6A State Basketball Tourney

[vbird53]

Hey,

I'm going to head down to Emporia this afternoon for the first round of the state high school playoffs.

Anybody to keep an eye on?

Teams include:

Wichita Heights vs. Dodge City
SM Northwest vs. Goddard
Olathe East vs. SM East
Wichita Southeast vs. Olathe South

[ShockCity]

For Heights:

- Perry Ellis of course
- A more realistic get for the Shox is Evan Wessel. He is a Sophomore who could be a nice little D-1 player in a few years. His Grandpa, Ev, played for the Shox. He is a 6'3" pg who had 9 points and 11 rebounds against Dodge yesterday. I think he is worth keeping an eye on.

[SubGod22]

Wessel is the only other name I recall hearing at Heights but I believe they have a few more young people who could develop. It seems like SE may have a player or two but I don't recall. I'm not up to speed on my City League.

[McShocker]

Has anybody heard anything about Bruce Reed from Olathe East? He is a senior, 6'6" and can jump out of the gym. He is a little undersized for a D1 post, but wondered where he is planning on playing his college ball. He was a dunking machine last night until Shawnee Mission East starting playing SIU ugly ball. It worked though, they came back and won.

[SubGod22]

If he's a post with not much of a perimeter game then he'll probably go JUCO to try and develop into more of a SF type. I haven't seen any kind of recruiting info on the kid so I really have no idea.

[vbird53]

I sat behind Coach Gross and Danny Manning. Wonder who they were there to see?

[WstateU]

I sat behind Coach Gross and Danny Manning. Wonder who they were there to see?

Let me guess... the Heights Cheerleaders? :D

[BostonWu]

I sat behind Coach Gross and Danny Manning. Wonder who they were there to see?

Let me guess... the Heights Cheerleaders? :D

Was Lon Krueger there too?

[pinstripers]

Larry Brown?

[tropicalshox]

SM Northwest has an emerging D-I prospect in junior Steve Carver. At 6-8 he is projected to be a face up PF with a sweet jumper.

[SubGod22]

I forgot he was there. I remember there being a little bit of discussion on him a while back on here. Not a lot of info as far as Rivals goes but it sounds like he's coming around.

[1979Shocker]

Wichita Heights wins the 6A title against Wichita Southeast 73-58.

It would have been nice if that was on TV. KSCW channel 5 broadcasted the 5A boys championship game between Bishop Miege and Highland Park won by Highland Park 54-52 on a last second shot.

[jocoshock]

http://www.kansascity.com/sports/story/1085656.html

Shawnee Mission Northwest did everything right against the well-known freshman from Wichita Heights, Perry Ellis.

Everything any other team would do to stop the 6-foot-8 kid with a curiously thick goatee and a mature game to match. When Ellis is not taking weekend trips to places like Chapel Hill, N.C., in the middle of the season, he’s dropping 19 points and 11 rebounds a game. And at his first varsity game sat Kansas coach Bill Self, after his Jayhawks had won at home earlier that day.

Needless to say, Ellis has a following. That’s especially true on the court, where he attracts an extra defender — or two — to his every pivot. SM Northwest became the latest to join that crowd and actually succeeded in containing Ellis. But what can you do when everything you try works — and it’s still not good enough?

[ABC]

What does the writer mean, "curiously thick goatee"?

[pinstripers]

Sounds like my great-aunt Irene............