By Eli Bolus and Chase Gosman
This week the Bagpiper asked students who they thought would win the upcoming NCAA tournament.
By Eli Bolus and Chase Gosman
This week the Bagpiper asked students who they thought would win the upcoming NCAA tournament.
By Luke Geraghty
It was a cold, rainy Tuesday night as both the Lady Highlanders and the Madison Lady Cubs scorched the FC gymnasium with solid shooting. However, the Cubs’ seven three pointers were too much as they pulled away from FC 86-63.
The Cubs jumped out to a big lead early and by the end of the first quarter they had a 23-11 lead thanks to senior guard Kelsey Block, who hit four early three point shots.
In the second quarter, FC slowly started making a rally halfway through. With just over three minutes left in the second quarter, sophomore Riley Kaiser drew a fundamentally sound charge, which helped get the crowd back in the game. The Cubs would keep the lead at halftime though, 43-33.
“I thought we played decent tonight, maybe a C+. There way way too many turnovers early on but they did a good job overcoming them to rally back,” said junior Lucas Corley.
FC started the second half on a mini 4-0 run to cut the deficit to 43-37. Halfway through the third quarter, Kaiser had an opportunity for a three point play after being fouled and making a crucial basket. This appeared to be another game changing moment as FC cut the Madison lead down to 53-48. Madison would score two points to close out the quarter and the Cubs would take a 55-48 lead.
Madison jumped out to a 69-55 lead in the fourth quarter until senior Kelsey Smith had another “and one” after making a basket while taking contact. The lead was cut down to 69-58, but it was all Cubs the rest of the way. Block hit two more threes to help seal the win for the Cubs. Block finished with 20 points and six three pointers. The Cubs went 7-12 from three-point range while FC went 0-5. Both teams went to the foul line over 30 times. FC went 23-32 at the free throw line while the Cubs were 25-37. Corley talked about what the team needs to improve for the future.
The JV Highlanders defeated Madison 48-32 Tuesday night.
The loss put FC 0-4 on the season and 0-2 in the HHC. Their next game will be Saturday against Southwestern at 6 p.m. for junior varsity and 7:30 for varsity.
Ty Elliot
Sports Co-Editor
As a sports fan, there is nothing better than watching your favorite team beat up on the opposing team, especially if that opponent is a heated rival. I love watching the team I root for win by a lop-sided 30-point dominating performance. But with recent complaints and bad coaching ethics shown lately across numerous sports, it begs the question; when is enough, enough?
For most coaches, the thing they least worry about is when they should take out their star players if they were winning by a large margin. But maybe coaches should worry more about this growing epidemic in sports. In the old days, old fashion beat-downs were taken with a grain of salt, and were looked at as the better team won. But today in sports, teams take it a sign of disrespect when teams run up the score when winning by a large margin. Fans that pay the money to watch these events certainly want to see the best players play until the end. With the economy affecting sports in numerous ways, should coaching ethics really be a main concern?
I have also seen some recent behavior by coaches that has me concerned. In Connecticut, during a high school football game, Manchester High School had wristbands that contained the name and signal of offensive plays. After a play, one player came up out of a pile and signaled to the sideline that he had lost his wristband. It turns out that Southington High School, the opposing team, took the wristband and used it throughout the rest of the game to steal the other team’s plays. Why play the game if you know what the opposing team is going to do?
In Texas, Covenent High School played Dallas Academy in a varsity girls basketball game. Dallas Academy has eight varsity players and about 20 girls in the high school. Dallas Academy is winless in its past four seasons. Covenant had a 59-0 lead at halftime. Covenant went on to defeat Dallas 100-0. Dallas Academy felft as though Covenant was running up the score and was still shooting three point shots late in the fourth quarter. Covenant’s head coach was later fired.
So when is enough, enough? Personally I want to see my team give the opposing team a beat-down. Therefore I have no problem with teams leaving their best players in until the game is over. There is no rule that says you have to take your star players out when you’re dominating the opponent. And if one of those star players in the end gets injured as a result of continuing to play, then the coach made a critical mistake that could cost his or her team. That is the risk coaches take and why coaches should take this problem more seriously because despite the fact that they want to play until the game is over, it can cost your team in the long run with a devastating injury in garbage time. The only exception is the Covenant and Dallas Academy game. If your team is winning that much, and your team hasn’t given the opponent a single point, then the coaches should take the responsibility to do the right thing and end the game. It may look like a joke in the end, but coaches have to worry about the well being of their own players. They are already embarrassed by the margin; you don’t want them to lose confidence.
Then the subject falls to cheating. The stealing of the opponents’ playbook or anything that contains their plays is unacceptable. Not only is it absurd, but it makes your team looks like a group of cheaters. If your team has to cheat to win, then the coach obviously thinks his team isn’t good enough to win a clean and fair game.
With Lindsay Lohan in and out of rehab, why not have a coaching ethics seminar and rehab center? At the seminar, coaches instead of learning how to quit their addiction to drugs and alcohol, they can learn how to show sportsmanship.
Eric Ordonez
Staff reporter
Senior Hannah Keehn, varsity cross country runner, and exceptional student in the classroom, sat down with the Bagpiper to discuss her personal success and devotion to running.
Bagpiper: How has this season gone for you thus far?
HK: “So far, I am the number two runner on the team. My races haven’t been as good as they have been in the past. Alyssa Moore is a sophomore and is currently the number one runner. She’s amazing.”
Bagpiper: How long have you been interested in running?
HK: “I started in fourth grade because both my mom and dad ran in high school. My mom even held records, but it was a small school so I don’t know if that counts. I also ran in AAU and I liked my coach Clyde Miller. He inspired me to keep running.”
Bagpiper: What is the best thing about running?
HK: “The people, definitely. I keep doing it for my friends, they just keep me going and going. It is a combination of the atmosphere, the friends, and the feeling of the runner’s high that you get.”
Bagpiper: How do you get prepared for a meet?
HK: “For races, a lot of times I listen to songs to pump me up. Every meet I listen to Angels and Airways’ song “Secret Crowds.” I always use prayer to prepare myself too. I just try to block everything out on the bus by listening to music. Then, as a team we do a one mile warm up and strides, which is when you stretch out your leg as far as you can while running. And before the meet actually starts we circle up, do a slow clap, and scream ‘FCCC!'”
Bagpiper: In one sentence, can you explain what running means to you?
HK: “Wow. Okay, without running, I wouldn’t be who I am. It has shaped so many of my friends and my strength. Physically and mentally. It’s not my life. Just half of it.”