Wheelersburg at Waverly January 16

[roundingthird]

Yes, the games are still on.

This will be a good game, for Waverly it comes down to Lundin staying out of foul trouble and for Burg they need to shut down Kretzer.

I'm looking for Martin to have a big game.

Waverly-60
Burg-51

[Burg_Grad_77]

Will this work?

Devin Kelly #2
Derek Roback #3
Isaac Blanford #5
Victor Lundin #10
Rheadon Remy #12
Jake Kretzer #15
Phillip Tackett #22
Harrison Martin #25
Ryan Robertson #30

I take it the game is still on?

Waverly only has 9 kids on the varsity squad?? That's not a very deep bench.

[Burg_Grad_77]

Wheelersburg was up 32-24 in the 3rd quarter.

[Burg_Grad_77]

Burg now up 42-28 in the 4th with around 6 minutes to go.

[4thgoal]

Burg 57-42

FINAL

[Burg_Grad_77]

Can't see Burg holding the Tigers to 43 points but we shall see. The only team to hold them to that kind of total was Oak Hill. The lowest point total with the exception of the Oak Hill game was 60 against Piketon. Waverly has improved allot since December 19 (Oak Hill).

Wheelersburg 57
Waverly 42

Looks like that Burg defense might be just a little tougher than people think. Great road win by the Pirates tonight to take over sole possession of 1st place in the SOC II.

GREAT JOB PIRATES!!!!

[roundingthird]

Any stats for the game?

[Hitchbone64]

Wow....I am surprised by this score. With the Tigers on a scoring roll of late, I thought the score might be the other way. I know Stegman has been steady as it goes, but it does not seem Burg has had another true go to guy. Waverly has developed two (Martin and Kretzer) with Roback and Lundin (6/7") getting in double figures on a regular basis.

Sounds like Barrick and company bought the D to Waverly tonight. I would be interested to see some stats from this game. I again am surprised and shocked to see Waverly get held to 41.


GO CAVS!!!

[drrabbit]

Waverly had every shot contested and they were obviously not comfortable with the pace of the game. Wheelersburg had a very consistent performance and relatively balanced scoring, much more so than Waverly.

Wheelersburg led 10-8 at the end of the first quarter and built a seven point lead in the second before Waverly closed to 24-22 at half time.

The third quarter was bad for the Tigers with only one basket made and four points total. Wheelersburg led by as much as 10 points with 2:45 to go in the quarter and Waverly closed to 35-26 heading into the final period.

In the fourth quarter, Wheelersburg got the lead quickly into double digits lead and kept it there. They led by as many as 18 points at 56-38.

Harrison Martin led all scorers with 21 points but 11 of those were in the last quarter and four of his seven basket for the game came in the last 2:32 of the game as the Pirates lifted the defensive pressure slightly to avoid giving up any unnecessary free throws.

Andy Stegman had 19 points and 16 rebounds. Zaide Whitley was the only other player in double figures for either team as he came off the bench to score 11 points for the Pirates.

Roback had seven points for Waverly. Miller, Kemper and Ward each added 7 points for the Pirates.

Is that enough stats?

[The Riepo Man]

Waverly had every shot contested and they were obviously not comfortable with the pace of the game. Wheelersburg had a very consistent performance and relatively balanced scoring, much more so than Waverly.

Wheelersburg led 10-8 at the end of the first quarter and built a seven point lead in the second before Waverly closed to 24-22 at half time.

The third quarter was bad for the Tigers with only one basket made and four points total. Wheelersburg led by as much as 10 points with 2:45 to go in the quarter and Waverly closed to 35-26 heading into the final period.

In the fourth quarter, Wheelersburg got the lead quickly into double digits lead and kept it there. They led by as many as 18 points at 56-38.

Harrison Martin led all scorers with 21 points but 11 of those were in the last quarter and four of his seven basket for the game came in the last 2:32 of the game as the Pirates lifted the defensive pressure slightly to avoid giving up any unnecessary free throws.

Andy Stegman had 19 points and 16 rebounds. Zaide Whitley was the only other player in double figures for either team as he came off the bench to score 11 points for the Pirates.

Roback had seven points for Waverly. Miller, Kemper and Ward each added 7 points for the Pirates.

Is that enough stats?

That looks good to me, thanks!

[Hitchbone64]

drrabbitt,

Thanks for the update. It looks like the Freshman Phenom for Waverly did not show up on the offensive side of the ball tonight. Kretzer has been lighting it up. Sounds like Barricks defense shut down the perimeter and everything else.

Did the play the Tigers man up, or did they go zone?

GO CAVS!!!

[drrabbit]

>>Did they play the Tigers man up, or did they go zone?<<

Yes, they did some of both. Mostly man to man. Wheelersburg was the more athletic team--better overall team quickness. This particular team is heavy on the X factor. They are a quinessential Wheelersburg team. They are just very young and a bit inconsistent from game to game.

[yabbadabbadoo]

Seeing a few people on here saying that they were shocked by this score.

I myself am not. This years Burg teams focuses on Defense, DefenseDefense. They are not at the offensive maturity yet (still about a year away there) but defensively, this might the best defensive team Coach Barrick has ever had while at the Burg. They are quick and they come at you for 32 minutes.


Great win Pirates. Now onto the second season of the league starting on Tuesday against West. Burg has the big games now at there place in the second half of league play. Minford, Oak Hill and Waverly will come to the Burg. They will still have tough games on the road at South Webster, Valley and Northwest.

Good luck Pirates the rest of the season. Bring home another gold trophy for the case.

[K-BERG88]

Great night last night the Burg took all 3.
What a defensive statement by the Burg.
Also I think that was the jv's best game of the season

[Sports_Tracker]

Great win for Wheelersburg!

[outsider79]

Wheelersburg deserved this win as they really played well! I think Waverly played hard and I just think thier game plan didn't pan out.

When the Tigers coaching staff watches this tape I really think they are going to see they didn't do thier best job of coaching- wow- didn't do much to get Kretzer open-but Jake didn't do much to create space either- took the big man out of the game only to watch Stegman score at will.-Which allowed Stegman to block a lot of Martins shots- with Victor in the game that forced Stegman to watch him and allowed Martin to be guarded by someone else. They struggled with entry passes the entire night.

They seemed to allow the offense to play one on five a lot- they seemed to be trying to create off the dribble while Wheelersburg passed the ball quickly and moved without the ball for open shots, Waverly stood an awful lot on offense-they took turns allowing Martin and Roback and Kretzer bring it up the floor and each had thier problems- the entire team seemed loss at how to attack Burg's defense.

However, you still have to be pleased with where the Tigers are (7-3). The coaches have done a good job overall to get this young team in this position and we will see how they rebound with a very tough game on the road Tuesday at Minford. I highly doubt anyone out there thought Waverly would be this good.

As far as Wheelersburg goes- what a great effort on Kretzer- it was obvious they would take thier chances with everyone but Kretzer and it worked plus they didn't have to defend the big man in the middle. Great game plan- the pace was all Burg all night- everyone talks about how young the Tigers are but how about Burg- they have no seniors!!

I really think Burg wins the league and Waverly battles to the end and finishes in the top three! Great night of basketball! good luck both teams the rest of the way!!

[alabama mike]

IMO, the defensive intensity of the Pirates was the difference in the game. The Pirate defense, forced Waverly to start their offense far outside, had big stops when needed, doubled players when necessary, trapped and shut down the Tigers offense at times for several possessions. A special salute on defense goes to Shank because what he did will not show up in a box score.

[MoonTang]

By the sight of this game you'd think the Tigers were playin' in Port Charles. The Pirates ruled the court like they did the South Seas. And, with some help from those skallywags in stripes....Blackbeard, Sir Henry Morgan, & Long John Silver, too. I now know why both referees and pirates wear stripes...perhaps they're one-and-the-same.

AAHHRRRRRrrrrrrr!

Hats off to the Burg coaching staff; the coaches and players did their homework and aced the first test against the Tigers. Pressure defense forced Waverly players to find other ways to score....and, they didn't. Burg had an answer for every offensive set that the Tigers tried. Burg defenders anticipated Waverly's ball movement and were in place before the ball got there. Waverly never really got into their typical offensive flow.

Any teams looking to beat the Tigers might want to see a tape of this game.

Don't think player vs. player that Burg is any better than Waverly. This was not even Waverly's worst performance this season (vs. Oak Hill in Dec.); however, 50% shooting vs. 30% shooting turned-out the difference in the game....+ missed free-throws might have tightened things-up.

As bad as this sounds.....the Tigers were not out of it until about 5:30 remaining in the game....when Kretzer, Roback, & Martin began forcing-up shots to try to bring-em back.

Key now is for Waverly to bounce back with confidence and get wins making it an SOC Championship Showdown at Burg in February.

Look for Tigers NOT to hang-heads and get back at it with a win at Minford.
Look for Burg to be beaten down the road....Pirates are NOT as good as they think. Coaching makes all the difference.....Burg's staff does a real job.

GO TIGERS, we're rootin' for you!

[drrabbit]

>>Pirates are NOT as good as they think. <<

Do they think that they are particularly good? No one I knows have expectations beyond this team being competitive. As several have stated, this team has overachieved so far this season. Personally, I hope they win a sectional this year. That would make me happy. Do I dream of more? Yes, but I try to be realistic.

I still don't FEEL they are the favorite to win the league. They still have Valley at Valley and a game with Oak Hill yet to play and both those games are going to be truly tough. Besides that, on any given night, almost anyone in this league can beat anyone else. One bad game and there's another loss on the record. The coaches will have them competitive but beyond that, only time will tell.

But please don't tell the Burg players. As long as they think they can, they just might surprise everyone.

Good luck on Tuesday. Minford has been playing better.

[Burg_Grad_77]

>>Pirates are NOT as good as they think. <<

Do they think that they are particularly good? No one I knows have expectations beyond this team being competitive. As several have stated, this team has overachieved so far this season. Personally, I hope they win a sectional this year. That would make me happy. Do I dream of more? Yes, but I try to be realistic.

I still don't FEEL they are the favorite to win the league. They still have Valley at Valley and a game with Oak Hill yet to play and both those games are going to be truly tough. Besides that, on any given night, almost anyone in this league can beat anyone else. One bad game and there's another loss on the record. The coaches will have them competitive but beyond that, only time will tell.

But please don't tell the Burg players. As long as they think they can, they just might surprise everyone.

Good luck on Tuesday. Minford has been playing better.

A lot of people, myself included, said the same thing about the football team this season. Very few people had high expectations for them and look what they did with this same group of kids. They went 9-1 in the regular season and came a hair of going to the regional finals with a very young team and without an intregal cog to the machine in Tyler Lang. Now the basketball team is doing the same exact thing and again with one of their leaders not being on the floor with the absence of Lang.

The thing is though, I have watched these kids grow up since they are just a year or two younger than my son and they all basically played sports together most of their lives and they know how to win and to give 110% everytime they step on a diamond, a gridiron, or a court and they just seem to refuse to lose. They are a close knit group of kids who are easy to coach and they listen to what the coaches say because they all strive to get better. I know you can say this about most teams, but this group just seems to take it that extra mile. I have a feeling that they will surpirse some teams come tourney time because of all of these attributes, plus their awesome defense and arguably one of the best coaching staffs in southern Ohio.