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Dixon and Sandlin should be enough if we get better guard play. Clinkenbred (spelling) needs to play more.

Clinkenbeard minutes were limited tonight because of an ongoing back problem (but I agree she doesn't usually play enough). No Judy no Taulbee and limited minutes from Clinkenbeard was very hard to overcome. Bottom line NCC is very good and like madman said I don't believe coach Dawn wanted to show everything, but on the same line I don't think coach Miller wanted to show his hand either. If Walton can win next Wednesday and play NCC on Friday - I really don't think NCC will have a problem beating Walton. Probably be close for a while, but in the end NCC will make more plays and less mistakes.

Williamstown 69

Grant Co. 49

Williamstown 7 21 21 20 69

Grant Co. 8 13 13 15 49

Williamstown (10-11) -- West 11, Harris 5, Rothwell 8, Wilhoit 17, Prokopchak 10, Marksbury 2, Potter 4, Northcutt 12.

Grant Co. (4-14) -- McClure 8, Stith 8, Kidwell 2, Sullivan 2, Bi. Hearn 1, Br. Hearn 11, Wright 1, Thomason 2, Burke 1, Kitchens 13.

Good win for Williamstown. I think this ensures they will play in the 2/3 game in the district. I also believe this means Grant will play in the 1/4 game.

Congrats to South Oldham on a good regional win away from home.

Can a Mod change Neport to Newport for me. Sorry.

Any thoughts? If Walton can handle NCC pressure should make for a good game. Could be a preview of the 2nd round in Richmond, but of course both teams will have to win their 1st round games.

Sorry, "CC", but they don't need to play them 10 times - it only takes one good/bad night to extend or end a team's season one month from now. It looks as though Jan. 22 was the big day for the little schools to start "woofing" in the 8th, with Owen Co. snatching one in Lawrenceburg from Anderson Co., and Walton-Verona deflating South Oldham's bubble up at W-V.

 

Big dogs, little dogs, all that junk matters not one iota this year. Whoever is bringing their best game to Warsaw this March - and it IS WIDE OPEN NOW, folks - will be trucking down I-65 to Diddle. Any current prognosticators that might get it right are just lucky guessers, because there will be lots of twists and turns down the remaining road in the next few weeks of hoops. There are now NO FAVORITES - WIDE OPEN!!!

I totally agree - wide open. It should make for an exciting tournament.

Walton-Verona 58, Grant County 37

Walton-Verona (13-4) - Slavey 1 0 3, Hoffa 3 0 6, Ginn 2 0 4, Sullivan 10 2, McAdams 1 0 2, Taulbee 4 2 14, Dixon 4 6 14, Judy 1 1 3, Sandlin 4 1 10. Totals: 21 10 58.

Grant Co. (4-11) - McClure 2 4 9, Hearn 9 5 23, Elliott 2 1 5. Totals: 13 10 37.

Walton-Verona 15 17 14 12 -58

Grant Co. 12 8 8 9 -37

Walton-Verona 49, South Oldham 48

South Oldham (10-5) - Dye 4 2 10, Gamsky 1 0 2, Haysley 1 0 2, Housley 1 0 2, Whitfield 9 5 29, Wright 1 0 3. Totals: 17 7 48.

Walton-Verona (14-4) - Clinkenbeard 3 0 7, Slavey 1 0 3, Hoffa 1 0 3, Taulbee 5 2 16, Dixon 2 1 5, Judy 1 2 4, Sandlin 4 3 11. Totals: 17 8 49.

South Oldham 8 13 8 19 -48

Walton-Verona 5 13 11 20 -49

3-pointers: S 7 (Whitfield 6, Wright); W 7 (Taulbee 4, Clinkenbeard, Slavey, Hoffa).

Murray without a doubt, they were not prepared for the pressure defense NCC plays but i bet you they will be ready this year.

Murray will not be there. According to the KHSAA scoreboard Ballard Memorial defeated them in the 1st region finals.

You are correct, South should have made the free throws. Dye lost a contact at the begininng of the game and actually put in another persons contact to finish the game .She is a much better free throw shooter but she has to make sure she has an extra pair at all times. All in all it was a good competitive game. I agree that Whitfield had a great game and is a really good offensive and defensive player who has several big D1 schools looking at her.

Just being a Junior she is going to turn a lot of heads in the next couple of years. I know she scored 29 points tonight, but I really enjoyed watching her play on the defensive end - I'm sure the Walton players did not.

Walton played pretty well at times. Grant County has improved a lot from the 1st time I watched them play this year.

Jasmine Whitfield had game high 29 points and scored her 1000th point in loss to WV. Congrats Jasmine!!

Congrats - she was very impressive tonight!!!!

Worst refs I have ever seen. They actually let a WV girl take the ball out of bounds and bring it back in and shoot a three at the end. South girls were not defending because the ball was clearly out of bounds. if you think sour grapes look at the film. That ref was someone's uncle

The ref was not someone's uncle, at least not on Walton's team, but you are correct he missed the call the ball was clearly out of bounds. It is a mute point if South converts their free throws at the end.

If you have not had a chance to watch Whitfield play this year - wow what a player. Not just offensively, but the havoc she creates on defense is incredible. Crazy ending with two very questionable intentional foul calls, one on Walton and one on South. I don't think winning or losing this game gives either team an advantage. If they were to meet again it should be a classic. Very impressed with South and especially Whitfield.

Congrats to Owen on a very solid road win. Heard Owen's zone really hurt Anderson.

Why wouldn't NDA be a quality win?

ND was a very quality win. The pandas did not play well when they played Walton - don't let that fool you.

Does Walton now miss the two boys that didn't play this year? Nice job Walton keep bring up those young ones .

Why didn't they play?

I think Walton had a little bit of a let down from the class "A". But, Highlands made some very big plays. The game was back and forth for most of the game. Walton lead by 1 at half and the final score was the largest lead of the game. Schaeffer was a difference maker tonight. She hit some very big shots plus blocked at least two 3 point shots that would of been big if made. Walton did have an open 3 for a tie with about 30 seconds left, and then had to start fouling. Very impressed with Schaeffer and Conner for Highlands.

Should be a great matchup/

Can anyone share the details of the game? What a nice win for Williamstown - congrats to the girls and Coach Wilhoit!

Very nice win for Williamstown. Coach Wilhoite does a great job. Williamstown played really solid defense all night and Chelsea West was very aggressive on offense making some big shots. Game had a lot of fouls with Williamstown's Wilhoite and Owen County's Gayheart setting a lot of the 1st half. Everytime Owen mada a run Williamstown answered.

Coach Mefford had his team prepared and they battled the Bearcats to the very end. Good job by Walton to hold on and get the win.

Walton will play Williamstown on Saturday night in the finals.

Final from Crestwood.

South Oldham 55

Walton-Verona 52

Walton-Verona 13 14 12 13 52

South Oldham 14 11 15 15 55

Walton-Verona -- Schmitt 7, Moeves 8, Hargett 13, McNeil 14, Lynn 4, Monday 6.

South Oldham (12-2) -- Blair 5, Bullock 3, Fields 9, Martin 11, Sherry 6, Kenny 2, Goodlett 7, Pendleton 3, Catina 9.

The All A tournament at Walton has been cancelled for tonight. Games are scheduled for Thursday night.

Thursday

6:00 Walton-Verona vs Gallatin County

7:30 Carroll County vs Eminence

Friday - not sure of times

Owen County vs Williamstown

Winners of Thursday games

Saturday - Finals

South Oldham

I think it's great that the 8th region has 3 teams ranked. Go 8th Region!!!

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11 points is real close!!!! :thumb:

FBD is on a roll with predicting games.