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Semistate Previews & Predictions with Grant Shouse, Michelle Garmon & Kevin Helfrich (2.204.3) · The Central Indiana Sports Report

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[SPEAKER_00]: Welcome high school basketball fans to Central Indiana Sports Report for a Boys basketball semi-state preview here on the Central Indiana Sports Report.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I'm your host Greg Mangel.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I am joined by Tip didn't debut.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I know would call either sports editor Michelle Garmin and Partners on the Action Sports Network Grant Shows and Kevin Helfer.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Thank you so much for joining me guys
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[SPEAKER_00]: And what I'm going to do is start in 4A in the north and work our way down to class A in the south.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And get everybody's opinions on each of course, when we talk about more local semi states, we will talk a little longer.
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[SPEAKER_00]: We start class 4A in the north at the L cart semi state and couple quick, our back this year, which is interesting after Fischer's lost a carmel and they were expected to be here.
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[SPEAKER_00]: kind of strange way that's worked out, but we'll start at L-Cart and at 10 a.m.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It is number six Northridge against Homestead, Northridge 25 and 1, Homestead 20 and 6, the only team to be okay this year.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And then it's number two, Crown Point 23 and 1 against 20 and 7, Fort Wayne Snyder and again, Championship at 8.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And Grand I said after Fisher's lost last week, the Crown Point now might be the favorite.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Do you think so?
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[SPEAKER_00]: I would agree, they're a really well-rounded team.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They've been playing together for a while.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And you could kind of see this coming.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They've been to the semi-state the last two years.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And unfortunately, had to run into the juggernaut of fishers every time.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And this is kind of now their time to shine a little bit.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They've got to Kim Bay Shaws, the Division 1 player.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They have the leaves going to Indiana State.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They've got another really good player named Mason Darrell,
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[SPEAKER_04]: a nice guard, they're both very athletic.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Their team that has been coached by probably a future hall of fame coaching and Clint Swan.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And I would say crown points, probably the favorite in that, but again, you pair them with other style of teams they're like homestead and Northridge that really make it interesting.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Well, the way to Kim base y'all go into UIC.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I think Crown Point in Northridge can make an interesting championship game.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I know homeceds had a good year this year.
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[SPEAKER_02]: It's better this year.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And Snyder just beat Carmel, that's all.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I just think Crown Point, they've been good now.
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[SPEAKER_02]: For a couple of years and won't be surprised if it's them going down there.
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[SPEAKER_03]: I think that's some of my stake, though, could be a very fun one to go watch as a fan.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I call homestead play O'Kill early in his season.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I was really impressed with their inside out game of Jake Kulman, the guard, and then Max Welker, the inside player six foot five guy.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He really handled O'Kill.
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[SPEAKER_01]: O'Kill's obviously one of the best two eight teams in the state.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Their defense is outstanding, and but you got Northridge.
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[SPEAKER_01]: You got the Brady show.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Well, I think he's the difference maker in this one though.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I think Northridge wins a very close basketball game.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Fort Wayne Snyder.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I think that game is going to be closer to some people think though to a Snyder team coming off a big win last week and a momentum can go a long way, but I like crown point to come out this to my state though in the end.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I think they're going to be the best team there on Saturday.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I think it's going to be crown point and homestead and I think crown point is going to win this one.
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[SPEAKER_00]: All American candidate, Luke Erdal, are 25 and 3, Decatur Central, 20 and 6, games at 10 a.m.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Number 9, New Albany, against number 7, Tara Houghton, North, Tara Houghton, North, 24 and 3, New Albany, 22 and 5.
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[SPEAKER_00]: This would be played at Chrysler Arena in Newcastle and
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[SPEAKER_00]: Mount Vernon heavy favorite in the first game grant should be a really good second game and I cannot believe that Decatur Central is the last public school in Indianapolis left in the tournament.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And to one of those years where all the good teams got beat and Decatur Central is a good team.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They deserve to be there, but Mount Vernon is different.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I'm going to go ahead and probably pick then they'll come out of this and
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[SPEAKER_04]: match up with crown point in the state championship.
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[SPEAKER_04]: That would actually be a rematch of the Hall of Fame championship at Newcastle played back just before Christmas where we're crown point actually won that game.
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[SPEAKER_04]: The second game with new Albany and Tara Houghton or they know Tara Houghton North has the Wolfie kid who's the coaches son Todd Wolfie son.
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[SPEAKER_04]: But new Albany, you could see this coming where they've had really good players last few years.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They had a, they have a sophomore this year, Noah Washington, who's a great player and actually is a division one prospect at the, at the power five levels.
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[SPEAKER_04]: So new Albany's going to be a tough team to beat.
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[SPEAKER_00]: By the way, new Albany's first regional championships since the Romeo Langford Chinese days.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, 2018, they want a regional championship.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I'm sure you were there in the semi-state when they lost a David Bell or in central in the last second shot.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I sure was.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I was in the opposite corner of the gym and there were 9,000 people there for that debt.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Their coach by a really good young coach named Jason Jones who has been playing at a high level.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I actually saw them last year kind of the year before they took off this year.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Yeah, keep in mind that they ran into, again, the forest, the eventual forest state champs in Jeffersonville.
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[SPEAKER_04]: So this is going to be a really competitive semi state.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I know it just kind of talked up new Albany, but I like the duo with Luke Earl and Max vice to come out and cut down the nets and advance the gain bridge.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Don't sell short to Steroet North team, by the way.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I will, I think it's going to be Mount Vernon in New Albany in the championship Mount Vernon.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Of course, they are led by Luke Ertle who's got that nice smooth left-handed jumper.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And I think he's one of just an incredible player.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And I think Purdue is very fortunate and will love having him over there.
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[SPEAKER_02]: If Mount Vernon can get to game bridge and it would be another exciting game.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I think if it is Mount Vernon in Crown Point and Mount Vernon already took care of one of its losses.
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[SPEAKER_02]: They got pike in a regional and after Pike beat them and then over time game during the regular season.
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[SPEAKER_02]: So interesting.
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[SPEAKER_00]: By the way, Kevin, one of point out that Tara Houghton, is one 21 games in a row after starting three and three.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Well, I'll just start with that game then because I was going to take Tara Houghton worth in a close one.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I think that may be a mild upset or whatnot, but I like Tara Houghton worth in that contest and going back to that Mount Vernon Decayter central game had the opportunity to see Joe Bradburn coach when he was at the Cal my father was he's just a principal up there and so in about the mid 2000s he was up there.
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[SPEAKER_01]: had a losing season the first year, but the three years after that, it did nothing but win.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So very impressed with the way he can coach and can't have a better guy to take a shot for you when the game's on the line, the Luke Urbal.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So I'll take Mount Vernon and that when I like Mount Vernon to come out of this to my state.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I'm taking Mount Vernon too, and I think New Albany is going to win that game.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I just think that you can't discount to our Houghton North.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And the semi final anything Mount Vernon took care of the toughest competition they're going to have between themselves and the state finals in pie class week and huge win and I think Mount Vernon and crown point going to be heck of a championship.
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[SPEAKER_00]: All right, let's move to class 3A at the variable in Logan's port and hey guys Delta's back 16 and 10 Delta takes on 20 and 7 new Haven who grant just saw in the regional then it's 23 and 4 Columbia City.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It gets 15 and 12 each of Cago Central and what's kind of a wide open semi state grant.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It is.
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[SPEAKER_04]: And we've been kind of alluding to that.
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[SPEAKER_04]: You could kind of see this leading up even when the draw came out.
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[SPEAKER_04]: It was like, man, I just don't know who would come out of the north in three A.
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[SPEAKER_04]: We thought West Lafayette and I want to have been shocked of West Lafayette, but just.
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[SPEAKER_04]: they had the wheels fall off the bus last week I guess new haven is was way more physical than them they were way more athletic than them and I know for a fact they're way more physical and athletic than Delta I saw Delta back in early February and
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[SPEAKER_04]: they had just kind of gone through a rough stretch.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I guess the regular season was kind of a rough stretch and they were coming off the game there before I saw them and it's missed a center wall where I was sucking to coach that while I asked about the green field game I got I got how's that game against green field the other night he goes it was awful.
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[SPEAKER_04]: We played horrendous it was the worst effort of the season and that day it gets missed a
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[SPEAKER_04]: They're they're really talented team.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They know how to win.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They've done this out four years in a row.
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[SPEAKER_04]: When you've done it four years in a row and you have kids that know how to win and have watched the winning and other sports and know how to compete.
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[SPEAKER_04]: That's the recipe for success.
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[SPEAKER_04]: So Delta knows how to win, but I think that New Haven's more talented Delta's going to be more disciplined.
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[SPEAKER_04]: But I like New Haven in that first game.
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[SPEAKER_04]: and then in the second game with Columbia City and uh... eshikago central eshikago central i'm sure kind of the same as new haven they've got a really young coach uh... their coach has got to be the youngest in the state of it ishikago it's uh... a lot more room and he uh... he he's like twenty five years old like he's not much older than me and um
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[SPEAKER_04]: Columbia City's the team that actually lost a new haven during the year.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I think you could see an all-northy state semi-state championship with Columbia City and new haven and I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm going to go ahead and take new haven to come out of the north and advance to the state championship.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I don't know we'll talk about the south in a second, but whoever comes out of the north,
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[SPEAKER_04]: And whoever they would play in the South, whether it's Silver Creek or Cathedral, is going to have their work cut off.
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[SPEAKER_00]: You, Junderdog.
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[SPEAKER_00]: You, Junderdog.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Huge.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Huge.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Even if it's number 14, Ron Colley, there are a Nunderdog.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Yes.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Absolutely.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I think the three A North, some of my state probably is maybe one of the one's North, some of my states that I don't know how interesting it will be to watch because like you said, I think the winner is going to be a huge ender dog.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Is that a game from Jim?
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[SPEAKER_02]: Yes.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Could be it's going to be I think will be new Haven coming out of there, but I think it's just going to be the team that gets the best guard play that day and makes and really makes shots and especially free throws, but I like new Haven to come out of there.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Is Chicago central's kind of intrigued.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm going to have to go with the counterparts here.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I like new haven to come out this to my state now.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I will say I think new havens.
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[SPEAKER_01]: You're going to be the more athletic team against Delta, but Delta's going to be the more disciplined team is kind of too contrasting styles.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I think new havens going to want to get that ball up and down the court.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I think Delta be a little bit more deliberate on the offensive end and try to slow this game down a little bit.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But I think new haven wins in a close one and then.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I like Columbia City to come out of that game against the East Chicago Central.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I think that game is going to be closer than what Harold's predicting.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I don't know.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Columbia City is really as good as a record indicates, so I don't think they're, I don't see them winning the semi-steering thing.
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[SPEAKER_01]: New Haven gets them again in the championship game.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Wow, I'm taking Columbia City.
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[SPEAKER_00]: All right.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It's see more in the south.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It is number 14, Ron Kali against number one Silver Creek, Ron Kali 187 Silver Creek 28 and one that game at 10 a.m. at Lloyd Scott gymnasium.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Then at approximately noon and assuming the first game doesn't go into a couple of over times is number three.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It's number two Princeton 23 and three against number three Cathedral 22 and five.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So at Cmore Grant, we got number one, number two, number three and an underrated number 14.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Cmore's the place to be on Saturday.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Um, and if you love basketball and you've never been to see more as Jim, I would suggest you go, uh, it is one of the neatest gems.
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[SPEAKER_04]: It's a palace.
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[SPEAKER_04]: That place is incredible.
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[SPEAKER_04]: One of my favorite gems in the state.
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[SPEAKER_04]: and some of the best matchups in the state.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I will be a monthy, but if O'Kill were to lose in the first game at monthsy, I will probably be at sea more that night for a potential championship one and two silver creaking cathedral and what should be a great game.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Of course Greg, you're right there and you know Brandon Hoffman,
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[SPEAKER_04]: And you know those kids like Brandon Hunter and Perry is dad and everything.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They're a fun team to watch because they run their system the way that good programs are supposed to do it.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They have a good youth program.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They they develop these kids.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They develop a great players like over the years like Tracoff and Ren and Cooper Jacobi and
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[SPEAKER_04]: Just great players that have come through Silver Creek, Kid named Zane Gross, even Steve Green back in the day.
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[SPEAKER_04]: So there's tradition.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I'm probably going to take Silver Creek to win the first game.
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[SPEAKER_04]: The second game with Cathedral in Princeton.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I know Princeton's really good, but I'm going to take Cathedral and looking at a Cathedral Silver Creek matchup.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I'll probably take Silver Creek to cut down that adds an advance to the game bridge.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Give me the exact same thing.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I take silver creek in the first game, take a theater on the second game, and I will take silver creek coming out like Grant, just a lot of that basketball tradition, and it means a lot down there.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I want to reiterate Grant's view about the Seymour Gym.
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[SPEAKER_02]: That is a fantastic venue to watch high school basketball.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I'm tremendous atmosphere.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It is, but I think there's an even
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm going to take silver creek against Ron Colley like them, but I also got to take a cathedral against Princeton.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But I'm going to go a little bit different.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm going to take an Indianapolis school to get to the state finals.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I'm going to like cathedral to upset silver creek and punch their ticket to get this for us.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Wow.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I'll be surprised if anyone beats silver creek.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I'll just say that Kevin.
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[SPEAKER_03]: Greg, just to add, I think silver creek could
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[SPEAKER_00]: And now to the semi state that were most interested, no offense to the others, but Matty Fieldhouse and other great venue for high school basketball.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Today, I am at his 1511 Loers, against number two, O'Kill, 25, and one, and it is.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Number three and 25 and one, Westview, against 21 and five, and ninth ranked lapel at noon, with the championship at eight o'clock, and
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[SPEAKER_00]: And Grant, this is kind of a wide open in my state, but Oak Hill's the favor going in, right?
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[SPEAKER_04]: I think they're the favorite, but dumb overlook lures, if you're Oak Hill, lures, lures actually be Oak Hill, and they play over, I know that's over the summer, it's a different,
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[SPEAKER_04]: different style, you're playing in different situations.
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[SPEAKER_04]: But lures is filled with athletes looking at the roster.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I remember some of their kids from football that played ale Taylor's, they're leading score 13 games.
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[SPEAKER_04]: A big offensive lineman for them going to play Division 1.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I think he's going to Valparaiso.
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[SPEAKER_04]: to play football and then they have a good guard name.
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[SPEAKER_04]: Camari Davis 13 points a game as well.
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[SPEAKER_04]: So this is a lure team you cannot overlook their athletic.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They do present problems that Oak Hill is going to have to battle and it's something you can't overlook and hopefully that hopefully that's not the case.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I think Oak Hill can win the first game, the second game will be really fun with West
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[SPEAKER_04]: with O'Kill against Benton Central last week, they did not play their greatest game.
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[SPEAKER_04]: I know they won by 19 points.
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[SPEAKER_04]: They come about Benton Central hang around.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I like O'Kill, and I think for O'Kill with Loers will probably be rebounding, O'Kill's gonna have to make sure they control the boards, but again, you talk about,
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[SPEAKER_02]: back courts and guards and how important they are.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And I just think that two Todd and goals are really good.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And then with a healthy sugar, I give me a kill in that first game.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I do think it'll be close.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I like the lapel and how they can spread you out and that score from all five scores and everything.
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[SPEAKER_02]: Also, to do that, you've got to be hitting threes.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And if you're not, you could be in trouble.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And I think the lapel rescue game may be a really, really good game.
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[SPEAKER_02]: And, you know, I'll
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[SPEAKER_02]: I'll be pulling because lapels close and for Kevin chair and everything, but I will not be surprised if Westview wins that game.
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[SPEAKER_02]: I think O'Kill will be making the trip to game branch of the following week and Kevin, I know you know a little bit about Westview.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They're capable of winning this too.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Or they really are.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Let's look at this whole semi state.
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[SPEAKER_01]: These are tradition rich programs.
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[SPEAKER_01]: All four of them have one state titles in basketball.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So one of these teams is probably going to win again this year.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Let's talk about West U.
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[SPEAKER_01]: This is the program that's won 24 sectional titles seven regional three semi states.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Two state titles.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They are just a program that is constantly there a year after year.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But they've got a couple really good players.
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[SPEAKER_01]: First of all, you start with a senior Caden Grow.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He's over a thousand points scorey transfer there.
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[SPEAKER_01]: From Bluffton after his freshman year his father Carl used to be the coach at Bluffton.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But moved up to Westview and he's been now there three years and he's a really fine player.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He's going to go to Hope.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And Michigan to play continues basketball career and then they've got another guy who Austin Slayball who absolutely destroyed 23 21st century and then in the regional finals last week He went for 33 he's a very good basketball player.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So the Westview's not real deep They're starting five is about the ones who are going to do the scoring and that sort of thing The point guard is only five foot five Bryce Yorries of freshman Yeah, dad who's got quite the pedigree he played college basketball at South Alabama
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[SPEAKER_00]: I was going to say, Westview has a yoder.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I'm stunned.
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[SPEAKER_01]: There's a couple of max.
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[SPEAKER_01]: There's two in the starting line.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, Westview's just a good program.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They're going to play play really hard.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I think they beat Lapeau.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I haven't seen Lapeau play this year, but I like this Westview team.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I've watched him a few times this year online just because I know the ground kid personally.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So I've had some interest there and I played in the Northeast corner conference.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So I kind of follow that league and
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[SPEAKER_01]: That's a good basketball team.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm getting switching over to Oak Hill on Loers.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Well, that's going to be a good basketball game.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Loers is going to be obviously one of the more athletic teams at Oak Hill.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It's seen this year.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Oak Hill's played a few of those teams.
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[SPEAKER_01]: You know, Marion was pretty athletic, obviously Zion stead was pretty good as well.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And then the win they got against science will also prepare to kill I think for this day.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I think O'Kill goes as Jason Hannibal goes.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He's kind of the steady to that Eddie.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He does it all for them.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He scores.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He rebounds.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He dishes it.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I think will may have more of the upside in his future career or whatever, but I think Jason.
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[SPEAKER_01]: is the one that kind of holds this thing together for O'Kill and they're going to have to get contributions from RJ.
20:39
[SPEAKER_01]: RJ came back last week.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He's just working himself back into some playing shape and they're going to have to have him have a pretty good day.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I think on Saturday, but this is the depo kill team.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They can play seven, seven guys pretty easily.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I think they'll win but boy, I think this is going to be a really good basketball game.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I think the key to O'Kill is they got a forced lures to shoot from the perimeter.
20:58
[SPEAKER_01]: Lures only shoots a little over 30% from the three point
21:01
[SPEAKER_01]: Oak Hill dials it in for 41% from the report range.
21:04
[SPEAKER_01]: I think that becomes the X factor on Saturday for Oak Hill It was winning it, Jim.
21:10
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm gonna take Oak Hill over West view and in rematch
21:13
[SPEAKER_01]: uh... the euro kill went on to win the state but boy i think they're going to be in for another good one that one may even go to over time it's going to be that close i think those two teams you know in a collision coercion west view they're only lost all season was to north ridges who's playing in the four a semi state they lost a twelve by twelve and north ridges or west view they played several three a schools throughout the year uh... they play a lot of up and they're scheduled on the play they went twelve and out against three a schools this year so
21:41
[SPEAKER_01]: This is the team that's been challenged and went to and wanting it's for a school.
21:44
[SPEAKER_01]: So, now they won't be afraid of the moment.
21:46
[SPEAKER_01]: It comes Saturday night.
21:49
[SPEAKER_00]: I am not picking lapel to win this in my final against Westview on Saturday, but I do want to say that lapel is better than the team that lost five games earlier this year.
21:59
[SPEAKER_00]: They're better than a five-loss team and they definitely have a chance.
22:02
[SPEAKER_00]: I don't want to meet Westview but to win this whole thing, particularly with the emergence of Owen Garber as it kind of a go-to score grant.
22:14
[SPEAKER_04]: We'll tell, certainly, I figured some things out.
22:18
[SPEAKER_04]: I talked to their former head coach, Justin Cumer, the other day.
22:22
[SPEAKER_04]: And he was telling me about how Oh, a Garver is really turned it on in the second half of the year.
22:27
[SPEAKER_04]: And it's like average 22, it gained on the stretch of the season.
22:33
[SPEAKER_04]: And has kind of been the engine to their offense in a way.
22:37
[SPEAKER_04]: And I just like Westview in that, again,
22:40
[SPEAKER_04]: Kevin really touched on it with the ground kid and the slate and the Schleibau kid.
22:44
[SPEAKER_04]: And of course, a great Yoda.
22:47
[SPEAKER_04]: I'm curious.
22:48
[SPEAKER_04]: And this would be a good research.
22:49
[SPEAKER_04]: I'm sure someone up there knows if there's ever been a Western team that didn't have a Yoda on the roster.
22:56
[SPEAKER_04]: Like, like, there's no way they've never had one.
23:01
[SPEAKER_04]: The tradition, they had a really good coach back in the day named Troy Nealey who led them to state titles.
23:08
[SPEAKER_04]: They had another really good coach.
23:10
[SPEAKER_04]: I covered them for the fortway news soon.
23:13
[SPEAKER_04]: They had another really good coach named Rob Yoder.
23:15
[SPEAKER_04]: And I remember that Westview team in 2018 and how fitting would it be for Oak Hill and Westview to match up in the semi state championship once again.
23:24
[SPEAKER_04]: It'll be a heck of a game.
23:27
[SPEAKER_04]: That game when they played in 2018 for a long time, which was eight years ago, this past Tuesday, for the longest time, that was the, that was by far the best high school basketball game ever seen until last year.
23:42
[SPEAKER_04]: I saw about three games in a week span that just took the cake.
23:46
[SPEAKER_04]: But I think Saturday, if they were to play in the championship, like Kevin said, could be another all-time classic.
23:53
[SPEAKER_04]: Those teams are real similar.
23:54
[SPEAKER_04]: They mirror each other.
23:55
[SPEAKER_04]: West view is smart.
23:56
[SPEAKER_04]: They've got great IQ, but so does Oak Hill within two tonnacle brothers.
24:01
[SPEAKER_04]: They play the game at a high level.
24:03
[SPEAKER_04]: Their IQ is off the charts.
24:06
[SPEAKER_04]: But the thing is West view's got four or five kids.
24:10
[SPEAKER_04]: Whose IQ is off the charts?
24:12
[SPEAKER_04]: I'm going to take Oak Hill to knock off less view in the championship and another class like in a great game it's going to be fun man and I'm really looking forward to being at Muncie Field House.
24:24
[SPEAKER_04]: I'm looking forward to being there and hopefully see the old Alma Monter cut down the net Saturday night and advanced to Gamebridge Field House.
24:33
[SPEAKER_00]: Great place.
24:34
[SPEAKER_00]: Also, great place to a South is being played at Southport and another one of the kind of legendary Indiana gymnasiums and it starts at 10 a.m. with number four park heritage against number six, Triton Central.
24:48
[SPEAKER_00]: Park heritage is 24 and four.
24:50
[SPEAKER_00]: Triton Central 23 and three.
24:52
[SPEAKER_00]: Then it's number eight, a Lenton stocked in 24 and four off of its victory over unbeaten and top-ranked pay
25:02
[SPEAKER_00]: a win that grant predicted against 17 and a Austin of course, I think park heritage is the team to be in the southern part of the state.
25:12
[SPEAKER_04]: I'm going to go ahead and just predict that they're going to take on O kill in the two a state title and be another really good game if that were even if park heritage were to match up with the West view, it'd be another great game.
25:24
[SPEAKER_04]: I like how I'm
25:26
[SPEAKER_04]: I like how that park heritage team plays.
25:28
[SPEAKER_04]: They've got trade shell ski, who's the coaches son.
25:31
[SPEAKER_04]: They've got Isaac Pickle, who's a six eight kid inside.
25:36
[SPEAKER_04]: They're going to be a force to reckon with.
25:37
[SPEAKER_04]: I'm going to take them to win both games down at Southport, the championship.
25:46
[SPEAKER_03]: Grandma, I'm going to echo you.
25:48
[SPEAKER_02]: I think it's going to be park heritage.
25:50
[SPEAKER_02]: I think it will be
25:55
[SPEAKER_02]: Although I won't, although I will say this, I don't think you can ever count out to the Linton team.
26:01
[SPEAKER_02]: That is correct.
26:02
[SPEAKER_02]: That's exactly what I don't think you can ever count on the Linton team because you talk about another community with some good basketball tradition and kids that know the games and good basketball like using that would be Linton.
26:14
[SPEAKER_00]: I've got three for three park heritage over Linton and the championship, but like Michelle said, do not count out Linton.
26:22
[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, I kind of like what they're saying that I'm going to go with park heritage as well.
26:26
[SPEAKER_01]: And I think what is going to win against Austin?
26:28
[SPEAKER_01]: And I think like he boasts that I see an Oak Hill park heritage state finals in the near future for those two teams.
26:36
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I wasn't on the park heritage bandwagon, but meet centerville by 20.
26:40
[SPEAKER_00]: It's he might have been following all years saying, hey, watch out for the centerville team.
26:44
[SPEAKER_00]: You'd be them by 20.
26:45
[SPEAKER_00]: That's a quite a statement.
26:49
[SPEAKER_00]: And we move to Class A in the North.
26:51
[SPEAKER_00]: It's at Lafayette Jeff and it is number seven Monroe Central against North Vermillion or Central 21 and 4 North Vermillion 16 and 11.
27:02
[SPEAKER_00]: And then it is number four, Triton against Dry County, Triton 23 and 3, Dry County 16 and 10 and again.
27:11
[SPEAKER_00]: Grant, this one is the one I think were most certain about the two teams that are gonna be in the championship game.
27:17
[SPEAKER_04]: Absolutely, Monroe Central and Triton.
27:20
[SPEAKER_04]: I think we'll probably be in the championship there.
27:23
[SPEAKER_04]: If we're great things about Monroe Central, they've got a couple really good players.
27:27
[SPEAKER_04]: They've got a great big inside.
27:30
[SPEAKER_04]: I cannot think of his name, so edit that part out.
27:33
[SPEAKER_04]: But they're a great team.
27:35
[SPEAKER_04]: They really handled Southwood, who's a solid team last week, in the regional Triton team
27:43
[SPEAKER_04]: has a lot of tradition has been to the state files before is that great layers come through Jason groves their head coach has been the head coach for nearly 20 years if not over 20 years and the champion ship will be real interesting and i'm going to pick Triton to come out of the door
28:03
[SPEAKER_04]: the semi state championship and advanced to game bridge.
28:06
[SPEAKER_04]: I've been saying all week Benaro Centro and who knows, it may be wrong, but I just I got a feeling the experience in the coaching with Triton can get them to the state finals.
28:22
[SPEAKER_03]: Okay, Graham, people are going to think I don't have an original thought because a lot about what you're saying.
28:28
[SPEAKER_04]: Oh, no.
28:30
[SPEAKER_02]: Well, Michelle, now you know how I feel when you always talk before me because I'm always echoing you Hey, I think it will be try a try and and Monroe central and I like Try tonight when I looked at the parents of their day.
28:47
[SPEAKER_02]: I just My first thought when I looked out that period was or in that semi state was tried and been a win the classic semi state, but I think it will be a close win in the championship game over Monroe central
29:00
[SPEAKER_00]: I agree, get three for three.
29:03
[SPEAKER_01]: Make it four for four.
29:04
[SPEAKER_01]: I see those two teams getting to the semi state championship.
29:07
[SPEAKER_01]: And I like trying as well.
29:09
[SPEAKER_01]: So, might as well keep it the same.
29:12
[SPEAKER_00]: Then we go to the south and that is a really good one at my favorite gym probably in Indiana and that is the hatchet house in Washington and at 10 a.m. it's the team that grant picked to win the state championship bar reef against the team.
29:27
[SPEAKER_00]: I have picked to win the state championship liberty Christian bar reef.
29:33
[SPEAKER_00]: ranked number two in the state, but of course number one is out.
29:37
[SPEAKER_00]: The recryption is ranked nine.
29:39
[SPEAKER_00]: They have seven losses, but of course play probably the toughest schedule at all of Class A.
29:45
[SPEAKER_00]: And then in the second game, you have 25 and two and third ranked
30:00
[SPEAKER_04]: should be a fun one.
30:02
[SPEAKER_04]: I've only heard good things about the hatchet house down there.
30:06
[SPEAKER_04]: And fortunately for the bar refotes is that they got to go to LaGuardie for the section on minutes away.
30:12
[SPEAKER_04]: I was there for the championship.
30:14
[SPEAKER_04]: Their fans are awesome.
30:15
[SPEAKER_04]: They're unbelievable.
30:16
[SPEAKER_04]: I wrote a story about it on my website.
30:19
[SPEAKER_04]: Don't move on.
30:21
[SPEAKER_04]: Give out your website.
30:29
[SPEAKER_04]: Kind of went down there on a win.
30:31
[SPEAKER_04]: There are really talented team, however, Barreave the really well coach.
30:36
[SPEAKER_04]: They play the game the right way.
30:38
[SPEAKER_04]: Um, they got a great player named Kate and Monica, who's their best player, who's a great shooter.
30:44
[SPEAKER_04]: Uh, just the smart to the IQ, they don't make mistakes.
30:49
[SPEAKER_04]: They don't turn the ball over.
30:51
[SPEAKER_04]: They play the game the way it was intended to be played.
30:54
[SPEAKER_04]: They're not floppy with the basketball.
30:56
[SPEAKER_04]: Now, I don't know if just the game I went to, they just played really well and didn't make many mistakes or if that's just how they always are, but there are programs established and it's been around.
31:06
[SPEAKER_04]: I like them in the first game over Liberty Christian again with bar reef having to go to Legoti for the section.
31:11
[SPEAKER_04]: They went to Washington last week for the regional, which is 10 minutes in the opposite direction.
31:16
[SPEAKER_04]: And then they get to go back to Washington for the semi state 10 minutes again in that same direction.
31:22
[SPEAKER_04]: And the second game with Bloomfield and howls are don't overlook.
31:27
[SPEAKER_04]: this Bloomfield theme.
31:29
[SPEAKER_04]: I'm actually going to take them to be houser in the day game to set up a nice matchup with bar even the championship.
31:37
[SPEAKER_04]: Bloomfield's got a kid named Blake Neil is the all-time leading score at Bloomfield and is a great player and is about six, five a great guard for them and then they have the kid who may or may not be Mike Hutt's long
31:56
[SPEAKER_04]: just like how it's all back in the day.
31:58
[SPEAKER_04]: I like Barriven Bloomfield to meet at Washington, which Bloomfield's not that far of a drive to Washington, either.
32:04
[SPEAKER_04]: So I like Barriven Bloomfield to meet at the Hatchett House and for the Vikings to advance to the state championship.
32:10
[SPEAKER_04]: And Keith Howington, their coach would be the third Barrive coach to take Barriven to a state championship or win a state championship.
32:21
[SPEAKER_00]: It's been a little boring the last couple, but I'm going the exact opposite.
32:25
[SPEAKER_00]: I'm taking Liberty Christian and Houser in the championship game and I'm taking Liberty Christian, the experience, the talent.
32:32
[SPEAKER_00]: I think to Liberty Christian wins this semi-state Michelle.
32:36
[SPEAKER_02]: Well, that's great.
32:37
[SPEAKER_02]: I think it's going to be bar reef in the first game.
32:39
[SPEAKER_02]: I think it's going to be hauser in the second game.
32:41
[SPEAKER_02]: And I think it's going to be a great standing room, only loud, raw, cautious environment to play in the championship game.
32:50
[SPEAKER_02]: I actually like this Liberty Christian team, but I also think they're going to face being an environment that they really, they don't play in very often.
33:00
[SPEAKER_02]: Those schools down there bar reef, they know what it's like and
33:05
[SPEAKER_02]: They'll feed off of it.
33:06
[SPEAKER_00]: And I like Barreed, by the way, the first two games the year Liberty Christian was at Anderson and at Brownsburg.
33:15
[SPEAKER_00]: Just want to point that out.
33:16
[SPEAKER_02]: Yeah, but I want those points.
33:19
[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, this is going to be.
33:20
[SPEAKER_02]: And Lee, Park Tutor, right, you see those little small schools down there in the south.
33:30
[SPEAKER_03]: They have tremendous
33:41
[SPEAKER_01]: I think these are going to be two really good basketball games bar Reeves.
33:46
[SPEAKER_01]: I think they're going to be Liberty Christian Liberty is either going to get on the bus early on Saturday or they're going to go down there Friday night not sleeping their own beds and I think bar Reeves takes advantage of that opportunity and wins in a close game there and then a second game bluefield game bar Reeve a game early in the year less than a month ago they lost by four to that team so but I'm going to take house or in the in the other game I think that's going to be a really good game as well and the championship game
34:09
[SPEAKER_01]: I think bar reef in another close when Beats Houser and they get to the state finals.
34:19
[SPEAKER_03]: Alright guys, one of the best days of the year.
34:22
[SPEAKER_00]: Thanks everyone for joining me.
34:24
[SPEAKER_00]: I appreciate it.
34:27
[SPEAKER_03]: Appreciate it, Greg.
34:28
[SPEAKER_03]: Thanks.
34:29
[SPEAKER_00]: Appreciate it, Greg.
34:30
[SPEAKER_03]: Hey, you guys.