BandanaVTDavis4321 1,717 Report Share Posted March 16, 2022 Single A Ball James Monroe throttled Magnolia by nearly 40 points and advances to the final four. St. Joseph Central beat Cameron 71-62 Greater Beckley Christian, the 7 seed beat 2nd seeded Man 63-57 Tucker County beat Pendelton County by 6 points. Single A Final Four Pairings- 3 Seed Tucker County plays 7 seed Greater Beckley Christian 1 Seed James Monroe plays 4 seed St. Joseph Central Double A Ball Bluefield hammered Wyoming East by 21 points in their 4th contest of the season. Wyoming East had beat them 2 of 3 times coming into this game. Poca beat Magolia 43-19. Ravenswood beat South Harrison 49-46 St Mary's/Braxton County is tonight as St. Mary's a heavy favorite AA Final Four Pairings.- 3 seed Bluefield vs 2 seed St. Mary's (likely St. Mary's) 1 seed Poca vs 4 seed Ravenswood (these two played in regular season and Poca won by 36 points.) Note***- All 1 through 4 seeds remain in the field in both Single A and Double A except for Greater Beckley Christian, the 7 seed in A replacing the 2 seeded Man Hillbillies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BandanaVTDavis4321 1,717 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2022 St Mary's beat Braxton County last night by 10 points as expected. Bluefield will play St Mary's on Friday, the 18th in the AA Boys Semifinals. Poca vs Ravenswood will follow. Poca's Isaac McKneely just won the Gatorade WV Player of the Year for the 2nd time, as he won it last year. McKneely also just won his second in a row Evans Award. The Evans Award is given to West Virginia's overall Best basketball player, and he is the first to repeat (back to back) for the Evans award since Randy Moss. McKneely is a 4 star senior and UVA commit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BandanaVTDavis4321 1,717 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2022 Thr Beavers stun St. Mary's and advance to the state championship. Bluefield 60, St. Mary's 57. mv91 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BandanaVTDavis4321 1,717 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2022 James Monroe smashed St. Joseph's by over 20 points in the semi's and plays Greater Beckley Christian tomorrow in the state championship. James Monroe is 27-0 on the season. Bluefield plays the Poca/Ravenswood wnner for the state title. Poca and Ravenswood play at 1pm today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabidbeaver 90 Report Share Posted March 18, 2022 Bluefield scored 18 points off of St. Mary's 18 turnovers while Bluefield just turned the ball over three times. BandanaVTDavis4321 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BandanaVTDavis4321 1,717 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2022 Final Score: Poca 60, Ravenswood 32. Bluefield vs Poca tomorrow in Charleston for the AA state title. Jason 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted Account 5,203 Report Share Posted March 19, 2022 Good luck Beavers! Despite my love for Isaac McKneely, I hope you all bring it back. Good group of kids and I’d love to see them rewarded. Gonna take their A+++++ game. BandanaVTDavis4321 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluefield researcher 1,195 Report Share Posted March 19, 2022 You can watch James Monroe and Bluefield live at https://wvmetronews.com/high-school-sports/tournament/ . The games are free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BandanaVTDavis4321 1,717 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2022 James Monroe beats Greater Beckley Christian by 25 points to finish 28-0 on the season and win the state championship. Of the 28 wins, only 5 of those wins were within 9 points of margin of victory. 23 of the 28 wins were by more than 10 points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BandanaVTDavis4321 1,717 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2022 Final- Poca 65 :Bluefield 48. Beavers came to play for sure and battled and battled, but just came up short. Still, a pretty solid show by the Bluefield Beavers of 2021-22. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabidbeaver 90 Report Share Posted March 19, 2022 16 minutes ago, BandanaVTDavis4321 said: Final- Poca 65 :Bluefield 48. Beavers came to play for sure and battled and battled, but just came up short. Still, a pretty solid show by the Bluefield Beavers of 2021-22. Bluefield is a young team...they lose the Flack kid and chance Johnson. The Gore kid will probably replace Flack next year. Looney, Fuller are juniors and R J Hairston is just a sophomore. The future is bright for this team. BandanaVTDavis4321 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BandanaVTDavis4321 1,717 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2022 Rapidbeaver, Bluefield could use 1 more guy with some length inside, mainly for defense. The kid from Poca who is not all that tall, but physical (Marshall linebacker commit) got a few "muscle baskets" inside where he just out muscled the Bluefield defender. If Bluefield had just a touch more length, those shots would have been changed. Buster Large is a fantastic coach and just has the Beavers in the mix every year. On the years when the Beavers win state titles, they usually have some length inside that changes shots for the opponents. The Beavers are almost playing with 5 guards, or more like 4 guards and a small forward and it's tough to win it all like that. With today's "guard age," it's very possible to win the whole thing with 4 guards and a true center or 6'6 big man that avoids fall trouble. Only my opinion. Bluefield puts so much pressure on the ball against opponents Before the opponents have a chance to get it inside, and this year, not a ton of height at the WV AA level. Those great Champanville teams a few years ago just had absolute mismatches because height like that for an AA team is just rare. Because most of the AA teams in WV, at least right now, don't seem to have a lot of height, the Beavers can certainly be in the mix, not just because other teams don't have a ton of height, but Bluefield is just dam* good, but I think they just need 1 guy inside, a 6'6 type player that can given you 10 points offensively, but completely ruin offensive possessions for the opponents inside game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabidbeaver 90 Report Share Posted March 19, 2022 7 minutes ago, BandanaVTDavis4321 said: Rapidbeaver, Bluefield could use 1 more guy with some length inside, mainly for defense. The kid from Poca who is not all that tall, but physical (Marshall linebacker commit) got a few "muscle baskets" inside where he just out muscled the Bluefield defender. If Bluefield had just a touch more length, those shots would have been changed. Buster Large is a fantastic coach and just has the Beavers in the mix every year. On the years when the Beavers win state titles, they usually have some length inside that changes shots for the opponents. The Beavers are almost playing with 5 guards, or more like 4 guards and a small forward and it's tough to win it all like that. With today's "guard age," it's very possible to win the whole thing with 4 guards and a true center or 6'6 big man that avoids fall trouble. Only my opinion. Bluefield puts so much pressure on the ball against opponents Before the opponents have a chance to get it inside, and this year, not a ton of height at the WV AA level. Those great Champanville teams a few years ago just had absolute mismatches because height like that for an AA team is just rare. Because most of the AA teams in WV, at least right now, don't seem to have a lot of height, the Beavers can certainly be in the mix, not just because other teams don't have a ton of height, but Bluefield is just dam* good, but I think they just need 1 guy inside, a 6'6 type player that can given you 10 points offensively, but completely ruin offensive possessions for the opponents inside game. Couldn't have said it better myself. I believe the Hairston kid will grow at least a couple more inches before he leaves Bluefield. That will make him at least 6'6. That might help. You are correct about not having alot of height coming out of a small school like Bluefield. When I graduated from Beaver, I was 6'8" and left ETSU 6'10". SO The potential for the Hairston kid to grow 2-4 more inches is not out of the realm of possibility, being that he is just 15-16 years old. BandanaVTDavis4321 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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