Fort Frye (20-3) vs Garaway District Final 3-4

[marklane]

Garaway comes up with a goal line stand late in the 4th quarter to keep Fort Frye out of the end zone. Oh wait, wrong sport, sorry couldn't resist.

[FANOSPORTS]

What poster's on here paid money to go see this one ? Oh my, I thought Oak Hill would get a test from one of these two in the Regionals but I've changed my mind. UUUggghhh !!!!!

[Steely Dan]

Garaway comes up with a goal line stand late in the 4th quarter to keep Fort Frye out of the end zone. Oh wait, wrong sport, sorry couldn't resist.

Mark - You took a page from my book. Excellent, made me LOL! I'll remember your wit next year!

[MightyOaksFan]

No fun at all.

[surfsider]

If River had pressed Garaway more from the start in its sectional opener it'd been playing FF instead. Oh well. But, wow, I wouldn't have wanted to pay money for a snoozer lie that.

[MightyOaksFan]

If River had pressed Garaway more from the start in its sectional opener it'd been playing FF instead. Oh well. But, wow, I wouldn't have wanted to pay money for a snoozer lie that.

or gone to scout it.

[riverbball]

Perhaps. But now Garaway is at Athens and everyone there is going to have to watch them play!

[Warrior in WV]

Pathetic for Girls HS basketball. Should put a shot clock in to prevent this from happening!

[EasternDspy]

Fort Frye is just not a pressing team.They play great man to man D.I'm glad I did not drive 2 hrs to watch this.Fort Frye returns all but Sr Lacey Huck.Plus 6-1 Sammie Hanson and 6-1 8th grader Megan Leidtke are going to be on the team.FF girls program is on the rise.JV team has went 38-0 the last 2 seasons.

[bdubya]

http://www.mariettatimes.com/page/categ ... ports.html

Even Coach Osborne played first one to 40 at Gallia Academy, and he was non-renewed for his style.

All fans in attendance should have been provided with a pillow.

[footballfanatic1]

i think we must be talking about softball......i must be in the wrong forum......did the ball have air in it....please call BOBBY KNGHT.....LOL

[mhs95_06]

I love these type "close to the vest" games in the one and done format!

[footballfanatic1]

CLOSE TO THE VEST...SOUNDS LIKE NO BODY EVEN CAME CLOSE TO ANYTHING...LIKE THE BASKET....I'M HOPING THE RETURNED EVERYONES TICKET PRICE....

[pitt87fan]

That is it. Can't FF push some tempo? Can't someone create for themselves or teammates. I listened to the game and just kept thinking, where is this great team East keeps talking about. 10 points !!! You can say all you want about the coach but no adjustments is just poor coaching. If they can't play different defenses then again I say that is poor development. You can say all you want about players coming back, new players etc, until they find someone to create and be able to play defense and not hold teams to 30 by holding the ball all game they will struggle against teams outside their conference. Keep drinking the koolaid.

[riverbball]

Fort Frye is a very, very young team. They dont yet have a player that can create a shot but by next year they should. Their core players were sophomores and freshman. Also remember their 6'1" post player (a very good player last year as a sophomore) tore her ACL and was out all season. With her, they probably would have won this game.

Do they have a way to go? Sure. Would I want to play them next year? No.

[ManitouDan]

can someone who was there or knows what happened explain this game --did both teams play zone --did both teams hold the ball intentionally on O? Surely no pressure was applied in the 1/2 court set or the score could not have been what is was ---was FF a huge underdog ?

[ManitouDan]

I see where FF was 20-3 , how can you be that good and score 10 points in a district final ?

PS I love the post about FF getting great players coming next year --- SUPER --should we expect them to break 15 ? I would transfer OUT if I had a good player and the coach plays ball like that. MD

[riverbball]

1) Neither team played zone. Fort Frye plays man to man defense. Garaway plays a variety of defenses. But if you are thinking a straight 2-3 zone and packing it in the paint...no that did not happen.
2) Neither team held the ball intentionally. Garaway did so a little bit at the end but that was under 4 minutes. If you are thinking a player just stood and held the ball as the other team sat in a zone, that did not happen.
3) Towards the end of the game Fort Frye did to to double team in the 1/2 court (I would say about the last half of the 4th quarter). However, Garaway did not turn the ball over and handled the double-teaming well. Garaway never did apply pressure as they had the advantage of a lead the whole game.
4) Fort Frye was by no means an underdog. They had 20 wins. Garaway has 21 wins. If you looked at common opponents (River, Tusky Valley), Fort Frye handle both those teams easier than what Garaway did.

Fort Frye's biggest disadvantage (and Garaway's biggest advantage) was experience. Fort Frye plays 4 sophomores and 1 freshman most of the time. Garaway plays 4 seniors and 1 sophomore. Those seniors have been in a lot of tournament games. In my opinion the Fort Frye girls felt the pressure of playing in the biggest game of their careers so far and just didn't execute like they had much of the year.

And I doubt the best player coming next year is going to transfer. It is the coaches daughter

[ManitouDan]

thanks for the answers riverball. Hard to see how a game with 2 good teams can play out like that... So did both teams take shots and just shoot horribly or both teams work the ball around for 3-4-5 minutes before taking a shot ? sorry for maybe asking what might be obvious if you were there , or you know the history of how each team plays... I don't know. I have not seen talented enough teams (inc eastern and waterford) to be able to hold the ball that long against good D to be able to only score 4 points a quarter. You either work the ball around for a good look which doesn't take 60 seconds or the ball bets turned over leading to a break for the opposing team. Maybe both teams did'nt apply much defensive pressure in the 1/2 court setting ?

[riverbball]

Fort Frye just couldn't get looks. They went against a half-court defense that just shut them down. Fort Frye does not have a player (but should with one more year of work) that can drive, penetrate, and create shots. Since Fort Frye wasn't getting the looks, they didn't take a shot. Garaway didn't apply much half-court pressure because they didn't have to. Once they had the lead they setback and took very few chances at getting a steal.

Garaway did take more shots, but missed open looks and free throws. If Garaway coverted just 50% of their open shots and 50% of their free throws for the game, they would have got in the 30's. Fort Frye tried to apply some half-court pressure in the 4th, but it didn't have much impact (they came awful close a few times). Also, Fort Frye waited too long to foul. The way Garaway was shooting, they should have put them at the line with about 4 minutes to go in the game.

Garaway also moved their feet on defense and didn't foul. I believe Fort Frye only shot two free throws for the whole game (and missed those too).

Anyhow, I thought the first team to 30 would win. As it was, the first team to 20 didn't even win. It was the first team to 10!