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Adam Shumate CovCath - Hanover

I said it during the Holmes vs MC thread, when Bosley is hitting his outside shots he is almost unstoppable. When I saw MC vs. CovCath he took control of the game in the 1st half. I thought he was the Mr. Basketball candidate by the way he played. I am no Basketball expert, but I thought MC was by far the best team I had seen this year. I had not seen Ballard, but had heard they were very good. Glad to see the Sweet 16 live up to its expecations. Congrats to all the teams that made it to the tourney. Winning Ky's state High School Basketball tourney is one of the more challenging accomplishments in Sports. This is not just my opinion by was also the opinion of one John Wooden. Who many years before his death stated that Indiana (who at the time was 1 class for bball) and Kentucky basketball championships were as difficult as any accomplishment in Basketball team sports.

THAT'S MY FOOT!!!

I agree it is unlikley, however if Bolden gets in foul trouble and either misses huge portions of the game or fouls out early in the fourth.. it could happen. MC is a very athletic team with multiple scoring options. When CovCath played MC I was really impressed by the shooting of Mr. Bosley. If he shoots it like he did that game I could definitely see them winning by double digits. Rooting for Holmes, and if they shoot well they definitely could win this one. If I were the odds makers I would put MC as 5 1/2 point favorite.

Unless things have changed, baseball has a way to settle this. The Home Plate umpire is ultimately in charge. In football the White hat is the man in charge. Does basketball not have a similar hierarchy?

That particular Ref had a bit of a delayed whistle, Tobler had already committed when the actual whistle was blown. It was "technically" the correct call by how the rule is written, but it sure puts a player in a very tough situation. From the time of the whistle to when Tobler made contact (as shown in the great pictures from Panda) had to be hundreths of seconds, not tenths but hundreths. Didn't think the officiating affected the outcome of the game, but I also wouldn 't call it a well officated game. Very inconsistent in how they called things like the hand checks, sometimes very tight other times jerseys pulled out of the waistband and no call.

How does this incoming group compare to last years group or to the upcoming Senior class? Not trying to start controversy just checking to see if it is a stellar class or your run of the mill "really good" class.

I am not an official, nor did I stay at a Holiday in Express... but I was at the game and the one thing that stood out for fans on both sides were the extremely LATE whistles by one particular ref. In one situation a player drives to the basket shoots, ball bounces twice on the rim, falls off battle for the rebound whistle is blown. Foul on the shot. Similar type calls were done all night. Now did he affect the outcome of the game ... Not in the least.. he was consistently late on all calls for both teams. However, both coaches were more than frustrated by the timing of his whistles, not necessarily the call by how delayed the calls were.

I think they get plenty of coins.... its the paper money thats not so plentiful!

For any good coach the pressure/desire/need to win is greater from within oneself than any outside influences. The current coach is if nothing else a very competitve person by nature. He wants very badly to beat Highlands and works hard every day trying to prepare the team to do so. The admin from Covcath is very happy with the current coach, so he in no way feels pressure there for his job. If he is looking elsewhere for a position it could be money, could be ego could be he doesn't think he can consistently beat Highlands... but is not because of some outside pressure being placed on him to beat Highlands or else. He is a good coach perhaps he is "testing" the waters to see how others view his value as a coach. Most people want to be wanted, even if you don't want what they have in return.

It sure beats St.X, Elder, Moeller and Colerain.

Unless something changes La Salle is slotted to be in D2 in Ohio next year.

I think La Salle is now in Division 2 . They no longer have to beat those teams to win a state title. Their biggest challenge will be from Winton Woods and Anderson. A very manageable task for La Salle.

I agree with one of the earlier post that this happens at many schools. I think what is so ironic about this, is that NewCath seems to handle this situation as well as any. They have 2 state championships out of the last 3 in Football. They have been one of the top 3 or 4 teams in Basketball for the past 5 years, and i believe they have a couple Baseball Regional titles as well. This all for a relatively small school.

Any updates on the candidates or potential interviews?

Congratulations to Mr. Nussbaum. I think he made a great choice. I'm sure he had scholarship opportunities to play at some of the NAIA schools. My guess is that financially EKU is a good choice as well. Assuming he would get partial scholly at an NAIA school, EKU probably nets out about the same out of pocket and he gets to follow his Father's footsteps to Richmond.

DJ will do very well there. Very strong tough young man. I expect DJ to push for PT right away!

If my math (off the top of my head) is correct that puts him at approx 18 per game (actually slightly more). If CovCath plays 8 more games this year and 31 games next year and Nick maitains that average he's going to be within range of the record. Obviously a whole lot of if's there but still pretty impressive that he has a chance to get to that level in 3 years. If CovCath wins the region one of those years, you can add a few more games to that list and it becomes a real possibility.

Mustang you might know him as Chip McHugh. He and is brother Kirk both played for the Red Devils and then at NewCath. Todd (Chip) and Kirk both had very successful Football careers at NewCath. Kirk playing Lb and O-line graduating in 1979 along side Billy Vogt. Todd played o-line and d-line along side Mike Kiernan (ND), and went on to play college ball at St. Joseph' college in Indiana. I will say this if his son scored 20 points in a bball game, that would have exceeded Chip (Todd's) entire career scoring grade school thru IBL at NewCath and pick up games since! Congrats to NewCath and to the Mchugh family.

Does anyone think Mike Wolfe from Ryle would be interested? I think he would be a very strong Candidate if he applied.

I think you are correct the last 3 years Eddie Eviston was the defacto OC and called the plays. Prior to Eviston it was Dave Schneider, who I would think is the leading candidate to return to that role for Coach Wagner. Either way Dave isn't going to go to Boone.

My guess is he will be like the vast majority of the other Mt. St. Joes staff and continue to teach in HS, but Coach at MSJ instead of Boone. I believe his son was on the team last year. Sounds like a chance for him to be involved with his son again. An opportunity he probably didn't want to pass on.

It's unfortunate that the fight occurred, but I have seen much worse over the years. Let's not confuse what happened in this game for some type of "uncontrollable" bench clearing brawl. From watching the video, I thought both team's coaches did a good job of keeping Bench players from being a factor. Did some of those kids technically leave the bench area...yes, but both coaches kept them from getting into the scrum. The punishments fit the offense, both teams will learn from it and realize you have to control your emotions or pay the consequences. Sports teach many lessons hopefully all involved learned the lesson and will grow and move on to have success the remainder of the season.

Why is McKenzie not playing?

I knew Carl Foster would pick the best man for the Job, and I believe he has done just that. Wag's is the right guy for NewCath. Great Guy from a great family with deep NewCath ties.