bigblue88

If you get a chance you need to check out a sandwich place nearby called Beebs and Bubs. You will not regret it. It's about a mile or two from the school.

I'm pretty sure Lonneman was the head JV coach this year and Haskamp was the assistant varsity coach. They had a very young team this year and improved a TON during the season.

Tony Haskamp and Ben Lonneman at Villa Madonna are towards the top of the list.

Ludlow by 10.

I heard there were budget cuts at Villa and the ADs job was cut to part time as well as Coach Starkey's teaching job.

Villa Madonna is open.

Do you have a list of the award winners?

I was thinking the DIII schools. However, I would bet a meal and a beverage from the Ludlow Yacht Club that Ludlow beats a DII school this year.

They're the team to beat in NKY small schools. Great young players. Coach Hart is doing a great job in Ludlow. The only question is whether or not any of the small schools can keep it close. It's tough to say how they will do against the bigger schools though. I don't think they have the fire power to hang with Dixie but on any given night you never know.

I agree with Faust and Brannen towards the top of the list. I also believe Booher to be at the top as well probably at the very top. I don't think he's getting as much love from other posters just because he hasn't been around as long as other coaches. (In NKY). However, his resume may be the best in NKY. I think one coach that doesn't get enough credit is Tom Dilts at Dayton, while he doesn't have regional titles or district titles on his resume his team always plays tough and seem to play well every year. Add to that many of the issues he may have to deal with in addition to coaching.

Within their district, I'm not sure if they can beat Dixie (not many teams will be able to). After they play during the season I'm hoping that they don't see the Colonels until the district finals. I'm willing to bet that St. Henry, Lloyd, and Ludlow are thinking the same thing.

Was anybody there? How did it go?

The NKBBCA East-West All Star Game is Wednesday 6/22 at Scott High School. The Junior Teams play at 6 and the Senior Teams play at 7:30. Does anyone have more information on this game? Is anyone going out to check it out?

From NKY.com: Villa Madonna 50, Dixie Heights 43 Villa Madonna - Stoll 4 3 13, Miller 2 4 8, Hengge 0 1 1, N. Hennard 1 0 2, A. Hennard 2 1 7, Dumaine 5 2 16, Case 1 1 3. Totals: 14 12 50. Dixie (12-15) - Margolen 1 0 2, Eiben 6 2 15, Sparkman 0 2 2, Strong 3 7 13, Hartfiel 0 1 1, Elkus 3 4 10. Totals: 13 16 43. [chart] |Villa Madonna|8|13|20|10| -50| |Dixie|14|8|7|14| -43| [end chart] 3-pointers: V 8 (Stoll 2, A. Hennard 2, Dumaine 4); D 1 (Eiben). Note: Villa Madonna advances to play St. Henry Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at Dixie Heights. Villa moves onto the district finals and into the regionals for the second year in a row.

It seems the Beechwood may have its way agian with the NKY DIII schools. After that it seems like a pretty big battle for 2nd place. Who seems the most likely to knock off Beechwood the 2nd time around? Who seems the most likely to be the one awarded the 2nd place ribbon and handshake? After watching box scores, I would probably have to say Ludlow for 2nd place and I don't know if anyone can knock off BW.

Any thoughts on how these two teams will look this year?

Congrats to the Blue Lightning. My only guess on shenanigans would be leaving Cook so open. They looked to double team (and sometimes triple team) some of Villa's leading ladies. Leaving Cook wide open. She took advantage and had one of the best games of her career. Ludlow also looked to slow down the game as well. Only a guess at the shenanigians. Once again congrats and good luck Friday to the blue lightning.

Beechwood 68, Villa Madonna 47 Villa Madonna - Lamping 1 0 2, McLean 0 1 1, Bryan 7 7 21, Schuh 3 0 9, Luensman 0 1 1, Phelps 7 0 15. Totals: 18 9 47. Beechwood (15-10) - Nussbaum 6 3 15, Hall 7 0 18, Pohlgeers 8 5 21, Cruse 2 0 4, Fangman 1 0 2, Daniels 2 0 4, Maus 1 2 4. Totals: 27 10 68. Villa Madonna 7 19 9 12 -47 Beechwood 14 19 19 16 -68 3-pointers: V 2 (Schuh, Phelps); B 4 (Hall 4).

Anyone have a score on this game? I didn't see it in the paper or online. (nevermind I just saw 56-50 in another post)

I see your point RC and VOR, but over the past 4 or 5 years most of these seniors have been playing varsity or JV basketball as freshmen or 8th graders and taken their lumps. They aren't going to rack up wins doing that. Dilts has taken these players and developed them and fit them into his system. Isn't that a sign of a good coach, developing talent and molding them to be successful? Dilts has to deal with a lot of off the court issues that Coach Henley has to deal with as well. While Dayton is not going to win the state tournament this year or the All A tourney. He's done a heck of a job with the hand that he's dealt and I'll still argue that he deserves to be in the top 10 of area coaches.

I know he may not be up there with Henley and Listerman etc. but Tom Dilts at Dayton has done a great job down there with the Green Devils. I think the argument could be made he could crack the top 10.

I meant to ask was anyone there who would care to elaborate on the game. How many did Pangallo and Giesler have? How about Bryan or Schue for Villa? Who does NCC play next?

I honestly thought this one would be a little bit closer. Was anyone there?

Who wins this game? Dayton's coming off a big win against Calvary, while Villa's coming off a tough loss to Beechwood.