2010-2011 Orrville Red Rider Basketball

• riders1

  

  I wouldn't call them down with losses to Northland , Lima Sr. and now Lex, but they don't lose at home very often and Lex was very unhappy with the beat down we gave them
  
  
  Mansfield Senior
  
  Tygers -- Division 1 (Willard Sectional); Coach Effie James
  
  Sat 04-Dec-10 Away
  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Columbus Northland L 48 - 86
  
  Fri 10-Dec-10 Home
  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * Orrville W 55 - 35
  
  Sat 11-Dec-10 Home
  2:00 p.m. Lima Senior L 73 - 75
  
  Fri 17-Dec-10 Away
  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * Wooster W 60 - 48
  
  Wed 22-Dec-10 Home
  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sandusky W 66 - 57
  
  Tue 28-Dec-10 Home
  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * Clear Fork W 56 - 50
  
  Fri 07-Jan-11 Away
  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * Ashland W 76 - 57
  
  Fri 14-Jan-11 Home
  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * Mansfield Madison W 67 - 46
  
  Sat 15-Jan-11 Away
  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * Lexington L 35 - 46
  
  Fri 21-Jan-11 Home
  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * West Holmes -
  
  Sat 22-Jan-11 Away
  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * Orrville -
  
  Fri 28-Jan-11 Home
  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * Wooster -
  
  Sat 29-Jan-11 Away
  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * Clear Fork -
  
  Fri 04-Feb-11 Home
  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * Ashland -
  
  Sat 05-Feb-11 Away
  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Warren Harding -
  
  Fri 11-Feb-11 Away
  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * Mansfield Madison -
  
  Sat 12-Feb-11 Away
  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Akron SV-SM -
  
  Fri 18-Feb-11 Home
  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * Lexington -
  
  Sat 19-Feb-11 Away
  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * West Holmes -
  
  Sat 26-Feb-11 Home
  1:00 p.m. Massillon Washington -
  
  Record: 6-3 (5-1)
• riders1

  

  Girls win at Hiland this morning. Orrville 59, Fort Loramie 52, 22-9 in the 4th to pull it out.
• Red Zone

  

  Great 3 -1 run Riders. Back in it. This weekend will show if we are contenders or pretenders. We're improving every game. I predict two wins this weekend!!! Go Riders!!!
• RedRider1

  

  ^^Seems there's one weekend like this every year....at Wooster and home versus Senior.
  
  Guys have been playing better, Max especially.
  
  Also hearing there's been a roster shuffle.
• Mr. Russell

  

  Just a side-note with half of the season left. Did anybody see Manchester last night drop 99, granted on C.C. but that is impressive, along with some of their other scores this year. Not sure if they are still in the district, but if so, it is going to be loaded, along with Tuslaw adding 2 guys scoring 15+ a game.
• RedRider1

  

  I assumed they were back when they put a hurt on Triway, but was told they weren't.
  
  Here's the 14 schools in the Wooster District.
  Black River
  Chippewa
  Columbia
  Hillsdale
  Loudonville
  Northwestern (West Salem)
  Norwayne
  Oberlin
  Orrville
  Smithville
  Triway
  Tuslaw
  Waynedale
  Wellington
  
  The Painesville District
  Brooklyn
  Cleveland Central Catholic
  Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy
  Fairview
  Gilmour Academy
  Hawken
  Horizon Science Academy
  Independence
  Kirtland
  Lutheran West
  Trinity
  Villa Angela-St. Joseph
  Wickliffe
  
  The Howland District
  Berkshire
  Brookfield
  Cardinal
  Champion
  Garfield (Garrettsville)
  Girard
  Grand Valley
  LaBrae
  Lakeview
  Liberty
  Mineral Ridge
  Newton Falls
  Pymatuning Valley
  
  The Salem District
  Canton Central Catholic
  Crestview (Columbiana)
  East Canton
  East Palestine
  Manchester
  Memorial (Campbell)
  Rootstown
  South Range
  Springfield (New Middletown)
  St. Thomas Aquinas
  United
  Ursuline
  Waterloo
  
  Not even pretending to know anything, but teams like LaBrae, VASJ, Cleve. CC, Manchester, Northwestern, Hillsdale...and yes, Orrville....will be teams to watch.
• Red Zone

  

  RedRider1;643626 wrote:
  Guys have been playing better, Max especially.
  
  Also hearing there's been a roster shuffle.

  
  I agree Max has made a difference. He is playing well and needs to continue to find ways to score.
  
  The roster shuffle, is it the kid that left the team last week?
• RedRider1

  

  ^^No. Entirely different.
• OQB

  

  Well, how did we do tonight?
• THE4RINGZ

  

  OrrvilleQB;647580 wrote:Well, how did we do tonight?

  No Final on WQKT website
  
  Last I heard Wooster was up 10+
• riders1

  

  60 TO 52 , Not the good guys, the guys in red couldn't shoot layups or pass the ball to the red shirts, sloppy for 3 better in the 4th, missed layups and TURNOVERS
  
  Winters 12 pts
  Wasson 6 or 8 and fouled out
  Mitchell all over the floor for 11 pts.
  
  
  OCC finals
  
  Wooster 60
  Orrville 52
  
  Senior 74
  W.Holmes 50
  
  Lexington 48
  C.Fork 42
  
  Madison 68
  Ashland 59
  
  OCC standings
  Senior and Lex 6-1
  C.Fork & Madison 4-3
  Orrville 3-4
  Wooster & W.Holmes 2-5
  Ashland 1-6
• CCRolly

  

  Ouch, sorry guys. Gotta be honest, never thought I'd see this Wooster team take you guys to the woodshed like last night. Up 23, and then 18 with 3 minutes left in the 4th quarter and putting our bench in. Didn't make this game though, as I was in Cleveland watching Jerry Seinfeld last night. After watching the replay it was obvious that LaLonde was the best player on the court last night however. Seriously guys, what in god's name is going on with your team this year? You beat Lexington, and then lose to Wooster?
• OQB

  

  We are a team full of bigs and and no guards/shooters. Teams just load the paint up and we can't do anything down low.
• sman

  Hard to watch
• Riderwannabe

  its time for some of the upper classmen so sit and start getting ready for the future
• Flash

  

  Not sure who your talking about Rwbe? We need ball handlers and shooters. I don't see anyone strong enough on reserve now to help us. Smith - not a bad shot and has got a lot better, but not strong enough to bang or guard a quick player on the other end. Landis- hustles, but isn't a scoring threat on reserves and may not be strong enough. The coach sees these guys all the time at practice and if he thought they were better then he'd put them in. What we need is a way to score when teams pack it in and double and triple Zack. But I've been gone and missed the last couple of games so I haven't seen them play in the last three.
• Riderwannabe

  the last 2 games were bad.
• BRF

  

  Everything we've got is big men and "tweeners". We've got to find a ball handler who can dish it inside and shoot the outside jumper. That person right now, is Near, imo (a "tweener" who could be easily molded into a play maker on varsity)...and Mitchell on the side....and keep the front court at Wasson, Winters and Pirman. I think that "The One crowned as the point guard since he was a freshman" thought is over. The thing is, if we get this ship righted, we can again do some serious damage in the tournament....playing schools our own size.
• Riderwannabe

  Ray and Graber are no good,give the spot to landis and live with it.also let Neer and Smith play varsity and sit the rest.
• ridernation

  I did make it to the Wooster game and all I can say is "WOW". I have never seen so many turnovers and most of them were with no pressure on the passer. Bad decision making is hurting this team, the only guards I saw willing to shoot from the outside was Mitchell and Turner. I really liked what I saw in Turner, he hustles can make things happen on defense and did shoot a couple 3's even made 1. Guards need to at least show some attempt at being an offensive threat or nobody is going to guard them and it is 5 on 3 in the paint, with most likely a turnover trying to force it inside. I would assume a healthy Groves might help he has a least shown signs in the past of hitting 3's that might bring the zone out to defend and open up the inside, until then teams are going to pack it inside and make it tough to score points in the paint. As BRF says if we can find 2 or 3 guys who can get hot from outside we can be awful tough come tourney time. League is out of the question now so its time to find the right pieces at guard.
• OQB

  

  I was very impressed with Neer, when I watched him for the first time against Senior.......played well against a very athetic team. Why not try him out.
• THE4RINGZ

  

  OrrvilleQB;650039 wrote:I was very impressed with Neer, when I watched him for the first time against Senior.......played well against a very athetic team. Why not try him out.

  
  
  Neer's dad is a Northwestern alumni. Enough said.
• OQB

  

  lol and My dad is a Smithville alumni......what exactly is your point? Was his dad a stud or something?
• BRF

  

  Here is what I would do in our next game. I would take any combination of two who have been shooting good in practice of Mitchell, Groves, Turner (forgot to mention him previously) and Near (I'm not sold on Landis for varsity yet) and take the ball up court LOOKING TO SHOOT FROM THE OUTSIDE FIRST. Let the 2-3 zone collapse all it wants. Let our "bigs" hustle for the rebounds on any missed shots and muscle them back up (and then hit the FT, too). The bigs would need to forget about posting up for the inside pass, for awhile.
  
  BRF out!
• Mr. Russell

  

  4RINGZ, I really think you're onto something and I have been thinking it all year....I went through it, believe it or not it does go on haha. I have known that 10th grade class since they were in pre-school and Neer and Lichti are the two best basketball players in that class. Please as another team in the district, play Smith and Landis Varsity....You're telling me Lichti is a good enough athlete to be a QB on a final 4 team, but isnt a better basketball players than Smith and Landis? Unless something miraculous happened over the past year and a half from seeing them play a ton in AAU and summer ball, Neer and Lichti are better.