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1 hour ago, SweetScience said:

G-man, just let it be. You aren’t gonna win with The Sheriff & ILB. Neither one of them ever have anything good to say about the Wildcats. I’m sure they’re both good people in real life, but neither has much love at all for the OR. Anything slightly negative concerning OR, they run with it.

Craziness.   A conversation may have been had, but a conversation does equal a commitment.  We can wait a few weeks and see who is coaching at Spring Practice.

Just now, Rhea Co. said:

Taylor Harvey is the new HC at Rhea. 

Good hire.

It looks like Coach Stevens is going to be a Road Runner after all.

1 hour ago, Turtle said:

Yesssir, that's who I'm talking about.  I think he can be a stellar player for you all.  I mean he kills in JV, I would definitely give him some ticks on the varsity side to see if you he could do the same there.  

I agree.  He is pretty good at football as well.

6 hours ago, SweetScience said:

Do you mean Justice West? Don’t know a Rell? And I can understand why y’all would want Stanton. He did bring a championship to AE, so it’s completely understandable. I’m not one of the OR folks who dislikes SS. I wish him the best.

Pretty sure he is talking about Jemerson (sp?).

6 hours ago, Turtle said:

I think Rell needs to see the floor more.  I like the way he leads the JV and dishes off those amazing passes .   He's a floor general in my eyes and could be the true replacement for B. Scott.  I mean Rell has the passes along with the knock down 3 pointer as well as good defense.  

He has come into a clean up roll and done well.  Another year of maturity will do him good as I see him spelling Ray Ray (Along with West).  Team should be super deep next year.

6 hours ago, SweetScience said:

Man, Alcoa hit 13 threes in the first half. Insane. They couldn’t miss there for a while. We overcame though and stayed with it. Carter is a dang good player. One of, if not the best I’ve seen this season in this area.

A good win that will help us this coming week.   Yea, Carter is a great player.  Very special to see guys in High School that you know will do good at the next level.  Best luck to Alcoa moving forward.

2 hours ago, 2011Class said:

OR guard play needs to be more consistent their post bring it every game smart guard play they should win district and region tournaments 

Agree, we have been saying that all season.  But, everyone needs to get the most out of every possession.  They (possessions) become more precious as you move through the playoffs.

17 hours ago, ipb7 said:

2-0 is the SOP score when a team forfeits like Clinton forfeited. 

I am pretty sure Clinton got the cancellation in to play their district game against Anderson County.

2 hours ago, atrisk said:

Did OR get a 2 point victory this week? 

No, I think someone posted the score to troll Clinton.

5 hours ago, Orangeslide said:

I think Oak Ridge will cruise to another district title. But when the region rolls around, gotta get their big boy shorts on to advance.  

Region 4 tournament is going to be super crazy.

3 hours ago, SweetScience said:

Yeah, the frosh PG is gonna be great. No doubt.

And he can jump through the roof.  The fun continues.

56 minutes ago, SweetScience said:

I can’t get over how much the girls have improved. They’re really hitting on all cylinders. The boys are slowly but surely adjusting to playing without Brennan, which has been nice to see. The emergence of the Sophomore CT (I don’t wanna misspell his last name, so using his initials instead) has been nice to watch. That guy is going to be really good.

Well, having the gang all back sure helps.  I think the opposing coaches are having a hard time defensing us.  Right now they are tripling #5 inside, but that frees up everyone else.  Defensively we are much, much better.  However, need to be if we want to go back to State.  East Tennessee is deep this year.

I would agree that the boys are finding their way without Brennen.  Ray Ray and Caden are playing much better and not rushing their shots.  I like our chances in the District the way we are playing the past 2 games.  

1 hour ago, atrisk said:

14th consecutive season with at least 20 wins! Congrats to that program.

Also, congrats to both the boys and the girls for clenching their respective District Championships and a trip to the region tournament.

14 minutes ago, atrisk said:

Just not a very good effort on OR's part last night. This team needs to gain some consistency. Possibly could go to state, could possibly not make it out of the region.

It was ugly and we still had a chance to win.  We have not come out of the snow break very well.  Fortunately, we have some practice days before a busy end to the season.  I think we will bounce back.

14 hours ago, SweetScience said:

Central is a quality team, and OR pretty much dismantled them. Hope Caden is alright. Strange that Williams had zero minutes. Must’ve gotten himself in a tad bit of trouble, is all I can figure.

He was sick most of week.

Good win tonight over Central 83-60.  This is easily the deepest team that Aaron Greene has had in his time here.  Playing the teams from Atlanta is paying dividends.

3 minutes ago, atrisk said:

Very true about pace. Pace. I didn't see any stats, but it seems OR turned the ball over too much.

From what I saw, yes.  But that was true of everyone.  Really sloppy play at times.

13 minutes ago, atrisk said:

I thought Ga. high schools used a 35 sec. shot clock. Big advantage in Bahamas tournament if so.

You would be correct and yes, they had a huge advantage.  Even better wins for us.

2 hours ago, bounder said:

Well the Bahamas tournament is over and Oak Ridge came up one game short,  getting beat by Columbia Ga in the Championship game 45-44. Not bad for the Cats 3 out of 4 in a big time tournament. Plus a few days at the beach for our guys.  

Agreed!  Good things to build on!

8 hours ago, atrisk said:

Any thoughts on high school BB with a shot clock. We had a couple of violations.

I thought we adapted ok, probably better than the Georgia teams.   My stance is:  once all districts figure out how to pay an extra official to run it, it will happen.  However, like I observed in the tournament, it doesn't make for higher scores or better offensive play.  In fact, for the most part, the offenses for both us and the other teams were beyond ugly.  I shudder to think how awful some of the girl's games will be with a clock.   I think 30 seconds is too short as most teams don't have to speed or the length to get into their offensive sets.

i'll take it.  Jonesboro was ranked #6 in 6a in GA going into the tournament, so a good quality win for our guys.

Game day!  RWR!  Beat Clinton!  (first things, first).  

Always hard to beat a rival twice in one season.  I think the keys to game are the same as the first time around.  Oak Ridge needs to run the football and take advantage of the matchups on the outside.  Also, need to start off fast and not look back.  Defensively, we need to  limit big plays and make Clinton earn their scores and make plays when they are in front of us.  I don't see either team having the turnover fest like the first game, but you never know in big games.  I expect you will see a confident, driven bunch of Wildcats tonight that will win a very hard fought game.

9 hours ago, HTV said:

McMinn County sealed their fate with the way their coach reacted after the Powell loss. They were done at that point. 

Agreed.  I watched McMinn vs. Walker Valley and it was like watching 2 different teams.  Not much energy.