this is to the J J Kelly Boys Basketball team

**RaiderWahoo0105** · January 9th, 2006, 11:08 AM

Haha if my high school team consistently got beaten by a school less than half its size in most fields of competition, I'd be pretty bitter as well.

Gotta love KK, cough I mean, JJ Kelly.

**Unchained** · January 9th, 2006, 05:17 PM

Actually, in girls sports obviously JJK dominates the Raiders, but in boy's basketball, it's usually about dead even, in baseball, Norton has been our biatch year after year (even with the great Shupe at the Raider helm) I know boys tennis has been good at JIB, but JJK's boys golf team has a state title in the case. I don't know where you're getting that from [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

Let's review these fields of competition and give the edge

Baseball-JJK
Boys B-ball-even
Softball-JJK
Volleyball-JJK
Girls tennis- JJK
Boys tennis-JIB
Football-JIB
Golf-JJK
Girls B-ball-JJK
Track/ Cross country-?
6 out of 8 in favor of the INJUNS is hardly consistent domination in most sports [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

**imported_mega** · January 9th, 2006, 05:58 PM

Burton made a state appearance in volleyball the season before last and had beaten Kelly a ton of times, Bright barely has any losses against Kelly head to head.

Same with softball too, Bright has lost 2 games to JJK in something like 6 years. I think Brianna Bates won 1 game against Burton out of about 9 games.

Does Burton even have a golf team? I know a few guys play, but do they have a team? Honestly I dont have a clue outside of Caleb Crowder.

same with track, I dunno if they even have a team.

I would disagree with you about boys basketball though, how many district titles or lpd tournaments has Kelly won in the last 5 years? 10 years? 20 years?

**imported_trio** · January 9th, 2006, 06:04 PM

I wouldn't say Burton has a track team.. last year.. they had one male runner and a couple of female runners..

I know about 3 years ago they had a very good track team whenever.. Aaron Hess, Justin Campbell, Dustin Blair and etc ran.. If im not mistaken they finished 2nd the the LPD and sent a majority of their team to the state meet..

Seems like 2 years ago Lorenzo Miles and Jordan Thacker ran in the NPI but they never came to another meet.. I guess Baseball played a factor in that. Im sure the Kelly Alum can tell you Mack Shupe didn't enjoy one of his baseball players playing multiple sports at the same time.. I only know of one who done it and that is Gabe Barnette. Baseball/Track at the same time..

Burton could probably challenge PV for the track title.. just not enough school interest.

**Unchained** · January 9th, 2006, 06:14 PM

Kelly had a pair win state gold in track just a few years ago. Hubbard in boys high-jump, and Helton in girls high-jump. I thought that was pretty cool.

**imported_trio** · January 9th, 2006, 06:15 PM

Yea.. Andrew Sturgill almost made it to the finals in the 100M the take the top 2 out of each heat and he got 3rd..

**Unchained** · January 9th, 2006, 06:12 PM

In boys basketball when it was at it's peak, and the Raiders had the Tommy Shraders, Reecie Gravely's, Doug Campbell's, all those high-flying squads, as many times than not , Dave's boys slowed em down and beat em 55-52. We need a site with the series record between JJK-JIB (you'll find the Raiders haven't dominated). In softball, I know JJK has won more than twice against the Raiders as well. To question JJK's boys basketball titles in the last 20 years is a laugh. In volleyball, I gotta admit I am just now getting into it, but I couldn't remember the Raiders ever getting to state. Still, no dominance by the Raiders as was indicated in an earlier post

**imported_mega** · January 9th, 2006, 06:32 PM

I have no idea about Kelly beating Burton in softball under Sharpe or Volleyball under Walker, but I do know that since Bright has been coach of those teams, they have rarely lost in either sport. They went to state in volleyball two years ago and lost to northwood, gate city beat northwood in the finals.

I will give you credit about the basketball thing though, burton has lost a ton of to Kelly, it just seems when it comes to the big games, burton comes through with the big win, like in 96, I think the Balridge and McAmis team beat Burton 2 times in the regular season but when it came time to advance to region, Campbell and Adkins came through and beat them and ultimately went to state. Same thing happend in I think it was 02, Longworth's squad had beaten Burton both times during the regular season, Burton won the district tourney and went to regions with gate city.

I wasnt being a smartass when I was asking about the district titles and tournament titles, I was just asking an honest question because I have no idea. I can say that Burton has dominated the district tournament over the last 20 years, they have probably won close to half of them. Since Gate City joined the district things have changed, but I think we both know basketball isnt what it once was at either school. In past years Burton and Kelly were likely better than Gate City.

**Unchained** · January 9th, 2006, 06:43 PM

I'll be honest, I'll have to look at our banners to see in boys how many we have won in basketball, but I know we've done ok. I get lost sometimes looking at those 22 state titles we have at JJK [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]-Just pickin' at you all a bit, but seriously: I sure miss the old days when JJK-JIB in basketball was a game. Gyms locked at 3 cause it was overflowing, JJK making money puttin' folks in the auditorium charging folks to see it on TV, ears ringing for days after the game (especially when it was in the crackerbox). Now it seems like it has just become another game [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]