Gettysburg recap
Very nice win for E-town on Saturday night against Gettysburg. The Bears had a game plan, stuck to it and Gettysburg looked completely over-matched throughout. The Warriors couldn't get anything going at all and that should be attributed to E-town's stifling defense. In fact, whenever the Warriors had a rare open shot, it was almost like they didn't know what to do, and usually ended up missing it.
Every time Gettysburg looked like it might get something going (the dunk the King kid – who was listed at 5'9" – comes to mind) E-town had an answer, and then some. Speaking of King, I couldn't believe it when he got up and dunked. I mean, he's 5'9"!! That's how tall I am and I think one time in high school I touched the bottom of the net. After I had my Shaq Pumps all the way pumped up, of course. And from where I was sitting, King didn't take the time to pump up on that fast break. Pretty impressive.
If I were going to give a game ball out to one of the E-town players, it would probably be Kyle McNeil. Dude was a force out there, coming up with offensive board after offensive board and scoring 19 points along the way. He plays as hard as anyone you'll see and you never hear a peep out of him. Heck of a night.
It would be hard not to mention Quinn Cozzens as well. Super all around game by an outstanding player. I'm telling you this right now, if Quinn plays Wednesday night like he did against Gettysburg, the Bears have a real shot at pulling the upset. There are times when Cozzens gets in a "I'm going to take this ball to the basket and score no matter what" mode and when he does, he's unstoppable. He might not make the shot, but he'll get to the free throw line, or dish to a wide open teammate under the glass. Either way, he'll hurt you.
Nate Koach did a great job getting physical with Gettysburg big man Ron Johnson, who looked like he wanted no part of any physical play. Instead of taking advantage of his size when he caught the ball about 8 feet out, he usually dished it off or tried and awkard fadeaway.
Defense, defense, defense. That's the main reason the Bears won Saturday night. Man, that was as tenacious as I've seen that defense play for a full four quarters all season. That, lads and lasses, is what they call stepping up your game in the playoffs. By reading some papers in the area, it seems like no one (other than this lowly schlub) is giving E-town much of a chance, and that's probably because most of them MAY have seen the Bears play once. Horse hockey. These Bears are good, there's no denying that, but do you know what makes them dangerous? They ain't scared of nobody. (How's that for good grammar? Thanks freshman English!). Seriously, they are not afraid of anything. You could put them against Reading or E-town College and it wouldn't matter. They'd play hard and would seriously think they can win. And that's how teams like E-town get to the state playoffs.
As for what happened at the end of the game, I won't really get into it, other than to say it was an unfortunate thing and was a moment of bad judgement. I don't think high school athletes should be criticized for poor decisions on the court by the press (they are just kids, after all), but what happened at the final whistle was something you never want to see. I'm just glad nothing escalated and no one was hurt. And I hope nothing like it ever happens again. Not just at E-town, but in any high school sport.
That's all for now, I'll post a Cedar Crest-E-town preview at some point tomorrow.
Cheers.
Every time Gettysburg looked like it might get something going (the dunk the King kid – who was listed at 5'9" – comes to mind) E-town had an answer, and then some. Speaking of King, I couldn't believe it when he got up and dunked. I mean, he's 5'9"!! That's how tall I am and I think one time in high school I touched the bottom of the net. After I had my Shaq Pumps all the way pumped up, of course. And from where I was sitting, King didn't take the time to pump up on that fast break. Pretty impressive.
If I were going to give a game ball out to one of the E-town players, it would probably be Kyle McNeil. Dude was a force out there, coming up with offensive board after offensive board and scoring 19 points along the way. He plays as hard as anyone you'll see and you never hear a peep out of him. Heck of a night.
It would be hard not to mention Quinn Cozzens as well. Super all around game by an outstanding player. I'm telling you this right now, if Quinn plays Wednesday night like he did against Gettysburg, the Bears have a real shot at pulling the upset. There are times when Cozzens gets in a "I'm going to take this ball to the basket and score no matter what" mode and when he does, he's unstoppable. He might not make the shot, but he'll get to the free throw line, or dish to a wide open teammate under the glass. Either way, he'll hurt you.
Nate Koach did a great job getting physical with Gettysburg big man Ron Johnson, who looked like he wanted no part of any physical play. Instead of taking advantage of his size when he caught the ball about 8 feet out, he usually dished it off or tried and awkard fadeaway.
Defense, defense, defense. That's the main reason the Bears won Saturday night. Man, that was as tenacious as I've seen that defense play for a full four quarters all season. That, lads and lasses, is what they call stepping up your game in the playoffs. By reading some papers in the area, it seems like no one (other than this lowly schlub) is giving E-town much of a chance, and that's probably because most of them MAY have seen the Bears play once. Horse hockey. These Bears are good, there's no denying that, but do you know what makes them dangerous? They ain't scared of nobody. (How's that for good grammar? Thanks freshman English!). Seriously, they are not afraid of anything. You could put them against Reading or E-town College and it wouldn't matter. They'd play hard and would seriously think they can win. And that's how teams like E-town get to the state playoffs.
As for what happened at the end of the game, I won't really get into it, other than to say it was an unfortunate thing and was a moment of bad judgement. I don't think high school athletes should be criticized for poor decisions on the court by the press (they are just kids, after all), but what happened at the final whistle was something you never want to see. I'm just glad nothing escalated and no one was hurt. And I hope nothing like it ever happens again. Not just at E-town, but in any high school sport.
That's all for now, I'll post a Cedar Crest-E-town preview at some point tomorrow.
Cheers.
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