[15thRegionSlamaBamma]

This was a very exciting game but the way Pike Central played made me sick and pissed off...The refs were terrible on both ends of the court...At times everything was being called and other times nothing was being called IMO Valley got the short end of the stick on the calls...one that hurt Pike Central though was a double dribble call that was not called late into the fourth one where i think valley scored making it a 3 point lead...Valley played the better game...but it does not help when two of the best players in the region are rideing the pine for being in foul trouble...Ratliffs first foul was clearly a foul but the second was questionable...Lowes first foul clearly a foul the second one should have been a jump ball due to the fact no contact was made body to body or arm to arm it was mainly Fleming goes up off balance and lowe came down Lowe is simply stronger...Nor did FLeming ever relase the ball...in the second half Napier came up with a great plan to stop Ratliff running what looked like to be a triangle defence with a chaser on Ratliff taking the ball out of Haleys hands...

Defencivly...the Lady Hawks played terrible...they would not slide over to take a charge oppose the Lowes where they called a block...which was a very close call...but i would have probley made the same call...but kudos go out to her for stepping up and taking it...When central decides to slide over and take charges teams will be in trouble...Fleming and Roberts would have been in early foul trouble instead of lowe and ratliff...it all comes down to heart and whose mind is there and tonight it was clear who wanted it more...Pike Central was coming off a huge win at home and it hurt them...Playing at valley is probley one of the toughest places to play and last night it clearly showed...Kudos go out to Valley on a very tough faught victory...and to the Lady Hawks its up to you lay down or come back against Sacred Heart play hard and give it your all...A coach cant teach heart...