81booger

Me and Hooter both are stating facts and you just will not admit that Home Court is an advantage. If Morgan Co Schools had to travel year after year to Oneida or Jellico they wouldn't like it. Every team should have a chance to host and when their turn comes around if the choose Wartburg thats OK, but to never have a chance to host is not right. I would love to travel 5 mins instead of 40 mins to watch some good basketball.Heck,I remember back in early 90's Oneida hosted the District Tournament and some of the Morgan Co. people were so upset that they brought their on drinks and popcorn to keep from spending money at the concession stand.

There are currently 7 teams in the Eastern Conf of the NBA that are playing above.500 ball. The overall home record of these 7 teams is 142-61, the overall road record is 96-93. The Miami Heat are 25-3 at home and 16-11 on the road. At every level, playing at home is an advantage. If I was Wartburg I would be tickled pink to host every year. There will be upsets such as Sunbright beating Wartburg this year in the Boys Championship, but It is a lot harder to do it on a teams home floor, and you have a better chance of upsetting a better team if you are playing at home. I would say that almost every team at any level shoots a higher percentage on their home floor where they practice everyday.

The Oneida Boys no longer care where the Tourney is held!!!!!!!!!!!

Big game in Wartburg tonite as Oneida comes to town. Who you got?

Coach Layne is a very solid and well mannered coach, but I didn't say Yaden was perfect, he just was provoked by a complete idiot who was there just to show his butt. Yaden probably should have handled it better, but how much could any of us take if someone showed up at our job and mouthed us non stop.

Well i sit and watched the guy direct almost everything he yelled (and he yelled alot)at the coach. You can only take so much of someone in your ear. heck i wish coach yaden had whooped his butt! so as usual we have 2 different stories. I have a lot of friends at Wartburg and I think you guys have a great coach,players and fans but this guys main goal was to ride our coach and not cheer his team. But i still say let the 2 adults settle it at midcourt so we all can watch.

Congrats to Wartburg, you guys earned it. No excuses coming from me we were just outplayed,again. But the guy who kept heckling our coach is an Idiot. You expect something like that from kids, but not from a short,fat,bald guy who looks like he couldn't spell "Ball" let alone play the game. I wish him and coach Yaden could have just went at it at halftime(would have been the best halftime show of the tourney). I am disappointed in the Admin.,and law enforcement for letting the guy back in and then they let him stand right down at the end of our bench. (Must have been someones relative), I know there is alot of good fans at Wartburg but this guy isn't one of them. Hope to see you at the Boro!

Wartburg does show up and play when it counts, that is why they are very successful in boys and girls ball. But don't tell me there is not a such thing as home court advantage. They may be Central high but that is Central High School of Morgan Co. not Central High of District 4. If they travel well then let them travel to Oneida and Jellico every few years. Wartburg does a great job of hosting, but as I said before if everyone in Morgan Co. had to travel to Oneida or Jellico every year they would be upset. I remember back in the 90's Oneida hosted the tourney and some of the Morgan Co schools and parents were so upset that they brought popcorn and snacks with them to keep from supporting the consession stand at Oneida. Sometimes I think it would benefit Oakdale, Coalfield, Sunbright,Oz, to catch Wartburg on a neutral floor, but until they open their eyes and ask for the tourney to be moved around we will never know. One last thought, Wartburg girls and Oz split in the regular season, each winning at home. But Oz had to play them at Wartburg in the Championship, could it have been a different outcome at a neutral site? I bet Oz would like to have had that chance.

I really think Wartburg does a fine job of hosting, lights and clock issues could happen anywhere. I think the real issue is that it would be nice if Jellico and Oneida would be offered a chance to host since they have enough seating. It gets old knowing that you have to go to Wartburg every year. Lets face it, if Morgan Co. School had to travel every year to Jellico or Oneida they would not be happy.

Hopi, I will give you guys credit, you played good enough to win and that is all you can ask kids to do. Oneida needs to get better on the Offensive end. We stand to much which makes us a easy team to defend! But congrats to Oz you are playing for the Championship! With that said, I will say that it is much easier to swallow awful officiating when you are on the winning side of it. The LARGER ref from last night has killed Oneida everytime we have him. I don't know if he has something against our school,coach,fans or players but it is clearly there. He has a mad at the world attitude and is just not a good official. If he is doing for the money(and thats what it appears like since he seems miserable all the time)we at Oneida would pay him double his salary to stay away from our games!

I am sick, sick of having the same ole refs that are awful everytime out. I not sure they cost Oneida the game, we done a lot of the damage ourself. 90% of the refs in 4A are awful, And before someone gets on here and says that I should get certified and try it, I will tell you up front I would not be a good ref, but I do have enough common sense not to make an idiot out of myself like most do. If you are to OLD, Fat, or just not capable of doing the job, please give it up!

Gonna be a wild final 4. Wartburg has only lost to Oz, but Oneida had them on the ropes both times, Oneida, Oakdale snd Oz have all split with each other. Play this 4 times and you could have 4 different winners. But you only get one chance so you better lace um up and get it on!

Hey 4aFan, i'm sure your a swell person, but please quit picking Oneida. Lol! Oneida had a 12 pt lead and Coalfield battled back and tied it with 30 sec left. Oneida got a layup and 2 free throws to win by 4. Geez, we really tried to give it away.

Raw crow, I've had that a few times!lol. As for the emotional coaster I did have a few mood swings here and there, but I only blacked out once. Oz had us, they had the lead, we couldn't score, our bigs were foul trouble, they had mojo on their side and decided to try and hold the ball with about 4 mins to go. Big mistake on their part, let us sneak back in and they couldn't get started again when they needed to. Oz will be back with a vegeance,count on it! I still cannot imagine how Coalfield beat Oakdale, would like to have seen that one. But it is District 4 and strange things do happen.

I just put my crow in the crockpot to cook allnite, You want some of mine or have you got your own. Oneida jumped out 21-12 by mid 2nd Quarter, then went cold. Went scoreless in the third and was trailing by 5 or 6 entering the 4th. Oneida tied it on a 3 with about 15 sec left to get to overtime. Oneida played the last part of the 4th and overtime without their starting post players who had fouled out. Big win tonite, now I have to worry about Coalfield and Hamby.

Not the first or last time someone from the WECO family has made a bad call!!!

Who would you rather play in the first round? Coalfield and Hamby or face Sunbright(who is playing much better as of late)and their quick guards. The 3 seed does avoid Wartburg at Wartburg until the championship game which is nice. But you have to win the first one to move on. Could shape up to be a exciting Tourney.And 4aFan, I hope you get to eat some crow on the Oneida at Oz prediction, but I think your right.

If I am correct in my thinking Oneida will be the 4 seed and host Sunbright in the first round, This is two teams that are going in different directions in the past few weeks. Sunbright is starting to play better then they have in a few years and Oneida is starting to slide. Oneida can turn it around, but they could be one and done in the tourney if they don't ready to play. Oneida has some good players in Morgan, Jeffers, and Micah Stephens and hopefully we get Terry back next week. But again anything can happen.

Oneida just couldn't stop Kilby in the post. I am sure she had at least 25 pts, alot of them from the foul line(not bad calls we just let her catch anywhere she wanted to and then went and hacked her). Oneida was down by 17 at one time in the third quarter and cut it to 5 in the mid 4th quarter and then #33 for Oakdale hit 2 big 3's to bump backup to double digit lead. Oneida needs to get it together quick or they wont be making any noise come tourney time. Thompson only played a few minutes in the 2nd half. Oneida started a smaller lineup last nite because the Terry girl is hurt. If she plays we are bigger and matchup better with Kilby and Oakdale, but the way Oneida looked last nite until we start playing with a little more energy we are not going to beat any good teams. Oneida has the parts to be a contender but we have to get better on post defense and we stand too much on the offensive end. Just my thoughts, but when you act like you don't care and are not willing to dig down deep inside and fight to the end(coaches and players) then you can only go so far. I know I am being negative, but I have high expectations for this team and would like to see them reached.

I will take Wartburg Girls in this one. What does everyone think about the Oakdale at Oneida matchup?

It will be a shootout, who you got in this one?

Wartburg at Oneida Friday. Who are you picking and why? This is a big game for both schools. Oneida let one slip away early in the season at Wartburg.

Oz is going to be in the running for the Dist. title for sure. From what I have seen Oz,Oneida,Wartburg, or Oakdale could win it. I think any of the 4 could beat the other 3 on a given nite. As for Oz and Oneida last nite, Oneida went away from what they have done all year (only playing 6 girls) and tried to play 9. That really messed with their flow. But, Oz really brought their game to Oneida and took away the things that Oneida likes to do. Congrats to Players and Coaches from Oz, you came to town and kicked our butt. Oz found something that worked in the half court trapped and Oneida never quite figured it out. Oneida needed to win that one because it will be a lot tougher to win the rematch on Oz's floor. One thing about this year in Dist. 4 is there will be some big wins and some heartbreaking losses for everyone before its over.