... Southern/SouthEast Ohio's top 3 teams all picked up W's in the Week that Was while staying away from adding any "L's" in the loss column ... Chillicothe went 3-0 on the week, finishing up with a big time win over the #1 Division II team in Ohio Dayton Dunbar 70-62 ... led by "All World" PG Humpty Hitchens 31 points and OU bound Ray Chambers the Cavs looked to put more separation between themselves and
Zanesville ... the 'Ville manhandled their "in league" SEOAL competition beating Warren 73-41 before pushing aside Gallia Academy 70-34 ... BOTH Chillicothe and Zanesville will finally get to show their wares vs EACH OTHER as Chillicothe travels to Zanesville for THE GAME of the Year in Southern Ohio (Round 1) on Friday this week ... the question is "will they play? or will they save it for the Day of Champions yet again?? it IS supposed to snow LOL ...
Vinton County picked up win number 13 by humiliating Nelsonville York 103-48 as Dustin Guthrie
closed in on the 1000 Point Club after his 25 point effort vs NY ...
Huntington HS took on late season upstart Southeastern ... the Huntsmen came away with a 64-42 win ...
Oak Hill with head man Coach Persin
minus Casey Love ... split games on the week beating Lucasville Valley 65-43 before taking on annual Elite 8 member
Wheelersburg at the 'burg ... the Pirates for their part beat an improved Minford Falcon team 62-40 as a lead up to the Wheelersburg vs Oak Hill rematch ... this one saw the defensive minded Coach Barrick Pirates shutdown the Oak Hill boyz ... holding OHHS to just 35 points as Wheelersburg gets the W 48-35 over Oak Hill ...
South Point continued to impress with both the offense and the defense as the Pointers downed Coal Grove 58-28 to go to 13-0 on the season ...
North Adams played only one game in the Week that Was as well beating up on a good Manchester ball club 75-48 to get to 13 wins vs only 1 loss ... Coach Stiverson's
Logan Elm Braves saw the world from both sides as they opened the week playing their best all around game of the season putting a beat down on a very good Hamilton Twp. ball club 81-49 before wrapping up the week with a very "un-Braves-like" - 21 TO performance in a 57-49 win over Teays Valley ... to round out last weeks top 8
Chesapeake moved to 11 wins on the season with a 30 point win over River Valley 85-55 while co-number eight Fairland DID keep pace with win number eleven beating Rock Hill 70-62 before taking their game on the road Above the Lancaster-Dixon Line vs (11-2) Akron Hoban participating in the Pizza Oven Classic ... the boyz from Proctorville picked up an L that they hope will help them in the second season, 57-46 ...
... as you will see in the Elite 8 lineup for the Week that IS , you don't have to pick up an "L" to drop in the standings ... especially when I have had some of the teams "tied" on the list - there are good wins ... there are even quality losses ... sometimes the strength of schedule can move a team up or down the list ... lets take a look at how things shook out after last weeks action ...
Pfloyd's Elite 8 of Southern/SouthEast Ohio
1. Chillicothe 13-1 ... the win over Dayton Dunbar forced the separation ...
2. Zanesville 13-1
3. Vinton County 13-1
4. Wheelersburg 11-2 / Huntington 12-1
5. South Point 13-0
6. North Adams 13-1/ Oak Hill 13-2
7. Logan Elm 11-3
8. Chesapeake 11-2 / Greenfield McClain 13-2
Treehugger Wannabees
Fairland 11-3
Warren 10-4
Lynchburg Clay 11-3
Piketon 10-4
Circleville 10-5
Washington CH 9-5
Federal Hocking 10-4
Logan 8-5
Waterford 10-2
Minford 9-5
Fairfield Union 8-7
Ironton 6-6
Adena 7-6
Alexander 8-6
Zane Trace 7-7
New Boston 8-4
Western Pike 9-5
Symmes Valley 8-4
Portsmouth 7-7
Westfall 7-6
Northwest 6-6
Belpre 8-7
Southern 8-6
Rock Hill 7-7
End Table Teams
Coal Grove 6-7
West Union 7-8
Portsmouth West 6-7
WhiteOak 5-8
Reedsville Eastern 4-9
Marietta 5-9
Unioto 3-11
Southeastern
... some BIG contests out there this week ...Friday night a Belpre team looking for respect travels to Vinton County ... #2 Zanesville entertaining #1 Chillicothe with a couple questions to be answered - who is the better of the 2 teams? AND will they actually play?? ... we will be watching as usual from the cheap seats as the final weeks of the regular season unfold and the "post season drawings" take place this weekend ... the Road to the Convo is just around the corner - I've been saving my money all year so I can afford those $4.50 pizzas/$3.50 Cokes LOL ...
