Etown Game

We defeated the Etown Panthers 51-47 on the road last night for easily our biggest win of the year. Etown was 1-3 coming into last night's game but those losses were to some of the best teams in the 5th region and to Male.

Etown's 1-3-1 defense gave us fits again last night as it did last year. They were so long and athletic it was hard to get much penetration from our guards out front. At halftime we were down 24-21 in a low scoring affair.

We were down 8 midway through the 3rd quarter before we made a good run at them to tie it up going into the 4th quarter. This is when I really though our experience and toughness paid off as we were able to make some big plays down the stretch and some very big free throws.

Our team defense was outstanding tonight holding Etown's 6'10 center to 8 points and forcing them to make outside jumpers on us. Etown shot 17-38 from the field for 44%, but our half court man to man forced them into 18 turnovers. We also mixed in our 3-2 zone and I thought that really forced them to perimeter shots and they hit 5-16 3's for 31%.

We shot 14-41 from the field and only 5-19 from 2 point range but we finally found our shooting stroke from the 3 point line as he hit 9-22 for 41%. We had 5 different players make 3's on the night, led by Wes Smith's 3, Hunter Gary's 3, Travis Johnston, Tyler Saltsman and Aaron Deviney had 1 a piece.

We got out rebounded for the game 29-27, but against the 6'10, 6'7 size front line I was pleased with the effort. Etown pulled down 11 offensive rebounds but we countered that with 10 of our own. Etown forced us into 20 turnovers which was a season high for us. We were led in rebounding by Bennett Skaggs with 8, Tyler Saltsman with 6 and Aaron Deviney and Hunter Gary had 4. Travis Johnston led us with 6 assits and 4 steals. Bennett Skaggs also had 4 steals as we had 14 steals during the game.

Bennett Skaggs was chosen the Player of the Game by scoring 4 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 steals. A great all around performance by Bennett. Aaron Deviney and Dustin Thomas played their best defense of the year against Etown's post players and that was a big key in the game.

Scoring:
Hunter Gary-11
Travis Johnston-11
Wes Smith-9
Aaron Deviney-9
Tyler Saltsman-7
Bennett Skaggs-4

Fairfield Inn Tournament at Apollo High School

We will play in the Fairfield Inn Holiday Tournament at Apollo on Saturday, Dec. 20-Tuesday, Dec. 23rd. This is a varsity only tournament and we will be spending 1 night on Saturday and coming back after our game on Sunday. The schedule is below.

Pool 1:
Apollo
Lone Oak
Holy Cross
Moore

Pool 2:
Grayson Co.
North Hardin
Seneca
Owensboro

Saturday, Dec. 20
1:00-Holy Cross vs. Moore
2:45-Seneca vs. North Hardin

6:00-Owensboro vs. Grayson County
7:45-Apollo vs. Lone Oak

Sunday, Dec. 21
1:00-Grayson County vs. Seneca
2:45-Holy Cross vs. Lone Oak

6:00-Owensboro vs. North Hardin
7:45-Apollo vs. Moore

Monday, Dec. 22
1:00-Lone Oak vs. Moore
2:45-Grayson County vs. North Hardin

6:00-Owensboro vs. Seneca
7:45-Apollo vs. Holy Cross

Tuesday, Dec. 23
1:00-4th place teams in each pool
2:45-3rd place teams in each pool

6:00-2nd place teams in each pool
7:45-1st place teams in each pool

Etown Game Rescheduled for Thursday, Dec. 18th

The jv/varsity game at Etown will be played Thursday, Dec. 18th. The jv game will begin at 5:30 with the varsity game at 7:00. The bus is scheduled to leave at 4:00.

Wednesday, Dec. 17th

We will practice today from 3:00-5:00 this afternoon. This practice is for freshman, jv and varsity players. Please use caution in coming to practice, no one will be punished for missing today's practice.

Game Cancelled tonight

The jv/varsity game at Etown tonight has been cancelled. No make up date has been set. We will not practice today. There will be practice for all players on Wednesday, Dec. 17th (if school is cancelled). Time will be determined in the morning based on the weather conditions.

Tuesday, Dec. 16th

The varsity team will NOT come in at 10am for practice, instead we will wait to hear about the game at Etown first. A decision will be made around 12:00 on whether we will play the game.

I will do my best to notify everyone as soon as possible.

In Case of Bad Weather

I do not have all of our numbers in the ONE CALL System yet so everyone will need to listen to the radio or call a teammate to find out information regarding tomorrow night's game at Etown.

In the event there is no school on Tuesday, Dec. 16th, the varsity will practice at 10am at the high school. The jv and freshman will not practice. If we have a game tomorrow night at Etown the bus is scheduled to leave at 4:00. The jv game starts at 5:30 and the varsity game at approximately 7:00.

As always, please use caution regarding practice on days we don't have school because of weather. No player will be punished for missing practice due to inclement weather.