Me too, better have a tall glass of water for that crow i hear its pretty dry.

I agree. Not smart especially from a group who should be used to winning that district by now and know better. However I know alot of similar comments were made about the Tri. Co. Conference Tournament final too and, we saw how that turned out.

I don't find the district Scott Central played in stronger than the district Risco is in. Believe it or not sometimes the Missouri Bootheel produces good teams. You don't have to live north of Highway 60 to have a good basketball team.

What i dont understand is how anyone can blame Risco for this article when thats how they were interviewed by the reporter. He asked them about SCC. They did not even know SCC had won until he mentioned it. Their focus was on the game they were playing not if SCC had won or lost. And there was nothing in the article that any of the players from Risco said anything bad or disrespectful about SCC. They just stated that this year SCC was beatable and hoped they had a chance to play them again. SCC is a very good basketball team and hopefully we will be competitive. @kdjones nobody from Risco really cares what you think. We know that you will be for whoever Risco plays but that's okay because we have enough fans from Malden, Gideon, New Madrid and surrounding towns to help us. So, WIN OR LOSE we are VERY PROUD of OUR TEAM and the accomplishments they have achieved this year!!!

Dustin hopefully your comments are not directed towards me.

My comments are not directed toward anyone. I've followed basketball in southeast Missouri for close to 20 years. Most years teams in certain geographical areas are stronger. Based on my observations that's not the case this year. The Tri-County Conference has two very good teams in Risco and Holcomb. I also think the western Class 1 and Class 2 teams (Eminence and Thayer) are stronger this season. Most seasons the west and south district representatives will struggle to advance. We will see if that is the case this season.

I don't favor teams from any geographical area. I just think the western and southern teams can compete this season in Class 1 and Class 2.

No one once has really said that Risco will lose because of their geographical area. What most people are saying is they thought Risco had a great chance at beating them, and they still do, but when you poke the bull beware.

So calm down, Dustin no one is bashing your teams. Everyone knows Risco and Holcumb are good teams and no one is disputing that. Just would like Risco's chances better if they wouldn't have said at the end of the article, ""I think we're going to beat them."

I would expect more level-headedness from a journalist.

Has anyone seen Eminence this season?

It will be interesting to see what Drexel does in Class 1, District 7. It could be a likely contender to meet Risco, Scott County Central or Eminence in the state championship because of its size.

I don't think they was coming off as arrogant at all. They show confidence which is a good thing. I'd be worried if they said, I don't think we can win this game. Every team should go in the game with that kind of confidence.

Also, Dustin is as unbiased as they come as a sportswriter. He does a fantastic job! I understand what he is trying to say and I agree with him as well. Holcomb and Risco are two very good ball clubs compared to the other teams in their class. Risco still has the SCC chip to get off their shoulder and Holcomb already got past Bernie, so it will be interesting to see how it all unfolds.

I won't disagree Perkinsballer. You reflection of what typically happens is very accurate.

Thayer has also lost to the Class 2, District 1, winner most seasons. But will that happen this season?

Dustin, have you seen Eminence?

I would have to think SCC would be favored over Risco. That being said, if SCC doesn't defend the three better than they did in their game with Kennett, Risco could cause some problems. They have several that can hit from long range, not just a single threat.

No, neither. I was just curious how you could mention Eminence along with Risco/SCC if you hadn't seen them play.

If you thought Risco was going to beat SCC but now no longer think so because a reporter asked the starting point guard from Risco if he thought his team could beat SCC and he said "I think we can beat them ." then that's just crazy . Last two years I'm sure every player for Risco could knew they stood little chance against SCC . This year I'm sure every player from Risco knows they have the ability to win this game . Just as I'm sure every player from SCC knows they have the ability to beat Risco. Risco players didnt say they were gonna win or predicted a win but just stated they believe they can . When SCC ran out on the court the last two years they had there opponents beat and you could tell by the look on the players faces they knew they had no chance . Personally I'm very happy that these players from Risco are not intimidated by SCC but at the same time they respect them and know they are a good team . This game will be a battle and whether Risco wins or loses I'm proud of them and know they will leave everything on the court . I can't wait to see this game !

I think the game would be close, but I still think SCC will win, just do not like Risco's arrogance, my opinion and my own mind, if anyone do not like the way I feel, so what!

Boxout- my thoughts exactly!! Jpaawhite- i agree!!!!

a 2BAT, I agree with you, this is the best year to beat SCC. Risco has a good team this year, but I just do not like how they treated some of their conference opponents, such as Southland, beating them 120 something to 40 something. Same thing happened to them in 2003 against Bell City and Risco justifiely complained. You reap what you sow, so Risco bettter prepare for whatever happens to them in the future. There is never a reason, but one, to show up your opponent, do to them as they did to others.

It was 117-56 . Risco starters were out in the 3rd qtr . Risco lost to SCC 108-41 last year and similar score the year before . The year we lost to bell city so bad they had starters in and pressing late in 4th trying to get a players to set the school record for points in a game . But you are entitled to your opinion .

@kdjones if your going to put Risco stats on here at least get them right!

Thanks kdjones Bixler is a good and hardworking kid!!!!

In conference games we had a b team and they could only play two quarters of the a game. We only have seven players at that time what are they suppose to do stop playing? And yes risco has been in that situation before and probably will be again. And 2bat very well said i couldnt have said it any better!

@kdjones Risco did not run the score up on anybody this season,there were times we only had 6 varsity players we never pressed in the second half when we had big leads and we used JV players to finish the game, but we did not tell them not to play, and what happend between BC and Risco 10 yrs ago Risco lost by 89 pts, they had two starters out (1 broke hand and 1 hurt back) and that was their 4th game in 5 days, BC was so-called trying to make a statement to Clarkton that season, their kids actually tore their Jerseys off and flexed their muscles at the Risco bench while the game was going on, Coach Blankenship pulled his team off the court to protect them because they were getting beat up so physically bad, and He was suspended 1 game for it. He has never forgot that feeling and what happened that nite and he will never run the score up on anybody, especialy not to that extent, we played at least 6 or 7 games maybe more this season with all our Varsity players sitting the bench in the 4th quarter which is not really fair to them, it cost them career points, rebounds, assists, steals. So until a Team coached by Coach Blankenship beats someone by 89 pts and his players run around the floor and act like idiots, rip their uniforms off and taunt the other teams bench you cannot say they are arrogant and I seem to recall a Clarkton/Risco jr high game this season that Clarkton ran the score up on Risco pressed them the whole game as did several other teams in the conference so myabe some varsity teams were reaping what their Jr. high sewed, IDK maybe he did unto other teams Varsity as they did on to his Jr. High .(Risco's JH did not win a game and they were blown out about every time but I did not hear a lot of complaining. So you are really making statements that you dont have access to all the facts about

I mean sarcasm

Nice to see TCC fans come together ! Was hoping Holcomb pulled out a win tonight but hopefully next year .

Wow!

-Cardinal World Series tickets - $125.00

-50" High Definition TV - $899.00

-kdjones and jpaawhite coming together

and showing some love -PRICELESS

if people remember right last years scc beating of risco otto didnt play that much due to him having the flu,so no risco cant say otto beat them last year......it will be a great game tuesday night...i believe this should be the state title game besides sectional game imo...anyway im a scc fan but im not going to get on here and say one team will win or the other im going to let the game decide, and not the people on here just saying lol

everyone wrote scc off this year due to losing otto and the other seniors, there hasnt been any love if you want to say to them all year,but guess what even though they have lost 10 games or so, this team has done pretty darn good,you could say they could be the underdog..listening to people say how bad they are.but they believe they are a contender and they will come ready to play as will risco...i hope risco doesnt think this game is over already cause that can come back and bite them in the a$$...records doesnt mean crap if scc played a normal 1a schedule they could have 1 or 2 loses or could be undefeated at this point,but thats not scc style they like playing the tough schedule it only makes them better in the long run,and at the end you could have 15 loses and as long as you win state thats all that matters............

Jpaa I would agree with your statement, but your boys didn't say they could beat SCC they said Ithink we are going to beat them.

And if you read my original post you will see, all I am stating is Risco doesn't need to give teams like SCC any extra motivation. Not saying I am offended by it, or anything like that. I am just saying don't add fuel to the fire. That's all!!

KMasters

Maybe a slight exaggeration, however holcomb did set in a zone as well as beat riscos press by passing not dribbling but either way my point was risco has an incredibly athletic team and are extremely quick to boot

Just an example of how comments made in the paper can motivate another team. In 2009 before SCC's championship game the other coach made a statement in the paper that said "Our guard are so good if they try to press us it will be layups on the other end" (not an exact quote). At the end of the first quarter one of their guards was in tears from not being able to break the press.

jpaawhite i am a scc fan and i didnt see anything rude on the article imo hope it is a good clean game and may the best team win

igobybob. the quote youre referring to was made by a player. the coaches son actually. his name was cj cool. but it was kind of funny. the opponent was newtown-harris i believe.

good luck risco. i have stated mainy times that i have respect coach b and his kids. i will be pulling for you next tuesday.

why you put me on front street? haha

98-63...I remember people talking about the quote at Columbia that morning of the game and just shaking their heads.

What I find hilarious is the statements are not that bold. But I guess you use anything you can to try to win the biggest game of the season. Even if you have to turn something into nothing.

If a team needs bulletin board material this time of year, then I don't like their chances! Just sayin..

Can Scott County Central press Risco? Thoughts?

I was just saying, teams like Sikeston and Charleston doesn't need any extra motivation. The players themselves are motivated enough and if they aren't, they have two hall of fame coaches to keep them motivated! Sure, Quotes from other teams and players help them a little more, but with quality teams like them, they don't need it lol

I'm headed to Farmington to watch the Class 4 basketball playoffs.

Kmasters.....so all u gotta do to win a basketball game is be quicker??? Lol. The 6 foot 7 kid under the goal wouldn't have any impact on that game would he? Guess ya really do learn something new every day.

no sir i didnt say that,, read it....i said that risco fans have said that risco is quicker and likes to run and i said scc has been doing that for decades nothing different than the way they play and practise..i never said thats all you need to read so get it right before you post!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't think the comments will determine which team wins the game.

Dustin do you read my statements, or not? I even said it won't just gives them something extra. But what can I expect from someone who predicts someone will win state and hasn't even seen them play. I am done with trying to defend myself to you.

I think plenty of people that didn't watch Scott County Central play could have predicted it could win the state title last season.

because if all 5 players are quicker than holcombs quickest player risco should of never got stopped just saying

-- Posted by kmasters on Fri, Mar 2, 2012, at 11:39 PM

That's what I was replying to.

igobybob, you said it perfectly. i go to other gyms and i see banners all over the place. they say district champion, conference champion, etc... when you look at the banners at scc, it is all state championship banners. that is the bar they have set for themselves. they don't call a district title a success. if you don't come home with a state championship, you have failed. some say that is unrealistic, but at scc, we expect to be the best.

Really is amazing when you go in the gym and see nothing but Final Four banners. It seemed even more impressive back when they still played in the old gym.

What time the game start?

7:45 gym is really filling up now!!

Well they aren't bad teams either hayti has wins over c-ville and kennent and scc got best by kennent by 15 I believe

Well if they dnt change their game plan Risco gonna get turbo clocked

I'll take you 2 steps further and say if you want to debate HS in any part of the state even your backyard of the STL, College, or NBA let me know!

Well I have aways heard if you live by the 3 you die by it too and a great coach once told me you gotta 2 them to death and run em down!!

i wonder if they think scc has any quickness now........... because lamarcus carved them up way to go braves and congrats to risco for a good year

Congrats to the Braves !! They executed their gameplan and Risco had no answer . The press killed us and I was very impressed with Stewards ballhandling . He is a very good ballplayer . I wish the Bravest the best of luck and hope they don it all ! Also to Scott ......... grow up !! There is no way you are a grown man and if you are you should be ashamed if yourself !! You have zero class !!! Despite another whoopin from SCC Im still proud of our Tigers and looking forward to next season .

it is awful quite in these forums tonight...does anyone know anything about emminence?

I heard SCC had the article from the paper posted in the locker room. A little extra motivation.

If I would have known it 3 peat t-shirt night all us SCC fan could have worn 3 peat state champ t-shirts.

risco is a class act team hats off to them,great season i believe the schedule scc plays comes into the equation(sp) the only way you get better is to play the tough teams and so what if you have 10 loses as long as you win during the playoffs thats all that matters,i know we (scc) have 3 more tough games and anyone can be beat on any givin night so stay focus braves and bring home number 16,good win tonight braves

vandusar2000 are you going to state if we win saturday?and if so you need to get bruno there we can have a couple of frosty beverages and talk about when we played lol

Risco fans are the biggest idiots I have ever seen. If the refs made every call in favor of Risco they would still find something to cry about. The Risco fans on Semoball wanted to brag about how quick and fast they are, said they have 3 players that SCC won't be able to keep up with, SCC made Risco look like mules in the Kentucky Derby. I thought it was amusing Risco tried to beat SCC at their own game. And if anyone wants to say Risco just didnt shoot like they normally do...well when you have a defensive player in your face at all times that will happen. Risco's defense and rebounding was nowhere to be found. I'm sure Risco looks pretty tough against Senath, Cooter, Ect but they got taken to the woodshed as I said they would.

@kmasters, Clarkton played Emminence the first game of the year in Van Buren and they beat us by 4, that is with our senior point guard only haveing five points and fouling out early in the third quarter. They are not that big at all and do not rebound like the previous Emminence team. IMO Scott County Central will turbo clock them and could beat them by whatever the coach choose.

yes it was early in the season, but I was just givin an analysys to someone that had no idea about them

Saw this coming from a Mile away.

Congrats SCC for a Solid game and congrats to Risco on a great Season.

Say what you want about our team and our fans, but our day is coming! SCC beat us goid this year. We probably payed the worst game we had all year! Not makung excuses but we had three foul out. Porter shot lots of free throws mire than our team. But thats not important it may take us another year or so but we ll be there! I think it took SCC five years to get past bell city didnt it? The they had to hire heeb! Risco fans are the greatest we just had a lot fair weather fans this year that is nt very knowledgable. We ll be back!!!

Scott County Scored 100 Points!

That's actually hard to do in High School.

People like Proud pa pa never learn.

Thank goodness he's not making excuses.

"we were able to do it several times this season"...why even throw that in there? I'd love for you to list the schools you all scored 100 on. I'm sure it was against some solid teams.

Well according to some of yall Risco sucks so why are yall bragging about scoring 100 on such a horrible team !!! Some people just never can let it go ! I'm sorry I forgot no one except SCC can talk good about their teams accomplishments !!

100 points in one game is an accomplishment for any high school Team.

Risco just did not have an answer for Dominique Porter. He got everything he wanted. The kid is a stud for his size. Lamarcus Steward really impressed me. He was breaking the press with ease and his shooting ability impressed me too. Risco just got outplayed. Goodluck to SCC the rest of the way. Bring another back for SEMO.

I knew how good porter was and you are right ! That kids has great moves inside ! He is strong and is able to finish even when being fouled ! But if the other games I've seen of SCC the surprise for me was Steward !! He is a great ballhandler and has a great midrange jumper and gets to the basket anytime he wanted ! I can see where bigger teams would give them fits on the inside but you got to get it inside on them which is tough enough ! They definitely showed up ready to make a statement ! Is Steward or Porter either one got any college offers ?

Teams in the bootheel need to move up futher and play tougher compition. Playing those small school gyms and then having to play in a place like Dexter with large floors sure doesn't help them either. SCC plays schools like Charleston ND Jackson Cape Central and many schools that are larger and there ready for a run to state

Proud Pa Pa's quote

(Say what you want about our team and our fans, but our day is coming!) Well your "day" is gonna have to wait aleast 4 more years cause SCC has another Porter in the making, he is Jeffery Porter(Otto's little brother) and he will be a Freshman next year!

Our Team, Scott City, is a small Class 3 School and it's a "Big Deal" anytime we beat Scott County.

This year, We had our best team in 12 years and Split with Scott County.

To me, Risco is now on the Map. Continue what your doing. You will not be taken lightly by any class 1, 2 or 3 school, that's for sure.

"Risco fans are the greatest we just had a lot fair weather fans this year that is not very knowledgable." A quote from proud papa

Please not another person say this. Risco fans are the greatest???? At what?? Many, many of your fans just say stupid things continually through the game. I don't think there's anything wrong with getting on the official sometimes. I do it myself sometimes. That's part of it. But you guys always take it to another level and many times it's obvious calls. You guys are the WORST (not the greatest) I've ever seen besides Clarkton. The other night I expected at anytime someone to start shouting, "Jerry, Jerry, Jerry!"

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Yup ! We got two good years left !! Then down years here we come !!!

OK I JUST WATCHED THE GAME LIVE AND OMFG! Chris pavy had 15 turnovers . how can such an "AMAZING" POINT GUARD everyone raves about, and have that. oh and by the way I its only HALF TIME ..but his brother killed it.

Basketball is just a game, everyone has to remember that. From all three schools, I only see one player that has the ability to make a living at it. That is Otto Porter, Jr. and believe me all of the people from Clarkton cheer for him, because people from Clarkton know how to leave it on the court.

"Took Scott Central 5 years to get past Bell City"......What about 1985-1993? Or whatever years it was they won 7 in a row? More accurate quote would be "it will take every other school in the state of Missouri an eternity to get past Scott Central's track record"

Mr. Jones...I had to have some team to compare Risco's terrible fans to. Clarkton is the only team in the area that they compare too. Don't get your panties in a wad, I'll stop mentioning Calrkton. I've made my point.

jpaawhite...maybe YOU should read a little more carefully. You said I rip everyone's fans. I have only ripped Risco's and Clarkton's fans. That's not everbody's, only 2 by my count. Hardly everyone. I've sat by or watched many teams and no town's fans do what you guys do. A whole new, wacko level. I'm not saying you're bad people, just out of control fans in a bad way. Some teams do not want to play you and officials do not even want to call your games. That's pretty bad.

It's actually pretty entertaining. It's the Jerry Springer show live. LOL.

Hey, Risco had a great year and were one of the most fun teams to watch in the area. I love to see teams fly up and down the court. Your community should be proud of your team. Class 1 is just a terrible class to be in as far as trying to get to Columbia with the dominance of Scott Central.

How did u rewatch it i Want to see it

Is it on The web

Well put kd!

Here is the link to watch the Risco Gideon game.

http://yhctv.com/

just some #'s from the game and then see what you think, 1st qtr to's Risco 10 SCC 7, to's for the game Risco 24 Scc 19, Rebounds Risco 26 Scc 33, Fg % Risco 30-61 49 % Scc 38-71 55 % Fouls Risco 23 scc 17 fouled out,Risco 3 scc 0 Ft's Risco 13-19 68 % scc 22-28 78 % 3 pt fg Risco 3-17 scc 1-?

Scc outscored Risco by 9 - 6 - 8 - 1. I dont have steals and assists, but I would probably bet if someone took the time to chart those stats of the game they would be close to the same, Risco would probably have the advantage on assists because most of scc pts were off of individual moves although I do remember some good pases on the inside, and I remember Risco having several assists, and a lot of the Risco to's were unforced, especially in the first half so the steals would probably be pretty even. (oh yeah Risco had 17 to's in the first half so they only hd 7 the rest of the game scc only had 7 to's first half so that means they had 12 the rest of the way, Risco seemed to settle down just a bit and the proof is in the #'s. Risco shaved 43 pts from last years defeat, SO was Risco that much better this year or is what some people on hear said true and scc was not the same team they were last year, watch the game on YHCTV take a pencil and count how many times Risco drove the length of the floor and scored without scc being able to stop them, (scc did it a lot but so did Risco) ("Kenyon Wright by far the best coach on the floor") IDK bout that Risco tried man to man, box in 1, triangle and two, zone, zone press , half court trap, ran numerous plays, (check out the side line play in the second half off the made FT) I never saw scc run anything like that) I never saw them run a set play except for out of bounds plays, Risco coach remembering his team struggling shooting last year took his team the day before to the old Cape Central gym to practice where the court was bigger and the goals were far away from the walls like Dexter and they shot extremely well in that practice, (sounds like a pretty good idea to me)pretty smart Coach,.As far as the schedule goes, Risco Played Meridan Ill Lost by 15, Gosnell Ark won by 30+, Hayti (2a district and sectional winner and beat them at Hayti only home loss for Hayti all year, Hayti beat Caruthersville, and Kennett and Kennett beat SCC) Oran (2a district and sectional winner and beat them by 40 at Oran, Holcomb 3 x's 2a district finalist beat them once, Gidoen 3x's( Gideon beat Hayti),and we played Clarkton 3 times and won all three (go play Clarkton three times and see how you like it) Bloomfield Class 3 and won, East Prairie class 3 and won, Leopold who Jackson just barely beat State ranked class 1 all year and Risco beat them handily,that is 13 of our 24 wins the rest are conference except for Zalma(who has been good in the past) and Marquand and Richland (who has been good in the past uh State Championship! you know), nothing wrong with that schedule. So Ronnie1 you are clueless if you think Risco is not a good team, how do you think they won all those games . SCC playing tough schedule they played this year, only beat a couple of quality teams most of the bigger Schools handled them pretty easy, they did hang in there with Charleston so to speak, and some others,but I am not sure that it really helped them win the game tuesday nite. If that Statement holds true wasn't SCC playing that kind of schedule 2004-2007 when they lost to Bell City 4 yrs in a row after winning districts,and Bell City was playing Risco, Advance Oran,Puxico, etc, etc, I think it had more to do with personel and match ups and the game itself each time, than it did strength of schedule and i think that is what it came down to Tuesday nite THE GAME and I dont care what you say Yes Risco played one of their worst games of the season and SCC played one of their best from what I was told by some scc fans, ( I saw them 4 times(Leopold,1st game at NMCC Riverbend, Kennett, and Risco) myself and that was definitley the best game I saw them play. SCC is good they are the defending state champions and have a long history and tradition of basketball dominance in SEMO, I hope they win another State Championship, but I still feel like Risco was right there, Risco hits those 3 three's in the first qtr, the score is tied after 1 (SCC Coach Kenyon Wright even said in the Daily Dunklin Democrat "Once we got settled in, we settled in but so did Risco their threes were just not going in like they normally do, they just didn't have a very good shooting night, its tough to shoot in this gym it's a lot different"). So there, the #'s don't lie and yes I know that the most important # is the score, but despite what you think considering Risco's foul trouble they had two bad qtrs first and third, and dont think for one minute those SCC Kids wanted that any More than Risco did or they would have never said they think they could play with them,if you don't believe in yourself you sure don't have a chance, I just think Risco failed to execute at times but it wasn't because they weren't prepaired or in shape,or giving the effort or their coach wasn't coaching his butt off. SCC was just the better team on Tuesday night an thats all that mattered

Two words: paragraph breaks.

2BAT..Where did you possibly get the idea that I thought Risco was not a good team. I have never commented on Risco at all. I'm truthfully not that interested in Risco. I know they were a very good class 1 team. I never made any comment whatsoever about them. Get your crap straight before you accuse someone of something!

sorry ronnie1 it was scott130 I was refering to not you looked at that one wrong.....reindeer123 we were 3-17 from the 3 pt line watch the game and count it, nobody is out of their mind. Igoby bob Risco was not turbo clocked till late in the game and lasted less than a minute or so scc did not put their subs in till the game was nearly over, it was a 13 pt game late in the 3rd qtr. Scc only had 5 players score none of the subs scored, and no I did not expect to win 110 to 100 but I also did not expect Luke Bixler to only have 8 pts and set the bench over half the game due to foul trouble I am pretty sure that is the only game Luke fouled out in all year and I did not expect that scc players would all have two fouls a peice and 1 with three in the first half(listen to the announcers at half, right before the second half begins) and then not get another foul called on them the whole second half until the game was almost over but they both happened, (again listen to the announcers they say SCC has only had 2 fouls called on them this whole half) in response to your remark about defense, when you are getting fouls called on you and are in foul trouble like we were then you tend not to play as good of defense. I think that is what happened to SCC in the second half either that or Risco was figuring out how to score on them because we scored more points evey qtr, 13 18 21 24,what was happening to scc's defense? Perfectionist I know your statement was a direct response to Coach Blankenship saying in the newspaper that Dom Porter was by far the best player on the floor and you probably have a brother or a son or a nephew on Risco. I know Brandon would much rather have said one of his player's was the best that night , but Dom scored 42 pts and had 15 rebounds, and in that game he was the best player and by far as he doubled our high scorers output. Sorry larry Doby didn't know we were being graded on our writing skills. Bigelw that is something I will never accept and shouldn't Risco is going to be pretty good again next year hopefully we get to do this again IF we improve 43 pts next year guess who wins. SCC WAS the best team that night, but I would like for the Tigers to get a chance to play them again and I sure hope we get that chance next year, Right now SCC is the best, and for Risco to be the best we are going to have to beat them, But if you don't think Risco had a very good basketball team this year, I have to wonder about where you are coming from and your basketball knowledge and credibility

2bat, not grading. Just pointing out one simple way to make a long post easier to read. Congrats on a fine season. Good luck in the baseball.

Risco does lose a lot this year but they gain 4 solid sophomore from a JV team that tied for a reg season conference title with their best player playing full time varsity and second best player splitting time ! You say district 1 is weak yet the 4 out of the top 5 tri county teams are district 1 teams this year. Risco is losing more than Holcomb but gaining MUCH more from their JV than Holcomb or Gideon . So I don't think Risco will be 4th best in tri county next year . I think probably second best and another good shot at the district 1 title .

I said that about next year because I believe Clarkton had the best JV team, so they could very well jump Risco, who lost more than Holcomb and Gideon. So Clarkton adds alot, Risco adds some (their best sophomores already played up some), and Holcomb's JV was bad but they add a guard who probably led JV conference in scoring with at least 20ppg (Though I do understand part of that was because nobody else for Holcombs JV appeared to be able to score). Obviously though it's hard to tell how any of this from sophomores will translate to varsity.

Clarkton did have a good JV . There varsity was ok but they lose there two best varsity players . Gideon loses a lot to graduation and there JV was not good . They do return a couple good varsity players though . Holcomb returns the most and in my opinion will be the favorites in conference but next year they better make their run cause when Massey graduates they will see some down years for sure !!! Risco loses the most from varsity . Over 3,000 career points . They do return 2 Jr starters who will be starting for 3 straight season plus a group of 5 very talented sophomores .2 of which saw a lot of varsity time and contributed especially late in the season . Should be a fun year but those 4 teams should be the top .

They have the best sophomore class in tri county . Just got to win the games !!!

They did have a good JV team . Risco , clarkton and delta c-7 tied for reg season conference title and clatkton won JV tournament . Delta will be improved next year but they were really down in varsity this year .

No problem .

Proud Pa Pa, I see you don't take losing very well and I understand that,because we(SCC) don't take it very well either but we're not use to losing, but I figured you were cheering for Risco all these years

OK I going to say this i cant belive im going to ..lol Risco is ,was a hell of a good team. one . but yeah Jeremy , chris and Luke are done but Jordan is a great player . and i think Brandon will be good as well.

I think it will fungoing against each again. and all this Risco Bashing is just petty.we know they were good all year. way to go Risco Seniors dont let that last game get in your head.

no sir, How can you call C1D1 weak just because they lose to Scott County Central. According to your statement, that means the whole SEMO area has been weak. Scott County Central has beaten many higher class superpower schools in recent years and some high powered out of state schools. We are just unfortunate to be in the same quadron of the state as SCC. If the state would reseed after the districts and determine who you play according to your seedings, then there would have been numerous times that a team from C1D1 would have made it to Columbia with SCC. I do agree with you that this year, not only C1D1, but across SEMO the basketball talent was watered down and a lot weaker than year's past, including SCC.

kmasters you are correct, emminence would have been a bad matchup for Risco because Risco had no inside game. Emminence would have outrebounded them badly.

Take out Scott County Central from the Scott-Miss and Tri-County has been better than that conference over the last ten years. Tri-County also has been better than the Big Springs, they suppose to be worst than the SEMO, Bootheel and SCAA, considering the makeup of the class level of teams in those conferences, SCAA has a class 4 team and the rest with the exception of Bell City and Richland are class 2. Sideline starter, have you ever had anything besides negativity to say about the Tri-County conference?

There's a difference between negativity and the truth. You can't take SCC out of Scott-Miss to make an argument because that is still part of the argument. This year, the Tri-Co conference was the fifth best in the area, plain and simple. It does not generally get the teams in it prepared for the playoffs. No team from the Tri-Co has been to the Final Four since the eighties. If someone from that conference really wants to make a run, they are either going to have to be thoroughly better than any of these teams were this year or boost that schedule up. Have you kdjones ever had the ability to even be slightly objective on Clarkton or the TCC? No one on this site has ever seen it.

I can't remember very many years when the Tri-County Conference was loaded from top to bottom. They have 9 teams in that conference, don't they? Tri-County has never been better then the bootheel or Stoddard county or even the OFC probably.

Bell City

Jones, you obviously haven't kept up with Scott City, Oran, or Kelly basketball in the past ten years and the talent that has came through each of those school along with SCC.

Scott / Miss. > Tri. Co.

In 2003, Tri County Conference was better than all of those conferences mentioned, Clarkton, Gideon and Campbell could beat any team in those conferences except Bell City, and Clarkton proved that they could beat them. Kelly has not been that good over the last ten years, I do not rember how Scott City was, and Oran was pretty good, but no more dominant than Clarkton, Risco, Gideon and Campbell and you could throw in Holcomb a year or two.

I agree about having teams that may have been able to make it to final 4 in state had we been able to play SCC in Columbia rather than having to go through them to get to the final 4 . But whether we lost to them in Sectionals or in Columbia we still would have lost to them so I'm glad mshssa has saved me the gas and hotel money and have always just paired us up in Sectionals !! To be the best we have got to beat the best and it hasn't happened in a long time but I think it will soon .

I agree but he was a once in a lifetime player ! Don't think they are gonna be producing that caliber player anytime soon ! If they do Im checking their water !! Lol

Oran beat Bell City in 2003 once or twice so saying that Clarkton, Gideon, and Campbell could all beat Oran is quite extreme IMO. Oran played a slower type game with more of an emphasis on an inside game which gives the teams you listed fits. A majority of their games were in the 40s of 50s. Scott City also defeated Oran once that year so IMO they can be in this picture also.

Kelly won the conference I'm pretty sure in '05-'06 when the Deason brother were there so implying that they have not been good in the past ten years is false.

They may not have been so much more "dominant" than your Tri Co. teams but could you make a case that they were better "overall" than a lot of your Tri. Co. teams and you didn't have a broad understanding on the SMC in the past ten years before posting? I think so.

No sir that was low lol but funny !! Salt is good for you right ? Thanks for the info . I think over the past 10 years there would have been some good games between the two conferences with the exception of SCC the past 4 years !! Too bad they don't schedule each other a little more often !!

East Prairie has met Holcomb and Risco a few times at the Bernie tournament with mixed results if I'm not mistaken.

No need, secretagentman to apologize; I think folks have gotten more than enough mileage out of this blog topic!

agent you make some good points. There have been many years where 2 teams from the same district would have possible met up in columbia had they not been in the same district and taken different paths to the final four.

From what I have been told, Lilbourn had some teams that would have beaten 95 percent of high school teams to ever dribble a basketball in the state of Missouri haha.