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Holmes...No doubt about it.

Outside of the two Villa games most if not all of Beechwoods starters played barely half the game. Coach Shumate could have easily humilated most of the D III teams this year and his players stats would have be off the charts if he allowed them to be. It appears to me that he his developing a program there not just looking for wins. Also the only proven players he had coming back were Hall, and Romes was a tranfer with little if any varsity experience. Miller was hurt most the season. So the talent he walked into must have fallen from the sky. By the way the JV ran the table in DIII also. Give the guy his dues, 1st year at Beechwood he lead his team to an accomplishment no other team or coach at Beechwood had done, and when was the last time Beechwood beat Conner, Holy Cross, or quality programs like South Oldham and Raceland all in the same year.

Check this out. The Thread from when they both won.

Romes and Vories were both awarded 9th region co-player of the year. I am 100% sure.

If Holmes shoots the ball the way they did last night, It isn't close!

Beechwood- Brady Slusher, Richie Williams, Chris Miller

Does Beechwood have a chance?

I heard Brian "The God" Romes might come out for the baseball team at Beechwood..... I heard he was a straight stud for the Kentucky Kids back in the day. He throws in the high 80's low 90's and has a 12 to 6 curve.

I saw them play Simon Kenton last year and am surprised that Schumate is not on this list.

Agreed.

The left fielder, Hyde, is out for the beginning of the season due to a broken ankle suffered during basketball season.

If you missed this game, you might have missed the best dunk in a 9th region game i've seen. Pittman from Holmes threw a dunk in on #4 from Conner. Then Ricardo Johnson put a tough left handed oop in from Avery's assist.

Ryle will now play Beechwood JV.

For Beechwood's starting lineup: 1B: Brady Slusher- if moved to third- Chris Morris 2B: Richie Williams SS: Adam Gohs- could move to third making Richie to move to SS and Josh Bertke to 2B 3B: Joe Colosimo/ Josh Bertke LF: Chas Hyde CF: Cody Elliott RF: Stephen Hadden-Kody Klug when hadden pitches C: Chris Miller For all the people who think Beechwood doesn't have any experience... that whole lineup started last year at some spot. They lost one Senior who was there right fielder and he switched with Stephen Hadden. It Should be fun to watch what a great 1A team can do. Watch they will suprise you

Both Beechwood and New Cath played a very nice game. Both teams took one another out of their game plans, and the difference was at the FREE THROW line. If you were not their you missed a great game were both teams gave it their all. That type of game is what the ALL A tourney is about!

Game is at Dayton, Kentucky and it should be a full house, but doubt it will be a sellout. It should be a great atmosphere, Dayton has a nice gym. Good place to watch a game.

Beechwood has had some quality wins this year, Conner, South Oldham, Raceland, Holy Cross. They also played Boone Co., Holmes, Cov Cath., Highlands, Newport(OT loss) Ryle yet to play, that is as tough of schedule I have seen for a D III.

Dayton, Bellevue, Villa, Silver Grove, Heritage, Ludlow, Beechwood, Calvary

The Hickory gym itself was the one I was referring to that is in Knightstown. A lot of the game action was at Brownsburg, and then of course the championship game was at Hinkle fieldhouse where the Butler Bulldogs play. Now hinkle is a great old facility to see a game in. Was recently at a top 9th region game in the Boone county gym and it wasn't even close to full. The week before I was at a game in SE Indiana in a gym that holds 3000, and it was standing room only. Where are the fans at for the Kentucky schools?

Beechwood is 2-9. They had the lead against Simon Kenton in the 4th tonight but Simon came out on top 38-30.

Tom Freppon is pretty solid!

From what I have been told, I didn't see last years team! They are playing much more like a team this year! That loss was a 1 point loss to Male. Look for them to make a strong run! They have been beating up the 9th region!

People who have not seen Holmes play, need to. They are an extemely solid ball club that plays well together. IMO they are going to be the team to beat come March!

I was involved in a game about 10 years ago where the head coach got tee'd up twice and obviously ejected by the ref. They were toe to toe arguing and it was just about to get confrontational until the assistant stepped in to break it up. This game was thursday night. The coach and his wife were both in the refs wedding on that saturday! It was a tense dinner at the reception needless to say!

NCC should get tested by Beechwood, the winner will come out of that top bracket!