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  • RedRider1
    ^^You doing the writing too? :) I didn't make it last night.

    Good win...5-1 start is very encouraging. Feels like we're winning games that we might not have last year. Or maybe it's the feeling that we're going to find a way to win instead of lose....either way, I think attitudes and expectations are really starting to change, and obviously, the more wins, the easier that becomes.

    Our next 2 are both on the road...this Friday at Clear Fork and next Friday at Lexington.
  • 5knots
    Fun team to watch. A lot of effort out there. Defensively this team gives anyone fits...we just need to have a couple kids get their stroke which will come in time. Much like the football season, I think this team improves a great deal by tourney time. Nice!
  • Flash
    Writing? No way. I'm a wrestler. I got all kinds of flack for filling in as an announcer on occassion. Last nights win was without Pirman who has a minor strain and will be back soon. Turnovers were a problem last night, but there was no lack of effort.
  • RedRider1
    24 turnover according to the paper....that's a few too many.

    I was contacted by the powers that be at Orrviews...I'll cobble something together to go along with your masterpiece.
  • BRF
    Yeah....the turnovers were very frustrating to watch. Add the JV game into that, too.

    I want to say that, upon reflecting, I found myself mesmerized by the tenacious man to man D that we are playing (and I'm talking about US giving a team with the demographics of East, FITS!) BRF rates it as VERY good! If you were there, think back to how long it took East to get a bucket. Now, if we can start clicking on the O side, watch out!
  • BRF
    RedRider1 wrote: ...I'll cobble something together to go along with your masterpiece.
    "Cobble"? That's a good one. I might have to use that in my next "masterpiece" for the Old Rag! :D
  • Flash
    Yea, the three of us are holding that paper up.
  • BRF
    BRF is "da bomb" for Orr Views!

    They love me.
  • Flash
    The latest Issue:

  • RedRider1
    Flash wrote: Yea, the three of us are holding that paper up.
    Now that's funny.
  • RedRider1
    BRF wrote: Yeah....the turnovers were very frustrating to watch. Add the JV game into that, too.

    I want to say that, upon reflecting, I found myself mesmerized by the tenacious man to man D that we are playing (and I'm talking about US giving a team with the demographics of East, FITS!) BRF rates it as VERY good! If you were there, think back to how long it took East to get a bucket. Now, if we can start clicking on the O side, watch out!

    Very interesting. I get what you're saying. It's one thing to lock down a team with not much athleticism, but it's another to hold your own against a team that is athletic and fast.

    It's clear what Coach Sly is doing...defense comes first. On nights when your shots aren't falling, you can still play suffocating defense.
  • Old Rider
    And the Old Rider is here.

    I like our defense as well, but the TO's have to be minimized. Far too many against that good of a team, we squeeked that one out.
  • RedRider1
    Why hello old_rider....

    the gangs all here.........for the most part. :)
  • rrfan
    Coach. Haveing a defense first attitude?? Wonder where he got that. Somewhere Smitty is smileing.

    Good Luck tonight Guys!
  • BRF
    Flash wrote: The latest Issue:


    "coobled" stories?

    "plagiarized"?

    You need your eyes checked!

    Why don't you get a normal sized camera that you are taller than? :)
  • Flash
    No pix tonight. Did anyone go to Clearfork?
  • BRF
    We won. Unofficial score 78-56
  • RedRider1
    WMFD lists the score at 68-58.

    http://www.wmfd.com/gameroom/scoreboard.asp?weektopick=6

    Either way...it's a win.
  • BRF
    That's why I said "unofficial" when it comes from a JV cheerleader!

    But I will give her a hug and tell her at least she got the WIN part right!

    "Either way....it's a win".............true dat
  • Flash
    The paper is in trouble, none of the triumvirate attended.

  • BRF
    Flash wrote: The paper is in trouble, none of the triumvirate attended.
    This part of the "triumvirate" only deals with the "plagiarized" history of Orrville, not CURRENT sports! :D

    Yes, my source said the attendance was very "light" from our part, with NO student section.

    But that's how it goes these days.
  • OrrPride
    Yea, I was so hoping to hear some noise of our student section....such as...."just like FOOTBALL"......lol
  • BRF
    Did anybody find a box score for this game?

    Ask around if you know somebody who was on the team bus last night. The game was delayed a half hour because we were late. The railroad track lights were flashing on the Back WOOOSTER Road and and the driver wouldn't go across until a Sheriff's Deputy showed up to "escort" him over the tracks.
  • Flash
    Not surprising no student section. Would you let your kid drive there, in those conditions? The problem with Clearfork is its like OU, there's no way to get there that's good. Way out around by 71 or across country that's up and down and slippery. You knew it wasn't going to be a great game and it was easy to stay home. Clearfork's 8th grade team isn't too, bad with some height and size. Clearfork is a lot like us, willing to take on larger schools in the hope of being tournament tested, but it is a little far away for us.
  • Flash
    BRF, what are you looking for? There was a box score in the DR.
    In summary:
    Besc.-12
    miller-2
    Pirman-2
    Bolyard-25
    Groves-4 Corbett-2
    Wasson 21
    Hoobler -0
    Rebs
    Orr.31-[miller 12]
    Clear-19

    Assists Orr -16 Boly.4
    Clear-6
    Fouls Orr 14 Clear -12
    Turns-Orr 12 Clear -16
    Jv's Orr 63 -41

    Seems we won the stats by a better margin than the score.