[1977]

First off I feel that Bart had his kids way more prepared for Valley than Valley for Pikeville. Secondly if Pikeville went to the basket there was a foul call and if Valley did it was a no call every single time. Pikeville was way more aggressive and rough on defense than Valley was, but still managed to shoot 21 more free throws? No one will admit it on here because Valley is hated, but they got the shaft...
But... That is part of the game in eastern Kentucky. A good team has to rise above, not lay down and quit. I agree that Pikeville did want it more than Valley, but all other variables were not equal. I would be happy to sit down and watch the game film with anyone that says it was fairly officiated. I would have love to have seen the kids decide this one on their own. Either way it isn't their fault, good luck tonight Panthers.

Typical. Sorry, no shaft in this one. Bottom line, Valley was looking ahead to Paintsville and Williams had a game plan in place to prevent that from happening. It worked!