1/15 Chesapeake v Fairland

[mattash]

Big Rival and game in the OVC tonight. For Chesapeake it is a must win.

[Dragon70]

The Dragons will have their hands full with Eli Archer. He is an up and coming young stud who will be all-OVC all four years at the Peake. The Peake has some streaky young shooters in Dearth and Blankenship but Fairlands talented underclassmen of Thomas, Porter, and Polcyn will be able to hold their own. Fairland has a slight advantage in leadership with seniors Chinn and Mondlak and that will be the key to the game. As long as they produce and provide scoring then the Dragons should prevail. Either way throw the records out cause this will be a very intense, hard fought rivalry game like always.

[peake71]

Go Peake. This has always been a dogfight even back to when I graduated. Your right records can be tossed. Chesapeake still somewhat young as sometimes they start two juniors, two sophomores and a freshmen.
Chesapeake loses have been by avg of less than 8 points.

[VetteMan]

Should be a very good close ballgame. Even with the game being at Chesapeake, I would give a slight edge to Fairland.

[Firebreather]

Tight game. As with any OVC game, no clear favorite this year. Dragons can make a statement by winning this game but I would put the Peake as a 4 point favorite in their own gym.

[burgfella69]

fairland in a semi-close one

[Tri-StateYouthSports]

Fairland (56) - (47) Chesapeake -- Final

[VetteMan]

Fairland finds a way to get it done.

[Beergogglebluez]

Fairland is way ahead in progress. This team can turn heads. I thought they would be down this year. Impressive what they are doing.

[bbjunky81]

Fairland has put on an absolute coaching clinic for area teams to see this year. I have no clue if the OVC votes for a Coach of the year, but if they do, Coach Speed wins it hands down.

[pfloyd]

Fairland has put on an absolute coaching clinic for area teams to see this year. I have no clue if the OVC votes for a Coach of the year, but if they do, Coach Speed wins it hands down.

... Coach Speed has always been an excellent coach ! we're just used to seeing THAT GROUP of Dragons on the court for 4 years in a row doing their thing ! LOL ... new - to us - players for the Dragons - but THESE Dragons have practiced against the BEST team in SEOhio over their own careers! to get better you have to play against tough competition - THIS group HAS played vs tough competition EVERY DAY for the last 3 years for the seniors on down ! ... throw in what Coach Speed has always emphasized -even BEFORE the FAB 6 or 7 - Defense ...use of quickness, the transition game, strong perimeter scoring and yes the fundamentals of the game ... Coach Speed, Coaches Evan Salyers/Smith/Phillips/Jordan - they do it right ! - good staff with philosophy that they all buy into as well as the players = a winner ...a winning TEAM ...

[trojandave]

Fairland has done much better than I thought they would, and Coach Speed has the Dragons playing well despite the loss of his top 6 players from a year ago that dominated the OVC for 3 years. I picked FHS 5th preseason in the OVC, and they will finish higher than that and just might win the title again. I had the Peake 3rd preseason and that still might happen.