BVC Basketball Blogging
OK so returning talent doesn’t always equal success.
Cory-Rawson and Arcadia have a lot of experience returning from last year’s team and I thought both clubs would break out of the struggles they’ve had in recent years. Guess not. Cory-Rawson is 2-4 currently and Arcadia is sitting at 1-5. Not the breakout seasons I had anticipated for these two clubs.
It’s early, in fact the Blanchard Valley Conference has played just a pair of league games with seven to go and already three teams have separated themselves from the pack.
Liberty-Benton, Van Buren and Pandora-Gilboa are the only BVC boys teams checking in at 2-0 already this season.
The Eagles haven’t even yet been tested and won’t take on Van Buren and Pandora-Gilboa until Feb. 2 and 16 respectively and both games will be on the road. Until then, Liberty-Benton may have a couple of back-to-back Saturday night specials in Jan. against Elmwood (Jan. 13) and Ottoville (Jan.20) which may test them.
Van Buren is also off to a very impressive start and I have to admit I was a little surprised how easily they handled Suburban Lakes League favorite Elmwood 69-52 recently but when you hold Dustin Reynolds to 6 points or whatever they held him to good things are going to happen.
The Knights take on Pandora-Gilboa Jan. 26 at home. That means the will play both P-G and L-B at home…an advantage? I guess we will soon find out.
The Rockets meanwhile are 4-2 overall with a couple of tight losses to Ada (in OT) and Kalida. Playing in both the BVC and PCL creates its own set of problems. They have to be ready to play every single game on their schedule because they are all a little more meaningful for Pandora because most of them are conference games. There’s no break in the schedule for them.
Another team to watch is Arlington. The defending BVC co-champs have been impressive in non-conference games but are 0-2 in the BVC after falling to Pandora and Liberty. They could conceivably reel off seven straight wins in the conference…I could see it happening.
Wait another month and things should be much clearer.
Tomorrow a look at the MAL basketball race.
NOTEWORTHY:
BOWLED OVER: Wow what a game. (Please note the sarcasm) How could the holidays be complete without the Motor City Bowl. It was truly a marquee matchup featuring Central Michigan and Middle Tennessee. Is it me or are there just too many bowl games? I remember when playing in a bowl game actually meant something and not everyone got to go. Oh well I guess I’ll just have to wait for the vaunted Cincinnati-Western Michigan game in the International Bowl Jan.6 or the Southern Miss-Ohio U. game in the GMAC Bowl Jan.7. Does anyone care about these games or are you glad just to see more college football on TV.
UF IN THE BCS?:
Here’s an email that’s been circulating around the area:
I believe the University of Findlay should be playing in the BCS championship game and here’s why: Findlay beat Charleston, WVa. who beat West Liberty State who beat Duquesne who beat Fordham who beat Albany N.Y. who beat Lehigh who beat Villanova who beat James Madison who beat New Hampshire who beat Northwestern who beat Eastern Michigan who beat Toledo who beat Kansas who beat Kansas State who beat Texas who beat Oklahoma who beat Washington who beat UCLA who beat Oregon State who beat Southern Cal
NEWSWORTHY:
Courier Wednesday local sports
St. Joseph girls off to a fast start
Poor shooting hurts Bryan girls
Ottoville routs Lincolnview
Story on HN girls basketball
Shelby drops battle to Upper Sandusky boys 76-72
Great feature on former Fostoria RB Casey McBeth in the Tiffin Advertiser Tribune
Proposal would move Blue Jackets to Eastern Conference
Cory-Rawson and Arcadia have a lot of experience returning from last year’s team and I thought both clubs would break out of the struggles they’ve had in recent years. Guess not. Cory-Rawson is 2-4 currently and Arcadia is sitting at 1-5. Not the breakout seasons I had anticipated for these two clubs.
It’s early, in fact the Blanchard Valley Conference has played just a pair of league games with seven to go and already three teams have separated themselves from the pack.
Liberty-Benton, Van Buren and Pandora-Gilboa are the only BVC boys teams checking in at 2-0 already this season.
The Eagles haven’t even yet been tested and won’t take on Van Buren and Pandora-Gilboa until Feb. 2 and 16 respectively and both games will be on the road. Until then, Liberty-Benton may have a couple of back-to-back Saturday night specials in Jan. against Elmwood (Jan. 13) and Ottoville (Jan.20) which may test them.
Van Buren is also off to a very impressive start and I have to admit I was a little surprised how easily they handled Suburban Lakes League favorite Elmwood 69-52 recently but when you hold Dustin Reynolds to 6 points or whatever they held him to good things are going to happen.
The Knights take on Pandora-Gilboa Jan. 26 at home. That means the will play both P-G and L-B at home…an advantage? I guess we will soon find out.
The Rockets meanwhile are 4-2 overall with a couple of tight losses to Ada (in OT) and Kalida. Playing in both the BVC and PCL creates its own set of problems. They have to be ready to play every single game on their schedule because they are all a little more meaningful for Pandora because most of them are conference games. There’s no break in the schedule for them.
Another team to watch is Arlington. The defending BVC co-champs have been impressive in non-conference games but are 0-2 in the BVC after falling to Pandora and Liberty. They could conceivably reel off seven straight wins in the conference…I could see it happening.
Wait another month and things should be much clearer.
Tomorrow a look at the MAL basketball race.
NOTEWORTHY:
BOWLED OVER: Wow what a game. (Please note the sarcasm) How could the holidays be complete without the Motor City Bowl. It was truly a marquee matchup featuring Central Michigan and Middle Tennessee. Is it me or are there just too many bowl games? I remember when playing in a bowl game actually meant something and not everyone got to go. Oh well I guess I’ll just have to wait for the vaunted Cincinnati-Western Michigan game in the International Bowl Jan.6 or the Southern Miss-Ohio U. game in the GMAC Bowl Jan.7. Does anyone care about these games or are you glad just to see more college football on TV.
UF IN THE BCS?:
Here’s an email that’s been circulating around the area:
I believe the University of Findlay should be playing in the BCS championship game and here’s why: Findlay beat Charleston, WVa. who beat West Liberty State who beat Duquesne who beat Fordham who beat Albany N.Y. who beat Lehigh who beat Villanova who beat James Madison who beat New Hampshire who beat Northwestern who beat Eastern Michigan who beat Toledo who beat Kansas who beat Kansas State who beat Texas who beat Oklahoma who beat Washington who beat UCLA who beat Oregon State who beat Southern Cal
NEWSWORTHY:
Courier Wednesday local sports
St. Joseph girls off to a fast start
Poor shooting hurts Bryan girls
Ottoville routs Lincolnview
Story on HN girls basketball
Shelby drops battle to Upper Sandusky boys 76-72
Great feature on former Fostoria RB Casey McBeth in the Tiffin Advertiser Tribune
Proposal would move Blue Jackets to Eastern Conference
posted by --J-- @ 7:59 AM
1 Comments:
At 7:56 PM,
Anonymous said…
I was at Van Buren tonight for the Leipsic vs. Van Buren varsity boys basketball game. The game was out of reach by the 4th quarter and Van Buren ended up winning by 40 points. However, they continued to play full-court, pressure, man-to-man defense until the end of the game. Even after they pulled their starters they continued to play the same defense and they even trapped out of it at least one time! I thought this showed poor sportsmanship and so did other Leipsic fans. In fact, I was upset about it the whole drive home which prompted me to post this comment. Can anyone give me a good reason for a team doing this to another team? Especially one that is undefeated and playing a team that doesn't have a win this year? I'm not looking for sympathy, just a possible explaination.
~ Viking 22
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