MORGANTOWN YOUTH BASKETBALL DEC. 19, 2009 |
ITŐS
A LONG SEASON, THANK GOODNESS! By Jeff
Hoffman Well,
by now you know that the Mohigan Boys Varsity Team suffered a tough defeat at
the hands of the Preston Knights on Wednesday evening. On a night where better
than a thousand fans filled the Rowdy Center, Preston brought their ŇAÓ game
and deserve a lot of credit. The Knights won by a score of 57-39. LetŐs get
a few things straight. First, PHS is pretty good and unlike other teams in
the area, Morgantown does not out work them. They play as much off-season
ball as we do and hit the weight room as hard if not harder than our boys do.
Secondly, we couldnŐt make a shot which is very uncharacteristic of this
group and with as many as 21 wide open three pointers clanging in and out,
Preston was very fortunate. It was an 8 point game in the middle of the
fourth quarter when MHS sold out and had to start chasing, which is what you
donŐt want to do to Preston High. I would
venture to say that this will be an eye opener for many of our players. They
felt going in that they were the better team, and that spelled doom for them.
They will learn to respect Preston. One weakness this team has, is its
defense and it showed on Wednesday evening and despite a slow down by Preston,
the Knights still managed to get nearly 60 points. Last yearŐs team may have
lacked ability on the offensive end, but they were effective on defense and
they defeated the same Preston team twice. MHS will have to go back to their
defensive Principles and clean up their ability to keep the ball out of the
paint. Coach Yester is the master coach in the area when it comes to
defensive preparation and I imagine he will work his team day in and day out
to make them better. The Mohigans would not have beaten too many teams on
this night, but most importantly a good one like Preston. Now MHS
must prepare for East Fairmont who comes to the Rowdy Center on Tuesday
evening. I bet the defense will be a lot better and the score a lot different
or there will be some major changes. JVŐs
Rout Preston The
Morgantown JVŐs routed Preston by a score of 83-39 on Wednesday evening. Newcomer, Chris Glover
had 16 points, including a thunderous two handed behind the head dunk. Also
leading the scoring was 6Ő3 Connor Loudin and 6Ő7 Nathan Adrian with 16
points each. MHS outscored Preston 49-11 in the second half. |
SUNCREST
8TH ROUTS EAST FAIRMONT Andy Vac
pulls in a rebound for the Seals in their victory over East Fairmont this
week. The final score was 48-23. No more information was available. We need a
report from the 7th grade for this game. South
7th Beats West Fairmont Middle The
Stallions visited the Eastside of Fairmont on Wednesday and defeated the Bees
by a score of 42-39. They were led in scoring by Nick Hall with 15 points.
Here is a list of the scoring for South. They host East Fairmont on Tuesday
night at 5:45 at South. Nick Hall 15, Tristan Walker 10, Ross Weidman 4, Tyler
Shipley 4, Kenzie Melko 4, Lucas Bane 2, Quentin Jordan 2, and Sam Suite with
1 point. On the same evening the 8th grade lost to West
Fairmont by a score of 56-34. Shaun Carden and Jeff Leftridge each scored 9
points in the loss. We are still looking for someone to submit information or
photos from South games. If you are interested, please email jeffhoffman@mohiganbasketball.com.
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GAMES
NEXT WEEK Monday:
7:15 Buckhannon at 9th
tune into
mohiganbasketball.com for live broadcast
Tuesday 5:45 East
Fairmont at JV
7:30 East Fairmont at Varsity (Buck Night for MHS students
and adults get $1 off admission wth canned food) tune into http://www.wrlf.com/ for a live broadcast
5:45
Central Preston at Suncrest 7th
7:15 Central Preston at Suncrest 8th
5:45 South 7th at East Fairmont
7:15 South 8th grade at East Fairmont |
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