Pinewood v Mitty
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Hannah Jump leads all scoring with 24 points, including 6-11 from beyond the arc. 20 points for Brianna Claros. She came up big down the stretch.
man, sounds like it was a helluva game! Grats to Pinewood for doing the unthinkable, well for everyone except in that locke room! 
Wow....wow..... wow....
What an amazing game of high school basketball.
Awesome....just awesome
What an amazing game of high school basketball.
Awesome....just awesome
Fantastic!!!!
..H. Jump shot 11 threes anybody know how many PW shot must have been close to 30...the great leveler...when you can shoot and your practice them all day long you might as well... bomb away!!!!
Game with Winward should be good...Osbourne is an amazing athlete
..H. Jump shot 11 threes anybody know how many PW shot must have been close to 30...the great leveler...when you can shoot and your practice them all day long you might as well... bomb away!!!!
Game with Winward should be good...Osbourne is an amazing athlete
Hannah Jump was amazing. Not many scorers in the country that score with such limited opportunities. Tough break for Mitty with Blakes injury and Jones foul out but that is why they play games.
Pinewood should be #1 in the country but we will hear all the experts explain that a loss to Salesian eliminates them. Where Paytc when we need him
Pinewood should be #1 in the country but we will hear all the experts explain that a loss to Salesian eliminates them. Where Paytc when we need him
For fans of prep basketball on the Peninsula/South Bay, this one ranks right up there with the five-OT titanic between the boys of Ravenswood and St. Elizabeth's in 1962. That one decided the championship of the old Peninsula Basketball Tournament at the ancient, creaking Stanford gym.
Historic win tonight! Time to Respect the Pinewood program and Doc Scheppler's coaching brilliance.
Great game from both teams. Klara Astrom was in foul trouble two weeks ago, and this time, Haley Jones and Anna McNicholas combined for 42 minutes before fouling out. Astrom played 42 minutes, Kaitlyn Leung played 42, and both Briana Claros and Hannah Jump played 44.
Tremendous effort on both sides, and as much drama as anyone could want (or stand).
Pinewood-Windward should be a fun one ...
Tremendous effort on both sides, and as much drama as anyone could want (or stand).
Pinewood-Windward should be a fun one ...
Astrom was especially significant. At 5-9, she was assigned a Mitty big kid throughout. She hustled, scrapped, boxed out, ran the floor, dove for loose balls, rebounded like a 6-2 kid, fought for every inch of space inside, happily took charges, set tough screens, did all of the dirty work, the blue-collar stuff that coaches love. She was so outstanding away from the ball it was something to see. There has to be video of that titanic. Every coach ought to check it out to watch No.11 operate. She didn't have to score a single point in that game to be effective and critically important. What a player. What an athlete. What a competitor.
Since when hasn't Pinewood's program been respected? Doc is regarded as one of the nation's best high school coaches and probably the country's best shooting coach. I don't recall anyone saying anything negative about him or his teams.
From the Mercury-News: https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/03...s-national-no-1-mitty-wins-norcal-open-crown/
Now perhaps one can see why the Carondelet horrible decision to punish their entire team (For the irresponsible decision of 1 or 2) and the rest of the entire Open division was not a decision to be taken lightly. It was a situation where a couple adults rushed to punish instead of following the correct procedure which would have allowed calmer and more reasonable heads to prevail. There were other options to consider. It allowed Pinewood a bye over several seeds that were higher than Pinewood were. If anyone should have gotten a bye it should have been Mitty or SMS. The team with the bye has the advantage of more rest and more preparation. They were allowed to instead of playing Carondelet in the first game to go out and scout SMS and Mitty, then practice to be better prepared for them.
Add that to the fact that IMO Mitty, SMS, and Pinewood were all in the very elite level. Those 3 IMO were slightly better than the rest of the pack. When you add it all up Mitty losing Nicole Blakes, Pinewood getting a bye, and already being very familiar with Mitty, made a great contest even more challenging. Not to take anything away from Pinewood because I'm a Pinewood fan. I'm a Mitty fan. I'm a SMS fan. Ima a high level of basketball brand fan.
Congratulations to Pinewood ! Best wishes against Windward.
Add that to the fact that IMO Mitty, SMS, and Pinewood were all in the very elite level. Those 3 IMO were slightly better than the rest of the pack. When you add it all up Mitty losing Nicole Blakes, Pinewood getting a bye, and already being very familiar with Mitty, made a great contest even more challenging. Not to take anything away from Pinewood because I'm a Pinewood fan. I'm a Mitty fan. I'm a SMS fan. Ima a high level of basketball brand fan.
Congratulations to Pinewood ! Best wishes against Windward.
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Your point is well-taken. But, a contrarian view might suggest that Pinewood actually was damaged (forced to be idle and a bit rusty) by not playing on that opening playoff date. If they had, they might have beaten SMS even more soundly. At least that would be the argument. As it was, they managed to squeeze past SMS on the road anyway. As for Mitty, that one is what it is, or was.
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I think it also allowed Pinewood to be better prepared for SMS. One could argue anyway and have a valid point. Because as I have been saying all along before the open division seeds were selected Mitty, Pinewood, and SMS were slightly better than all the rest. But I bet both SMS and Mitty, if given the option, would have preferred to ( rest late in the season) not play Friday and send their people out to scout Pinewood and/ or anyone else they considered a major threat.
One major point I was making is the decision Carondelet made hastily effected far more than just the 10 or 11 Carondelet players who acted responsibly and should have been allowed to finish the season after working as hard as they did to position themselves for a chance at a state championship. That decision had an impact. I don't think anyone can convince me that it had no effect outside of Carondelet.
That is why I created the post that was encouraging all the Open division coaches to contest the Carondelet forfeit. I knew all along that Carondelet should have been allowed to be in the Open and the 1 or 2 players who acted irresponsibly should have been punished alone. Or the punishment should have been something other than a forfeit.
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