Hokie101

As Kevin Mays has noted on Twitter, it looks as if for the second consecutive year, if the Region C & D champs in classes 1 & 2 win their quarterfinals, then for the second straight year the Region D champ will have to travel to the C champ for the semifinal.  That doesn't seem quite fair now does it?

Foul trouble for Hensley and Haynes directly affected scoring, as both are potential 20+ pt contributors. Would’ve been fun to see those two more involved. Compton is also a proven scorer for GC, but looked very tentative for some reason. 

I guess basketball to you is just the players that score. You sir are obviously lost! What about the kids that fight for rebounds, play defense, get assist, come up with steals.....oh I forgot they must suck because they didn't score.......go on somewhere with your BS!!!!  Central had some good play from many different players, Collie, Bishop, Brickey, and Bailey all made some plays during this game!!
If you didn't notice, Vermillion was substituting for Offense and Defense possessions last night when their 2nd best scorer was in foul trouble! Mack,Starnes, and the George kids all played good minutes for Gate City in different situations. If some of those turnovers were not forced by these non talented kids, this ballgame could of been a blow out!!
So before you get on here blasting kids, and teams saying they have no talent, realize basketball is so much more than scoring!!!
Central was 7-15 from the free throw line and GC was 18-20 from the free throw line.......so all in all that was the determining factor in the game.

No the Union girls is a much more experienced team.

Central had their shot night. Hensley probably didn’t play a quarter total in the game.
Key stretch was a 3 by Wise in the third qtr late gave them the lead and sent their fans bonkers. Dean then hits a three from the logo to shut up the crowd. Wise proceeds to turn it over and Dean makes two FTs for a huge 5 point swing.
I’ve seen these two play several times now. It’s a mental block, I think Pretty evenly matched teams, at some point you would think Central would win. 

region d 1a cancelled theirs last night and there was no snow on the ground,  nothing shocks me anymore

Union was a scary team this season.  Next year I imagine they’ll be a dangerous team.  They will make a good run at it next year.  Very talented and young group.  

Listen the officiating tonight was absolutely terrible but how you could say it favored one team I have no clue.  Dean had two guys hanging on his arms so how was that not a foul?  Are you saying because it was at the end of the game it shouldn’t have been called?  If anything it should have been called about 15 different times throughout the game.  Union got more then their share of questionable calls.  It’s unfortunate that two good teams had this type of officiating.
 

Listen the officiating tonight was absolutely terrible but how you could say it favored one team I have no clue.  Dean had two guys hanging on his arms so how was that not a foul?  Are you saying because it was at the end of the game it shouldn’t have been called?  If anything it should have been called about 15 different times throughout the game.  Union got more then their share of questionable calls.  It’s unfortunate that two good teams had this type of officiating.
 

Listen the officiating tonight was absolutely terrible but how you could say it favored one team I have no clue.  Dean had two guys hanging on his arms so how was that not a foul?  Are you saying because it was at the end of the game it shouldn’t have been called?  If anything it should have been called about 15 different times throughout the game.  Union got more then their share of questionable calls.  It’s unfortunate that two good teams had this type of officiating.
 

It was a back and forth game.  Union definitely had their chances to put the game away but didn’t.  I’ll chalk that up to their youth although that was the first time I had seen them play this season.  I think I remember their coach after the GC game they lost at home saying they need to be better at finishing games.  I’ll give them credit, there were a few times I thought Central would pull away but Union hung around.  #5 for Union hit a three to tie and was fouled and hit the go ahead foul shot.  Central scored on the following possession with about 5-6 seconds left.  Union got the ball up ahead and had it knocked away but, I believe #5, got it and had the open layup but rushed it because of time and it didn’t go in.  Great game though.

Wow Stan. Way to be a Debbie Downer. 
 
The article talks about the only public high school EVER in the history of high school basketball to have three consecutive 2,000 point scorers, and you try to downplay the accomplishment. *shakes head*
 
I played on one of those “bad” teams during the ‘80’s. We would not have belonged on the same court as the teams GC has fielded the last several years. 

SWVA is not a basketball hot spot. It has never been. However, that does not detract from this accomplishment. 
 
There are a lot of high school basketball cold spots in the nation, but this is the first time this has ever happened. 
 
Let’s see........you are 704,000 times more likely to be struck by lightning TWICE than you are to have this scoring accomplishment happen.......and you try to down play it. 
 
* shakes head ever so slowly as I reach for the submit button”

I don’t mind the district being played at the 1 seeds home court.  That’s the reward for going through the regular season and finishing on top.  If anything was to ever change I feel like it should be on a neutral court but not a rotation.  

I don’t mind the district being played at the 1 seeds home court.  That’s the reward for going through the regular season and finishing on top.  If anything was to ever change I feel like it should be on a neutral court but not a rotation.  

My math back in October had us spending 10,990 per student roughly in Scott County.  The state average was 10,400 if I remember correctly.  State funding makes up over 70% with federal and county money almost split.  Yes, it costs the county some money in the end, but we are making far more than we are losing for the system we have.   If we lost those 300 we would be best off shutting down a couple of elementary schools most likely.  I had a lot in my district question me on this.  I told them I needed more info before I would commit to anything but at the time sided with the status quo.  I wouldnt mind seeing a small fee setup for the flood we may see doubling that number after next year.  Grandfather the ones in already.  Give all teachers children the option to come in with no tuition and all county taxpayers.  That was if anything was done but we dont need to make huge adjustments at this time.  If the state ever changes how they fund schools, then it could cause a major issue.

Class 2D it is Mountain 7's turn to host, so all but a lock it will be at UVa-Wise.
Last year, boys was at Graham and girls was at Virginia High because it was the SWD turn.
Class 1D is at SWCC this year.

I agree Hokie101, Dean has improved his game as far as driving to the basket and finishing.  He also made a lot of good passes that lead to easy points for GC.  Dean is definitely a game changer.
Not sure that Central would of won if they would of stayed in the 2-3 zone but I definitely think the game would of been much closer, and I think everybody else agrees with me as well.

Besides Joe Biden calling a college student "a lying, dog faced, pony soldier" this is the second dumbest thing I have seen all day...

Great game.  It lived up to the hype in my opinion.  Dean was on fire at the start.  He’s known for his range but I don’t think he gets enough credit on his driving and being able to absorb the contact and still finish.  He’s a tough kid.  When Central went to zone it definitely played to their favor.  It slowed GC’s offense down and kept the game close.  I was surprised, like some of you all, that they never went back to it.  I don’t know why they didn’t .  Mack and Starnes did a great job slowing McAmis.  That’s a tough duo to have to deal with for an entire game.  Central definitely played like a team under more pressure than GC.

This should be a very intense game as always.  Based on the write up in the BHC, centrals coach is probably more aware of GC’s winning streak then GC is.  He mentioned it a couple of times and tried to play the no pressure on them game.  In my opinion there may be more pressure on Central for the fact that they haven’t beaten GC yet and this is supposed to be their year in the M7.  I do think home court will play a HUGE role in this game.  Central seems to be playing better ball after the back to back losses to GC and Abingdon.  GC has found another scoring threat in Hensley to take some pressure of Dean a little.

No, you two are being douches. Havok didn't say anything nasty but you two sure did.

The tale of two halves was the theme last night.  Wise was hitting their shots and playing good defense in the 1st half and then GC flipped the switch in the 2nd half and took it to them.  Wise definitely only had the two scoring threats on offense.  I read the coaches quote about the physical play but that’s how SWVA basketball is played.  It’s always very physical, especially between these two teams.  I thought it was a clean game from both sides though, not like in games past.  McAmis can create his own shot and they were falling up until a few minutes into the 2nd half.  A lot of that can be credited to the defense played on him.  Hayes, I felt like could have been used more on offense.  He was good at driving to the paint and getting a good look.
GC looked too passive all night to me.  Of the games I’ve seen this year they were looking to get the ball to Dean more so then they usually have.  He came through hitting big shot after big shot but he’ll have to get more help on that side of the ball going down the stretch.  The rematch in Wise will be a classic I’m sure as well as the district championship, barring anything crazy happening.   If Wise beats GC next time and they finish tied do they have a playoff game to determine the winner or how do they determine that?

You know what? I like you. Please continue this shtick because I'm sure it makes TJ furious and I'm in favor of anyone or anything that  manages that task.