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This game came down to the final shot. Congrats Pikeville.

A couple of obsevations. Neither team is very good. Pikeville can't shoot worth anything and Prestonsburg just fouls everybody. If not for Burchett, Tackett, and Tincher, Prestonsburg wouldn't win a game. I don't know if it's because of football just ending, but these football players, with the exception of Burchett, just seemed to get in the way of Prestonsburg tonight. And you would think, with Seth Setser and Austin Gearheart in the paint, that Prestonsburg would own the boards. Well, that wasn't the case. Prestonsburg got out rebounded all night long. Other than the 3 above that I mentioned, there is no one on this team to score. If I had to say so myself, this is probably the least athletic team Prestonsburg has had in quite some time. But, it is early in the year, and I'm sure Pack will have these guys playing better.

Complaint number 2. It has been about 3 years since I have watched a high school basketball game. Haven't really had the time to make it out and watch anyone play. But, it seems to me that the officiating has gotten 10X worse than it was when I played from 00-03; and that is saying something because the officials then were horrible. Neither team was able to get anything going offensively or defensively thanks to the officiating. What would be a foul at one point in the game, all of a sudden was no longer a foul. What was a walk at one point in the game, was no longer a walk. There was no consistency whatsoever from this group of officials. And I'm not complaining from Prestonsburg's side either. It was equally as bad for Pikeville as well. Prestonsburg had 2 or 3 people foul out and same went for Pikeville. Prestonsburg had around 4 or 5 with 4 fouls in the 3rd quarter. With their lack of depth, they can't continue to put themselves in this situation towards the end of games.

All in all, it was a pretty good game and I hope to catch more this year if time permits.