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The 2010-11 Girls NCKC All-Conference Team was also named this week. Here are this years members on the Girls side:

1. Hannah Devine 70 points Carroll County Most Valuable Player

2. Rianna Gayheart 69 Owen County

3. Tori Wilhoit 52 Williamstown

4. Brooke Hill 44 Gallatin County

5. Kelli Dixon 43 Walton Verona

6. Courtney Sandlin 39 Walton Verona

7. Raegan Black 37 Trimble County

8. Brooke Dossett 34 Gallatin County

9. Kyndal Curry 32 Carroll County

10. Hannah Neeley 30 Owen County

11. Chelsea West 24 Williamstown

12. Taylor Clark 20 (tie) Henry County

12. Samantha Toole 20 (tie) Owen County

Congratulations to these young ladies on their accomplishments!!

Maybe the guy that as a player won a region and as an assistant coach won a region knows what mix of rest and sharpness is needed this time of year.

Good point.

I understand they choose the winner in a different manner this year. For the first time, the coaches' voted on any player from any NCKC team. In previous years, the MVP had to be a player from the NCKC champ...

 

This way makes more sense, IMO

I agree, but wait until the season is over to vote. What is the rush?

McNeil creates contact by running in to the defender who has legal position and then continuing the shot. He is getting lots of calls on defensive players even though he creates the contact. They should be no calls or offensive fouls. Basketball rules state that if a defensive player is in a legal defensive stance or position, the defensive player has the right to move in order to maintain his legal positioning. A charging call can be made even if the defensive player has one or both feet off of the ground when the offensive player makes contact with the defensive player. The basketball rule of “verticality” applies here. If a defensive player jumps straight up to block a shot and the offensive player jumps into and creates contact with the defender, an offensive charging call could be made. "Could" be made but it clearly is not being made.

 

Walton gave great effort, Ryle did not last night, which is not usual for the Raiders. Congrats to figuring out a way to win. Shame on any Walton player, fan or coach who blames the refs for 11 missed free throws, an unforced turnover with possession and up 3 points late in overtime, etc.

Shame on the Ryle fans blaming the refs because they couldn't guard McNeil.

Ryle had a chance to win at the end of regulation. Walton had a 3 point lead in OT with the ball and couldn't finish the deal. Zach Perkins got a key rebound off a missed FT and stuck it back in to give Ryle a 1 point lead with only 15 or so seconds left in OT. Zach McNeil had a pretty good look for the win, but the ball went in and came back out. Walton fouled for the final margin. Really fun game to watch.

Big district game on Saturday night. Any thoughts?

Nice bounce back game for Walton. Tibbs is a load. Congrats to Kelli Dixon she scored her 1500 career point during the game.

Which players were missing, and why wasn't their coach there?

They were not missing players or their coach. Gayheart went down in the 4th quarter with about 2 minutes left (hope she is alright). It was a 20+ game at the time, don't know why she was still in. But, he had all his starters in the game still.

Walton was not prepared or inspired. Very flat and Owen punch them in the mouth on numerous ocassions and they did not respond at all. I saw very little fight in them last night and that was sad. The season is not over, but for Walton it may be. Congrats to Owen the more prepared and more inspired team.

Final on Williamstown's senior Night. Seniors Chelsea west led with 19, Tori Wilhoit had 13 and Haley Rothwell chipped in with 6. Congrats to 3 fine young ladies. On a side note. Coach Wilhoit was very emotional during the senior night activities. Guess grown men do cry!!

Great job Williamstown and congrats to their seniors. Coach Wilhoite does a great job.

Walton by double digits.

Observing the stat sheet from the game, I have noticed that half of W-V's twenty turnovers came from The Bearcat's post players, each with 5. Slavey had a nice line of 15 pts (5-7 FROM 3), 2 steals, 5 Assist and only 1 turnover.

People tend to only remember turnovers that lead to baskets for the other team. They sometimes forget the turnovers that take a basket away from their team.

The guard play was not the only reason for the lose. Walton missed multiple point blank layups - good teams don't do that. Too many turnovers, but everybody contributed to that. Once again Walton is able to beat the press and fails to convert on the other end. I can only remember Walton turning the ball over 3 maybe 4 times in the back court. Walton seemed to play not to lose instead of finishing the game. I don't understand the Slavey move myself, or why you have your bigs on the lane with 8 seconds left, with the lead, instead of protecting the defensive basket, especially if you don't plan to foul on the miss. A lot of things went wrong tonight for Walton and Danville made them pay. Good job Danville.

Here are Cantrell's ratings.

Newport Central Catholic 79.6

Owensboro Catholic 72.6

Walton Verona 71.8

Monroe County 71.5

Sheldon Clark 70.4

CAL 69.6

Ballard Memorial 66.2

Danville 65.3

Lexington Christian 65.2

Leslie County 64.5

LV Holy Cross 63.9

Crittenden County 60.1

West Carter 58.7

Saint Patrick 57.1

Harlan 54.3

Washington County 47.3

Great job Brooke!!

The SK game for tomorrow night has been rescheduled.

Per KHSAA website it has been moved to Feb 12th.

Final from New Castle. Not the prettiest of games. Walton looked a little tired tonight - 6 games in 8 days. It is good they have some time off now before the all A on Wednesday.

Nice win for South Oldham. The regional tournament could be very interesting.

I thought Simon might have a hard time scoring against NCC especially if they are not making 3s. I'm sure coach Stowers will use this for motivation to get them ready for the stretch drive.

Simon Kenton (10-7): Tomlin 2 0 4, Stephenson 1 0 3, Blevins 0 2 2, Wainscott 3 0 7, Owings 4 0 9, Orr 2 0 4, Morrison 0 1 1. Totals 12 3 30.

Newport Central Catholic (13-3): Muench 3 2 8, Fryer 5 2 13, Kiernan 2 0 4, Thiem 5 6 17, Bartels 4 0 9, Buchanan 3 0 6, Huber 0 2 2. Totals 22 12 59.

Simon Kenton 10 5 12 3 -30

NewCath 16 15 19 9 -59

Three-point goals: SK-Stephenson, Wainscott, Owings. NCC-Fryer, Thiem, Bartels.

Highlands has players that can make plays, and are well coached. Not overly shocked by this outcome. Ryle has been playing well lately and I'm sure they will be ready for Boone next week.

W-V just keeps on rolling with another win. And with their win over South Oldham last Saturday, considering South's wins over Anderson and Owen this week, the Lady Bearcats look like the top team in the region - I guess. Is this true?

I think South is looking pretty good right now, but I wouldn't put Walton to far behind them. It appears Anderson is not playing very well at this point, but I'm sure that will change come tournament time.

Final from Williamstown. Ten point game at halftime and then Walton blew the game open in the 2nd half.

I was at a Mason County/Walton game at Walton in the late 80s/early 90s where a fight broke out on the floor in a JV game and some Mason County senior citizens knocked me out of the way in order to get down to the floor. Protecting their boys.

I believe the year was 1986. I also saw a good one between Walton and Conner in the 1980 districts at Conner.

It's no secret WV is struggling against the press. If Coach Dawn can win without it now, might as well save it for an added wrinkle later.

I seen almost every Walton game, and I can't remember them struggling against a press this year (90% of their turnover are on their side of half court). They struggle when a team sets down in a good half court man to man. I know most teams don't press as well as NCC, but getting the ball across half court has not been the problem for Walton so far.

Pretty much nailed it madman...but I would add that Walton runs too much of a structure offense which causes quite a bit of these unforced turnovers and they need to do more dribble drive in order to get shots.

I agree, but it is hard to drive when you run into your own players cutting thru the lane. Walton's offense doesn't usually allow for penetration it is more design to hit cutters. Which is why they struggle in half court games.