1:30--Tabernacle Baptist, Bahamas vs. Daniel Boone (consolation bracket)
First round games:
3:00--Tennessee High vs. Jackson Reed, DC
4:30--Independence vs. South Shore, NY
7:15--Dobyns-Bennett vs. Mater Lakes, FL
8:45--Maryville vs. Imhotep, PA
They will have a fighter's chance in the 6th place bracket, however if they're playing a northeast Tennessee school, the refs will probably give benefit of the doubt calls to the Tennessee school. Just ask Twin Springs fans that these last couple of years.
I'll have my crow served over easy. With BBQ sauce.
Congratulations G-Dub on one of the biggest upsets in Arby's Classic history. Unbelievable performance!
Congratulations G-Dub. Easily one of the biggest upsets in the history of the Arby's. Unbelievable. I'd say anyone playing the Arby's bracket pool has a busted bracket now.
Probably right about 13th region. He wont be a Vol Killer though toiling away at USCjr. Might as well have gone to Duke if he wanted to be a white guy getting the crap kicked out of him in basketball by UT.
Boy they do beat up on Filipowski don't they, or everyone for that matter... We need another Grayson Allen to even the terms. Lol
Oooh, I hadn't seen anything viral. I avoid social media so, I don't see that stuff. What did I miss?
Carroll County girl (I believe it was Ervin, actually, but not 100% sure) and Honaker girl were both going for an inbounds pass and the Carroll County girl yanked the Honaker girl down by the ponytail. Wasn't called a foul, just out of bounds, possession Carroll County.
Honaker fans went a little to the extreme on Facebook 1)because it wasn't called a foul, so they went mad on the refs and 2)thought the play by the Carroll County girl was dirty, decrying she should "lose her scholarship", "be banned for the season", etc. which is why I assume it was the Ervin girl. I don't know what she looks like so that's why I don't know for sure it was her.
Went to see Carroll County and Honaker Monday night in Hillsville. Carroll isn't quite as good as they have been recently but Alyssa Ervin sure is. She had 43 points, 11 rebounds and 7 steals in the 60-56 win for the Cavs.
Was there any retribution for the ponytail grab that went viral a couple of weeks ago, that Honaker fans decried a little to the extreme for?
I guess Jonesboro wasn't better than Hoover after all. Hoover beat them pretty handily.
It's Hoover vs. Winter Haven in the finals. Winter Haven destroyed Perry Central as I imagined they would since Perry barely beat a below average D-B team.
D-B beat Westside in an upset and will play Hampton today who beat Gate City yesterday.
Of the coverage area teams form this site, I would go with Castlewood as my top, then Lebanon, then Virginia High.
Of gyms I have seen overall, Perry County Central in Kentucky is #1 by a long mile. Was there for the 14th region semifinals last year, the Combs Arena is listed at 3,800 capacity I believe. There were folks standing around all around the upper concourse cause there were no seats left, so I would say there were close to 4,300 in there for the two region semifinals last year.
The 15th region two years ago had probably close to 8,000 in attendance, but it was played at Appalachian Wireless Arena in Pikeville, not a purpose built high school gym. High school basketball in Kentucky is just on another level as compared to the other states in the area.
They will have a fighter's chance in the 6th place bracket, however if they're playing a northeast Tennessee school, the refs will probably give benefit of the doubt calls to the Tennessee school. Just ask Twin Springs fans that these last couple of years.
In regards to the Alpha, the first round was held last night... as you might expect all three local teams got beat. Hampton by 33, Gate City by 51 and D-B by only 5 but Perry County Central wasn't all that either to be honest.
I didn't see any of the Jonesboro and Hampton game, but I heard Jonesboro looked better than Hoover. Will probably be Jonesboro and Winter Haven in the finals.
I will be shocked if ANY of the local teams play within 20 points of their opening round competition next week at Arby's.
If you don't think kids don't have to get babied at other schools, then you have your head in the sand. It's definitely not something that pertains to only Lee County schools. Robin Dotson has to baby his star player because daddy wants her to set the VHSL scoring record, and he is the most successful girls basketball coach in SWVA. Numerous examples of that throughout all of SWVA, on both the girls and boys side.
Also, there is no way in the world Lee County could be the business center of SWVA. Just because land is available doesn't mean that it could be developed for business use. Farm land and mountains doesn't equal business boom.
Since D-B is off this week, I took the opportunity to go watch the Pack last night. Best I have ever seen a Ridgeview boys team look. Very good shooting, great passing and sharing of the ball and great rebounding. I was very impressed.
Paintsville was damn tough a few years ago. Isn’t Pikeville generally a tougher program than them too?
Paintsville knocked them out that year they played Ridgeview with the QB that went on to play for Kentucky. But yeah, typically Pikeville has had their number. Hazard knocked them out in 2020 on a very wet muddy field that didn't fit well with their style of offense that year, or else we could be talking about five straight for Pikeville.
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Arby's Classic day 2 schedule:
1:30--Tabernacle Baptist, Bahamas vs. Daniel Boone (consolation bracket)
First round games:
3:00--Tennessee High vs. Jackson Reed, DC
4:30--Independence vs. South Shore, NY
7:15--Dobyns-Bennett vs. Mater Lakes, FL
8:45--Maryville vs. Imhotep, PA
Slam Dunk contest at 6:00