On Your Marks.. Get Set.. Let's Play Basketball

On Your Marks.. Get Set.. Let's Play Basketball

It is that time again when the High School basketball teams take the courts in hopes for winning their region and heading to state. The Orioles are ready to play a very hot team which is the Canton C-Hawks on Tuesday night. In this article I will talk about the Canton C-Hawks and what has led to their success. I will also talk a little about Lennox and even have a short interview write up from Coach Paul McVey.

Canton has been known lately for their defense. Holding Vermillion to 40 points and holding Tea Area to 52 points has been a great accomplishment. However, Canton has to watch out for the powerful post offense of Lennox. While Canton has as much height as Lennox, they don't have the size of the Lennox post players. Lennox showed their power as they forced a lot of quality shots in the paint while pushing the defense to create a shot. However, watch out for the three point shooting by Canton. They were 10 for 22 and had a three point percentage of 45. Sam Peterson and Anders Peterson combined for a total of 39 points. They each made 4 threes and combined with each other to make 32 points from the three point range.

Lennox however is ready to roll. After Elk Point being a team that had an on game, Lennox still came through with the win. It wasn't an easy one at all however Lennox kept their poise and in the end pulled off an amzing comeback to win over EPJ. The Orioles PacLine struggled a little bit in the first half of the Region Semi Fianl round. They need to find a ryhthm in the first half in order to get a win. Scoring in the first half has been a trouble lately as well. The Orioles best chance to win is if they can score 30 in the first half and have a good defensive half. From there, they should be able to use the great success that they have had in the second half of games to finish the win

Some of you may want me to predict my score considering I was 4 points off on the Canton game and I was 1 point off the Lennox score, however with these two teams being as close in talent as they are, it is almost impossible to predict the winner. For the following reasons, I will not be doing a prediction for this game. Both teams are looking for State Basketball appearances which would end a long run for either teams. Canton hasn't been to state in over 15 years. As for Lennox, they haven't attended state since the 08 and 09 season. That was 6 years ago and this will be Lennox's attempt to make state for the 7th time in 15 years. Lennox and Canton are ready to roll and are ready to put on a great Region 4A Champioship. So make sure to come out and watch the Orioles and C-Hawks battle at 7:00 on March 10th. If you can't attend the game, then you can follow the live stats on the following link: http://t.maxpreps.com/1GjGSA8

Have and good day and Go Orioles!

Written By:

Grant Sweeter

Senior at Lennox High School

Manager- Lennox Boys Basketball