SOUTH FLOYD 50, PRESTONSBURG 48 SF 58th district champs

[imported_imported_torQQue]

South Floyd hits two free throws in the closing seconds to win the 58th district tournament. Congratulations to Raiders. This is for everyone who doubted Barry Hall. Great win Raiders..


[smiley poster=grins:4bbbb13b14]SOUTH FLOYD 58TH DISTRICT CHAMPS[/smiley:4bbbb13b14]

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GOOD LUCK IN THE REGIONAL TOURNAMENT!!

[BelfryPride]

Congrats to the Raiders

[BlueGrassGirl]

Congratulations Raiders!!!!

[gish]

This is a hard one to swallow, Prestonsburg should have won this game, but just didn't get it done. Congrats to South Floyd though, did what they had to do.

[imported_imported_torQQue]

Gish was that the official ending score. Im getting conflicting reports. I just heard that SF only won by 1. If my final score is not correct could you let me know..

[gish]

That is the correct score Torqque. It was tied when Ryan J. went to line and he hit both of them. BGRBABE what do you think about the game?

[BGRBABE]

Yes it is one of the correct score Torqque. Is it still tied when Ryan j went to line and he hit both of them anymore?

[imported_imported_torQQue]

I think she agrees with you GISH.. :)

[Bill_Don]

Congrats SF

Anyone got any stats

[Basketballer]

Congrats to SF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[timesup]

Way to go Raiders, Great win for Barry Hall.. He deserves it.

[Raider]

As we say at South Floyd, the 58th got Raided!!!!!!!!! :lol: :lol:

[Johnny Ringo]

:shock: Wait a minute, you mean the Raiders won the championship? I remember reading somewhere that the Raiders weren't going to to even win the first game against Betsy Layne and then you beat Prestonsburg in the championship game? :shock: ......Congratulations Raiders and Company!!! You guys never gave up after falling behind, way to go CHAMPS!!! :wink:

[15thRegionCrazy]

Prestonsburg was 9 of 29 shooting free throws
4 of 16 in the 4th quarter

[15thRegionCrazy]

Congrats South Floyd!
Good luck in the regional tourny P'burg!!!

[Doc Holliday]

I do believe that it appeared as if the athletic boys from Pburg done went at took well the tight Butt at the free throw line.

i was impressed at how the Raider's just kept hanging around, and as Ringo said Alot of people do the talking tonight they got shut up.

[BCF4L]

I won't be shutting up. P-burg is definitely the better team. I will say it no matter what. You just can't pull out a victory shooting 9 of 29 from the freethrow line plain and simple. I also heard on our local station here in P-burg during the re-run of the game that one team had 42 turnovers and the other had 24. Not sure which team had which but that's a lot of turnovers. P-burg played the way they needed to, but couldn't finish down the stretch. Congrats to SF on a great win. I'm glad to see P-burg lose now than to lose in the regional tournament. Hopefully they will get on another hot spell.

[BCF4L]

BTW, could someone explain to me why coach Crisp told P-burg to foul with the game tied and 9 seconds left in the game? Idiotic call imo. I'd rather get beat on a last second shot than to just give them two free ones. Didn't make sense to me at all.

[Doc Holliday]

He recevied an award as coach of the year and you start second guessing him? LOL
Yes I thought it was odd and to be honest the foul should have been a flagrant one because there was no attempt at the ball and crisp was at half court screaming for a foul. I must say it was different. i think his mindset was to get to take the last shot, which they did, but it was a lost caause.

[Wyatt Earp]

Prestonsburg is a good team and they showed signs of that tonight. South Floyd had way to many turnovers and that was because of Prestonsburgs quickness. Raiders have now beat P-Burg twice this season and have won about 10 of the last 12 games. You can't go on records and rate a teams worthiness if teams play a different level of competition and I say this with no intention as to who The Blackcats have played because I don't know. I am sure they have played a tough schedule also. SF outrebounded The Cats by more than 20 and this helped contribute to the victory. Good teams find ways to win and especially when so much is at stake. I don't believe I will say South Floyd should be ranked in the top 8 or 9 or that they deserve to be in the top 4. They need to only look at themselves and understand they can beat anybody in the region and that any of the 7 other teams in the regional tournament can beat them. Records and rankings are out the window as of now so let em lace em up and see who celebrates next week. Good luck to Prestonsburg and Their fans (Great Band tonight) Good luck to South Floyd and their fans.

[Johnny Ringo]

BTW, could someone explain to me why coach Crisp told P-burg to foul with the game tied and 9 seconds left in the game? Idiotic call imo. I'd rather get beat on a last second shot than to just give them two free ones. Didn't make sense to me at all.

I didn't understand that either BCF4L, I agree, with the situation as it was score tied, 3 SF players already fouled out and I think Stanley and Little both had 4 fouls each, I would have took my chances on getting beat on a last second shot or going to overtime instead of putting them on the line or if I was going to foul, I'd have done it at 15-16 seconds instead of 9. Just my opinion

[Doc Holliday]

maybe he was afraid SF would foul them
LOL

[The Pikey]

Thats funny.

[imported_imported_torQQue]

Im sure proud of the Raiders. Barry done a wonderful job at getting this team to play together. I cant wait to watch the regional tourny. Good luck Raiders.

[Amun-Ra]

the better team won tonite... neither team played a good game, neither team shot well from the line....
they were down at least 10 twice tonite and they still put it together and won the game... good teams do that. if Pburg was so much better they wouldnt have blown the game...

GREAT WIN SF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Grammaton Cleric Preston]

So SF defeated Pburg at SF and on a neutral court. Pburg won at Pburg. I tend to beleive that teams win for a reason. The bcats came out with an opportunity to win and began to purr, they quit attacking and it killed them. They were out played, out coached, and out classed when it counted. Congradulations to Coach Hall, his staff and the 58th Dist champions. The South Floyd Raiders.

[hippo's hope]

Congrates to the Raiders all that has to be said is read my location! Blackcatfan4life. For a team to have 27 turnovers and shot 305 and still win that tells you who the better team is and how good teams win games at the end. It was 42-30 with 6:30 left in the game and the raiders out scored the Blackcats 28-14 during the end of the game and had Wes Hall and ethan johnson foul out with 2 minutes left. joe osborne steped up play great D on Trevor the last minute and got the last rebound of the game. Good luck to both in the regioal but the better team won last night and that tough schedule looks to be paying off.
15th Regional All A titlle
58th district title
?

[BCF4L]

LOL LittleJ, if you're saying that SF is the better team because they shot 30% from the field and had 27 turnovers then I'd at least try to find a better stat to prove that. Yeah SF was down 12 with 6:30 to go, but SF got smart and fouled P-burg on easier shots and made them earn it from the free-throw line and that just didn't help P-burg out. Had P-burg hit their free-throws then this wouldn't have been a blowout. BUT, P-burg couldn't finish therefore SF won. I'm not saying SF isn't a good team, they are, but I still say P-burg is the better team. The 2 wins over P-burg combined still don't equal the score difference of the one game P-burg beat em. So I stand by my statement when I say P-burg is better.

[Johnny Ringo]

maybe he was afraid SF would foul them
LOL
Hmmmmm.......you may be on to something there, I never thought of it like that.

[Liberty Valance]

Way to go Raiders. Proud of their mental thoughness and the heart to not give up. Good job Barry Hall and his staff.

[Von Ryan]

If you cant finish a job don't start it.
I wasn't impessed with either team but SF's score is 2 to 1.

[BCF4L]

Can't argue with you there Von Ryan.

[Von Ryan]

Prestonburgs band was better than South Floyd

Why would anyone play a district championship in that dump.

[BCF4L]

Has to be one of the worst parking arena's I have ever been to. If you're going to hold a tournament somewhere, at least have it where the parking is good. Also not enough seats. I say Betsy Layne needs to build a new gym if they want to hold a tournament there.

[Doc Holliday]

It is every schools right to host the 58th

But the parking is bad

[15thRegionCrazy]

South Floyd is not the better team of the 2.. Prestonsburg gave them the game by not hitting free throws..

[Showtyme]

The performamce by both teams is this game wasn't impressive at all. In fact if these teams pleay like that in the region both will be going home in the 1st round. SF did survive and played good enough to win and that is the name of the game. Congrats to the Raiders. I thought the fist quarter was pretty good by both teams then the rest of the game was a let down. I hope both teams return to the greatness they have shown in previous games this year and represent the 58th well. Good luck to SF and Pburg, I personally would like to see a Region Final rematch.

[Basketballer]

South Floyd had alot of turnovers in the first half and missed freethrows their self not to mention Johnson Being sick and Pburg converted on all that and had the lead at half time....Pburg missed alot of FT's in the 4th and SF converted on that to get the win.....IF's are apart of the game and the bottom line is that SF won and alot of you seem to think that Pburg GAVE it to them and its not like that, SF held strong and never gave up...
I think that they deserve a little credit..Everyone has dogged them all year long and they have received no credit..They win the All A and still nothing, Now they win the district and they still get nothing.......Thats Sad..

[Raider_Girl]

I'm very proud of SF! P-burg is a good team, but so is SF, like basketballer said the bottom line is that SF won. I also think that it shows alot about a team when they are down that much and still hang in there. They could have lost they're cool, which i thought was going to happen a couple of times, but they stuck it out and pulled through! The Hi-Hat crazies we'll c-ya at Regionals!!

Congrats Raiders! Good luck to p-burg in the regionals also.

[Jules Winnfield]

Had P-burg hit their free-throws then this wouldn't have been a blowout. BUT, P-burg couldn't finish therefore SF won. I'm not saying SF isn't a good team, they are, but I still say P-burg is the better team. The 2 wins over P-burg combined still don't equal the score difference of the one game P-burg beat em. So I stand by my statement when I say P-burg is better.

I don't understand your reasoning behind this at all. If "if's" and "but's" were candy and nuts we'd all have a Merry Christmas wouldn't we?

South Floyd has beaten P-Burg 2 out of the 3 games they've played them and you still think P-Burg is the better team? SF won at SF, P-Burg won at P-Burg. They play on a neutral court and SF prevails. South Floyd is the better team. Fact are facts and it seems you are being biased towards your team. The better team gets the job done when it matters and P-Burg didn't get the job done. You can't win shooting FT's the way they did, and they've struggled from the line quite a bit this year. IMO, if they don't knock down their FT's it will plague them next week.

I predict the regional champ will come out of the 58th.

[Doc Holliday]

Jules you have cracked me up!!!!!!!!!

[youknowwhoibe]

Had P-burg hit their free-throws then this wouldn't have been a blowout. BUT, P-burg couldn't finish therefore SF won. I'm not saying SF isn't a good team, they are, but I still say P-burg is the better team. The 2 wins over P-burg combined still don't equal the score difference of the one game P-burg beat em. So I stand by my statement when I say P-burg is better.

I don't understand your reasoning behind this at all. If "if's" and "but's" were candy and nuts we'd all have a Merry Christmas wouldn't we?

South Floyd has beaten P-Burg 2 out of the 3 games they've played them and you still think P-Burg is the better team? SF won at SF, P-Burg won at P-Burg. They play on a neutral court and SF prevails. South Floyd is the better team. Fact are facts and it seems you are being biased towards your team. The better team gets the job done when it matters and P-Burg didn't get the job done. You can't win shooting FT's the way they did, and they've struggled from the line quite a bit this year. IMO, if they don't knock down their FT's it will plague them next week.

I predict the regional champ will come out of the 58th.

I predict that regional champ wont come out of the 58th. I think South Floyd and Prestonsburg are on about the same level. Both teams are good but not great. I think the regional champ will come out of the 59th.

[T-Balls]

Congrats to SF!!!!!!!!at one point in the season they were 5-12, but their record didnt show just how good they was. but i seems to me that when tourney time comes they are always ready to play so the 15th region should be fun to watch......GOOD LUCK TO THE RAIDERS OF SOUTH FLOYD!!!!!!!

[Wyatt Earp]

Who is still in the 59th tournament?

[BasketBallonlyfan]

i think that good teams find a way to win, in this case, it was to foul p-burg. yes, they missed alot of freethrows in the 4th most of all, but that was what SF was wanting them to do. the facts are, SF did what they had to do to pull out the win, and that is what good teams find a way to do. give the boys from hi hat some credit, the did what they had to do to pull out the big W congrats to coach hall and the raiders squad.

[Raider]

the better team won tonite... neither team played a good game, neither team shot well from the line....
they were down at least 10 twice tonite and they still put it together and won the game... good teams do that. if Pburg was so much better they wouldnt have blown the game...

GREAT WIN SF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The better team did win tonight didn't they. :lol: :wink:

[BallaBaby]

I believe Prestonsburg is the better team of the 2.

[youknowwhoibe]

Who is still in the 59th tournament?

Shelby Valley-winner
East Ridge- runner-up

[SuperMario]

Congrads to south floyd raiders on their victory.

[REBEL MAN]

Way to go RAIDERS!!! The Raiders won the district 4 years ago at BL, and won regionals at SV.. Now the Raiders won district at BL, and SV is holding regionals. WOW!! It might seem like HiHat has gone back in time next week...

[Red and Black]

I think prestonsburg has missed a total of 40 free throws against SF this year, and SF has still only beat them by a combined 3 points in the 2 games, and they won the first game at the buzzer on a last second 3, and they won the district in the last 9 seconds, if pburg plays SF in the region, they will beat them by 10, mark my words, pburg wont lose to SF again, the biggest thing i saw in this game was the ref's inconsistency, JM Stephens fouled out on an "illegal Screen" but had the refs been calling this same call on SF then stephen stanley would have fouled out in the first half, terrible ref's for a district final, IMO, they should have let the boys play for it, not control the game, too many players fouled out for SF and pburg, i think both teams were in bonus with 5 minutes to go in the 2nd qtr, and with 7 minutes to go in the 4th, that's just picky ref's IMO, congrats to SF in the regional tourney, but u got lucky in the 58th

[BallaBaby]

I think prestonsburg has missed a total of 40 free throws against SF this year, and SF has still only beat them by a combined 3 points in the 2 games, and they won the first game at the buzzer on a last second 3, and they won the district in the last 9 seconds, if pburg plays SF in the region, they will beat them by 10, mark my words, pburg wont lose to SF again, the biggest thing i saw in this game was the ref's inconsistency, JM Stephens fouled out on an "illegal Screen" but had the refs been calling this same call on SF then stephen stanley would have fouled out in the first half, terrible ref's for a district final, IMO, they should have let the boys play for it, not control the game, too many players fouled out for SF and pburg, i think both teams were in bonus with 5 minutes to go in the 2nd qtr, and with 7 minutes to go in the 4th, that's just picky ref's IMO, congrats to SF in the regional tourney, but u got lucky in the 58th

I agree with you, Prestonsburg will NOT let SF beat them again IF they meet in regionals!!!

[imported_imported_torQQue]

I think prestonsburg has missed a total of 40 free throws against SF this year, and SF has still only beat them by a combined 3 points in the 2 games, and they won the first game at the buzzer on a last second 3, and they won the district in the last 9 seconds, if pburg plays SF in the region, they will beat them by 10, mark my words, pburg wont lose to SF again, the biggest thing i saw in this game was the ref's inconsistency, JM Stephens fouled out on an "illegal Screen" but had the refs been calling this same call on SF then stephen stanley would have fouled out in the first half, terrible ref's for a district final, IMO, they should have let the boys play for it, not control the game, too many players fouled out for SF and pburg, i think both teams were in bonus with 5 minutes to go in the 2nd qtr, and with 7 minutes to go in the 4th, that's just picky ref's IMO, congrats to SF in the regional tourney, but u got lucky in the 58th



I agree with you on the refs should let the kids play a little more in big games. I wasnt at the 58th district game and dont know how the game was called. I heard alot SF players fouled and were in foul trouble. Sounds like Pburg had some foul troubles to. Was the refs calling a lot of touch fouls or what? Maybe both teams were so pumped up about that the game and became overly aggressive. Alot times when two teams come out really aggressive and physical the ref will call alot of fouls to make sure the game doesnt get ugly. I dont agree with you that Pburg would beat SF by 10. SF has two out of three.. Sounds like they are pretty evenly matched teams. Either team could win. But I dont think there will be any lopsided defeats in the 15th region tourney this year. Every team seems to be well balanced. Should make for an exciting regional tourny..

[imported_imported_torQQue]

I agree with you, Prestonsburg will NOT let SF beat them again IF they meet in regionals!!![/quote]

That may be a little easier said than done.

[sfms1]

congrat's raiders. does any 1 know when south floyd find's out who the play in the region tourney? let me know.


BLACKCAT"S GOT RAIDED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BallaBaby]

I agree with you, Prestonsburg will NOT let SF beat them again IF they meet in regionals!!!

That may be a little easier said than done.[/quote]

I don't think so, if the Blackcats reallly want the win, which I know they will, they won't let SF beat them 3 times! But thats a big IF the teams play again!!!

[imported_imported_torQQue]

Ya, they seem to match up well balla.. I think it will be a close game. Hopefully I hope they dont draw each other in the first rd..

[BallaBaby]

Ya, they seem to match up well balla.. I think it will be a close game. Hopefully I hope they dont draw each other in the first rd..

I know, you should have been to the game the other night. Are you going to come in and go to the regional games?

[BallaBaby]

It would be great if these 2 teams meet up in the finals, I would love to see that game!

[hippo's hope]

The refing in the game friday night was bad both ways none got any advantage from the calls at all. Pburg missed foul shots and SF presuure and d was to much for the cats in the fourth making them shot the Fts or cause turnovers. I agree Pburg will not let the raiders beat them again in the region cuase if they both make the finals the cats will not be in the game cause the raiders will not have another game with 27 turnovers and 35% shooting.

[Doc Holliday]

I thought free throws were a part of the game.
Perhaps the rest of the state is playing a game where you don't take them. I myself perfer poker.

[BallaBaby]

The refing in the game friday night was bad both ways none got any advantage from the calls at all. Pburg missed foul shots and SF presuure and d was to much for the cats in the fourth making them shot the Fts or cause turnovers. I agree Pburg will not let the raiders beat them again in the region cuase if they both make the finals the cats will not be in the game cause the raiders will not have another game with 27 turnovers and 35% shooting.

Pburg wont let the raiders win again because they will make their free throws. SF had so many turnovers because of Prestonsburgs great Defense. Prestonsburg won't have another game with such a horrible free throw percentage hopefully!

[jayblackcat2006]

This should not have been a game at all, Prestonsburg led by 12 going into the 4th, but South Floyd deserves all the credit here, our guys were nervous for some reason, even though they're probably the most experienced team in the 58th... It seemed to me like South Floyd wanted it way more than the Blackcats on Friday night.

[BasketBallonlyfan]

it looked to me like P-burg started to play not to lose in the 4th quarter instead of playing to win. That and there free throw shooting was the safest thing SF could do to win the game. They might not shoot that bad in any game of the region, but they did for the finals of the district. I just wonder if the same thing starts to happen again if they are gonna feel the freethrow curse that they had in the dome.

[Wyatt Earp]

No way South Floyd could beat Prestonsburg again. They were awful lucky the other night and seemed like this took alot of their celebrating after the game. Coach Hall is the sourest looking coach in the region and I can't tell if he is happy or sad. I hope they meet again because they are my two favorite teams in the tournament. Thats a fact.

[Amun-Ra]

the refs should have let them play more... but u cant say call illegal screens on Stanley when they wasn't callin fouls on whoever guarded Ryan Johnson. his jersey is 2 sizes too big now where it got pulled off him....lol
i myself like a physical game. thats how i played.

[blackcat]

I think prestonsburg has missed a total of 40 free throws against SF this year, and SF has still only beat them by a combined 3 points in the 2 games, and they won the first game at the buzzer on a last second 3, and they won the district in the last 9 seconds, if pburg plays SF in the region, they will beat them by 10, mark my words, pburg wont lose to SF again, the biggest thing i saw in this game was the ref's inconsistency, JM Stephens fouled out on an "illegal Screen" but had the refs been calling this same call on SF then stephen stanley would have fouled out in the first half, terrible ref's for a district final, IMO, they should have let the boys play for it, not control the game, too many players fouled out for SF and pburg, i think both teams were in bonus with 5 minutes to go in the 2nd qtr, and with 7 minutes to go in the 4th, that's just picky ref's IMO, congrats to SF in the regional tourney, but u got lucky in the 58th

I'm not making excuses, but I agree.

Some of the calls were rediculous, especially the illegal screen on JM Stephens.

[jayblackcat2006]

Prestonsburg whole style of play when they get a big lead is just ridiculous, they should notice a shift of momentum when they go into this offense and switch back to the one that got them the 12 point lead in the first place. I'm sorry I ever doubted SF, they are no doubt a good team, and you have to give it up for coach Hall, who picked up on the Blackcats barely being able to hit the rim on their FT's, therefore leading him to order his players to foul on a layup, wise decision on this night, maybe not in the future.

[gish]

I really think we could see a rematch in the finals of the 15th. If South Floyd will utlize Stanley, NOBODY in their bracket can stop him and I mean nobody, he just too big and too good.

[Punisher]

I really think we could see a rematch in the finals of the 15th. If South Floyd will utlize Stanley, NOBODY in their bracket can stop him and I mean nobody, he just too big and too good.

Exactly. The good thing for SF though is that Little is just as good as Stanley. If they come to play, I don't look for anyone in their bracket to slow them down.