Day #1 at the Oven in Piketon ... Eastern Pike 75 Huntington 40 ... Western Pike 66 Piketon 46 both finals

[pfloyd]

Eastern Pike 75
Huntington 40 a final

... Eastern Pike & Huntington took the lid off of the nights action at the Oven in Piketon ... the Eagles of Coach Leist opened with a triple from Declan Davis and never looked back ... the first quarter was relatively close as the Huntsmen stayed within 5 points , led by Gabe Beardsley's 4pts (2 at the rim and a 2nd fg a midrange jumper) Frankie Hirsch added a putback bucket (2pts) ... for Eastern, the napkin stats were spread around with Tucker Leist scoring on consecutive baseline drives to the rim (4pts), Boston Webb , not to be outdone added a drive to the rim for 2pts, Isaac Weaver came in off the Eagle bench to hit a midrange 2 pter ... Eastern Pike 11 Huntington 6 after 1 ... in the 2nd the Huntsmen showed game as Beardsley added to his point total netting 3 fgs/6 pts in the qtr./ 10 pts for the half, Carson Henneberger dropped a 12 footer for 2pts, Kalvin Manson looked strong in the paint finishing on a drive down the right side of the paint for 2pts ... with 6:41 on the clock HHS trailed 8-17 ... at 5:15 in the 2nd the Huntsmen were down a respectable 10-22 ... I looked at my napkin stat sheet, HHS was 0 for 8 from the line at this point, I said to myself - self, if they had gone 8/8 from the line they'd be IN the game - down 4 ... but apparently I was thinking too loud as the Eagles, in particular Tucker Leist decided to remove all doubt ... Leist went off for 17 points in the 2nd quarter including 3 treys ... Boston Webb added 6 pts/ Aiden Werner took 2 of the Huntsmens' 10 turnovers to the rim for transition points, in all - the Eagles scored in transition 5 fgs off of HHS turnovers in the period ... in the 2nd EHS outscored Huntington 30-14 ... Eastern Pike 41 Huntington 20 after 2 ... the 3rd qtr saw Huntington put up 13 pts - Manson again looked solid in the paint WHEN he got the ball, the junior post player scored on a strong move on the blocks 2pts/ went 2 for 2 from the FT line/ made another strong drive finishing at the rim for 2pts / 6 pts in the quarter ... Gabe Beardsley had a pair fo transition buckets (4pts) and Carson Henneberger added the Huntsmen's lone 3 ball on the evening (3pts) ... the Eastern assault on the rim continued as EHS put up 19 pts (7 of 8 fgs were at the rim / 6pts from Declan Davis, 7 pts for Webb including a trey , Tucker Leist added a transition bucket 2pts/ Weaver & Cade Leist each dropped 2 pointers in the period ... Eastern Pike 60 Huntington 33 at the end of 3 ... this one finished out with both teams playing everyone on the roster sheets , EHS's Sherman Salisbury dropped 9 pts in the qtr off the bench - pushing the lead to where it was a running clock for over 5 minutes of the game ... Dalton Southworth 2pts/Cade Leist with 2/2 from the line (2pts), Christian Smith 2 pts in the paint ... for Huntington, Hirsch had a putback basket 2pts/ Henneberger down low for 2 pts & 1 (3pts) and starter, freshman Brennan Smith dented the napkin stat sheet with a midrange jumper for 2pts to go with a good floor game for the young starting PG for HHS and 3-4 assists on the night ... Eastern Pike 75 Huntington 40 a final ...


Pfloyd's official "UN-official" Napkin Stats - Huntington

Scoring ... Gabe Beardsley 14, Kalvin Manson 8, Carson Henneberger 8, Frankie Hirsch 4, Seith Throckmorton 2, Brennan Smith 2, Eli Ary 2
3 Pointers ... 1/18 … Carson Henneberger 1
FTs ... 3/12
TOs ... 17
PnP ... 14 fgs/ 28 points in the paint
PnT ... 3 fgs/ 6 points in transition
Pbk ... 3 fgs/ 6 points on putback buckets

Pfloyd's official "UN-official" Napkin Stats - Eastern Pike

Scoring ... Tucker Leist 23, Boston Webb 15, Declan Davis 9,Sherman Salisbury 9,Cade Leist 6, Aiden Werner 4, Isaac Weaver 4, Dalton Southworth 2, Christian Smith 2, Wyatt Richardson 1
3 Pointers ... 5/14 ... Tucker Leist 3, Boston Webb 1, Declan Davis 1
FTs ... 10/17
TOs ... 11
PnP ... 23 fgs/ 46 points in the paint
PnT ... 7 fgs/14 points in transition
Pbk ... 1 fg/ 2 points on putback buckets

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Game 2 on the night :

Western Pike 66
Piketon 46 a final

... the final score was a 20 point margin of victory for the Indians of Coach Williams , the Piketon Redstreaks pulled within 14 pts in the final period as Western had emptied the bench with 13 players seeing the floor ... WHS played 9 players in it's NORMAL rotation throughout the game ... I'm a defense kind of guy, I LIKE fundamentally sound, physical , in your face for 32 minutes the full length of the court, I LIKE teams that are taught how to "beat the opposing player to the spot", to redirect offensive players with the body ... I was smiling the entire 32 minutes of this one watching Coach Williams TRIBE totally control the game with their defensive pressure on the ball ... the Western D turned Piketon over 24 times in the game, the Western D took turnovers the other way for 8 fgs/16 points in the transition game, I saw the Western D hold one of the best big men (6-7) in Southern/Southeast Ohio hoops to 0 pts, under 5 rbs FOR THE GAME ... a 9 man rotation, no drop off in defensive pressure or defensive fundamentals by any one of the players coming on the floor - Tyler Kerns, Samuele Cattaneo, Drew Haggy, Landan Owens, Kam Janes, Alex Siliven, Cutter Clay, Foster Davis, Ayden Riggs - outstanding ... all of the cliche's apply "defense travels" , "defense wins championships" ... Western Pike 66 Piketon 46 a final ...

Quarter Breaks:

Western Pike ... 19 ... 28 ...50 ... 66
Piketon ................04 .... 17...27 ... 46

Pfloyd's official "UN-official" Napkin Stats - Piketon

Scoring ... Jayce Johnson 12, Luke Gullion 10, Leighton Kelley 10, Mason Thacker 7, Bolin Hitchens 4, Treven Shanks 2, Noah Ross 1
3 Pointers ... 6/14 … Jayce Johnson 2, Luke Gullion 2, Mason Thacker 1, Leighton Kelley 1
FTs ... 6/17
TOs ... 24
PnP ... 10 fgs/ 20 points in the paint
PnT ... 3 fgs/ 6 points in transition
Pbk ... 0 fgs/ 0 points on putback buckets

Pfloyd's official "UN-official" Napkin Stats - Western Pike

Scoring ... Kam Janes 20, Drew Haggy 15, Foster Davis 10, Landan Owens 9, Alex Siliven 7, Samuele Cattaneo 4, Cutter Clay 1
3 Pointers ... 6/17 ... Drew Haggy 2, Kam Janes 2, Foster Davis 2
FTs ... 10/19
TOs ... 14
PnP ... 19 fgs/ 38 points in the paint
PnT ... 8 fgs/16 points in transition
Pbk ... 4 fgs/8 points on putback buckets

... Saturday night, Huntington will take on Western Pike and Eastern Pike will take on Piketon ...

[bucknuts09]

Was really hoping Piketon could play with Western but they could not match their physicality or grit! Western plays very hard and attacks the rim. I was pretty surprised with some of their role players. Piketon seems to take a step forward then three steps back, also number 4 got some good learning minutes for Piketon. I feel like he is the key for them to be a competitive team due to them not having any size after Henry. Would like to see piketon get more physical and crash the boards, they settle for one shot because they don’t crash the boards!

[EagleNut14]

Didn’t stick around for this game but I was very surprised on how Western held Henry scoreless. Especially since they don’t have a guy over 6’0. That says a lot about how hard they play on defensive end.