season continues. A regional matchup would be more than worth the ticket price.

Rowan and Ashland are the only teams that haven't been beaten by another 16th region team. Rowan is 8-0 in the region (15-3 overall) and Ashland is 10-0 in the region (13-2 overall)