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[QUOTE="sportwhiz"]Shelby Valley was up 31-21 at the half. Good comeback by PHS.

The refs. My God something has to be done about the subpar officiating. In the first half PHS got the shaft and in the 2nd half Valley got the shaft.


I couldn't agree more with your comment about the officiating. They all but took the Paintsville girls out of the game psychologically. Thank goodness our girls were mentally prepared to come out and battle for something that has been a LONG TIME COMING! A 15TH REGION CLASS "A" CHAMPIONSHIP!

Parents stood with tears in their eyes while applauding the efforts of a gutty bunch of young ladies... the line of cars with blinking lights being met @ the county line by Johnson County Sheriff's department cruisers and then Paintsville City Police cruisers @ the city limits to escort the team, pep, and cheer buses all stand out in my mind as moments these people will carry with them forever. What a wonderful bunch of hard working young student-athletes with parents, who have supported & defended them thru every condition. I appreciate this win for many reasons (1) for all the Comets (2) for all the great young Lady Tigers before this group who paved the way & established the program (3) for recruiting purposes... no wait... I didn't mean to say that! Anyway, Give it all you got Lady Tigers, C'ya in McBrayer, and everyone looks good in BLUE!!! Oh oh... Thank you to the Betsy Layne folks for putting on a great tournament and being so kind to everyone!