GC Grizzlies

Sorry G-P, but it looks like Claiborne is the team to beat in the district this year with a logjam of teams coming in right behind them.

I thought Crews really stepped it up down the stretch for the Lady Pioneers. Also, Johnson, Stratton and Edde handled the pressure well over the last three minutes after PG Roach fouled out. I'm afraid Acuff just isn't ready for the challenges at the High School level yet. Maybe after another year of AAU she will bounce back stronger next season. Right now she looks phyiscally weaker than most Jr. / Sr. post players that she is having to compete with. I do think she will be a lot better next year. Unfortunately the Lady Pioneers could not score against a well coached Pigeon Forge team Friday night. I didn't think this was an extremely talented PF team, but they played hard on defense. The Lady Pioneers could have used some help from Brabson with the scoring. Does she get to play Tuesday? I think Roach has done a good job running the point this year, but she is not a true PG. She really needs to be getting more of the shots from the outside that some of the others are taking. This is a hard working team that seems to have a much better chemistry than their last few teams. They will still beat some good teams and have a shot at a Region berth. Finally.

Sounds like a raw deal if the official really did this with personal issues involved. I realize officials are human, but being human also allows them to do things like this if given the opportunity. When officials are assigned, it is usually not good to put someone related to the school or program in control of the game. I saw a lot of flagrant fouls that were only called shooting fouls at the UC tourney. I think officals should get stricter with the break away foul calls. If a players almost takes down a shooter on a layup etc...or is extremely physical when they foul the shooter in a break away situation you almost never see an intentional foul called unless its near the end of the game. I think we need to protect the shooters in these situations. Going for the ball is one thing, physically knocking or driving a kid to the floor in these type of plays are intentional fouls even though most of them do not get called intentional. I would hate to see a player hurt on a foul like this. I think it would stop a lot of these fouls if officials called the flagrant or intentional foul.