Franklin High 79, Stratford 75

[AllAmerican912]

11-AAA #4 seed Franklin High School knocks off 12-AAA #1 seed Stratford in first round of region play at Antioch High School 79-75. The Rebels led for most of the game after John O'rourke got them started with 7 threes (6 in the first half) and 29 points. Big win for the Rebels. Questions or Comments on game or 11-AAA vs. 12-AAA matchup.

[NCS03]

11-AAA #4 seed Franklin High School knocks off 12-AAA #1 seed Stratford in first round of region play at Antioch High School 79-75. The Rebels led for most of the game after John O'rourke got them started with 7 threes (6 in the first half) and 29 points. Big win for the Rebels. Questions or Comments on game or 11-AAA vs. 12-AAA matchup.

How did Henry Harris play? Was he the one guarding Orourke??

[FHSrebel27]

"No team is playing better right now than the District 12-AAA champ." The Tennessean this morning on their number four team in the midstate- Stratford.

[OGthatsme]

How did Henry Harris play? Was he the one guarding Orourke??

He hit all them 3's when Stratford stayed in a 2-3 zone the whole first quarter. He was hitting pure net from DEEEP. Kid can shoot! When Harris guarded him, he did nothing. Harris lead all scorers with 32. Orr looked terrible. Stratford seemed to take them for granted after jumping out to a 8 point lead in the first couple minutes. Then O'Rourke goes off and changed the game. Some skinned-headed ref wouldn't let Stratford come back. He made every call, all against Stratford down the stretch.

[cobrafan90]

So i guess he hit all 7 threes before henry started guarding him.............

[cdm2003]

Stratford lost the game because of terrible coaching. Why did they stay in a zone, like Franklin was going to penetrate. You play a 2-3 zone to clog up penetration. If a team can't penetrate why not just play man to man to get a hand up on their shooters.

[faninthestand]

Love it when folks blame the officials!

 

Second, Love it when they blame the Coaches!

 

Third, Love it when the REBELS WIN!

 

Had Stratford played man, the rebels would have tried to drop the ball low to Barnes more frequently, and adjusted to that syle of play. Life is good for the Rebels when their Perimeter Game is on, then they can play inside and out!

 

Don't stop now Rebels, keep the Momemtum!

[sundancer]

Go Franklin Rebels!

 

Maroon & White, Maroon & White!

[Izzy]

I guess 11-AAA isn't that bad huh? BTW, what happened tonight at the tourney? CHS/MHS and the HHS/MHS?

[RHS Raptors]

Never in my life have a seen a team with as much talent as Stratford go nowhere, they didnt want it, they ran maybe 1 or 2 set plays all game, Stratford was better in every position, and they still lost, the only person that showed up was Harris, u can blame coaching or the officials, but in the end, the players didnt want it like Franklin did.

[cobrafan90]

12-aaa coaching continues to baffle me..................................

 

great athletes, but the coaching.......................

 

i agree with Franklin being able to dump the ball down low to the big guy(barnes). but some adjustments should have been made by Stratford.......

[alzado]

OK, let's clear this up. Stratford has a lot of talent, but they or most any other team, could not defeat Franklin when O'Rourke shoots the 3 like he did. I think Winrow did all he could, and made many adjustments. His team continued to battle back until the final second after being ambushed by a very hot Franklin team. He has won more of these battles than lost, yet can get no respect. Mystery to me. All you bashers are ignorant.

 

Franklin shot the lights out. Harris was great as always, but got little support from Orr, who was dominated inside by Barnes all night. Franklin played really well and has just as much basketball talent as Stratford. Their 1-2, inside-out punch is tough! Give Franklin credit.