basketball and life

I am delinquent again on my blogs but I will try and do better this week
I have been on the road the last week, first to Greensboro to see my son and then to Virginia to watch my daughter swim and watch Brenau dominate its conference meet. But now I am home and ready to catch up with some high school basketball.
Was I surprised that Stratford won the region tournament ? NOOOO why would I be when they have the best 2 players in the region. I mean I believed they would win the region football championship for the same reason but when it comes to basketball, it doesn't take as many to win. QT and O'Showen and some good role players can take the Eagles a long way. They need more than two to make it to the semis though and I am not sure at this point they have anyone else that will step up at this level of competition


I am also not surprised that Central won over Westside. Central is THAT good people, they really are. I believe they are the most likely team to get to the final four from Macon. They have a great deal of balance and a very deep bench. And as long as that point guard stays on the court, they have a chance.


But hey guess what Westside has a chance too. The Seminoles are very very good with maybe the best player in the state playing for them. As good as he has been this year , he has to find another level and maintain it for Westside to do damage. And the guys off the bench must contribute. Can they make it to the final four ? No Doubt they can.


Southwest had to beat Rutland in the consolation game to make any noise in the playoffs and they failed to do so, so I am expecting them to  lose in the first round. Justin Slocum as far as I know, is unsigned, hello people,,, get on that train.


Kudos to Rutland and Howard for improving throughout the year and making the state playoffs.


I also see that the Stratford girls beat (not upset) Tattnall to win the region and that Avant scored 19 points. I mean here is a girl that really doesn't have to play basketball because she has already signed with UGA to play  softball, but she plays because she loves to compete and loves her school.


Lets not forget Tattnall. I believe they will make noise in the state tournament on both the boys side and the girls side. Jarvis Smith has showed me that he can coach and he has a few big time athletes in Kemp, Slaughter,Marshall and Barron and they are quite capable of winning one or two games. The same can be said for the girls. The Stratford loss knocked them down a peg, which is not always a bad thing.
Now lets go watch some basketball