Pfloyd's Elite 8 of Southern/SouthEast Ohio Final Edition

[93Bulldog]

'Agreeing to disagree' ... lol ... Just look at it this way Floyd - every hero needs its villain ya know ... Bruce Wayne has the Joker, Clark Kent has Lex Luger ... Uh, Pink Floyd had disco music ... The Buckeyes have the Wolverines, the Tide have the Tigers and the Yankees have the Red Sox ...

And lucky you - you get an 'obnoxious, loud barking Dog' as your long time nemesis ... lol ... For those who are old enough probably view it as a perfect fit: One is from Logan - one is from Athens ... Nuff said.

But now you can throw in the SEOAL vs TVC dynamic as well.

Speaking of which: I was not shocked by the Warren/Athens outcome Wednesday ... I thought A-town could have made a few more lay-ups, which they missed, connected on a few more free-throws as opposed to missing ... but - all-in-all, I truly believe the better team won ... Warren is very talented, they possess an outstanding player in Cunningham and thay play extremly well together.

The Marietta/Vinton County game though I walked away a little surprised that the Vikings waited until the 4th quarter to play like I have seen them play all year ... Not very typical of a Matt Combs led squad ... But, the big fella for the Tigers definitly made it tough on VC ... Personally, I think VC could have won the game by 8-10 points had they came out ready, had some of those early shots go down and again (like Athens) HIT THEIR FREE-THROWS!

[LetsGoPSU]

great job SEOAL.

[pfloyd]

FRIDAY
Boys Tournament Basketball
Division 2 Sectional Final @ Southeastern HS
Hillsboro 47
Waverly 55
Jake Kretzer (W) - Scores 1,000 career point

Division 2 Sectional Final @ Logan HS
Logan Elm 49
Sheridan 35
LE will play Chillicothe/Unioto winner on 3/4

Division 3 Sectional Final @ Athens HS
Zane Trace 44
Fairland 62

Wellston
River Valley

Division 3 Sectional Final @ Waverly Downtown Gym
Peebles 76
Lynchburg Clay 61

Huntington 11 2nd
Eastern Brown 14

Division 3 Sectional Final @ Jackson HS
Chesapeake 78
Minford 30

Wheelersburg
Lucasville Valley

[danicalifornia]

Hillsboro led the whole night and were up 4, before a double technical swung the momentum, as Kretzer hit 3 of 4 fts and then knocked down a 3 with about 3 mins left.

At Logan, man did the Braves come out and D up! Sheridan couldn't get a shot off and when they did, there was no 2nd shots. Stonerock was a beast on the inside for LE.

Sheridan turned up the pressure in the 2nd half, but it was too late, although the backdoor alley oop was a thing of beauty.

[pfloyd]

Scores

FRIDAY
Boys Tournament Basketball
Division 2 Sectional Final @ Southeastern HS
Hillsboro 47
Waverly 55
Jake Kretzer (W) - Scores 1,000 career point

Division 2 Sectional Final @ Logan HS
Logan Elm 49
Sheridan 35
LE will play Chillicothe/Unioto winner on 3/4

Division 3 Sectional Final @ Athens HS
Zane Trace 44
Fairland 62

Wellston 33
River Valley 31
Wellston scores just before the buzzer
River Valley scored 1 point in the 4th quarter

Division 3 Sectional Final @ Waverly Downtown Gym
Peebles 76
Lynchburg Clay 61

Huntington 52
Eastern Brown 58

Division 3 Sectional Final @ Jackson HS
Chesapeake 78
Minford 30

Wheelersburg 68 2OT
Lucasville Valley 61

[Rodeo1]

Eastern Brown is still hanging in there.Could be dangerous to someone.Good defense and good coaching.

[pfloyd]

... galaxie63 you are right about the coaching - Coach Beucler is an OUTSTANDING coach for Eastern Brown ... the question mark for EB is their ability to score consistently ...

[Rodeo1]

ditto.Defense is always there and they have added some hard nosed reserves .We know that eastern isn't afraid to go deep in the bench for an extra spark.

[pfloyd]

...Tonight's Menu in the Survive and Advance Season ... teams playing for their "invite" to Basketball Thirty at the Convo ...



Boys Tournament Basketball
Division 2 Sectional Final @ Southeastern HS
Chillicothe
Unioto

Division 2 Sectional Final @ Logan HS
Warren
Marietta

Division 3 Sectional Final @ Waverly Downtown Gym
Piketon
Westfall

Paint Valley
Northwest

Division 3 Sectional Final @ Athens HS
Southeastern
Alexander

Meigs
Nelsonville York

Division 3 Sectional Final @ Jackson HS
Portsmouth
South Point

Ironton
Oak Hill

[pfloyd]

...Congratulations to those who ADVANCED to the Convo tonight ...

Boys Tournament Basketball
Division 2 Sectional Final @ Southeastern HS
Chillicothe 57
Unioto 31

Division 2 Sectional Final @ Logan HS
Warren 53
Marietta 48 OT

Division 3 Sectional Final @ Waverly Downtown Gym
Piketon 90
Westfall 58

Paint Valley 45
Northwest 56

Division 3 Sectional Final @ Athens HS
Southeastern 31
Alexander 39

Meigs 61
Nelsonville York 49

Division 3 Sectional Final @ Jackson HS
Portsmouth 65
South Point 64

Ironton 46
Oak Hill 32

[bman]

the piketon-westfall score was 90-58.

[danicalifornia]

Terrible weekend for the SVC.
Started off the tournament 3-1, with the 1 loss being to another SVC school, but now are 4-7 and with only Piketon left. 3 of the 6 losses were somewhat expected, as they were big underdogs in 2, while the other was against another SVC school.

Time for all the SVC faithful to get on the Redstreaks Bandwagon at the Convo!

[pfloyd]

... great game at Jim Myers Gymnasium tonight as Warren battled to get the Hat Trick vs Marietta in the 2010-11 season ... the Tigers of Coach Secrest had THE game plan that many have tried/many more will try vs the Warriors of Coach Maddox - run a zone on the defensive end forcing WHS to beat them from the perimeter ... great game plan when your opponent is anemic from downtown and the inside game has no answer for the defensive presence of 6-11 Jon Sewell ... Marietta controlled both ends of the floor frustrating the Warren inside bigs ( Venham/Winland) and anything getting into the paint (Cunningham) for the first 2 quarters - Warren starters were held to 3 points in quarters 1 & 2 combined (Venham 3 points) ... Austin Cunningham was held scoreless for the 1st half of play while Marietta appeared quicker getting scoring from the perimeter (Kreichbaum 7 pts/Riley 6 pts/Grosel 4 pts) ...Marietta 19 Warren 12 after two quarters ... Coach Maddox needs to bottle whatever his intermission pep talk to the troops was - as the Big Bad Blue lived up to their name coming out after the half with great defensive pressure forcing 9 Tiger turnovers in the 3rd ... Warren appeared to pick up momentum only to see their own efforts on D undone by some timely or untimely TOs of their own and the offense of Sewell inside (6 points in the 3rd) ... a BIG turning point in the game was the play of Grant Venham inside the paint in the 3rd frame as the Warren big man was able to get to the rim for 6 points AND Cunningham was able to get some needed confidence with a basket & 1 to get him into the game offensively ... Marietta 33 Warren 26 after three ... Big MO now sitting on the Warrior bench - everyone who hit the floor for the Blue was playing tenacious defense - Hastie, Venham, Cunningham, Ward, Knost, Winland, AND Mr. Austin Henthorn ALL contributed to the Marietta "collapse" in the 4th ... Warren defensively harassed Marietta's perimeter players while Venham got around Sewell & Co. for 6 more points in the paint, Hastie picked up a 3 ball while AC added 4 more to his point total... more importantly the Warriors were able to draw even with the Tigers 32-32, 38-38 at the :48 sec mark of the 4th and finally 40-40 at the end of regulation ... MO was now eating popcorn on the Warren bench going into the OT period ... Cunningham/Venham took over on offense while Hastie/Henthorn continued to rattle the Marietta guards ... MHS got big buckets from Sewell down low /Keichbaum knocked down a big 3 pointer to entice big MO BUT AC"money" took matters into his own hands on the offensive end answering with a 3 ball of his own to "see" Kreichbaum's three and "raise" the stakes with a second (back to back NBA distance) three ball ... AC had 12 points in OT/Venham 1 ... senior leadership backed up by junior defensive effort (Hastie/Ward/Henthorn/Knost/Winland) ... Marietta 48 Warren 53 OT final ...


... pfloyd official "unofficial" Napkin Stats - Marietta ...


Scoring ... Kreichbaum 18, Riley 11, Sewell 10, Grosel 6, Williams 3

3 pointers ... 4/10 ... Kreichbaum 3, Riley 1

FTs ... 10/18 ... a 5/10 from the line in the third quarter helped begin the Tiger undoing ...

TOs ... 22 - ouch ... down three in OT with the ball an untimely TO with :14 to play ended the Tiger hopes ...



... pfloyd official "unofficial" Napkin Stats - Warren ...


Scoring ... Cunningham 19, Venham 17, Hastie 6, Ward 3, Knost 2, Henthorn 2, Winland 2

3 pointers ... 5/19 ... Hastie 2, Cunningham 2, Ward 1

FTs ... 14/21 ... 5/9 in the OT period ...

TOs ... 12


... Best of luck to Coach Maddox & Co. as they get their invitation to Basketball Thirty at the Convo ... a great TEAM effort coming from 9 down on 2 occasions in tonight's matchup ... TEAM stayed together - the Seniors DID what is expected - lead by example while underclassmen followed ... saw a Waverly coaching contingent in the stands tonight along with Waverly players checking out their next opponent ... thank you to both teams for giving us Cheap Seat folks our money's worth ... hopefully the last 2 games I've witnessed the Warriors get "W" in the Survive and Advance season has officially broken the "pfloyd" curse for the Warriors LOL ...

[pfloyd]

...daniC ... I thought Unioto would "represent" better vs Chillicothe especially after the "close encounter of the Roundtown kind" Chilli had vs Circleville ... I suppose it gives much credit to the quality of play in the MSL top to bottom this season ... Chilli is the real deal when they are hitting on all cylinders - the Cavs KNOW the importance of bringing the D every night in the post season - may have had a great deal to do with the Unioto score ... at any rate - Logan Elm vs Chillicothe in a District Semi? are you serious???!!! a great matchup ... couldn't imagine NOT being at the Convo for this one - should be a dandy to see from the Cheap Seats ...

[danicalifornia]

...daniC ... I thought Unioto would "represent" better vs Chillicothe especially after the "close encounter of the Roundtown kind" Chilli had vs Circleville ... I suppose it gives much credit to the quality of play in the MSL top to bottom this season ... Chilli is the real deal when they are hitting on all cylinders - the Cavs KNOW the importance of bringing the D every night in the post season - may have had a great deal to do with the Unioto score ... at any rate - Logan Elm vs Chillicothe in a District Semi? are you serious???!!! a great matchup ... couldn't imagine NOT being at the Convo for this one - should be a dandy to see from the Cheap Seats ...

I thought they would too. Chillicothe got out to a 14-4 lead, before a 11-0 run for Unioto would give them their only lead of the game, 15-14, Tyler Manion would score a couple trips later to make it 16-15 Chilli. Both teams had about a 3 minute stretch with no field goals, until Ragland knocked down a 3 and Unioto wouldn't get close again. Unioto went over 9 minutes without a field goal until a Cole Murray 3 made it 29-18 a little less than halfway through the 3rd and then Malik London went on a 9-0 run, culminated by an alley-oop from Manion. After that, it could've gotten chippy, but for the most part it stayed the course with both teams just playing it out. There was an intentional foul on Unioto that I thought was just a foul, but it was understandably called at that point in the game.

If Unioto just goes up for layups instead of trying to get fouled, I'm convinced that it would've been a much closer final. London was an absolute beast in the paint and rebounded better than I have seen him do in 3 years of watching him. I think that the Circleville game and the 1st half of last night's game may have awakened the Cavs, as they looked like a completely different team in the 2nd half. They have to cut down on the turnovers if they want to beat the Braves. LE plays much better defense than the U, so they must value the ball better, 20 turnovers again and Chillicothe's season will be done, IMO. Should be a great game on Friday night.

Also, want to throw it that it was a great year at the U. Unioto went 1-20 2 years ago, playing a lot of sophomores and a freshmen. Those same kids stuck it out and bought into Coach Hoops and his staff and improved by 7 games last year and another 6 games this year. They are going to miss the 6 seniors greatly, with 3 of them starters and 2 more playing big minutes off the bench, but the cupboard is far from bare for Unioto.

[pfloyd]

... I believe that this season was their best showing in the pfloyd rankings for Unioto as well - not that THAT means a great deal BUT it does mean the Shermans garnered much respect around Southern/SouthEastern Ohio with their play in the 2010-11 campaign ... Coach Hoops and ALL of the UHS squad should be proud of their season accomplishments ...

[pfloyd]

... as we are looking forward to the beginning games in the Week that IS at the Convo based on another thread discussion is coming up as to the schedule of the games that is being posted on the OHSAA website being WRONG???

... anyone have an inside track as to THE "true" schedule of events for the Week that IS at the Convo ?????? days of play? games?? start times??? ...


... IF anyone has this weeks TRUE schedule of games PLEASE post those for the rest of us - thanks !!! ...

[danicalifornia]

... I believe that this season was their best showing in the pfloyd rankings for Unioto as well - not that THAT means a great deal BUT it does mean the Shermans garnered much respect around Southern/SouthEastern Ohio with their play in the 2010-11 campaign ... Coach Combs and ALL of the UHS squad should be proud of their season accomplishments ...

I'm pretty sure it had to be, LOL. We've struggled pretty much every year outside of 01(15-7) and 06(14-7) since the Huddle started. It's still Coach Hoops as well, just a small correction there.

[pfloyd]

...LOL daniC - I knew that, I KNEW THAT!!! don't want to start any rumors LOL ... it is now corrected giving Coach Hoops back his team LOL ... hey the Elite 8 has been around for a long time ! - I was on "the huddle" in 2001 ... WOW 11 years of posting on A high school sports forum ... where has all the time gone? ... just read that men spend 11 years of their lives watching TV ... wonder where the computer sports forums come into play in terms of time spent watching or posting LOL ...

[pfloyd]

... alrighty here's the Pfloyd Tour's itinerary for the Week that IS ...

3/01 Tuesday @ Wellston Sectional

Symmes Valley vs South Gallia 6:15pm
Waterford vs Eastern Pike 8:00 pm


3/02 Wednesday @ Wellston Sectional

Reedsville Eastern vs ISJ 6:15 pm
Trimble vs Southern 8:00 pm


3/4 Friday - Opening night at the Convo

Chillicothe vs Logan Elm 6:15 pm
Warren vs Waverly 8:00 pm

3/5 Saturday boys games at the Convo

Fairland vs Eastern Brown 7:30 pm
Portsmouth vs Northwest 9:15 pm

3/6 Sunday at the Convo

Wheelersburg vs Peebles 2:00 pm
Meigs vs Ironton 3:45 pm
Chesapeake vs Wellston 5:30 pm
Piketon vs Alexander 7:15 pm


... any changes at the Convo please provide the corrections ...