Why would Ricker come to Wise? Outside of playing football at UVa-Wise he has no connection. Throw in he's from Battle and so is his wife, it makes little sense. Also, nobody has ever had long term success at Wise in football. They've ran off every good football coach they have ever had dating back to Riggs.
First time Union and GC met, ended up being a 4-5 point possession for GC in the second half. They won the game by one point if memory serves. Other than Wise, Union has dominated everyone else in the league.
How big is David Crockett's technical foul call against Paul Huff looking now? Union would've won the regular season by virtue of the tiebreak without that fiasco.
Bostic's Boys beating Fugate's Favorites should come as no surprise. If not for a phantom technical foul, Union would have won at GC and won the M7 regular season title for the third time in four years. Alas, a stripped shirt interjected themselves into the game and Fugate's Favorites won a one possession game over the Bears in GC.
Union still really only has itself to blame, allowing Wise to play slow down 1940's basketball against them has burned them every time they have played. Kudos to Donnie Jordan and Isaiah McAmis for mucking it up when those two play. Outside of Ethan Collins those two are the Real MVPs of the Warriors this season.
How many transfers do JIB and Central have? Between the boys and girls programs at those two schools, they could make a starting five unit for other teams.
At this point Bostic’s Boys are a contender. No joke here, @BigWinners probably not old enough to remember when Bostic played. It’s obvious he’s taught these guys how to shoot!
Bears win another close one, 41-38 over Honaker. Wasn't very pretty basketball but a W is a W. Union was able to get out in transition just enough to win. Bears have a serious rebounding problem, when the younger Anderson went out with foul trouble tonight, Honaker took control of the game inside. Union is going to have to get more rebounding out of it's guards.
Honneycutt was out with injury more than in and while great on D was an offensive liability last yr. New coach, yes but they returned basically the entire team.
Union has a shot. First year coach, injuries, the Huff situation, etc. it’ll take time. That being said, they ain’t half bad. Reyshawn and Kam are capable of combing for 40-50 points.
Team can’t rebound. They really need Bunch and Huff back on the boards. If Union had been able to rebound they would’ve won tonight by 10+. I’d expect a similar game tomorrow against East.
RV football has turned into what Central boys basketball was. Pretty competitive but they cry so much and complain the better officials won’t call the game. Then you get inferior officials and it mucks up the game and gives them a shot against superior opponents. Pretty bad job by the zebras tonight.
Union finishing third among Class 2 schools and getting nobody, can't see that happening. I'd put Reyshawn Anderson the team, he was Union's best all around player and that was pretty evident in what was an otherwise tail kicking at Graham.
Blues left a solid 10-12 points on the charity stripe. Can’t do that Thursday.
**update, Blues were 15-28 from the line. Can’t leave 13 points on the court.
It won’t happen Thursday. No way they go to the line anywhere close to that again. It didn’t cost Union the game but the officials in that game weren’t very good.
Correct, if Union beats Abingdon and GC beats RV then they pass RV in that scenario too.
RV should beat GC, of course they should've beat Union. RV has done less with more talent than anyone in Region D this year. Time is running out to correct that.
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Why would Ricker come to Wise? Outside of playing football at UVa-Wise he has no connection. Throw in he's from Battle and so is his wife, it makes little sense. Also, nobody has ever had long term success at Wise in football. They've ran off every good football coach they have ever had dating back to Riggs.