Regional Final: Wheelersburg vs Harvest Prep

[yabbadabbadoo]

HP holds the Pirates to 38. Contained Holden enough and didn’t let anyone else beat them from the way it sounded.

Obviously you weren’t there so you don’t have a clue what the hell you are talking about.

Burgs long range shooting wasn’t there again and it had nothing to do with HP’s defense. Burg hits half the 3’s they missed they win this game.

Holden led all scorers with 22. Think he should have taken the big man to the hole all night but I’m not the coach. He was still the best player on the floor. Anthony for them will be a force next year. They’ll just have to bring in some more players to go with him.

Nope, I wasnt there, thus the reason for saying “from the way it sounded”. I guess you were there all the more reason to say I didn’t have a clue what I was talking about. I’m glad it was all Wheelersburgh’s fault for losing and nothing to do with who they played. Why were they bombing so many threes instead of letting Holden take it to the hole? Just a question, I wasnt there.

Every time Holden went to the hole, 2-3 guys would collapse on him and he was doing the smart thing, not forcing shots and kicking it back out for wide open 3's. They just weren't falling. 35 couldn't guard him by himself. He had to have help. HP didn't let him go one on one like they did last year and it worked. Tanner was still the leading scorer in the game with 22.

Good question about McCorkle. He played well when he was in there. Gave Burg another big in the paint. That one play HP had 3 misses and 3 offensive rebounds. Might have been different had Burg had another big in the paint.

Also, why not put in Justin Salyers to shoot some 3's. Could of possibly hit a few. He never even saw the floor the last two games. Don't understand that one

[yabbadabbadoo]

#35 for Prep was the MVP of this game. Prep struggled to shoot and his defense on Holden was huge. He and Holden both had 14 before the game got out of reach. Never would have thought a kid 6'5 300 pounds could be that quick

You are such a clueless clown. 35 did not stop Holden on his own. Each time Tanner went to the hole 2-3 of them were there in the lane to defend him. One on one Tanner took him to the hole at ease. Tanner did what he had to do, he kicked it out to wide open shooters. They either didn't shoot or missed.

[yabbadabbadoo]

It was a 4 point game with a little over 5 minutes to go in the 4th quarter then Burg went cold but it was a hell of an effort by Burg they had a chance to win it . Congrats BURG on a great season and good luck to prep the rest of the way

Big plays in the game was when Burg was down 32-29 and had two wide open 3's that just wouldn't fall. After that HP went on a 20-9 run to end the game. I think if Burg gets the lead there they might have hung tough with them but we will never know.

Great season anyways by the Burg. Best record, 26-1 in the history of the program.

[OSU Alumni 2000]

One thing that baffles me is why did prep take the air out of the ball in the 2nd quarter especially after putting up 21 in the first?

[OSU Alumni 2000]

#35 for Prep was the MVP of this game. Prep struggled to shoot and his defense on Holden was huge. He and Holden both had 14 before the game got out of reach. Never would have thought a kid 6'5 300 pounds could be that quick

You are such a clueless clown. 35 did not stop Holden on his own. Each time Tanner went to the hole 2-3 of them were there in the lane to defend him. One on one Tanner took him to the hole at ease. Tanner did what he had to do, he kicked it out to wide open shooters. They either didn't shoot or missed.

I thought #35 did a fine job on Holden.

[yabbadabbadoo]

#35 for Prep was the MVP of this game. Prep struggled to shoot and his defense on Holden was huge. He and Holden both had 14 before the game got out of reach. Never would have thought a kid 6'5 300 pounds could be that quick

You are such a clueless clown. 35 did not stop Holden on his own. Each time Tanner went to the hole 2-3 of them were there in the lane to defend him. One on one Tanner took him to the hole at ease. Tanner did what he had to do, he kicked it out to wide open shooters. They either didn't shoot or missed.

I thought #35 did a fine job on Holden.

He did to an extent. He had help every time Tanner drove to the paint. Last year they didn't do that. Tanner kicked it out but the shots weren't falling.

Was 35 even on the roster for them last year or is he a new recruit for this year? I don't remember him playing

[yabbadabbadoo]

One thing that baffles me is why did prep take the air out of the ball in the 2nd quarter especially after putting up 21 in the first?

Not sure either. I'm sure they've seen a zone or two this year. They don't shoot as well from the outside as they did last year. They missed all 10 shots in the second qtr.

[OSU Alumni 2000]

You are such a clueless clown. 35 did not stop Holden on his own. Each time Tanner went to the hole 2-3 of them were there in the lane to defend him. One on one Tanner took him to the hole at ease. Tanner did what he had to do, he kicked it out to wide open shooters. They either didn't shoot or missed.

I thought #35 did a fine job on Holden.

He did to an extent. He had help every time Tanner drove to the paint. Last year they didn't do that. Tanner kicked it out but the shots weren't falling.

Was 35 even on the roster for them last year or is he a new recruit for this year? I don't remember him playing

I believe he was there. Just didn’t see the playing time like he did this year. But he was definitely a difference maker. Super quick, and had the ability to knock down the long ball. Overall a solid player

[yabbadabbadoo]

Did anyone get a picture of the difference in the crowds?

I would have thought the OHSAA would have liked to seen that Burg crowd in Columbus next week.

[VetteMan]

You are such a clueless clown. 35 did not stop Holden on his own. Each time Tanner went to the hole 2-3 of them were there in the lane to defend him. One on one Tanner took him to the hole at ease. Tanner did what he had to do, he kicked it out to wide open shooters. They either didn't shoot or missed.

I thought #35 did a fine job on Holden.

He did to an extent. He had help every time Tanner drove to the paint. Last year they didn't do that. Tanner kicked it out but the shots weren't falling.

Was 35 even on the roster for them last year or is he a new recruit for this year? I don't remember him playing

I think he was on the roster last year, but they had a 6'7" kid who was one of there better players that started at center. I forget where he was going to go to school, but he was a pretty good player.

[yabbadabbadoo]

He must have really improved from last year because they went about 10-11 deep and I don't remember him playing. He had some quick feet.

[greygoose]

Burg got the game they needed from prep but just unable to pull it out. Prep didn't score in the 2nd and burg only put up 6 you can't do that with superior teams. Burg had a great season and those seniors should be proud of their accomplishments.

HP HAD 2 points in the 2nd quarter

No they didn't, and burg only scored 6. Multiple post and the radio, even with their halftime recap said zero. Even if they had 2 everything I said would be true, they gave burg the opening in that quarter.

[Raider6309]

He was definitely the difference maker to keep Holden in check. HP couldn’t shoot today so that was big.

[Raider6309]

That second quarter was bizarre. Harvest Prep was clearly in complete control playing uptempo and for some reason they slowed it down.

[yabbadabbadoo]

He was definitely the difference maker to keep Holden in check. HP couldn’t shoot today so that was big.

Holden was only 5 off of his avearage. When he drove the lane he had 2-3 players around him. Instead of forcing the shot he kicked it out to wide open shooters. Shots just weren’t falling for Burg either.

[FANOSPORTS]

One thing that baffles me is why did prep take the air out of the ball in the 2nd quarter especially after putting up 21 in the first?

Exactly. You start the 2nd quarter, stall for most of it, take maybe 4 shots after a double digit lead after 1st (21-11) and score 0 pts in 2nd. It almost bit them in the hind end until the last few minutes of the game when they turned it back on and started pushing it again. The big boy #35 seemed very quick and strong when he wanted to be and Tanner did his usual on the other side. The point for prep #2 turned it on and off at will it seemed and I think when they went into stall mode in 2nd and part of 3rd he was a little perturbed at the coach for doing that . The slow down allowed Burg to get back into the game and as others have posted, there were a couple open 3's that didn't fall along with a couple air balls that could have been big for the Mo in the 3rd and start of 4th qtr. Congrats & great job Burg for putting a little scare into the Columbus East All Stars.

[thebarlowbandit]

What baffles me is the lack of sportsmanship displayed. Within the first 5 min Wheelersburg had a bench warning for talking on Holden, the official made them hand them the ball after a passive aggressive move on a FT, and at the end of the game, Burg took their trophy and walked off the court not even giving Harvest Prep the respect they earned. That was a total bush league move, you got beat it happens, but total classless.

[Burg_Grad_77]

Great season by the Pirates, and as said above, the most wins ever in a single season.

Two things that stuck out to me that really hurt the Burg.

1.) They held HP scoreless in the second quarter but only scored 6 points themselves. Had they been able to knock down some shots and take the lead at the half maybe they hold on for the win.

2.) After tying the game on Tanners second three of the half they couldn't throw one in the ocean from the beach. That really hurt letting HP jump back out to double digits.

Still a very valiant effort against a very talented team.

[yabbadabbadoo]

What baffles me is the lack of sportsmanship displayed. Within the first 5 min Wheelersburg had a bench warning for talking on Holden, the official made them hand them the ball after a passive aggressive move on a FT, and at the end of the game, Burg took their trophy and walked off the court not even giving Harvest Prep the respect they earned. That was a total bush league move, you got beat it happens, but total classless.

But it was okay for the big boy to block a shot and stare down the Burg player. He talked quite a bit himself early on. Nothing said to him though.

On the FT all Holden did was roll the ball to the ref. That’s never happened has it. Pretty petty out of the ref to bounce the ball back to him and make him throw it back to him.

You’re reaching on the trophy presentation. Last time Burg won the regional in 2007 Tusky Valley didn’t stick around for the Burg to receive their trophy. Pretty sure Ironton didn’t either in 2006. Those teams lost as well. It happens!!

[Hulk]

This is getting funnier by the minute ,so Ohhsaa should want the bigger crowd in Columbus and should do what to get them there?

Because one team was classless to burg last year ,you stoop to their level?

Burg missing shots and it had nothing to do with the swarming defense of the quickest team you seen all year?


I seen the HP players hugging Holden after the game telling me they had mad respect for him after what he done to them last year .

I think some adults could learn from the kids