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Alright, give me some opinions on tomorrow nights Sectional matchup! Whats your thoughts?

I had mentioned in an earlier post that I figured last nights score would be lower. I thought James might try to play Stall ball on us. But I didnt get to go to the game last night and from what I'm hearing it was a Defensive battle. Obviously it was with a score of just a lil over 4 points per Qtr for NG. And thats after a slow start for them in first half. But we have held them to under 30 in 4 games in a row. Thats pretty good when they, NG, is averaging around 50-60. But if I was a betting man then id say Matt will run as fast as the Tigers wanna run to Sat. night. Good, bad, right or wrong. Im super pumped about hosting a Substate game inside the nice friendly confines of Sonny Smith. I was at the last one against Meigs in 13-14" Season. That was one the most electric atmospheres id ever been a part of. And I've been to all different types of NCAA Basketball, Football and NFL games. Win or lose Sat night this group of Seniors has accomplished so much. Ive followed them all over the state watching them play from Elementary school up until now. They only have one blemish on this years schedule and Hampton beat us in the one game. Now not taking anything away from the lady dogs but they shot lights out that game and I think we shot like less than 20%. They outplayed us as a team that night all over the floor. So in saying that we almost had that undefeated season. But and a BIG but, I feel that loss lit a fire and the girls turned it up a notch. Everything happens for a reason. Im ready for Saturday!!!!

Agreed!!! I Absolutely Hate seeing any kid get hurt like that. Especially Blair because she had come back from a different injury at beginning of the season. Not blaming any one person for that injury because like you said it seems to happen more often these days. But at NG that night the Refs let things get out of hand and it was bad up until that point. Anyways I really feel that tonights matchup is gonna be a tad lower scoring game than the past 3 this year. Unfortunately I am not gonna get to make this one tonight. But I'll be at Church hopefully praying us on. Hopefully we will be hosting a SubState game Saturday evening. Id like not to have to travel but I will if I need to.

BIG Games this evening across the state. We gotta get by the Lady Eagles in their nest while they are feeling all nice, comfy and nestled in. The environment there tonight in our game should be lively to say the least. We gotta bring a crowd from the Mountain to try and match the hype. Should be fun tho. Just hope for a W and injury free game. Also I was looking and some big games going on West of us with Wayne County taking on McKenzie and Mcewen playing Houston County. And then you got Pickett Cnty/Clarkrange. Also East Robertson playing Clay County. Any of the above listed could go either way. Thats a chance that 5 out of the top 10 could go home tonight and call it an end to a good season. I really feel that if our Senior leaders show up ready to play and dont commit silly fouls then we can travel again Wed night and play for Region Champ Trophy. Just my opinion tho.

Yeah she has definitely stepped it up. Almost since the hampton loss in my opinion. I feel like we have played the best D of the year since that loss. Now that might change between now and Monday night. But I really feel those Seniors especially, are playing for that Home Substate game right now. Gotta win Monday before even thinking about that tho. I know that the game against NG the other night was an exciting one to watch.

Yeah UH has improved a ton especially on the D side of the ball. If they can find a way to score more it could be an upset. Their Staff has them playing hard and getting after it. I like watching them play now. I feel about the same on NG. I feel they are a 15+ point better team than Washburn on any day. I'm watching the Cosby/Washburn game now and I'm not seeing that they should give a problem. But this is just my opinion.

And yes, thats assuming NG beats Hancock and Washburn beats Rangers

King, give me your opinion on UH/Eagles game and on Wash/Huskies game.

Interesting game tonight at Hancock. Cosby/Washburn! Last meeting between the 2 was decide by only 8 points.

Its gonna be hard to beat the lady huskies 3 times in a row. They are a tuff physical team that plays hard. Good thing about tonights game is that they can't have the heat turned up in the gym. Like they did back when we played them at their place. Hopefully we can leave HVHS with another W and injury free.

Yeah Henry didn’t have much. Also starters didn’t get to play much. Those games make for some conditioning. Again the young girls stepped up and we gotta have more and more of that. We gotta focus on JC and then The Huskies from Green County next week at home. That’s a BIG Game.

First of all WAY TO GO LADY LANDERS. They played with all heart last night. They lost their starting Star guard in first half and tried returning in 3rd quarter to try and gut it out but couldn’t. I know 22(Sis) all to well and if she could’ve finished out the game she would’ve. I hope and pray that it’s nothing season ending and nothing that will require surgery just for her sake. She is a sweetheart as are many of them on that team. We also had our Star Forward get 2 fouls on her in 1st Qtr and Matt had no option but to sit her down. That hurt big too. When Sis went out I seen some heads drop of players and we went down by like 12 think at one point in the game. But Matt made some adjustments in the Locker room and probably told those young Ladies that they were gonna have to step it up. Especially the Underclass girls. And BOY DID THEY DO THAT. Don’t get me wrong our usual Starters Rocked last night including our Seniors but those Younger girls including Kenz and Rae come off the bench and in my opinion helped in the come back and win. Now don’t get me wrong, Hampton is very well coached and a great team but no where near #1 in the State. I really feel with our usual 5 starters in against them that we are a 10 point better team. If you visited the State Tourneys last year and watched the likes of McKenzie and Wayne County you will see #1 teams. And no not because they beat us last year down there. They are just fast and well coached and most of their players can shoot the eyes out of it. Like I say, not taking anything away from Hampton. If anyone can get them a Gold Ball, it’ll b Carp as a Coach. It’ll be hard for us at Hampton to get another W but after last night I have all confidence in our Team. Heck I’d love to see Hampton make to State Tourneys and us too. As for Sis I am praying for no serious injury. For the rest of the Cloudland squad, hang in there y’all proved your toughness and heart last night. As for the young girls that came off the bench, Hats off to you Young ladies. Keep working hard and shoot all you can. We gonna need you more and more. Especially after we seen what y’all can do last night. And as for Birch, great Coaching. Great win for Lander Nation last night and way to represent. We gotta get behind these teams and cheer them on. They work their butts off daily on and off the Court. Long road to make it back to the Boro, But it’s very possible.

The Tribets are good. They move the ball well, shoot good from the Arch, they are tall, experienced and well coached. But IMO they are not 15-20 better. Not even on their home floor. We got up by 1 at one point in the game and honestly, we killing ourselves. They prolly got 8 points from the Charity stripe

Yeah exact same thing King. Like I said, pretty sure we didn’t shoot a FT In the 4th in that game eithe. Btw 91 I absolutely love watching that Young Lady of yours play. Actually she is prolly my fave to watch play after play. So much passion and desire to win. Love that Youngin. I’ve told her that same thing. I just wish mine had half that much passion for the game. Won’t get to make the trek Sat. Jr. High girls playing Softball this weekend. Hopefully I can at least listen to it.

So King, your saying you think us and NG might be maybe just a lil better than The Lady Injuns?