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Final

What a game. It was a run and gun show.

Congrats to Ballard.

Congrats Ballard

anyone know the schedule for this tournament tomorrow.

Madison Central-North Laurel 8:15 at NL
Ballard-South Laurel 8:15 at SL

Moore-Letcher Central 6:30 at NL
Holmes-Pendelton Co. 6:30 at SL

Ballard 15 30 23 32 100
Holmes 24 24 19 29 96

Ballard (8-0) — K. Martin 2, Snider 21, Parker 16, Holland 1, Yackey 7, Parrish 7, Sivills 4, Byrd 3, Haick 2, Lewis 22, Biggers 4, Caggins 11.
Holmes (3-3) — Hayes 21, Gray 16, Rice 30, Palmer 7, Knox 9, Mayfield 9, J. Martin 4.

3P: Snider 4, Parker 2, Yackey 1, Parrish 1, Byrd 1, Caggins 3, Gray 1, Rice 1.

The unbeaten Ballard High School boys’ basketball team got big games from two underclassmen to reach the semifinals of the Hoopin’ It Up Holiday Classic at South Laurel.
Sophomore Cam Lewis scored 22 points and freshman Quinten Snider added 21 for the Bruins (8-0) in a 100-96 victory over Covington Holmes (3-3) on Sunday.
Two others scored in double figures for Ballard: senior Devante Parker with 16 points and sophomore Zach Caggins with 11. Lewis added nine rebounds to his point total.

http://www.highschoolsports.net/gamestat...ity/Boys/1

Great game by Rice. This had to be a career high.

Stardust Wrote:Great game by Rice. This had to be a career high.

At the varsity level, yes.

Dontel dropped 30+ on a regular basis over the summer on the AAU circuit, so this output is no surprise to me.

What makes his performance even more impressive is he did it while one of the best athletes in the state, Devante Parker, TRIED to guard him.

Amped 88 Wrote:What a game. It was a run and gun show.

Looks like coach Booher has Holmes playing a much more up tempo style of basketball, alot more than their coach of the previous few seasons who with the athletes they've had in the past that's the way they should have been playing all along.

justabballfan Wrote:Looks like coach Booher has Holmes playing a much more up tempo style of basketball, alot more than their coach of the previous few seasons who with the athletes they've had in the past that's the way they should have been playing all along.

Disagree.

Holmes didn't have the depth last year or the year before to press.

People fail to realize that Holmes started the 09 season (state title year) as a pressing team. They pressed Bryan Station and got blown out of the gym. Henley went away from the press the rest of the season.

Results? Second go around with BS they play a half court man to man and force Bryan Station to beat them with good offense and Holmes wins by 18 on BS home court. Henley knew what he was doing and the results speak for themselves.

People also fail to realize that the 07 and 08 teams were also uptempo teams that pressed and ran.

Henley had success with both styles...it's all about personnel though. Holmes had the athletes but didn't have the quickness or depth to press his last two years. Look at the 07, 08 and this years' teams...not a player over 6'4. Last years' team and the 09 state title team had 6 or 7 guys over 6'3. They weren't built to run and press, but rather use their athleticism and size in the half court offense.