Vote Here & Now for the Week 9 Ohio National Guard JJHuddle Boys Basketball Team of the Week

Eric Frantz · (#1)

You vote, you decide...who had Ohio's best team performance last week? Vote below for the Ohio National Guard JJHuddle Ohio Boys Basketball Team of the Week. Polls close Thursday, Feb. 7 at 1 p.m.

Winners will be presented a banner to hang in their gym and a trophy by the National Guard.

Player of the Week Nominations

Springboro: The Panthers won their fifth straight Greater Western Ohio Conference South Division title (and second straight outright) with a 79-49 win over Miamisburg. Boro holds a 3.5-game lead on everyone else in its division.

Tri-Village: The Patriots remained unbeaten and wrapped up a share of the Cross County Conference with wins over Twin Valley South (52-33) and Ansonia (97-36). In the two wins, senior Kyle Pipenger scored 61 points. TV’s opponents scored 69.

Ironton: The Tigers recorded impressive double-digit wins over a couple out-of-state powers in Huntington (WV) and Flora McDonald (NC). Ironton beat Huntington, which entered ranked No. 8 in WV’s big school division, 57-46 thanks in part to 27 points (and 11 rebounds) from Trey Fletcher. The Tigers beat Flora McDonald 52-37 as part of the Tri-State Hoops Classic at Spring Valley (WV) HS. Fletcher again led the way with 22 points and seven boards.

Hartley: The Hawks scored a pair of big wins with victories over Columbus DeSales (53-33) and Bloom-Carroll (75-70 OT). The win over B-C snapped the Bulldogs 40-game regular season win streak.

New Bremen: The Cardinals forced a three-way tie for first place in the MAC by handing host St. Henry its first conference lost 60-53. The next night, New Bremen beat Botkins (51-41). The Cardinals have won 11 of their last 12.

pmtv15 · (#2)

Vote Tri-Village a team with great talent and heart!

fightingtigers · (#3)

Tri-Village, they beat:

Ansonia (3-15)
Twin Valley (6-8)

They are going to be the Team of the week?????

Is this for the Team that has the best week or is it really just a popularity contest.

pmtv15 · (#4)

Tri-Village ranked #2 in Div IV in State AP polls! 18-0 record. Kyle Pipenger hitting the 1,000 point in Dec and Shade Brubaker breaking the schools 12 year old record for most 3 pointers in one game in Jan. We have a player or two in the top ten in all categories of stats for Darke County. TV has clinched the Cross County Conference Title (shared at the least if not out right) this past week by beating Ansonia. That is why they deserve to be Team of the week. I am very proud to be a PATRIOT fan.

fightingtigers · (#5)

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Originally Posted by pmtv15

Tri-Village ranked #2 in Div IV in State AP polls! 18-0 record. Kyle Pipenger hitting the 1,000 point in Dec and Shade Brubaker breaking the schools 12 year old record for most 3 pointers in one game in Jan. We have a player or two in the top ten in all categories of stats for Darke County. TV has clinched the Cross County Conference Title (shared at the least if not out right) this past week by beating Ansonia. That is why they deserve to be Team of the week. I am very proud to be a PATRIOT fan.

This is supposed to be for the week, not the season.

This week Ironton beat Huntington, WV AAA (Big School) Ranked #8 by 11 and beat the Defending NC D1 State Champions Macdonald Academy by 15.

Flora Macdonald, NC Defending D1 State Champions (This year they lost to National Ranked #17 Oak Hill Academy, VA 50-58 in OT)
The Cougers are led by 6'8 Rashad Anthony, 6'8 Jared Scott, 6'9 Forest Johnson and 6'4 SG Anton Wilson who is being Recruited by Baylor, Depaul and Rhode Island.

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/x ... -challenge

February 02, 2013 @ 12:00 AM

GRANT TRAYLOR

The Herald-Dispatch

SPRING VALLEY -- Ironton was outsized by nearly four inches at every position entering a Friday boys basketball matchup with Flora MacDonald of Red Springs, N.C.

However, Ironton showed why the word "fighting" is in front of its nickname Fighting Tigers as they outworked the Cougars in a 52-37 victory on day one of the Tri-State Hoops Classic at Spring Valley High School.

I was really proud of the effort out of all of our guys tonight, Ironton coach Mark LaFon said. Every one, even our young guys, came in and played really hard and didn't back down from the challenge.

Ironton's Trey Fletcher was a one-man wrecking crew in the first half, scoring all 20 of his points and grabbing six of his seven rebounds in the opening 16 minutes to lead the Fighting Tigers to a 26-21 lead. Fletcher picked up his third foul early in the second half and was forced to the bench, but the post play of Trevor White and Aaron Stephens stepped up in his absence.

White and guard Zac Carter led the offensive charge in the third quarter as Ironton built its lead to double digits by holding the Cougars to just six points in the period.

Carter finished with 14 points despite a difficult night shooting. He did provide one of the night's more electric moments when he showed off his jumping ability by swatting a shot into the bleachers by Flora MacDonald's 6-foot-8 forward Rashed Anthony.

White finished the night with 13 points while winning the battle down low against Anthony and 6-9 forward Forrest Johnson.

FLORA MACDONALD 10 11 6 10 -- 52: Day 5, Davis 2, Johnson 2, Scott 17, Anthony 7, Lewis 4.

IRONTON 10 16 16 10 -- 37: Stephens 2, White 13, Fletcher 22, Cox 3, Carter 14.

Flora Macdonald played Huntington Prep (National Ranked #7) the following night
HUNTINGTON PREP 66, FLORA MACDONALD 44

SportsFan00 · (#6)

Tri-Village is the most underrated team that is ranked in the AP polls. I would put any of these teams up against the Patriots on a neutral site and put money down on Tri-Village everytime. This is showing how the community from a small town loves basketball and their team. Tri-Village has had two different player of the weeks this season and a girl currently up for POTW. New Madison Tri-Village has a graduating class of 60. Small Town Tradition with Big Time Results!

SportsFan00 · (#7)

You are able to vote as many times as you would like...no cheating there. Just upset you aren't winning. Just better hope you don't play TV in tournaments. Be scared. TV is a state team in a weak conference. And aren't afraid to take on anyone!

pmtv15 · (#8)

We should all be proud of all our teams and players these young athletes put in a lot of time and hard work.

jackson2012 · (#9)

Ironton

MACsports · (#10)

I am fine with fair comppetition, but when I voted at school 3rd period and then checked the polls again during 9th and see that Tri-Village went from 2800 to 20,000 votes in a town of 2000-3500 where if you factor in the amount of elderly and others who do not know or care to vote dont. I just dont see any logical sense there. And I realize they are undefeated and clinched their conference, but when there are New Bremen who beats Division IV No. 1 St. Henry, ranked ahead of Tri-Village before the loss, and New Bremen forces a three way tie in a very tough conference, 4 ranked teams in the state, St. Henry, Fort Recovery, and Versailles. Then there is Ironton as the other user mentioned beat a #8 team and other various things.

IndianFan · (#11)

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Originally Posted by SportsFan00

Tri-Village is the most underrated team that is ranked in the AP polls. I would put any of these teams up against the Patriots on a neutral site and put money down on Tri-Village everytime. This is showing how the community from a small town loves basketball and their team. Tri-Village has had two different player of the weeks this season and a girl currently up for POTW. New Madison Tri-Village has a graduating class of 60. Small Town Tradition with Big Time Results!

Who has Tri-Village beat in non conference play?

Cardinals11 · (#12)

I was in school 3rd period and saw that New Brmeen had about 600 votes, great. Tri VIllage had 2800. Alright, we can catch up. Come back ninth period, it's like 20k to like 1.3k.
We got the word out, we have the parents, grandparents, family members, athletic booster music booster, all of New Bremen, is voting. A lot of students vote at school and at home, New Bremen is a great town with heart and pride. New Bremen Alumni, faculty, and citizens who used to live here. People everywhere! Facebook is a powerful tool.

SportsFan00 · (#13)

What is the current population of New Bremen?

fightingtigers · (#14)

Nice system.......

fightingtigers · (#15)

Looks like it's going to be a photo finish with New Bremen coming on strong down the stretch........

Eric Frantz · (#16)

Wow...

COACH_99 · (#17)

Great job Coach Dougherty and the Cardinals, you deserve it.

fightingtigers · (#18)

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Originally Posted by Eric Frantz

Wow...

That's what I say.

I have to ask you a serious question. Do you think this voting system has any flaws? This is supposed to be for the team of the WEEK and a team that beat a (3-15) and (7-9?) team gets 96,157 votes. The winner New Bremen get over 41,000 votes in the last hour, come on lol....

The really bad thing I see in this whole thing is having the National Guard Sponsoring this and taking their time to present an actual trophy and banner in such a flawed voting event like this. Do you really think 200,000 different people voted on this?

I would highly reccomend rethinking how this is run. Put together a panel to vote or let the Ohio National Guard put together a panel to vote.

forrealman · (#19)

Should any one really win this?
why did no stop this while it was happening?
both New Bremen and Tri-village should be DQ
Columbus Hartley is the real winner