1/9 Scores

[Unchained]

Down by 10 in the 4th at red hot Battle and Union gets a gutsy 42-39 win over JSB. Union girls won 59-29.

[Real Sasquatch]

Martinsville over Floyd Co. 66-38.   

[pdfan]

Martinsville played very good on the defensive end of the court and didn't give up to many easy baskets. On offense, the Dogs play alot of 5 out and try to exploit mismatches and it worked really well tonight. That was Floyd's first loss of the year and the Bulldogs are now 9-3 with their losses to 4A GW-Danville, 5A defending state Champs Green Run and 6A defending state champs South Lakes.

[Observer]

Central boys go down again 🤣

[Unchained]

19 minutes ago, Observer said:

Central boys go down again 🤣

Graham and Lebanon then the rest. 

[Unchained]

19 hours ago, Observer said:

Central boys go down again 🤣

And again 59-51 Graham. THS swept Union 47-43 girls and 61-48 boys which was much better than the 35 or so point margin the first time.

[Gridiron60]

1 hour ago, Unchained said:

And again 59-51 Graham. THS swept Union 47-43 girls and 61-48 boys which was much better than the 35 or so point margin the first time.

I figured Central would give Graham a better game at home. I’m sticking with Lebanon as top dog unless Graham beats them. Graham has a serious depth problem. They get in foul trouble early against a good team, it might get ugly. 

[Unchained]

Just now, Gridiron60 said:

I figured Central would give Graham a better game at home. I’m sticking with Lebanon as top dog unless Graham beats them. Graham has a serious depth problem. They get in foul trouble early against a good team, it might get ugly. 

I think it's Lebanon's to lose as well.

[Real Sasquatch]

27 minutes ago, Gridiron60 said:

I figured Central would give Graham a better game at home. I’m sticking with Lebanon as top dog unless Graham beats them. Graham has a serious depth problem. They get in foul trouble early against a good team, it might get ugly. 

I would also be concerned about matching up with a good team that has some size underneath.  Gage Palmer usually has to guard the other team's big man and he does a pretty good job, despite being a bit shorter then the opposing team's big men.  Fix can jump through the roof, but Graham is just lacking a reliable big man in the paint....  

 

[Bball_Fan]

I thought Central gave them a decent game at Central. Central is also lacking a big man that can make lay ups and hustle back on defense. He doesn’t put forth the effort that needs to be made during big games against physical teams. 

[Bcats]

Gate city falls on a buzzer beater 3 to Hampton TN 59-58. I keep wanting to add Gate City to the team to beat with Graham and Lebanon and it's just not there. Ollie Carpenter dad Ben Carpenter back when he played for Lebanon he was putting up 30 every night, he was lethal. I thought Ollie was going to have the same fire, so far it just haven't happened for him, he can score 35 one game and the next 5 games have 8pts or less before having another explosive 25pt outing. 

[Gridiron60]

2 hours ago, Real Sasquatch said:

I would also be concerned about matching up with a good team that has some size underneath.  Gage Palmer usually has to guard the other team's big man and he does a pretty good job, despite being a bit shorter then the opposing team's big men.  Fix can jump through the roof, but Graham is just lacking a reliable big man in the paint....  

 

I hope Graham beats Lebanon but they’ll need to stop Reece without getting in foul trouble. Graham’s got talent in the six Baker plays and can shoot as well or better than a lot of teams they play and Fix’s vertical leap is impressive but a big man in the paint would help and some depth. 

[Stelley]

1 hour ago, Bcats said:

Gate city falls on a buzzer beater 3 to Hampton TN 59-58. I keep wanting to add Gate City to the team to beat with Graham and Lebanon and it's just not there. Ollie Carpenter dad Ben Carpenter back when he played for Lebanon he was putting up 30 every night, he was lethal. I thought Ollie was going to have the same fire, so far it just haven't happened for him, he can score 35 one game and the next 5 games have 8pts or less before having another explosive 25pt outing. 

Carpenters record will be Reeces before it’s all said and done

[Stelley]

30 minutes ago, Gridiron60 said:

I hope Graham beats Lebanon but they’ll need to stop Reece without getting in foul trouble. Graham’s got talent in the six Baker plays and can shoot as well or better than a lot of teams they play and Fix’s vertical leap is impressive but a big man in the paint would help and some depth. 

Obviously Reece is the difference maker for Lebanon in most games but I see him being almost unstoppable against Graham. Palmer is okay defensively but he’s not as good as Anderson and even he had no chance of stopping Reece 

[Bcats]

17 minutes ago, Stelley said:

Carpenters record will be Reeces before it’s all said and done

Oh I'm sure he will break his record. What would be special is if/when he does break Carpenter record lord willing Carpenter is in attendance 

[Gridiron60]

19 minutes ago, Stelley said:

Obviously Reece is the difference maker for Lebanon in most games but I see him being almost unstoppable against Graham. Palmer is okay defensively but he’s not as good as Anderson and even he had no chance of stopping Reece 

That’s why I favor Lebanon in the matchup. Not sure they can stop Reece , if they still had Blake Graham on defense, it might change things. Graham may pull upset nothing is a given but we’ll see. Honestly, if Graham can’t make it  to Richmond again, Lebanon is my second choice although Floyd Co. will be tough. 

[Stelley]

2 minutes ago, Bcats said:

Oh I'm sure he will break his record. What would be special is if/when he does break Carpenter record lord willing Carpenter is in attendance 

As of right now he’s on pace to get it before the postseason starts so if they were to play GC Reece would already have it. Carpenter doesn’t really have a lot of ties still to Lebanon so I don’t see him just coming to watch Reece break his record.

[Stelley]

3 minutes ago, Gridiron60 said:

That’s why I favor Lebanon in the matchup. Not sure they can stop Reece , if they still had Blake Graham on defense, it might change things. Graham may pull upset nothing is a given but we’ll see. Honestly, if it’s not game going to Richmond, Lebanon is my second choice. 

Well at this point I don’t see there being an upset against any of the teams in D just because they’re all so close. There’s 6 teams in 2D that I wouldn’t be shocked if they made the state tournament, along with Abingdon and PH who could also beat any of those teams on any night as well

[Bcats]

9 minutes ago, Gridiron60 said:

That’s why I favor Lebanon in the matchup. Not sure they can stop Reece , if they still had Blake Graham on defense, it might change things. Graham may pull upset nothing is a given but we’ll see. Honestly, if Graham can’t make it  to Richmond again, Lebanon is my second choice although Floyd Co. will be tough. 

Outside of Noah Farley Floyd County doesn't have much to offer, my opinion i will favor Graham and Lebanon over Floyd County. Floyd does have #40 put i think he's mainly a d1 prospect for baseball, his brother a couple years back I think went d1 for football but I can't remember their last name 

[Gridiron60]

43 minutes ago, Bcats said:

Outside of Noah Farley Floyd County doesn't have much to offer, my opinion i will favor Graham and Lebanon over Floyd County. Floyd does have #40 put i think he's mainly a d1 prospect for baseball, his brother a couple years back I think went d1 for football but I can't remember their last name 

I saw they were ranked 1 in AA on some page so I was going off that and wasn’t sure how many they lost to graduation. Farley is talented for sure. 

[Real Sasquatch]

54 minutes ago, Gridiron60 said:

I saw they were ranked 1 in AA on some page so I was going off that and wasn’t sure how many they lost to graduation. Farley is talented for sure. 

Martinsville beat Floyd by 28 the other night .  Martinsville is very athletic and has a deep bench 

[pdfan]

The biggest addition Martinsville made this season was the new coach they hired. VHSL hall of famer who coached Grant Hill and Scottie Reynolds in high school. Has them very connected and playing with alot of poise and discipline. Farley scored I think 18 Friday night but had to work for all of them. Dogs are 8-9 deep right now but have been missing their starting pg since late Dec. Suppose to be back before the end of the regular season. Region C is going to be tough also with Floyd, Nelson Co, Gretna and a few more in the mix.

[Bcats]

5 minutes ago, pdfan said:

The biggest addition Martinsville made this season was the new coach they hired. VHSL hall of famer who coached Grant Hill and Scottie Reynolds in high school. Has them very connected and playing with alot of poise and discipline. Farley scored I think 18 Friday night but had to work for all of them. Dogs are 8-9 deep right now but have been missing their starting pg since late Dec. Suppose to be back before the end of the regular season. Region C is going to be tough also with Floyd, Nelson Co, Gretna and a few more in the mix.

Noah Farley is a good player, he's going to get his, but like you said you have to make him work hard for his. Nothing wrong with him scoring 25 you just want him to take 30 shots to get it. Farley is by far their best player but #40 the baseball commit i think is Floyd most important player he down low trying to bully you and crashing getting a lot of offensive rebounds giving Floyd 2nd shot opportunities 

[pdfan]

The Dogs made it difficult for him, the center, Friday. He got some points inside but Martinsville's length made it hard on him. Blocked several shots, forced some turnovers and made post entry passes tough due to ball pressure on the guards. Floyd has a good team but in my opinion they got a little frustrated with the Dogs defense and the score kind of snowballed on them in the 2nd half.

[Fairlawncat]

It's going to be Martinsville and Nelson County in the Class 2, Region C title game. Dan River, Radford, and Floyd are all decent, but they aren't on the level of Martinsville and Nelson County. Dan River could maybe make it close with Martinsville if the two met in the region just because of the historic rivalry, but I dont think they are beating the Dogs in the playoffs.