Claude Henry Smmoott

I am not sure which is tougher. But I do know that if Hope played on a team with less talent than the one she has now, her numbers would look different. She would average more than 20 points per game without question. Does that make her, or Heaton, any better of a player? No. Heaton does have D-1talent. Hope has a D-1 scholarship, signed and delivered. I wish Caldwell all the luck for the rest of the season. I would love to see them make a run in the postseason. And I hope Heaton ends up with a scholarship, in whichever sport, that allows her to get an education at a good university.

They can't play it as often as the UT band did in the UK-UT football game 2-3 years ago. It seemed like I heard it at least 270 times. It was in my head for weeks!!!!

She is a great player and I hope to see great things from her at the next level as well.

I believe the award is Gray's to lose and she has done absolutely nothing to do so. She is a great player on a great team and has been for several years. She deserves the attention she receives. As for the Caldwell-North game, boatman, you stated Heaton made Brown look average. I was simply correcting your view. She did have 27 points and she played 32 minutes. Hope played 20 or so. I would expect her to outscore someone who played 10-12 fewer minutes. Hope is a great player and she does what her team needs her to do. She is not out there to outscore the opposing players. She is there to defend, run the offense and make her teammates better. She does that as well as any player in the state. Talk up your players and they deserve it but don't do it at the expense of some other young athlete.

She is a very solid player but to say she made Hope Brown look average is mistaken. She scored 27 points for a team that got beat by 30 and she got a lot of those with Brown on the bench after the game was sealed. Also, there may have been 2 or 3 possessions when Brown was guarding Heaton. She had a very good night but she did very little, if any, of it against Brown. Does she have any schools after her for basketball? If not, there should be a school somewhere that can use a smart player who has a nice shot.