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Halftime. Union 30. Central 28.

After one. Union 16. Wise Central 15 Very loud crowd for Central. Seems to be a small Union crowd. Central had had problems with Union's press.

3 interviews were held yesterday. 3 were held today. No offers made yet.

I was not there, but actually think the girls had a great season. That team lost all 5 starters from last year. Before the season started, I was not sure that team would win more than 2 games.

Let me go back and read my post and see if I said that. Hold on. . . . . . . Nope Not there. I do NOT think Scotty should have handled the situation that way. It is pretty obvious, TO ME, that Central & Abingdon had a "let's get physical with GC and try to get under their skin" type of game plan..........which is perfectly fine with me. Is a legitimate game plan. I have NO issues with that. We could debate "physical game plan" and "cheap shots" for days. No need to do that. Abingdon was called for a couple of intentional fouls. The players were punished according to the rules of the game. Scotty drew a technical foul. He was punished according to the rules of the game. It is NOT Scotty's job to coach the other team. Part of his job IS to protect his own players. Believe you would agree with me on that. I think Scotty should have called a time out, called the officials over, and requested they call over the Abingdon coach. You then have a discussion about the way the game is developing. I think part of the Abingdon players' actions were just "heat of the moment" things. You know, they were not thinking very clearly. I also think part of Scotty's actions was the same thing.

Can't imagine Central would cheer for GC in ANY sport. Just a tad bit of bad blood there. Even extends to girls tennis.

hahahahahahahaha That is a great idea.

What?! I thought Abingdon's behavior was caused by GC.

Yeah.,.....the first quarter was exciting. Ridgeview could not miss. What did they have........5 3s in the first? That lady sure has a set of pipes on her. I was on the other end of the bleachers she was on and could hear some of what she said. Initially she was seated near the top of the bleachers. As the game progressed, she moved down closer to the floor and ended up behind the bench. I did not hear her threaten GC's coach. I went out in the hall at some point and saw a GCHS employee. Could tell something was going on, so I asked him what was up. He told me about it. We have a few "Scott County's Finest" who like to run their mouths. I'm all for cheering during the game and getting on the refs if you so choose, but getting into it with another fan is a line that should not be crossed. Speaking of the refs..........they sure let the girls play. Always amazes me how the refs let the girls be so much more physical. Havok...........who was the guy filming for RV? He was at the top of the bleachers on that platform reserved for video people. He also has a set of pipes. :)

Final score GC 82 Ridgeview 58. Grindstaff 6, Collier 6, Ervin 23, McClung 26, Vermillion 6, George 2, Noe 7, Jenkins 2, Sharpe 2, Compton 2 Believe we only dressed 10 players tonight. All 10 scored. Just a normal night in the CMC. Wife of a Ridgeview coach threatened to kick Kelly Houseright's (girls varsity coach) behind.

Dean did not play. He has the flu. Might also explain why he played so tentatively last night. Apparently lots of sick kids in the schools in Scott County. Was told that Twin Springs had a ton of kids out sick today.

Union and Central have the EXACT same gyms. Only the colors are different. They only have 5-6 rows of seats on the visitor's side.

Bristol paper reported that Union had 17 offensive rebounds.

Just imagine an Abingdon vs Wise Central game. Think I would have to go watch.

Was also a very "clean" game by both teams.

Gman...........I'm curious. What TN kids came to play football at GC under Fry?

Twitter said 2,073 in attendance.

Final. GC 65-51.

Union with consecutive offense rebounds and hits a 3. Dean hits 2 free throws. GC 63-51 40 seconds left.

Union fouling now. GC 61-48 1:34 left.

GC 59-48 1:40 left.

GC 55-46 2:50 left.

GC 53-42. 4:15 left.

Good move putting the Union band right behind the GC bench. Band starts 3 rows behind the bench. Yes.....they play when we are huddles up at our bench.

Believe Dean may have just taken 1-2 shots. Kimble has hit three 3s.