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I can't believe I can still log in to this site. LOL trojandave -- you're thinking of our old HS gym. That was torn down after the 2009-10 season, along with the old high school. Hard to believe we've been in our "new" one for 11 seasons already. Total seating not much less than the old on...

You need strong youth programs, you need strong summer programs, you need a committed and strong coaching staff, and you need TIME. You can't tell me with the athletic talent I've seen down there over the past several years in OTHER sports that you can't develop at least a competitive baseball progr...

Cambridge vs. Marietta at 6:15 Tuesday at Zanesville HS.

A future ECOL matchup, at another ECOL school.

scottsmith ... at the point when HE decides to do so. He's the coach, and apparently a very good one. Unless, of course, he does something that the bleacher coaches disagree with. Aronhalt puts up with the same stuff.

I think if you hang your hat in man defense, then it should take a lot to force you to change. That being said, if they indeed scouted us a couple times, they probably would've seen we struggled at times this year against the zone. I figure Coach Lisath knows what he's doing. He probably believed it...

He's the one who confirmed it with me. I'll tell him later why I asked. That's crazy that they didn't know!

Confirmed. Kevin did play in that game.

I don't remember for sure if he played in that game. I'll have to check.

Well said, mikepike. I've spent many years at the table, so to speak, as a writer, broadcaster and announcer. There are many times I cringe at what I hear coming from the fans. I mean, really? Sometimes it's downright embarrassing.

We've been a little streaky, from the perimeter, so he was right to give the zone a try. I've got to figure we're a tad quicker, so man would have been problematic. Also, basically all of our players can put it on the floor, which makes it even more difficult. It is apparent Lisath does it the way w...

Mikepike, that is a natural reaction he has when things are going well. He's been that way for a long time. He doesn't yap. Pfloyd, thanks for the comments about our program. We've been blessed these past 21 years, not only with a super head coach and staff, but also kids who have been willing to bu...

Exactly! Noted this before that if you're a top team, or believe you are, you should find more of these matchups as possible. Too many coaches want to protect gaudy regular season records. Challenge your kids! Don't be afraid to take a loss to make your kids better. Honestly, now, if this helps Pike...

Yeah, right. I'll take your word for it. "Roughed up" is a delicate way of describing what went on in those games.

Warren might spend more time, but I don't know if they do it better. Did t seem to work too well during our SEOAL days ...

Did Piketon scout Zanesville at all? Pretty sure ZHS saw Piketon at least twice. I'd bet you that had a lot to do with what happened tonight. Nobody prepares its team better than the ZHS staff. Gibson and Carpenter were starters on the final four team last year. Barker and Myers were subs. Haddox sa...

6 p.m.

We scout just about everybody, without fail. You'd be hard-pressed to find many programs in the state that put more of an emphasis on that than we do. In the end, however, it comes down to the kids executing the game plan.

Just to note -- Burrell is a Zanesville native who came back to town from Beechcroft. Tremendous defender, which has helped raise our team defense to a higher level. He's done a great job and is getting more and more into the flow of "Blue Devils basketball." Should be an excellent match-u...

It's a matter of respect, at the least. I think at one point during those two years we won poll championships, we were also very high (maybe even #1, but I don't recall) for a while in the USA Today Top 25. And it's not like we were lucky chumps those two years -- the first one we were upset in the ...

Our scouts who have seen Gahanna Lincoln say they may be better than they were last year.