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LOGAN — New Lexington, ranked at 14, turned the basketball world upside down after a 53-43 win over MVL rival Sheridan, third-seeded and AP no. 7 ranked, in the OHSAA Sectional semifinal on Feb. 18.
After two losses to Sheridan in the regular season, a third loss to the Generals was unlikely for New Lexington because, head coach Jeremy Duerr stated it is hard to beat a team three times.
“I was happy we drew them because we have played them twice and we know them,” he said.
The way the Panthers came onto the court had a whole different vibe than what has been seen all season from them, and after Logyn Ratlif scored before Sheridan, the mood of the game was set in New Lexingon territory.
The Panthers were showing tenacity on the court, keeping a quick-paced offense and working their defense to hold Sheridan behind the arc.
Trey Kennedy played the game relentlessly as he started his work from grabbing possession almost out of bounds to pass to Will Stenson at the six-minute mark for another two points in the Panthers’ favor.
Sheridan, still scoreless, finally fought through New Lexington’s Braden Agriesti with Logan Ranft to gain two for the Generals.
In New Lexington’s answer, Kennedy and Stenson were partners again below the net for another two to get themselves to an 8-2 lead at the 4:22 mark in the first quarter.
Sheridan had to work with what they could as their usual shots were repelling off the rim.
Landen Russell found a two-point shot just past the four-minute mark, but New Lexington’s Agriesti had to answer with two as he swerved around an attempted block from Shay Taylor.
Ranft had Agriesti to face again at the net and Agriesti was successful in this shot block, but Luken Hill was there for Ranft to get the rebound and backboard shot.
Sheridan started to become themselves as Nate Johnson got in his comfortable spot in the corner for a drained three.
New Lexington knew that was Johnson’s homey area and had to work from the first quarter on to keep Johnson from the corner.
Duerr reported he and his team knew they had to shade Johnson in the corner.
“That’s his comfortable spot.”
Ratliff took two more to the backboard and through the net before the buzzer to end the first quarter and shoe New Lexington leading 12-11.
After the initial shock that New Lexington had the lead, a rare occurrence while facing Sheridan, the Panthers kept their momentum up with the help of their black and orange crowd.
Duerr’s said his plan to come into the game was to interrupt the rhythm of the game and of Sheridan, and they did that at the start.
“We wanted to slow the game down, minimize possessions and have an efficient offense,” he reported.
Right off the bat again, New Lexington scored first in the second quarter with Kennedy gaining two for his Panthers.
Shortly after, Stenson took the first free throw of the game, going two for two, without knowing the Panthers would find a comfortable spot on the charity line in the second half.
Sheridan switched up some players to put in Hunter Yakes who drained an easy shot behind the paint.
To keep themselves ahead, Agriesti came in hard to the basket and tossed up his hopeful attempt.
His shot was close to being blocked by Taylor, but instead, the ball fell through the net and Agriesti received one attempt at the foul line, but missed it.
The Generals received the plague of bad luck as they had to watch the majority of their shots bounce away from the wished-for area and saw New Lexington holding the lead, 18-14 at the 2:53 mark left in the half.
In the final two minutes, New Lexington’s offense got a little more daring as Ratliff was making long passes from his distance behind the paint to Agriesti by the net, but it was working as Agriesti got another layup for two and received the foul on shot for his two for two from the foul line.
Johnson had a split second of reversal on New Lexington to get away from their attempt on shading him in the corner and went up for the three to swish it without question.
Seven seconds later, Ratliff had to mimic Johnson and went to New Lexington’s corner for three at the 10-second mark and gave the Panthers the 25-17 lead at the half.
The halftime attitude was obvious to see on faces as the red and grey crowd showed shock and the black and orange crowd showed speechlessness of joy.
Holding the lead at the half, Duerr reported it was what they were aiming to do by that point in the game.
“We kept the lead in a place where we felt comfortable,” he stated.
To get more momentum into his boys, Duerr knew he had to bring up the two losses during regular season, and the multiple losses to Sheridan in the past.
“We have essentially been right with Sheridan for seven of the eight quarters that we’ve played them,” he said.
“So I told them, ‘let’s do it for four, one time.’”
Coming out of the locker room, the Panthers received a standing crowd cheering them on.
New Lexington did not disappoint as Ratliff began the scoring of the third quarter with a drained three at the 6:20 mark.
The Generals were showing flustering on their offense as layups were bouncing away from the rim, rebounds were missed and passes were going out of bounds.
The Generals fouled on Hunter Kellogg as the ball was on Sheridan’s side, so another two points went to New Lexington from Kellogg’s shots.
At the 4:44 mark, New Lexington had the 30-17 lead over the state-ranked Generals.
Sheridan had to get something working, so Russell attempted another field goal, but the ball bounced off and into the hands of Ethan Malone who then got the two more points with a layup.
Sheridan had the next foul on Ratliff who went two for two from the charity line again.
Malone added another layup to try and swing the momentum to his boys in white, but the score showed the Panthers leading 32-21.
Another foul from Sheridan at the 2:05 mark gave Brady Hanson one for two and Sheridan head coach Doug Fisher had to switch up his players on the court to try and prevent more fouls.
Another Sheridan foul went to Kellogg who went one for two from the free-throw line, but then something went Sheridan’s way in the final minute of the third quarter.
Russell gained a layup at 50 seconds and, just at the buzzer, New Lexington fouled for the first time all game on Hill, but it was bad enough to be a technical, so Hill went one for two, isolated on the line.
At the end of three, New Lexington had a 34-24 lead over Sheridan and knew they had that one last quarter to go.
All regular season, the Panthers had been hand-in-hand with Sheridan all game long, but they always had the fourth-quarter bad luck to halt their momentum; they had to fight that in the brackets.
After a foul on Agriesti and his one for two shots, Russell then brought some power to the court for Sheridan to gain a three-point drain and a layup to get the gap closed to 35-29.
New Lexington was in the mindset to take down Sheridan as Ratliff and Kennedy each added a field goal each, in the shaded area before Russell added another three to get the board to show 34-39, New Lexington ahead.
The game was on the line and no one knew what to expect from either the Panthers or the Generals.
After a fade-away layup from Ratliff, Johnson got lucky enough to step on the foul line, but unlucky enough to miss his shot.
At the 2:10 mark, Kennedy had his one for two from the charity line, giving the momentum to his Panthers and for Agriesti to get a backboard shot drain at the 1:41 mark.
Hill got another attempt at the line, going two for two, and Ratliff went one for two for his Panthers to get a 36-45 score, Panthers ahead.
The remainder of the game was played from the charity line as Ratliff went 3-4, Hanson went 4-6, Kennedy went 0-2 and Agriesti went 2-2 for New Lexington.
For the Generals, Reed Coconis added a three from the corner and Russell added a quick two, but their fouls on New Lexington were against them and gave the final score to New Lexington for a win, 53-43.
Duerr said he could not have been happier with the outcome his boys put on the board.
“We came into this game with a plan and our guys executed it flawlessly from start to finish,” he stated.
“We came in with a plan to slow Sheridan down and interrupt the rhythm of the game.”
“We know they want to play fast and score in the high 60s and 70s; we ran the defense we haven’t had all year and we ran that pretty much the whole game and that kind of disrupted them.”
Holding the close lead was a factor in New Lexington’s win, especially holding it within a five-point mark.
“We kept it in the five mark; if Sheridan would’ve broken that, we would’ve been scared,” Duerr stated.
The attitude toward the game and toward Sheridan was a convincing Duerr did not need to instill into his boys.
He said his boys already had a fire within them because it was Sheridan.
“It wasn’t hard to convince them we could win; I think playing Sheridan, we naturally have a little bit of fire,” he said.
“I just told them that they have a chance to make an epic upset and have something to tell their children.”
“Everyone felt like we could get this done.”
New Lexington 53, Sheridan 43
New Lexington;12;13;9;19;—;53
Sheridan;11;6;7;19;—;43
NEW LEXINGTON NO. 14 (MVL 5-11, Tournament 1-0, Overall 9-14)
Brady Hanson 0 7-10 7, Logyn Ratliff 6 6-8 20, Will Stenson 2 2-2 6, Trey Kennedy 2 1-4 5, Braden Agriesti 4 4-7 12, TOTALS 14 23-35 53; 3-pt field goals: 2
SHERIDAN NO.3 (MVL 14-2, Tournament 0-1, Overall 19-4)
Luken Hill 3 3-4 9, Landen Russell 6 0-0 14, Nate Johnson 3 0-2 8, Logan Ranft 1 0-0 2, Hunter Yakes 1 0-0 3, Ethan Malone 2 0-1 4, Reed Coconis 1 0-0 3, TOTALS 17 3-7 43; 3-pt field goals: 6
After two losses to Sheridan in the regular season, a third loss to the Generals was unlikely for New Lexington because, head coach Jeremy Duerr stated it is hard to beat a team three times.
“I was happy we drew them because we have played them twice and we know them,” he said.
The way the Panthers came onto the court had a whole different vibe than what has been seen all season from them, and after Logyn Ratlif scored before Sheridan, the mood of the game was set in New Lexingon territory.
The Panthers were showing tenacity on the court, keeping a quick-paced offense and working their defense to hold Sheridan behind the arc.
Trey Kennedy played the game relentlessly as he started his work from grabbing possession almost out of bounds to pass to Will Stenson at the six-minute mark for another two points in the Panthers’ favor.
Sheridan, still scoreless, finally fought through New Lexington’s Braden Agriesti with Logan Ranft to gain two for the Generals.
In New Lexington’s answer, Kennedy and Stenson were partners again below the net for another two to get themselves to an 8-2 lead at the 4:22 mark in the first quarter.
Sheridan had to work with what they could as their usual shots were repelling off the rim.
Landen Russell found a two-point shot just past the four-minute mark, but New Lexington’s Agriesti had to answer with two as he swerved around an attempted block from Shay Taylor.
Ranft had Agriesti to face again at the net and Agriesti was successful in this shot block, but Luken Hill was there for Ranft to get the rebound and backboard shot.
Sheridan started to become themselves as Nate Johnson got in his comfortable spot in the corner for a drained three.
New Lexington knew that was Johnson’s homey area and had to work from the first quarter on to keep Johnson from the corner.
Duerr reported he and his team knew they had to shade Johnson in the corner.
“That’s his comfortable spot.”
Ratliff took two more to the backboard and through the net before the buzzer to end the first quarter and shoe New Lexington leading 12-11.
After the initial shock that New Lexington had the lead, a rare occurrence while facing Sheridan, the Panthers kept their momentum up with the help of their black and orange crowd.
Duerr’s said his plan to come into the game was to interrupt the rhythm of the game and of Sheridan, and they did that at the start.
“We wanted to slow the game down, minimize possessions and have an efficient offense,” he reported.
Right off the bat again, New Lexington scored first in the second quarter with Kennedy gaining two for his Panthers.
Shortly after, Stenson took the first free throw of the game, going two for two, without knowing the Panthers would find a comfortable spot on the charity line in the second half.
Sheridan switched up some players to put in Hunter Yakes who drained an easy shot behind the paint.
To keep themselves ahead, Agriesti came in hard to the basket and tossed up his hopeful attempt.
His shot was close to being blocked by Taylor, but instead, the ball fell through the net and Agriesti received one attempt at the foul line, but missed it.
The Generals received the plague of bad luck as they had to watch the majority of their shots bounce away from the wished-for area and saw New Lexington holding the lead, 18-14 at the 2:53 mark left in the half.
In the final two minutes, New Lexington’s offense got a little more daring as Ratliff was making long passes from his distance behind the paint to Agriesti by the net, but it was working as Agriesti got another layup for two and received the foul on shot for his two for two from the foul line.
Johnson had a split second of reversal on New Lexington to get away from their attempt on shading him in the corner and went up for the three to swish it without question.
Seven seconds later, Ratliff had to mimic Johnson and went to New Lexington’s corner for three at the 10-second mark and gave the Panthers the 25-17 lead at the half.
The halftime attitude was obvious to see on faces as the red and grey crowd showed shock and the black and orange crowd showed speechlessness of joy.
Holding the lead at the half, Duerr reported it was what they were aiming to do by that point in the game.
“We kept the lead in a place where we felt comfortable,” he stated.
To get more momentum into his boys, Duerr knew he had to bring up the two losses during regular season, and the multiple losses to Sheridan in the past.
“We have essentially been right with Sheridan for seven of the eight quarters that we’ve played them,” he said.
“So I told them, ‘let’s do it for four, one time.’”
Coming out of the locker room, the Panthers received a standing crowd cheering them on.
New Lexington did not disappoint as Ratliff began the scoring of the third quarter with a drained three at the 6:20 mark.
The Generals were showing flustering on their offense as layups were bouncing away from the rim, rebounds were missed and passes were going out of bounds.
The Generals fouled on Hunter Kellogg as the ball was on Sheridan’s side, so another two points went to New Lexington from Kellogg’s shots.
At the 4:44 mark, New Lexington had the 30-17 lead over the state-ranked Generals.
Sheridan had to get something working, so Russell attempted another field goal, but the ball bounced off and into the hands of Ethan Malone who then got the two more points with a layup.
Sheridan had the next foul on Ratliff who went two for two from the charity line again.
Malone added another layup to try and swing the momentum to his boys in white, but the score showed the Panthers leading 32-21.
Another foul from Sheridan at the 2:05 mark gave Brady Hanson one for two and Sheridan head coach Doug Fisher had to switch up his players on the court to try and prevent more fouls.
Another Sheridan foul went to Kellogg who went one for two from the free-throw line, but then something went Sheridan’s way in the final minute of the third quarter.
Russell gained a layup at 50 seconds and, just at the buzzer, New Lexington fouled for the first time all game on Hill, but it was bad enough to be a technical, so Hill went one for two, isolated on the line.
At the end of three, New Lexington had a 34-24 lead over Sheridan and knew they had that one last quarter to go.
All regular season, the Panthers had been hand-in-hand with Sheridan all game long, but they always had the fourth-quarter bad luck to halt their momentum; they had to fight that in the brackets.
After a foul on Agriesti and his one for two shots, Russell then brought some power to the court for Sheridan to gain a three-point drain and a layup to get the gap closed to 35-29.
New Lexington was in the mindset to take down Sheridan as Ratliff and Kennedy each added a field goal each, in the shaded area before Russell added another three to get the board to show 34-39, New Lexington ahead.
The game was on the line and no one knew what to expect from either the Panthers or the Generals.
After a fade-away layup from Ratliff, Johnson got lucky enough to step on the foul line, but unlucky enough to miss his shot.
At the 2:10 mark, Kennedy had his one for two from the charity line, giving the momentum to his Panthers and for Agriesti to get a backboard shot drain at the 1:41 mark.
Hill got another attempt at the line, going two for two, and Ratliff went one for two for his Panthers to get a 36-45 score, Panthers ahead.
The remainder of the game was played from the charity line as Ratliff went 3-4, Hanson went 4-6, Kennedy went 0-2 and Agriesti went 2-2 for New Lexington.
For the Generals, Reed Coconis added a three from the corner and Russell added a quick two, but their fouls on New Lexington were against them and gave the final score to New Lexington for a win, 53-43.
Duerr said he could not have been happier with the outcome his boys put on the board.
“We came into this game with a plan and our guys executed it flawlessly from start to finish,” he stated.
“We came in with a plan to slow Sheridan down and interrupt the rhythm of the game.”
“We know they want to play fast and score in the high 60s and 70s; we ran the defense we haven’t had all year and we ran that pretty much the whole game and that kind of disrupted them.”
Holding the close lead was a factor in New Lexington’s win, especially holding it within a five-point mark.
“We kept it in the five mark; if Sheridan would’ve broken that, we would’ve been scared,” Duerr stated.
The attitude toward the game and toward Sheridan was a convincing Duerr did not need to instill into his boys.
He said his boys already had a fire within them because it was Sheridan.
“It wasn’t hard to convince them we could win; I think playing Sheridan, we naturally have a little bit of fire,” he said.
“I just told them that they have a chance to make an epic upset and have something to tell their children.”
“Everyone felt like we could get this done.”
New Lexington 53, Sheridan 43
New Lexington;12;13;9;19;—;53
Sheridan;11;6;7;19;—;43
NEW LEXINGTON NO. 14 (MVL 5-11, Tournament 1-0, Overall 9-14)
Brady Hanson 0 7-10 7, Logyn Ratliff 6 6-8 20, Will Stenson 2 2-2 6, Trey Kennedy 2 1-4 5, Braden Agriesti 4 4-7 12, TOTALS 14 23-35 53; 3-pt field goals: 2
SHERIDAN NO.3 (MVL 14-2, Tournament 0-1, Overall 19-4)
Luken Hill 3 3-4 9, Landen Russell 6 0-0 14, Nate Johnson 3 0-2 8, Logan Ranft 1 0-0 2, Hunter Yakes 1 0-0 3, Ethan Malone 2 0-1 4, Reed Coconis 1 0-0 3, TOTALS 17 3-7 43; 3-pt field goals: 6
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Re: (6) Athens vs (14) New Lex
We already played them and they have a true 6’6 post player and a 6’2 guard. They are a solid team.
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Great report, if I didn't know better, I would have sworn that I was at the game.Raider6309 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 19, 2020 1:10 pm LOGAN — New Lexington, ranked at 14, turned the basketball world upside down after a 53-43 win over MVL rival Sheridan, third-seeded and AP no. 7 ranked, in the OHSAA Sectional semifinal on Feb. 18.
After two losses to Sheridan in the regular season, a third loss to the Generals was unlikely for New Lexington because, head coach Jeremy Duerr stated it is hard to beat a team three times.
“I was happy we drew them because we have played them twice and we know them,” he said.
The way the Panthers came onto the court had a whole different vibe than what has been seen all season from them, and after Logyn Ratlif scored before Sheridan, the mood of the game was set in New Lexingon territory.
The Panthers were showing tenacity on the court, keeping a quick-paced offense and working their defense to hold Sheridan behind the arc.
Trey Kennedy played the game relentlessly as he started his work from grabbing possession almost out of bounds to pass to Will Stenson at the six-minute mark for another two points in the Panthers’ favor.
Sheridan, still scoreless, finally fought through New Lexington’s Braden Agriesti with Logan Ranft to gain two for the Generals.
In New Lexington’s answer, Kennedy and Stenson were partners again below the net for another two to get themselves to an 8-2 lead at the 4:22 mark in the first quarter.
Sheridan had to work with what they could as their usual shots were repelling off the rim.
Landen Russell found a two-point shot just past the four-minute mark, but New Lexington’s Agriesti had to answer with two as he swerved around an attempted block from Shay Taylor.
Ranft had Agriesti to face again at the net and Agriesti was successful in this shot block, but Luken Hill was there for Ranft to get the rebound and backboard shot.
Sheridan started to become themselves as Nate Johnson got in his comfortable spot in the corner for a drained three.
New Lexington knew that was Johnson’s homey area and had to work from the first quarter on to keep Johnson from the corner.
Duerr reported he and his team knew they had to shade Johnson in the corner.
“That’s his comfortable spot.”
Ratliff took two more to the backboard and through the net before the buzzer to end the first quarter and shoe New Lexington leading 12-11.
After the initial shock that New Lexington had the lead, a rare occurrence while facing Sheridan, the Panthers kept their momentum up with the help of their black and orange crowd.
Duerr’s said his plan to come into the game was to interrupt the rhythm of the game and of Sheridan, and they did that at the start.
“We wanted to slow the game down, minimize possessions and have an efficient offense,” he reported.
Right off the bat again, New Lexington scored first in the second quarter with Kennedy gaining two for his Panthers.
Shortly after, Stenson took the first free throw of the game, going two for two, without knowing the Panthers would find a comfortable spot on the charity line in the second half.
Sheridan switched up some players to put in Hunter Yakes who drained an easy shot behind the paint.
To keep themselves ahead, Agriesti came in hard to the basket and tossed up his hopeful attempt.
His shot was close to being blocked by Taylor, but instead, the ball fell through the net and Agriesti received one attempt at the foul line, but missed it.
The Generals received the plague of bad luck as they had to watch the majority of their shots bounce away from the wished-for area and saw New Lexington holding the lead, 18-14 at the 2:53 mark left in the half.
In the final two minutes, New Lexington’s offense got a little more daring as Ratliff was making long passes from his distance behind the paint to Agriesti by the net, but it was working as Agriesti got another layup for two and received the foul on shot for his two for two from the foul line.
Johnson had a split second of reversal on New Lexington to get away from their attempt on shading him in the corner and went up for the three to swish it without question.
Seven seconds later, Ratliff had to mimic Johnson and went to New Lexington’s corner for three at the 10-second mark and gave the Panthers the 25-17 lead at the half.
The halftime attitude was obvious to see on faces as the red and grey crowd showed shock and the black and orange crowd showed speechlessness of joy.
Holding the lead at the half, Duerr reported it was what they were aiming to do by that point in the game.
“We kept the lead in a place where we felt comfortable,” he stated.
To get more momentum into his boys, Duerr knew he had to bring up the two losses during regular season, and the multiple losses to Sheridan in the past.
“We have essentially been right with Sheridan for seven of the eight quarters that we’ve played them,” he said.
“So I told them, ‘let’s do it for four, one time.’”
Coming out of the locker room, the Panthers received a standing crowd cheering them on.
New Lexington did not disappoint as Ratliff began the scoring of the third quarter with a drained three at the 6:20 mark.
The Generals were showing flustering on their offense as layups were bouncing away from the rim, rebounds were missed and passes were going out of bounds.
The Generals fouled on Hunter Kellogg as the ball was on Sheridan’s side, so another two points went to New Lexington from Kellogg’s shots.
At the 4:44 mark, New Lexington had the 30-17 lead over the state-ranked Generals.
Sheridan had to get something working, so Russell attempted another field goal, but the ball bounced off and into the hands of Ethan Malone who then got the two more points with a layup.
Sheridan had the next foul on Ratliff who went two for two from the charity line again.
Malone added another layup to try and swing the momentum to his boys in white, but the score showed the Panthers leading 32-21.
Another foul from Sheridan at the 2:05 mark gave Brady Hanson one for two and Sheridan head coach Doug Fisher had to switch up his players on the court to try and prevent more fouls.
Another Sheridan foul went to Kellogg who went one for two from the free-throw line, but then something went Sheridan’s way in the final minute of the third quarter.
Russell gained a layup at 50 seconds and, just at the buzzer, New Lexington fouled for the first time all game on Hill, but it was bad enough to be a technical, so Hill went one for two, isolated on the line.
At the end of three, New Lexington had a 34-24 lead over Sheridan and knew they had that one last quarter to go.
All regular season, the Panthers had been hand-in-hand with Sheridan all game long, but they always had the fourth-quarter bad luck to halt their momentum; they had to fight that in the brackets.
After a foul on Agriesti and his one for two shots, Russell then brought some power to the court for Sheridan to gain a three-point drain and a layup to get the gap closed to 35-29.
New Lexington was in the mindset to take down Sheridan as Ratliff and Kennedy each added a field goal each, in the shaded area before Russell added another three to get the board to show 34-39, New Lexington ahead.
The game was on the line and no one knew what to expect from either the Panthers or the Generals.
After a fade-away layup from Ratliff, Johnson got lucky enough to step on the foul line, but unlucky enough to miss his shot.
At the 2:10 mark, Kennedy had his one for two from the charity line, giving the momentum to his Panthers and for Agriesti to get a backboard shot drain at the 1:41 mark.
Hill got another attempt at the line, going two for two, and Ratliff went one for two for his Panthers to get a 36-45 score, Panthers ahead.
The remainder of the game was played from the charity line as Ratliff went 3-4, Hanson went 4-6, Kennedy went 0-2 and Agriesti went 2-2 for New Lexington.
For the Generals, Reed Coconis added a three from the corner and Russell added a quick two, but their fouls on New Lexington were against them and gave the final score to New Lexington for a win, 53-43.
Duerr said he could not have been happier with the outcome his boys put on the board.
“We came into this game with a plan and our guys executed it flawlessly from start to finish,” he stated.
“We came in with a plan to slow Sheridan down and interrupt the rhythm of the game.”
“We know they want to play fast and score in the high 60s and 70s; we ran the defense we haven’t had all year and we ran that pretty much the whole game and that kind of disrupted them.”
Holding the close lead was a factor in New Lexington’s win, especially holding it within a five-point mark.
“We kept it in the five mark; if Sheridan would’ve broken that, we would’ve been scared,” Duerr stated.
The attitude toward the game and toward Sheridan was a convincing Duerr did not need to instill into his boys.
He said his boys already had a fire within them because it was Sheridan.
“It wasn’t hard to convince them we could win; I think playing Sheridan, we naturally have a little bit of fire,” he said.
“I just told them that they have a chance to make an epic upset and have something to tell their children.”
“Everyone felt like we could get this done.”
New Lexington 53, Sheridan 43
New Lexington;12;13;9;19;—;53
Sheridan;11;6;7;19;—;43
NEW LEXINGTON NO. 14 (MVL 5-11, Tournament 1-0, Overall 9-14)
Brady Hanson 0 7-10 7, Logyn Ratliff 6 6-8 20, Will Stenson 2 2-2 6, Trey Kennedy 2 1-4 5, Braden Agriesti 4 4-7 12, TOTALS 14 23-35 53; 3-pt field goals: 2
SHERIDAN NO.3 (MVL 14-2, Tournament 0-1, Overall 19-4)
Luken Hill 3 3-4 9, Landen Russell 6 0-0 14, Nate Johnson 3 0-2 8, Logan Ranft 1 0-0 2, Hunter Yakes 1 0-0 3, Ethan Malone 2 0-1 4, Reed Coconis 1 0-0 3, TOTALS 17 3-7 43; 3-pt field goals: 6
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Re: (6) Athens vs (14) New Lex
Because they are playing inspired basketball (they wanted it more than Sheridan) - and have a true post man - makes New Lex equally as challenging as Sheridan. IMO
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so true--like mama always said---be careful for what you wish for!!!!
Re: (6) Athens vs (14) New Lex
New Lexington plays a pretty brutal schedule so I'm not overly surprised they won, although I wouldn't have predicted it if I was a betting man.
The more interesting thing to see is that Crooksville beat New Lexington twice. Crooksville is undoubtedly the most dangerous 8 seed in D4 SEO that I've seen in quite some time. As good as Peebles is, wow, that is a dangerous district semifinal.
The more interesting thing to see is that Crooksville beat New Lexington twice. Crooksville is undoubtedly the most dangerous 8 seed in D4 SEO that I've seen in quite some time. As good as Peebles is, wow, that is a dangerous district semifinal.
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Didn't Crooksville lose to Trimble?bbjunky81 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 19, 2020 2:24 pm New Lexington plays a pretty brutal schedule so I'm not overly surprised they won, although I wouldn't have predicted it if I was a betting man.
The more interesting thing to see is that Crooksville beat New Lexington twice. Crooksville is undoubtedly the most dangerous 8 seed in D4 SEO that I've seen in quite some time. As good as Peebles is, wow, that is a dangerous district semifinal.
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Re: (6) Athens vs (14) New Lex
Was this article written in the the 40's?Raider6309 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 19, 2020 1:10 pm LOGAN — New Lexington, ranked at 14, turned the basketball world upside down after a 53-43 win over MVL rival Sheridan, third-seeded and AP no. 7 ranked, in the OHSAA Sectional semifinal on Feb. 18.
After two losses to Sheridan in the regular season, a third loss to the Generals was unlikely for New Lexington because, head coach Jeremy Duerr stated it is hard to beat a team three times.
“I was happy we drew them because we have played them twice and we know them,” he said.
The way the Panthers came onto the court had a whole different vibe than what has been seen all season from them, and after Logyn Ratlif scored before Sheridan, the mood of the game was set in New Lexingon territory.
The Panthers were showing tenacity on the court, keeping a quick-paced offense and working their defense to hold Sheridan behind the arc.
Trey Kennedy played the game relentlessly as he started his work from grabbing possession almost out of bounds to pass to Will Stenson at the six-minute mark for another two points in the Panthers’ favor.
Sheridan, still scoreless, finally fought through New Lexington’s Braden Agriesti with Logan Ranft to gain two for the Generals.
In New Lexington’s answer, Kennedy and Stenson were partners again below the net for another two to get themselves to an 8-2 lead at the 4:22 mark in the first quarter.
Sheridan had to work with what they could as their usual shots were repelling off the rim.
Landen Russell found a two-point shot just past the four-minute mark, but New Lexington’s Agriesti had to answer with two as he swerved around an attempted block from Shay Taylor.
Ranft had Agriesti to face again at the net and Agriesti was successful in this shot block, but Luken Hill was there for Ranft to get the rebound and backboard shot.
Sheridan started to become themselves as Nate Johnson got in his comfortable spot in the corner for a drained three.
New Lexington knew that was Johnson’s homey area and had to work from the first quarter on to keep Johnson from the corner.
Duerr reported he and his team knew they had to shade Johnson in the corner.
“That’s his comfortable spot.”
Ratliff took two more to the backboard and through the net before the buzzer to end the first quarter and shoe New Lexington leading 12-11.
After the initial shock that New Lexington had the lead, a rare occurrence while facing Sheridan, the Panthers kept their momentum up with the help of their black and orange crowd.
Duerr’s said his plan to come into the game was to interrupt the rhythm of the game and of Sheridan, and they did that at the start.
“We wanted to slow the game down, minimize possessions and have an efficient offense,” he reported.
Right off the bat again, New Lexington scored first in the second quarter with Kennedy gaining two for his Panthers.
Shortly after, Stenson took the first free throw of the game, going two for two, without knowing the Panthers would find a comfortable spot on the charity line in the second half.
Sheridan switched up some players to put in Hunter Yakes who drained an easy shot behind the paint.
To keep themselves ahead, Agriesti came in hard to the basket and tossed up his hopeful attempt.
His shot was close to being blocked by Taylor, but instead, the ball fell through the net and Agriesti received one attempt at the foul line, but missed it.
The Generals received the plague of bad luck as they had to watch the majority of their shots bounce away from the wished-for area and saw New Lexington holding the lead, 18-14 at the 2:53 mark left in the half.
In the final two minutes, New Lexington’s offense got a little more daring as Ratliff was making long passes from his distance behind the paint to Agriesti by the net, but it was working as Agriesti got another layup for two and received the foul on shot for his two for two from the foul line.
Johnson had a split second of reversal on New Lexington to get away from their attempt on shading him in the corner and went up for the three to swish it without question.
Seven seconds later, Ratliff had to mimic Johnson and went to New Lexington’s corner for three at the 10-second mark and gave the Panthers the 25-17 lead at the half.
The halftime attitude was obvious to see on faces as the red and grey crowd showed shock and the black and orange crowd showed speechlessness of joy.
Holding the lead at the half, Duerr reported it was what they were aiming to do by that point in the game.
“We kept the lead in a place where we felt comfortable,” he stated.
To get more momentum into his boys, Duerr knew he had to bring up the two losses during regular season, and the multiple losses to Sheridan in the past.
“We have essentially been right with Sheridan for seven of the eight quarters that we’ve played them,” he said.
“So I told them, ‘let’s do it for four, one time.’”
Coming out of the locker room, the Panthers received a standing crowd cheering them on.
New Lexington did not disappoint as Ratliff began the scoring of the third quarter with a drained three at the 6:20 mark.
The Generals were showing flustering on their offense as layups were bouncing away from the rim, rebounds were missed and passes were going out of bounds.
The Generals fouled on Hunter Kellogg as the ball was on Sheridan’s side, so another two points went to New Lexington from Kellogg’s shots.
At the 4:44 mark, New Lexington had the 30-17 lead over the state-ranked Generals.
Sheridan had to get something working, so Russell attempted another field goal, but the ball bounced off and into the hands of Ethan Malone who then got the two more points with a layup.
Sheridan had the next foul on Ratliff who went two for two from the charity line again.
Malone added another layup to try and swing the momentum to his boys in white, but the score showed the Panthers leading 32-21.
Another foul from Sheridan at the 2:05 mark gave Brady Hanson one for two and Sheridan head coach Doug Fisher had to switch up his players on the court to try and prevent more fouls.
Another Sheridan foul went to Kellogg who went one for two from the free-throw line, but then something went Sheridan’s way in the final minute of the third quarter.
Russell gained a layup at 50 seconds and, just at the buzzer, New Lexington fouled for the first time all game on Hill, but it was bad enough to be a technical, so Hill went one for two, isolated on the line.
At the end of three, New Lexington had a 34-24 lead over Sheridan and knew they had that one last quarter to go.
All regular season, the Panthers had been hand-in-hand with Sheridan all game long, but they always had the fourth-quarter bad luck to halt their momentum; they had to fight that in the brackets.
After a foul on Agriesti and his one for two shots, Russell then brought some power to the court for Sheridan to gain a three-point drain and a layup to get the gap closed to 35-29.
New Lexington was in the mindset to take down Sheridan as Ratliff and Kennedy each added a field goal each, in the shaded area before Russell added another three to get the board to show 34-39, New Lexington ahead.
The game was on the line and no one knew what to expect from either the Panthers or the Generals.
After a fade-away layup from Ratliff, Johnson got lucky enough to step on the foul line, but unlucky enough to miss his shot.
At the 2:10 mark, Kennedy had his one for two from the charity line, giving the momentum to his Panthers and for Agriesti to get a backboard shot drain at the 1:41 mark.
Hill got another attempt at the line, going two for two, and Ratliff went one for two for his Panthers to get a 36-45 score, Panthers ahead.
The remainder of the game was played from the charity line as Ratliff went 3-4, Hanson went 4-6, Kennedy went 0-2 and Agriesti went 2-2 for New Lexington.
For the Generals, Reed Coconis added a three from the corner and Russell added a quick two, but their fouls on New Lexington were against them and gave the final score to New Lexington for a win, 53-43.
Duerr said he could not have been happier with the outcome his boys put on the board.
“We came into this game with a plan and our guys executed it flawlessly from start to finish,” he stated.
“We came in with a plan to slow Sheridan down and interrupt the rhythm of the game.”
“We know they want to play fast and score in the high 60s and 70s; we ran the defense we haven’t had all year and we ran that pretty much the whole game and that kind of disrupted them.”
Holding the close lead was a factor in New Lexington’s win, especially holding it within a five-point mark.
“We kept it in the five mark; if Sheridan would’ve broken that, we would’ve been scared,” Duerr stated.
The attitude toward the game and toward Sheridan was a convincing Duerr did not need to instill into his boys.
He said his boys already had a fire within them because it was Sheridan.
“It wasn’t hard to convince them we could win; I think playing Sheridan, we naturally have a little bit of fire,” he said.
“I just told them that they have a chance to make an epic upset and have something to tell their children.”
“Everyone felt like we could get this done.”
New Lexington 53, Sheridan 43
New Lexington;12;13;9;19;—;53
Sheridan;11;6;7;19;—;43
NEW LEXINGTON NO. 14 (MVL 5-11, Tournament 1-0, Overall 9-14)
Brady Hanson 0 7-10 7, Logyn Ratliff 6 6-8 20, Will Stenson 2 2-2 6, Trey Kennedy 2 1-4 5, Braden Agriesti 4 4-7 12, TOTALS 14 23-35 53; 3-pt field goals: 2
SHERIDAN NO.3 (MVL 14-2, Tournament 0-1, Overall 19-4)
Luken Hill 3 3-4 9, Landen Russell 6 0-0 14, Nate Johnson 3 0-2 8, Logan Ranft 1 0-0 2, Hunter Yakes 1 0-0 3, Ethan Malone 2 0-1 4, Reed Coconis 1 0-0 3, TOTALS 17 3-7 43; 3-pt field goals: 6
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Re: (6) Athens vs (14) New Lex
I believe Franklin Furnace still gets to play Crooksville. No body is overlooking anyone.bbjunky81 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 19, 2020 2:24 pm New Lexington plays a pretty brutal schedule so I'm not overly surprised they won, although I wouldn't have predicted it if I was a betting man.
The more interesting thing to see is that Crooksville beat New Lexington twice. Crooksville is undoubtedly the most dangerous 8 seed in D4 SEO that I've seen in quite some time. As good as Peebles is, wow, that is a dangerous district semifinal.
Re: (6) Athens vs (14) New Lex
Good god, that article made my head hurt. Couldn't make it more than a 1/3 through
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Re: (6) Athens vs (14) New Lex
If New Lex can beat Sheridan, anything can happen. Momentum is huge in the tournament