BullShark

GC 25-19 at the half.  This is a dogfight!

GC is in a dogfight!  Up 6 at the half!  Thank goodness the threes are falling!

On 3/1/2019 at 7:08 AM, pioneer42 said:

Have you watched them this year? I want it to be a track meet. They turned the ball over often with neither team pressing both teams. I feel our pressure could cause some problems. Game is at Kirby High School.

Yes.  A track meet would benefit GC, however I haven't seen GC get into many track meets.  IMO, that is the way GC should play every game, but then again, I am a fan not a coach. lol

22 hours ago, pioneer42 said:

When we got down 14-0 early, I thought we settled in but it was too late and we couldn't recover. We shot the ball terrible both nights at UTM. We cut it to three and they sensed the run and froze the ball and it worked with three minutes left. I thought that our best defender being on the bench a lot of the game in foul trouble didn't help. But I agree with you on Moore and Darby. They are beasts and deserve all the recognition they get. You going to Memphis Saturday Night? I watched Memphis teams last night and they are a good team no doubt. Neither team pressed and both teams had several TO's. I am hoping our press will create major problems for them because team we are playing can shoot the lights out if not contested.

I will be there.  If they don't press with the athleticism they have, I think you guys win no problem.  GC is disciplined enough to work the ball around and get good shots.  GC by 8.

Go Loretto and Summertown!

14 hours ago, GCPioneer said:

The fact that it was a hard 27 makes it even that much more impressive.... if she was being  face guarded and still went for 27 points, that’s kind of impressive.

I saw the game as well and I would say that Weathers is the real deal.  My understanding is that Loretto was playing a loser leave town game 2.5 hours from home without two of their starters.  Early in the game, Weathers was trying to do too much, IMO to make up for the loss of starters and missed several shots.  But she had some finishes at the basket in the second half that ended as "and 1's" that maybe only one or two other HS players could make.  She has one of the sweetest 3 point strokes I have ever seen and is cool under pressure despite being face guarded.  She is worth the price of admission just as Moore and Darby are!

2 hours ago, Rhino1 said:

Bullshark, how many times have you actually been right on these message board in the past couple years? 

Many times, Rhino1, many times!  

I think GC is one of the best teams in the state, but what worries me about them is that there is not that one "go to player" when the going gets tough like Greenfield has with Moore and Darby.  That was the difference in the championship game.  In the state tourney and substate games, you need a player that can settle everyone down and take over if they have to, IMO. I may be wrong because there are always 5 really good players on the floor for GC and any one may step up.  But I like Moore and Darby as leaders for Greenfield.  Like someone said, they are "as cool as the other side of the pillow." 

On 2/25/2019 at 10:03 PM, SuperFan14A said:

SS could win the game, but if I were a betting man I'd take 13 points and WV. I believe WV will get SS by 3. It'll be interesting to see if WV tries to run them out of the gym again or play half court defense and offense. Either way, I believe this game comes down to the last couple of possessions. Should be a barn burner for sure. 

Superfan,  you are a genius!!!

9 hours ago, pioneer42 said:

Are the Memphis teams as bad as some of the comments I have heard? I will say no.

Hillcrest and Memphis Business are not terrible, but they are also not remotely elite.  They are athletic and quick.  Greenfield will win by 20 plus in their gym.  GC will have a more difficult time on the road and if they don't shoot well, may be in for a tight game.  A lot will also ride on how closely they call the game.  The game will look a lot like the last Peabody and GC contest.  I got GC in a tight, low scoring game.  

No teenage girl deserves to be booed at a ball game, ever!  No excuse for this kind of behavior.

I think both will be in the Boro, but after watching Greenfield handle GC tonight, I don't see a sixth game in their future.  One of them will get eliminated by Greenfield.

14 minutes ago, Greenfieldfan said:

Greenfield 49 Gibson County 40 final

I smell a repeat!

Loretto leads the possible 6 game series 3-1 with Game 5 looming.  Who do you have winning the Region 6 championship?  

55 minutes ago, rebelman101 said:

What has happened to the Jackson Sun? We don't post scores until the day after the game and they just started covering teams and players when tournaments started. I feel like they should do more to promote high school sports in our area.

The paper goes to press before any of the girls games even go final.  Part of the dying art of paper journalism.  Sports section is virtually identical to Memphis paper save the one local article per day.  Sad but it is what it is...

Not sure what just happened on a repost but I got SS by 8 in the ch-ship game over WV. 

On 2/24/2019 at 6:26 PM, Tez2319 said:

Yea obion tried a zone, it didn’t work! They had a zone box in one on Miller! She scored 19 still and our freshman & sophomore post had double doubles we won by 32. We are playing much better since that Christmas tournament! Crockett here we come! 

Junk defenses like that rarely work especially against such a talented team as SS.  They would have been better served running a straight 2-3 and hoping for a bad shooting night.  Obion is probably not quick enough to close out on shooters out of 2-3.  Crockett may be able to. That would be my strategy.   Going to be a good one, but if I were betting the game, I would go SS by 8.

2 hours ago, Tez2319 said:

Westview won on a last second shot 2 win as time expires smh should have been an over the back by the big girl on a offensive rebound! Lexington was in the bonus! Great game! Tough lost Lexington 

What happened in the main event? What an under card!

Several ridiculous cross court passes  by huntingdon led to 3 turnovers in the last 2 min, they give up 5 unanswered points and they lose.  55-54 Summertown advances. 

1 point hun lead.  121 tp play

51-46 fillies with 338 to play

Warmup game for the main event. I thought SS v CC was first

46-44 huntington after 3

Give me the Range by 5

32-28 summertown at the half

Score me at the half, Tez.