[The Guru]

Definitely one of the best high school games I have ever watched. This match up certainly lived up to all of the hype and was, without question, the "game of the year" barring an upset in tonight’s match up of the cross town rivalries in the 57th.

I must commend both teams on their performances! Needless to say each individual who played last night left it all on the floor! Shelby Valley has nothing to be ashamed of and should keep their heads high! They fought back from a 20 point deficit and played not one but two overtimes before taking the fall! Paintsville should be thankful for Shane Grimm, who played a whale of a game and carried the team the entire night. Others contributed to the "W," but Grimm had the most impact and had not only an excellent offensive game, but a super all around showing! Although Slone and Vanhoose are thought of as the biggest contributors on this team, I must say that Grimm is the link that makes or breaks this ball club! If he's not contributing, the Tigers are an entirely different team! So props to Shane Grimm!

In my opinion, the turning point of this contest came in the second overtime when Bundy got away with a walk that anyone could have seen from a mile away! This obvious "miss" by the officials resulted in a bucket and the lead for Paintsville. That was the fuel Paintsville needed to gain the momentum to sail in front of Valley with no looking back! The Tigers then connected on 5 of 6 from the charity stripe along with another big basket for Grimm to earn a birth in the regional finals.

Should be another great game tonight as JC looks to knock off the Tigers! Can't wait to watch!

I agree, he did absolutely walk! But I made the comment last night as I clearly saw on the jumpstop, that he was hammered across the arm as he was going back p which caused the travel, so if you don't call the foul, you shouldn't call the walk(actually, you shouldn't even be a ref). But Bundy might have had the 2 biggest rebounds in the game during the final moments of the game! They were huge!