Middle school boys hoops team beats opponent 100-2, controversy ensues

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jimmy olsen

November 28, 2011, 09:44:19 PM
100-2 is ridiculous. It's hard to imagine.  :huh:

http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2011/11/28/middle-school-hoops-team-might-have-season-canceled-after-100-2-victory/

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Nov 28, 2011, 4:49 PM EST
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Not even the basketball game in Meatballs can compare to the drubbing that the Pikeville (Ky.) Independent Middle School boys handed to Kimper (Ky.) Elementary and Middle School at the Pike County Preseason Tournament recently. After racing to a 70-0 halftime lead (yep), Pikeville eventually won, 100-2. As a result of the blowout, reports began flying that the school district's superintendent and school board might cancel the remainder of Pikeville's season for poor sportsmanship. Those rumors were not true, however.


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This unintentional comedy from Scouts Focus is the funniest thing I've read today:

    [Pikeville coach Bryan] Johnson told Scouts Focus that he received "a lot of flack" from the 100-2 victory through various online and local mediums. Johnson told Scouts Focus that these mediums attempted to stir controversy, which he feels unjustified under the extenuating set of the circumstances.

    Johnson told Scouts Focus that he left his starters in for only 1:48 where they pressed until the lead blossomed to 25-0. Pikeville then proceeded to back up into a 2-3 zone defense for the rest of the half where they ballooned to an unheard of 70-0 lead. Johnson reinserted his starters in the beginning of the second half where he instructed his team to stop playing defense and coax Kimper into scoring. Johnson told Scouts Focus that he had two clear options; to stall the ball or keep playing. Johnson stressed that his goal was to not embarrass any of the opposing kids. Pikeville's attempts of allowing Kimper to score proved fruitless. Johnson told Scouts Focus that the opposition could not hit any of the many open threes or layups they were coaxed freely into pursuing. Kimper did score on a last second lay-in by 6'0 8th grader Adam Thacker.

Just like a Knicks game!

Sorry, that was mean. I sincerely apologize. Kimper could probably play evenly with the Knicks.

But the question remains: as a coach, what do you do when you're ahead 25-0 after 1:48 of the first quarter? And 70-0 at halftime? Remember, you're dealing with kids who haven't even reached high school. Should Pikeville be disciplined for, basically, pounding on a weak kid?
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HVC

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November 28, 2011, 09:48:44 PM Last Edit: November 28, 2011, 09:50:25 PM by HVC
"6'0 8th grader Adam Thacker"? wtf you have a 6' 8th grader and you can't win or at least get more then 2? Also, kid should see a doctor.
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November 28, 2011, 11:23:07 PM
When I played basketball I managed to score one basket.  Unfortunately It was on the wrong side of the court.  True story. They didn't really want me to play in the school sports after that.  I would lose one-on-one games with the kid with one arm.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

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November 28, 2011, 11:25:19 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on November 28, 2011, 11:23:07 PM
I would lose one-on-one games with the kid with one arm.

I remember that. It was funny.
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November 28, 2011, 11:34:20 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on November 28, 2011, 11:25:19 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on November 28, 2011, 11:23:07 PM
I would lose one-on-one games with the kid with one arm.

I remember that. It was funny.

You do not!  It is true, but you didn't go to Thomas Jefferson Middle School.

It occurs to me you could create a really funny montage of Raz failing at sports.  Getting cracked in the head with a fly ball, being beaned, shooting a basket into the wrong side of the court, bowling an 11, coming in last in every race, punching a guy in football (the guy looked like he was going to hit me!), etc.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

MadImmortalMan

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November 28, 2011, 11:39:05 PM
Pike County. lol

That Kimper coach was probably a damn Hatfield.  :outback:
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November 29, 2011, 12:04:11 AM
Raz  :lol: :hug:

Reminds me of a friend of mine. I was watching him bowl against a mutual friend and there was this cute little four year old girl bowling with her mom, using the gutter guards obviously. When my friends' game was over, I peaked at the little girl's final score, 76. My friend scored 75. The mom laughed and praised her daughter and the little girl shook my friend's hand trying to comfort his bruised ego. We gave him shit forever after that.
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November 29, 2011, 12:22:55 AM
Your friend still bowls better than the President and me.  :blush:
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November 29, 2011, 12:29:34 AM
Quote from: HVC on November 28, 2011, 09:48:44 PM
"6'0 8th grader Adam Thacker"? wtf you have a 6' 8th grader and you can't win or at least get more then 2? Also, kid should see a doctor.

You must have gone to a school with very short kids.  6' isnt that tall for a kid in grade 8.  I had 4 kids 6 feet or taller on the grade 8 team I coached last year.

Razgovory

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November 29, 2011, 12:36:39 AM
I was thinking the same thing.  By 8th grade you always have a few kids who early bloomers.
I've given it serious thought. I must scorn the ways of my family, and seek a Japanese woman to yield me my progeny. He shall live in the lands of the east, and be well tutored in his sacred trust to weave the best traditions of Japan and the Sacred South together, until such time as he (or, indeed his house, which will periodically require infusion of both Southern and Japanese bloodlines of note) can deliver to the South it's independence, either in this world or in space.  -Lettow April of 2011

Raz is right. -MadImmortalMan March of 2017

Josquius

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November 29, 2011, 01:09:36 AM Last Edit: November 29, 2011, 01:13:01 AM by Tyr
Bet those kids are really kicking themselves. So near to winning by 100 and yet they fail.

Quote"6'0 8th grader Adam Thacker"? wtf you have a 6' 8th grader and you can't win or at least get more then 2? Also, kid should see a doctor.
Meh, I'm pretty sure I wasn't too far off that when I was in year 8. As said some kids get their growth in early.
And hey, tall doesn't equal good, see also: my high school basketball career :lol:
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November 29, 2011, 12:10:02 PM
Quote from: FunkMonk on November 29, 2011, 12:04:11 AM
Raz  :lol: :hug:

Reminds me of a friend of mine. I was watching him bowl against a mutual friend and there was this cute little four year old girl bowling with her mom, using the gutter guards obviously. When my friends' game was over, I peaked at the little girl's final score, 76. My friend scored 75. The mom laughed and praised her daughter and the little girl shook my friend's hand trying to comfort his bruised ego. We gave him shit forever after that.

I got the fuck beaten out of me the last time I bowled by an eleven year old girl.  But she was actually wicked good; I think her first game was about 200.
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Siege

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November 29, 2011, 07:31:09 PM
Nobody gonna comment on these people with socialist mentallity that don't the great to enjoy their greatness?



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November 29, 2011, 07:33:57 PM
Quote from: Siege on November 29, 2011, 07:31:09 PM
Nobody gonna comment on these people with socialist mentallity that don't the great to enjoy their greatness?

You don't achieve greatness by beating the shit out of a cripple, you achieve it by beating an equal or greater opponent.

(Not to say the team in question was unfair.  It sounds like they did everything they could.)

Siege

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November 29, 2011, 07:39:32 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on November 29, 2011, 07:33:57 PM
Quote from: Siege on November 29, 2011, 07:31:09 PM
Nobody gonna comment on these people with socialist mentallity that don't the great to enjoy their greatness?

You don't achieve greatness by beating the shit out of a cripple, you achieve it by beating an equal or greater opponent.

(Not to say the team in question was unfair.  It sounds like they did everything they could.)

I disagree. You achieve greatness by winning, consistently and with as wide a marging as possible.

Your cripple analogy doesn't work, because this "cripple" walked into the game challenging his oponent.


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"Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't."

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