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Because of our back-to-back home games and my obligation to prepare something for the handout tomorrow night, I have to cut tonight's review down to the bare bones. The Gladiators got off to a great start, leading 16-8 after the first quarter. But Staunton inserted Ethan Painter, who delivered three quick effortless triples to get them going. Javon Battle meanwhile was steady the entire game and caused havoc on defense with his quick hands as well as running the offense well. I believe the two of them combined for around 34 points give or take.
Riverheads had its own 1-2 bunch as Grant Painter scored 20 and Elijah Dunlap 18, but the rest of the team for the most part just could not find the range tonight. The turning point of the game was the third quarter. RHS had taken a 28-26 lead into the locker room but then went cold for almost the first six minutes of the second half. That enabled the Storm to build as much as a 12 point lead.
To their credit, the Gladiators battled back as they found some quick hands of their own and forced a number of fourth quarter turnovers and "stormed back" (pardon the pun) into the game, trimming their deficit down to just two. But instead of a miracle comeback they fell short when a final corner triple at the horn failed to find the mark. A number of missed foul shots on the evening further hurt the Riverheads cause.
The JV game followed a somewhat similar script. RHS' Bennett Dunlap came out on fire and stroked three triples as the Gladiators led 19-14 after a fast-paced first quarter. But Staunton came back to take a 27-23 halftime lead and held off the Junior Gmen 50-43.
Overall a decent effort on the part of both Gladiator teams given the tradition that Staunton has as a basketball power. Nevertheless it was disappointing to see a double loss in friendly territory, after the two home teams were a combined 8-0 thus far.
The Gladiators will have no time to lick their wounds as they are right back at it tomorrow night, hosting Waynesboro. But at least the Little Giants also played this evening and suffered their own home setback at the hands of Harrisonburg. So tomorrow night's game will come down to who is the better-conditioned and who can put tonight's loss behind them. Staunton also plays tomorrow night, hosting Spotswood, so their assignment will be to make sure they are not still celebrating tonight's victory.
Meanwhile the rest of the district continues to puzzle as someone pointed out in another thread. Those wacky Bison went to Wilson tonight and won by more than 20. SD also won at Fort but I don't recall the score from the 11:00 news. Last but not least the Lady Gladiators won in Staunton to maintain their hold on first place in the district. It was their seventh straight win.
Riverheads had its own 1-2 bunch as Grant Painter scored 20 and Elijah Dunlap 18, but the rest of the team for the most part just could not find the range tonight. The turning point of the game was the third quarter. RHS had taken a 28-26 lead into the locker room but then went cold for almost the first six minutes of the second half. That enabled the Storm to build as much as a 12 point lead.
To their credit, the Gladiators battled back as they found some quick hands of their own and forced a number of fourth quarter turnovers and "stormed back" (pardon the pun) into the game, trimming their deficit down to just two. But instead of a miracle comeback they fell short when a final corner triple at the horn failed to find the mark. A number of missed foul shots on the evening further hurt the Riverheads cause.
The JV game followed a somewhat similar script. RHS' Bennett Dunlap came out on fire and stroked three triples as the Gladiators led 19-14 after a fast-paced first quarter. But Staunton came back to take a 27-23 halftime lead and held off the Junior Gmen 50-43.
Overall a decent effort on the part of both Gladiator teams given the tradition that Staunton has as a basketball power. Nevertheless it was disappointing to see a double loss in friendly territory, after the two home teams were a combined 8-0 thus far.
The Gladiators will have no time to lick their wounds as they are right back at it tomorrow night, hosting Waynesboro. But at least the Little Giants also played this evening and suffered their own home setback at the hands of Harrisonburg. So tomorrow night's game will come down to who is the better-conditioned and who can put tonight's loss behind them. Staunton also plays tomorrow night, hosting Spotswood, so their assignment will be to make sure they are not still celebrating tonight's victory.
Meanwhile the rest of the district continues to puzzle as someone pointed out in another thread. Those wacky Bison went to Wilson tonight and won by more than 20. SD also won at Fort but I don't recall the score from the 11:00 news. Last but not least the Lady Gladiators won in Staunton to maintain their hold on first place in the district. It was their seventh straight win.
As I stated in an early season recap, this team has a good deal of potential but have not played consistently. Can they make a big run in the post season, sure. I would really like to see a complete game or two as we inch closer to when it really counts. I don’t mean blowout wins either, but an all around game playing all phases of the game. It’s there just need to put it all together.
Funny you should ask about the officiating and of course I know why. Actually we did have one strange thing happen last night. The Gladiators had come back from the locker room and were actually standing on the sidelines ready to inbound the ball and start the second half. Only problem was The Storm had not yet shown up. Finally one guy popped his head in the door but immediately went back out. A few seconds later the team finally came in and the starting five just immediately went out on to the floor with no warmup time whatsoever.
During the time we spent waiting on them, fans were howling about a technical being warranted and of course Coach Coffey was asking for a ruling as well. When the Storm did finally show up, the guy that appeared to be the lead official went over to the Staunton bench and had a conversation with the coaches. For a brief moment we wondered if he really was going to T them up. He then went to Coach Coffey, said a few words to him, and the game resumed.
Ordinarily you would think that the team that came out late and did not have any warmup time might suffer for it, but as noted in my recap, it was instead the Gladiators who had the cold third quarter. Oh well tonight will be another night.......
During the time we spent waiting on them, fans were howling about a technical being warranted and of course Coach Coffey was asking for a ruling as well. When the Storm did finally show up, the guy that appeared to be the lead official went over to the Staunton bench and had a conversation with the coaches. For a brief moment we wondered if he really was going to T them up. He then went to Coach Coffey, said a few words to him, and the game resumed.
Ordinarily you would think that the team that came out late and did not have any warmup time might suffer for it, but as noted in my recap, it was instead the Gladiators who had the cold third quarter. Oh well tonight will be another night.......
Maybe a delay of game warning? It is not a technical foul for a team's first DOG. It is recorded in the book. The second time a team delays it is a team technical.
Yeah but since there is only ONE coming out of the locker room to start the second half, what good would it do to issue a warning? They sure as heck couldn't have done it a second time. I have seen times when a football team has been given a penalty for coming back on the field too late, so that makes me think that there must a rule in effect as opposed to it just being a judgment call.
The official did give a Delay of Game warning to Staunton. My question, is this a new rule. About 6-8 years ago when Tim Morris, now AD, was coaching the girls’ team. One night, as the horn was blowing to end the 10 minute halftime, they were return to the court and was given a technical foul. Last night, it was a good two minutes after the horn before anyone from Staunton came out.
One DOG covers all other DOG warnings. They could not have done it "again" without a T.
Nope .. DOG has been in effect for some time. I think this is an effective way to not have a T. I would hope that the officials in the game would have had the restraint to give the DOG so not to penalize a team.
Nope .. DOG has been in effect for some time. I think this is an effective way to not have a T. I would hope that the officials in the game would have had the restraint to give the DOG so not to penalize a team.
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