Region Tourney Predictions

[Run4Fun2009]

REGION 1
D1 #1 Milnor (12-10) vs. D2 #4 Maple Valley (16-6)
D2 #2 Kindred (21-1) vs. D1 #3 Lisbon (9-13)
D2 #1 Central Cass (20-2) vs. D1 #4 Hankinson (4-17)
D1 #2 North Sargent (15-7) vs. D2 #3 Northern Cass (16-6)

REGION 2
D3 #1 Central Valley (19-3) vs. D4 #4 North Border (7-15)
D4 #2 Drayton/Valley-Edinburg (11-11) vs. D3 #3 Hatton-Northwood (16-6)
D4 #1 Grafton (20-1) vs. D3 #4 MPCG (10-12)
D3 #2 Thompson (17-5) vs. D4 #3 Cavalier (9-12)

REGION 3
D5 #1 P-B-K (12-10) vs. D6 #4 Kidder County (13-9)
D6 #2 Napoleon (15-6) vs. D5 #3 Barnes County North (10-12)
D6 #1 Linton-HMB (15-6) vs. D5 #4 LaMoure (8-14)
D5 #2 Ellendale (15-6) vs. D6 #3 South Border (14-8)

REGION 4
D7 #1 Carrington (20-1) vs. D8 #4 Langdon (9-13)
D8 #2 Rolla (16-6) vs. D7 #3 Midkota (18-3)
D8 #1 North Star (17-4) vs. D7 #4 New Rockford-Sheyenne (15-7)
D7 #2 Lakota-Adams-Edmore (18-4) vs. D8 #3 Benson County (16-6)

REGION 5
D9 #1 Grant County (20-1) vs. D10 #4 Max (6-15)
D10 #2 Washburn (15-6) vs. D9 #3 New Salem-Almont (17-5)
D10 #1 Turtle Lake-Mercer-McClusky (14-7) vs. D9 #4 Standing Rock (7-11)
D9 #2 Shiloh Christian (16-6) vs. D10 #3 Underwood (9-13)

REGION 6
D11 #1 Rugby (12-10) vs. D12 #4 Glenburn (12-10)
D12 #2 Our Redeemer's (14-8) vs. D11 #3 TGU (17-5)
D12 #1 Bishop Ryan (21-1) vs. D11 #4 Bottineau (12-10)
D11 #2 Velva (20-2) vs. D12 #3 Des Lacs-Burlington (8-14)

REGION 7
D13 #1 Beach (19-2) vs. D14 #4 Dickinson Trinity (11-9)
D14 #2 Killdeer (9-13) vs. D13 #3 Hettinger-Scranton (10-12)
D14 #1 Hazen (12-10) vs. D13 #4 New England (5-16)
D13 #2 Bowman County (13-8) vs. D14 #3 Beulah (10-11)

REGION 8
D15 #1 New Town (21-0) vs. D16 #4 Trenton (13-9)
D16 #2 Divide County (13-8) vs. D15 #3 Watford City (19-3)
D16 #1 Williston Trinity Christian (16-5) vs. D15 #4 North Shore-Plaza (14-7)
D15 #2 Parshall (16-6) vs. D16 #3 Ray (14-8)

[Run4Fun2009]

REGION 1
D2 #4 Maple Valley over D1 #1 Milnor
D2 #2 Kindred over D1 #3 Lisbon
D2 #1 Central Cass over D1 #4 Hankinson
D2 #3 Northern Cass over D1 #2 North Sargent

D2 #2 Kindred over D2 #4 Maple Valley
D2 #1 Central Cass over D2 #3 Northern Cass

3rd Place: D2 #4 Maple Valley over D2 #3 Northern Cass
Championship: D2 #1 Central Cass over D2 #2 Kindred

REGION 2
D3 #1 Central Valley over D4 #4 North Border
D3 #3 Hatton-Northwood over D4 #2 Drayton/Valley-Edinburg
D4 #1 Grafton over D3 #4 MPCG
D3 #2 Thompson over D4 #3 Cavalier

D3 #1 Central Valley over D3 #3 Hatton-Northwood
D4 #1 Grafton over D3 #2 Thompson

3rd Place: D3 #2 Thompson over D3 #3 Hatton-Northwood
Championship: D4 #1 Grafton over D3 #1 Central Valley

REGION 3
D6 #4 Kidder County over D5 #1 P-B-K
D6 #2 Napoleon over D5 #3 Barnes County North
D6 #1 Linton-HMB over D5 #4 LaMoure
D6 #3 South Border over D5 #2 Ellendale

D6 #2 Napoleon over D6 #4 Kidder County
D6 #1 Linton-HMB over D6 #3 South Border

3rd Place: D6 #3 South Border over D6 #4 Kidder County
Championship: D6 #1 Linton-HMB over D6 #2 Napoleon

REGION 4
D7 #1 Carrington over D8 #4 Langdon
D7 #3 Midkota over D8 #2 Rolla
D8 #1 North Star over D7 #4 New Rockford-Sheyenne
D7 #2 Lakota-Adams-Edmore over D8 #3 Benson County

D7 #1 Carrington over D7 #3 Midkota
D7 #2 Lakota-Adams-Edmore over D8 #1 North Star

3rd Place: D8 #1 North Star over D7 #3 Midkota
Championship: D7 #1 Carrington over D7 #2 Lakota-Adams-Edmore

REGION 5
D9 #1 Grant County over D10 #4 Max
D9 #3 New Salem-Almont over D10 #2 Washburn
D10 #1 Turtle Lake-Mercer-McClusky over D9 #4 Standing Rock
D9 #2 Shiloh Christian over D10 #3 Underwood

D9 #1 Grant County over D9 #3 New Salem-Almont
D9 #2 Shiloh Christian over D10 #1 Turtle Lake-Mercer-McClusky

3rd Place: D9 New Salem-Almont over D10 #1 Turtle Lake-Mercer-McClusky
Championship: D9 #2 Shiloh Christian over D9 #1 Grant County

REGION 6
D11 #1 Rugby over D12 #4 Glenburn
D12 #2 Our Redeemer's over D11 #3 TGU
D12 #1 Bishop Ryan over D11 #4 Bottineau
D11 #2 Velva over D12 #3 Des Lacs-Burlington

D12 #2 Our Redeemer's over D11 #1 Rugby
D12 #1 Bishop Ryan over D11 #2 Velva

3rd Place: D11 #2 Velva over D11 #1 Rugby
Championship: D12 #1 Bishop Ryan over D12 #2 Our Redeemer's

REGION 7
D13 #1 Beach over D14 #4 Dickinson Trinity
D14 #2 Killdeer over D13 #3 Hettinger-Scranton
D14 #1 Hazen over D13 #4 New England
D13 #2 Bowman County over D14 #3 Beulah

D13 #1 Beach over D14 #2 Killdeer
D14 #1 Hazen over D13 #2 Bowman County

3rd Place: D13 #2 Bowman County over D14 #2 Killdeer
Championship: D13 #1 Beach over D14 #1 Hazen

REGION 8
D15 #1 New Town over D16 #4 Trenton
D15 #3 Watford City over D16 #2 Divide County
D16 #1 Williston Trinity Christian over D15 #4 North Shore-Plaza
D15 #2 Parshall over D16 #3 Ray

D15 #3 Watford City over D15 #1 New Town
D15 #2 Parshall over D16 #1 Williston Trinity Christian

3rd Place: D15 #1 New Town over D16 #1 Williston Trinity Christian
Championship: D15 #3 Watford City over D15 #2 Parshall

[scoobyx2]

Run, I agree with a lot of your picks except I think Kindred, Hazen, and New Town will go from their respective regions.

[Run4Fun2009]

Run, I agree with a lot of your picks except I think Kindred, Hazen, and New Town will go from their respective regions.

Kindred/Central Cass could go either way

I just don't see Hazen (or any other team for that matter) staying with Beach in Region 7

New Town probably will go...I just feel an upset is on the horizon in that region and Watford City is the likely culprit to pull that upset

[ambition13]

Another D2 sweep of D1? Is D2 that much better than D1 this year?

[Run4Fun2009]

Another D2 sweep of D1? Is D2 that much better than D1 this year?

I think so...Milnor vs. Maple Valley could probably go either way and I think Northern Cass is stronger than North Sargent (even with Whitney Ward out with an ACL injury).

[EHS1998]

REGION 3

First Round
D6 #4 Kidder County (13-9) over D5 #1 P-B-K (12-10)
D6 #2 Napoleon (15-6) over D5 #3 Barnes County North (10-12)
D6 #1 Linton-HMB (15-6) over D5 #4 LaMoure (8-14)
D5 #2 Ellendale (15-6) over D6 #3 South Border (14-8)

Semis:
Napoleon over Kidder County
Ellendale over Linton-HMB

Championship:
Ellendale over Napoleon (Gotta feeling.)

[Flip]

Is this the same feeling you had last year when you picked them? I kid, sorry.

I think Ellendale is a small favorite vs South Border, but if SB pulls it off it looks like it might be a sweep for the 3rd straight year for D6.

[EHS1998]

Is this the same feeling you had last year when you picked them? I kid, sorry.

Similar. You got me Flip. What can I say, I believe in these girls. There is a lot of talent there, if they can put it all together, they can be dangerous.

[bball4]

Region 3:

Would love nothing more than to see Ellendale pull it off. I watched them in the District championship...and I don't see it this year for them. They didn't seem to gel as a team in that game-- and hopefully it was just a fluke for them. It didn't seem like they pushed the ball like I have seen them do in the past. I would imagine their shooting % wasn't great. I have seen them shoot a lot better than that also.

Going with experience-- Napoleon vs. LHMB in the finals. Linton's experience will be huge in that game. I don't know that Napoleon has an answer for Schneider in the post (I heard she was out some of the year with an illness?). If the Imperial guards can be successful in that press- it will keep it out of her hands. I guess we will see.

Good luck to Ellendale though. Would like to see a D5 team hang in there and I feel they are the only contender to be able to do that. I believe they beat SB twice during the year (the first time, SB was short several players). Correct me if I'm wrong- but I believe they lost to them 1st round of Regionals last year. Hopefully that helps- I know I'd see a little more motivation (of course, a different group of players).
On another note-- very deserved COY for Coach Herman. Losing five starters and back to the 'ship game. Congrats.

[ndtaterman]

Region 3 first round predictions

PBK over Kidder County (Probably the most improved team I've seen in the Region) (by 6+)
Napolean over BCN (by 15+)
Linton-HMB over Lamoure (by 20+)
Ellendale over South Border (Could be an overtime game here)

[packers21]

REGION 2
D3 #1 Central Valley (19-3) vs. D4 #4 North Border (7-15)
D4 #2 Drayton/Valley-Edinburg (11-11) vs. D3 #3 Hatton-Northwood (16-6)
D4 #1 Grafton (20-1) vs. D3 #4 MPCG (10-12)
D3 #2 Thompson (17-5) vs. D4 #3 Cavalier (9-12)

Day 1:
CV over NB
HN over DVE
Grafton over MPCG
Thom over Cav

Day 2:
CV over HN
Grafton over Thom

Champ
HN over Thom
Grafton over CV

[ClassBEast]

Another D2 sweep of D1? Is D2 that much better than D1 this year?

Yes! Just like with the boys!

[old#63]

I'll take

1. Central Cass
2. Grafton
3. Napoleon
4. Carrington
5. Grant County
6. Velva
7. Beach
8. New Town

[bball4]

REGION 3

First Round
D6 #4 Kidder County (13-9) over D5 #1 P-B-K (12-10)
D6 #2 Napoleon (15-6) over D5 #3 Barnes County North (10-12)
D6 #1 Linton-HMB (15-6) over D5 #4 LaMoure (8-14)
D5 #2 Ellendale (15-6) over D6 #3 South Border (14-8)

Semis:
Napoleon over Kidder County
Ellendale over Linton-HMB

Championship:
Ellendale over Napoleon (Gotta feeling.)

FINALLY-- no D6 sweep. Congrats to PBK...won by 1. Good efforts by KC in the 4th. PBK had a lead of 14 at one point.

[Nemesis]

Ellendale loses to South Border in the 1st round again. This is their third straight year going one and done in regionals under Coach Herman... Seems to me that he doesn't know how to utilize his own talent (which he has been blessed with for years now) It takes a team to win, but sometimes you gotta rely on your studs to take you the extra distance. I'll use this dynamic (Although I'm not directly comparing Napolean to Ellendale players) to illustrate my point. You know when Napolean comes at you that Sheridan, Jangula, and that point guard(can't remember name) are going to get their points. This is Nap's identity and they still manage to play great team ball. Ellendale has NO identity. There studs who, IMO, are/will be for the next two years, Bommersbach and Mertz. These two have been averaging maybe 8 shot attempts since Ellendale got into this funk toward the end of the season. I'm not saying they should be ball hogs, but they are the scorers and they need the ball in their hands and they need to put up those double figure shot attempts night in and night out if Ellendale wants to go far in the next couple years. If they do this, they will draw extra attention from defenders (like Sheridan and crew do) and then they can pass to the "role" players for the open buckets. This has got to be their identity if they want to win. I've seen too many "good" teams slip through Ellendale's fingers in the last couple years and this is my plea. You have to let your talent shine in big moments. It's about team ball, but it's also about knowing your role on the team. Herman and Fuller play great defense and Hack plays decent in the low post, but their roles should be primarily defense and hitting open shots off a pass from Mertz or Bommersbach. We'll see what next year brings us for Ellendale, but if this isn't done than we'll see another one and done at the region for Ellendale.

Is this a slam at Coach Herman? No. This is constructive criticism and me as a fan calling it like I see it. He may have all those district coach of the year awards and a couple district championships, but I'd take a trip to state for that any day. District 5 is weak. Ellendale has had more talent over the last couple year. They haven't won because of superb coaching. They've won mostly on talent alone. The coaching needs to come through for them to make it far in regionals. My advice, ride those studs into the postseason and give this team some identity!

[VOTCC]

P-B-K has improved quite a bit throughout the year (only 8 girls on the roster). Corey Mack has done a good job over the years & the kids work hard on the floor. I hope I'm wrong, but I think the ride might come to an end tomorrow night against a very good Napoleon team. Good luck Rebels!!!!!!!!

[VOTCC]

Predictions:
Region 1---Central Cass (Kindred is right there---tossup)
2----Grafton (Central Valley will make it interesting in the final)
3----Linton-HMB (Lions defense will be the difference)
4----Carrington (closest game against 3 other semifinalist was a 24 point win over Lakota in dist. championship). Also beat Lakota by 25, Midkota by 29, North Star by 30---& that means nothing now!!
5----New Salem-Almont (upset pick over Grant County)
6----Velva (Bishop Ryan a year away)
7----Beach (have the same thing going in region 7 that Cgtn. has in region 4)
8----Title game is tomorrow night (New Town joins the rest of class "B" girls with a loss) Watford City goes back to state!!

[Run4Fun2009]

REGION 1
D2 #4 Maple Valley over D1 #1 Milnor
D2 #2 Kindred over D1 #3 Lisbon
D2 #1 Central Cass over D1 #4 Hankinson
D2 #3 Northern Cass over D1 #2 North Sargent

D2 #2 Kindred over D2 #4 Maple Valley
D2 #1 Central Cass over D2 #3 Northern Cass

3rd Place: D2 #4 Maple Valley over D2 #3 Northern Cass
Championship: D2 #1 Central Cass over D2 #2 Kindred

REGION 2
D3 #1 Central Valley over D4 #4 North Border
D3 #3 Hatton-Northwood over D4 #2 Drayton/Valley-Edinburg
D4 #1 Grafton over D3 #4 MPCG
D3 #2 Thompson over D4 #3 Cavalier

D3 #1 Central Valley over D3 #3 Hatton-Northwood
D4 #1 Grafton over D3 #2 Thompson

3rd Place: D3 #2 Thompson over D3 #3 Hatton-Northwood
Championship: D4 #1 Grafton over D3 #1 Central Valley

REGION 3
D6 #4 Kidder County over D5 #1 P-B-K
D6 #2 Napoleon over D5 #3 Barnes County North
D6 #1 Linton-HMB over D5 #4 LaMoure
D6 #3 South Border over D5 #2 Ellendale

D6 #2 Napoleon over D6 #4 Kidder County
D6 #1 Linton-HMB over D6 #3 South Border

3rd Place: D6 #3 South Border over D6 #4 Kidder County
Championship: D6 #1 Linton-HMB over D6 #2 Napoleon

REGION 4
D7 #1 Carrington over D8 #4 Langdon
D7 #3 Midkota over D8 #2 Rolla
D8 #1 North Star over D7 #4 New Rockford-Sheyenne
D7 #2 Lakota-Adams-Edmore over D8 #3 Benson County

D7 #1 Carrington over D7 #3 Midkota
D7 #2 Lakota-Adams-Edmore over D8 #1 North Star

3rd Place: D8 #1 North Star over D7 #3 Midkota
Championship: D7 #1 Carrington over D7 #2 Lakota-Adams-Edmore

REGION 5
D9 #1 Grant County over D10 #4 Max
D9 #3 New Salem-Almont over D10 #2 Washburn
D10 #1 Turtle Lake-Mercer-McClusky over D9 #4 Standing Rock
D9 #2 Shiloh Christian over D10 #3 Underwood

D9 #1 Grant County over D9 #3 New Salem-Almont
D9 #2 Shiloh Christian over D10 #1 Turtle Lake-Mercer-McClusky

3rd Place: D9 New Salem-Almont over D10 #1 Turtle Lake-Mercer-McClusky
Championship: D9 #2 Shiloh Christian over D9 #1 Grant County

REGION 6
D11 #1 Rugby over D12 #4 Glenburn
D12 #2 Our Redeemer's over D11 #3 TGU
D12 #1 Bishop Ryan over D11 #4 Bottineau
D11 #2 Velva over D12 #3 Des Lacs-Burlington

D12 #2 Our Redeemer's over D11 #1 Rugby
D12 #1 Bishop Ryan over D11 #2 Velva

3rd Place: D11 #2 Velva over D11 #1 Rugby
Championship: D12 #1 Bishop Ryan over D12 #2 Our Redeemer's

REGION 7
D13 #1 Beach over D14 #4 Dickinson Trinity
D14 #2 Killdeer over D13 #3 Hettinger-Scranton
D14 #1 Hazen over D13 #4 New England
D13 #2 Bowman County over D14 #3 Beulah

D13 #1 Beach over D14 #2 Killdeer
D14 #1 Hazen over D13 #2 Bowman County

3rd Place: D13 #2 Bowman County over D14 #2 Killdeer
Championship: D13 #1 Beach over D14 #1 Hazen

REGION 8
D15 #1 New Town over D16 #4 Trenton
D15 #3 Watford City over D16 #2 Divide County
D16 #1 Williston Trinity Christian over D15 #4 North Shore-Plaza
D15 #2 Parshall over D16 #3 Ray

D15 #3 Watford City over D15 #1 New Town
D15 #2 Parshall over D16 #1 Williston Trinity Christian

3rd Place: D15 #1 New Town over D16 #1 Williston Trinity Christian
Championship: D15 #3 Watford City over D15 #2 Parshall

Well I feel pretty good going 29-3 with the first round of Regions

[Run4Fun2009]

Thoughts for Semifinals

Region 1
Kindred over Maple Valley by 15
Central Cass over Northern Cass by 20ish

Region 2
Central Valley over Drayton/Valley-Edinburg by 15
Grafton over Thompson by 20

Region 3
Napoleon over P-B-K by 13
Linton-HMB over South Border by 15

Region 4
Carrington over Midkota by 8
Lakota-Adams-Edmore over North Star by 12

Region 5
Grant County over New Salem-Almont by 9
Shiloh Christian over Turtle Lake-Mercer-McClusky by 17

Region 6
Our Redeemer's over Rugby by 3
Bishop Ryan over Velva by 4

Region 7
Beach over Killdeer by 25
Bowman County over Hazen by 5

Region 8
Watford City over New Town by 2
Parshall over North Shore-Plaza by 11

[scoobyx2]

Thoughts for Semifinals

Region 1
Kindred over Maple Valley by 15
Central Cass over Northern Cass by 20ish

Region 2
Central Valley over Drayton/Valley-Edinburg by 15
Grafton over Thompson by 20

Region 3
Napoleon over P-B-K by 13
Linton-HMB over South Border by 15

Region 4
Carrington over Midkota by 8
Lakota-Adams-Edmore over North Star by 12

Region 5
Grant County over New Salem-Almont by 9
Shiloh Christian over Turtle Lake-Mercer-McClusky by 17

Region 6
Our Redeemer's over Rugby by 3
Bishop Ryan over Velva by 4

Region 7
Beach over Killdeer by 25
Bowman County over Hazen by 5

Region 8
Watford City over New Town by 2
Parshall over North Shore-Plaza by 11

Looks like there are some outstanding matchups for a trip to State! I would have loved to see the Watford City-New Town game. A lot of these regions are up for grabs.

[toughD]

Thoughts for Semifinals

Region 1
Kindred over Maple Valley by 15
Central Cass over Northern Cass by 20ish

Region 2
Central Valley over Drayton/Valley-Edinburg by 15
Grafton over Thompson by 20

Region 3
Napoleon over P-B-K by 13
Linton-HMB over South Border by 15

Region 4
Carrington over Midkota by 8
Lakota-Adams-Edmore over North Star by 12

Region 5
Grant County over New Salem-Almont by 9
Shiloh Christian over Turtle Lake-Mercer-McClusky by 17

Region 6
Our Redeemer's over Rugby by 3
Bishop Ryan over Velva by 4

Region 7
Beach over Killdeer by 25
Bowman County over Hazen by 5

Region 8
Watford City over New Town by 2
Parshall over North Shore-Plaza by 11

Run- just wanted to make a quick comment on your region 6 semifinals prediction. In their respective district champ games, Rugby beat Velva, and ORCS lost to Ryan by more than 30. I think Rugby takes that one, and since Velva's starting lineup still isn't healthy, I think they will be much less competitive than 4 points against Ryan.

[lovwatchingsports]

Ellendale loses to South Border in the 1st round again. This is their third straight year going one and done in regionals under Coach Herman... Seems to me that he doesn't know how to utilize his own talent (which he has been blessed with for years now) It takes a team to win, but sometimes you gotta rely on your studs to take you the extra distance. I'll use this dynamic (Although I'm not directly comparing Napolean to Ellendale players) to illustrate my point. You know when Napolean comes at you that Sheridan, Jangula, and that point guard(can't remember name) are going to get their points. This is Nap's identity and they still manage to play great team ball. Ellendale has NO identity. There studs who, IMO, are/will be for the next two years, Bommersbach and Mertz. These two have been averaging maybe 8 shot attempts since Ellendale got into this funk toward the end of the season. I'm not saying they should be ball hogs, but they are the scorers and they need the ball in their hands and they need to put up those double figure shot attempts night in and night out if Ellendale wants to go far in the next couple years. If they do this, they will draw extra attention from defenders (like Sheridan and crew do) and then they can pass to the "role" players for the open buckets. This has got to be their identity if they want to win. I've seen too many "good" teams slip through Ellendale's fingers in the last couple years and this is my plea. You have to let your talent shine in big moments. It's about team ball, but it's also about knowing your role on the team. Herman and Fuller play great defense and Hack plays decent in the low post, but their roles should be primarily defense and hitting open shots off a pass from Mertz or Bommersbach. We'll see what next year brings us for Ellendale, but if this isn't done than we'll see another one and done at the region for Ellendale.

Is this a slam at Coach Herman? No. This is constructive criticism and me as a fan calling it like I see it. He may have all those district coach of the year awards and a couple district championships, but I'd take a trip to state for that any day. District 5 is weak. Ellendale has had more talent over the last couple year. They haven't won because of superb coaching. They've won mostly on talent alone. The coaching needs to come through for them to make it far in regionals. My advice, ride those studs into the postseason and give this team some identity!

Sounds like you need to get into coaching.

[Nodak Guy]

Ellendale loses to South Border in the 1st round again. This is their third straight year going one and done in regionals under Coach Herman... Seems to me that he doesn't know how to utilize his own talent (which he has been blessed with for years now) It takes a team to win, but sometimes you gotta rely on your studs to take you the extra distance. I'll use this dynamic (Although I'm not directly comparing Napolean to Ellendale players) to illustrate my point. You know when Napolean comes at you that Sheridan, Jangula, and that point guard(can't remember name) are going to get their points. This is Nap's identity and they still manage to play great team ball. Ellendale has NO identity. There studs who, IMO, are/will be for the next two years, Bommersbach and Mertz. These two have been averaging maybe 8 shot attempts since Ellendale got into this funk toward the end of the season. I'm not saying they should be ball hogs, but they are the scorers and they need the ball in their hands and they need to put up those double figure shot attempts night in and night out if Ellendale wants to go far in the next couple years. If they do this, they will draw extra attention from defenders (like Sheridan and crew do) and then they can pass to the "role" players for the open buckets. This has got to be their identity if they want to win. I've seen too many "good" teams slip through Ellendale's fingers in the last couple years and this is my plea. You have to let your talent shine in big moments. It's about team ball, but it's also about knowing your role on the team. Herman and Fuller play great defense and Hack plays decent in the low post, but their roles should be primarily defense and hitting open shots off a pass from Mertz or Bommersbach. We'll see what next year brings us for Ellendale, but if this isn't done than we'll see another one and done at the region for Ellendale.

Is this a slam at Coach Herman? No. This is constructive criticism and me as a fan calling it like I see it. He may have all those district coach of the year awards and a couple district championships, but I'd take a trip to state for that any day. District 5 is weak. Ellendale has had more talent over the last couple year. They haven't won because of superb coaching. They've won mostly on talent alone. The coaching needs to come through for them to make it far in regionals. My advice, ride those studs into the postseason and give this team some identity!

Sounds like you need to get into coaching.

Sounds like a classic excerpt from Disgruntled Parent 101. I don't know much about Ellendale's school, but I'm guessing the main doors are open during day for you to stop in and say it to his face. Isn't DRN located in Ellendale? If so, I'm betting that the phone lines are working too. It's obvious that the internet connection is good, as it's pretty easy to type an anonymous post bashing a coach and hitting the enter button. Nothing like having coaches turn a 3 month job into a 12 month job and then having to waste two minutes reading this garbage. Go to NFHS.com and type in "The Role of Parent in Sport." It might be the best 20 minutes of your day.

I apologize for the rant, but it's just my opinion on a topic like this.

[Nemesis]

First off, it was a constructive criticism and a respectful one in my opinion. You obviously didn't read what I said. Second off, I'm not a disgruntled parent... just a fan of the game and the Cardinals. You know what happens when you assume buddy. Excuse me for for expressing what I think on the current situation in Ellendale. Didn't know you were the referee on issues like this. If you want to see bashing, I can show you bashing. This was me calling it like I see it. Sometimes the truth hurts and the talent isn't being utilized in Ellendale. It would take a blind a deaf man to not realize that! I broke it down and I did it as respectively as I could. My main point being that the talent is under utilized. I appreciate your input though, but I'll still be sleeping peacefully tonight knowing I wrote that and this.