LPD Semi-Finals: Clintwood vs JJ Kelly

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Uhhh I listed the teams on their website. Clintwood had Lee scheduled, so thats a wash.

So its comparing Rye Cove and Shelby Valley to Council, East Ridge, Ervinton and Twin Valley I think it was. Sorry, I dont see that being such a huge disparity. One game against better competition is probably not going to suddenly morph a team.

I have no idea if Ervintons girls team is worth a hoot or not. It was a tournament, they aren't a regularly scheduled game. Maybe they would have Haysi in the tournament, who normally is a good team. You dont get to pick your opponents in a tournament.

[R0cketer]

And for the record, I didn't expect Clintwood to get that far. They had some good players this year, but I think they end up developing (or relying on) one player each year to carry them, sometimes at the expense of developing another threat or two. It seems like we have, an a normal year, one of the top scorers and then a huge dip to number two on the team. The one dominant player works great against most teams, but when you're playing other good teams with good coaching, they force other players to step up to beat them, and since they aren't used to doing that, it mostly catches up with them.

[asdf1234]

I disagree. Clintwood had 3 players who could have potentially dominated the district this year. They were doing that at the first of the year. They were getting the ball to who it needed to go to and were winning. However, in the second half of the season, the ball was not getting to where it needed to be. The one player was still scoring for the most part, but the other two were not stepping up. I agree that you cannot win with one player, but I don't agree that Clintwood didn't have those other two or three dynamic players. They simply didn't step up the second half of the season and the rest of the team didn't get the ball where it needed to be.