Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Diving more into the basketball statistics...

Boys:
Team/Returning Scoring/Departing Scoring
Colfax/44.9/6.1
Davenport/40.1/14.9
Liberty/11.7/29.9
Lind-Ritzville/30.4/24.4
Northwest Christian/11.1/51.65
Reardan/29.9/16.35
Valley Christian/3.75/32.45

Top 3 scorers for each team:

Colfax:
1. Ryan Conrad, 14.3 PPG
2. Caleb Bravard, 10.8 PPG
3. Tanner Gay, 7.9 PPG

Davenport:
1. Jarod Gunning, 12.1 PPG
2. Morgan Scharff, 10.9 PPG
3. Josh Zeiler, 7.7 PPG

Liberty:
1. -
2. -
3. -

Lind-Ritzville:
1. Jamie Stevenson, 16 PPG
2. Colby Olson, 7.3 PPG
3. Jake Eichner, 4.65 PPG

Northwest Christian:
1. Cole Ramey, 6.7 PPG
2. Daniel Kuiper, 5.65 PPG
3. Rueben Clark, 2.4 PPG

Reardan:
1. Grant Schultz, 10.85 PPG
2. Chace Bell, 8.3 PPG
3. Jake Hight, 4.6 PPG

Valley Christian:
1. Gunner Kreese, 3.75 PPG
2. Tyler Typke, 0 PPG
3. --


Girls:

Colfax/48.5/12.25
Davenport/29.55/13.25
Liberty/37.35/12.45
Lind-Ritzville/34.65/16.9
Northwest Christian/44.1/0
Reardan//
Valley Christian//

Colfax:
1. Kayla Johnson, 18.7 PPG
2. Brittney Burke, 7.5 PPG
3. Emily Shaw, 5.7 PPG

Davenport:
1. Miranda Mielke, 9.5 PPG
2. Alyssa Brantley, 6.7 PPG
3. Katie Vesneske, 5.4 PPG

Liberty:
1. Teara Cornmesser, 11.5 PPG
2. Kelly Hennessey, 10.4 PPG
3. Taz Brooks, 3.8 PPG

Lind-Ritzville:
1. Kelsey Arlt, 11.1 PPG
2. Emmy Bouwman, 9.2 PPG
3. Devon Killian, 8 PPG

Northwest Christian:
1. Bryanna Bailey, 13.8 PPG
2. Colbi Neal, 10.6 PPG
3. Jessica Dahm, 10.0 PPG

Reardan:
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Valley Christian:
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Friday, June 5, 2009

What kind of state draws will happen next year?

  • Boys starting first. Of course these may be very off, but it's following the same format that happened at the state tournament. Predicting winners, losers, and trophy winners. 7 = current, (6) = next years berths.

Key:
District 1/2/3 -- 4 (4) -- Sea Tac 2B, Northwest 2B -- #1 LaConner, #2 Quilcene, #3 Seattle Lutheran, #4 Summit
District 4 -- 4 (4) -- Pacific 2B, Central 2B -- #1 Napavine, #2 Pe Ell, #3 Adna, #4 North Beach
District 5 -- 1 (1) -- Mid Valley 2B -- #1 White Swan
District 6 -- 2 (2) -- North Central 2B -- #1 Entiat, #2 Oroville
District 7 -- 3 (2) -- Bi-County 2B, Panorama 2B -- #1 NWC, #2 Davenport, #3 Lind-Ritzville
District 9 -- 2 (3) -- District 9 -- #1 Liberty Christian, #2 Gar-Pal

Boys:

  • District 7 #2
  • District 9 #1
  • District 4 #3
  • District 1/2/3 #4
  • District 6 #2
  • District 5 #1
  • District 1/2/3 #2
  • District 4 #2
  • District 4 #4
  • District 7 #1
  • District 1/2/3 #3
  • District 4 #1
  • District 7 #3
  • District 1/2/3 #1
  • District 9 #2
  • District 6 #1

What will happen this year:

  • Davenport
  • Waitsburg Prescott
  • Darrington
  • Seattle Lutheran
  • LaConner
  • Mossyrock
  • Oroville
  • La Salle
  • Entiat
  • Asotin
  • Napavine
  • Bear Creek
  • Northwest Christian
  • Adna
  • Quilcene
  • Garfield-Palouse

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Analyzing Basketball

There are several key points I want to make about this article. First off it is no way reflected on how good the girls did, or how bad the boys did. I want to make a stand on which areas I think we have depth going into new year, and what areas we will struggle in. Key players and stats will be posted.


Backcourt:

Boys: Overall our backcourt should be fairly strong next year. I think Tanner and JJ should bring some sort of offense into our group. The leading assist man in Brandon should keep the point steady, and a new three threat in Derek shall keep the team consistent. Basing off last year, we should be able to score at will from the arc. Will improves, he brings another depth to our team in terms of driving. 

Girls: Keeping the backcourt strong was one of the reasons Colfax will have another successful season. Losing only Traci Hart at the two will sting a bit, but not much damage should come from that. Having three girls in Morgan, Rachel, and Brooke at the point will give not only leadership, but a different style of play at every game. With any girl capable of breaking the trap, look for another repeat. Especially with three stroker Brittney.


Wings/Posts:

Boys: The post will be hit heavy with graduation as more teams look to pack the pressure inside. Ryan will endure a storm as he tries to hold up as the only true post on the team. Caleb should be focused on getting better and making a stand to help Ryan down in the post. Of course he can also generate quick points with the three ball. Look for Sam, Justin, Joe, and perhaps Daython to take a bit of the pressure off Ryan.

Girls: The graduation of four seniors took away three solid posts and wings. Kayla Johnson (State 2B player of the year) will be back in force as she looks for a 20 points per game average. She'll get plenty of post help from returning champions Kayleigh, and Emily. Players that can shore up that front line will be Raven, Hannah, and Shaina.


League Outlook:

Boys: This year will be a major down year for the Bi-County 2B. Colfax is the only team not facing graduation hauls, but look for them to contend for a third spot. I just don't see how Colfax can keep up with a deep team like NWC or a scoring machine in Davenport. Five returning players to watch in the league are Morgan Scharf, Daniel Kuiper, Jamie Stevenson, Jarod Gunning, and Rodney Abrahamson.

Five Questions:
1. How will the NWC team deal with losing all but two players off of their varsity?
2. Can Lind-Ritzville be the same team with Colby Olson playing like Cory Whitmore, or will they struggle scoring?
3. Can Colfax contain the late season collapse that doomed them to sixth last year?
4. How bad/good will Liberty be after losing 75% of their scoring?
5. Will a Villanove style offense propel Reardan, or hurt them trying?

Standings:
1. Northwest Christian 19-1 (11-1) State Champions
2. Davenport 16-4 (8-4) 4th at State
3. Colfax 15-5 (8-4)
4. Lind-Ritzville 14-6 (7-5)
5. Reardan 8-12 (4-8)
6. Liberty 5-15 (3-9)
7. Valley Christian 2-18 (0-12)

Girls: It looks as if the Colfax girls are making a larger gap this year from teams like Liberty and Davenport. Is Can anyone beat the girls? Probably not, but you never know whether the race for second seed to districts can get any tighter. Look for a very entertaining matchup at districts. Five players to watch are Bryanna Bailey, Kelsey Arlt, Taz Brooks, Tori Fredericks, and Lauren Schultz.

Five Questions:
1. Can Colfax run the tables and finish 29-0?
2. Out of Davenport, Liberty, and Lind-Ritzville which will make it to state?
3. Can Lind-Ritzville shake the collapse off?
4. How many PPG will Bryanna Bailey score? 20? 25?
5. Will positions 5-7 suffer incredibly from the 1-4 positions?

Standings:
1. Colfax 20-0 (12-0) State Champions
2. Lind-Ritzville 15-5 (8-4)
3. Liberty 16-4 (8-4) State Playoffs
4. Davenport 16-4 (8-4)
5. Reardan 6-14 (4-8)
6. Northwest Christian 4-16 (2-10)
7. Valley Christian 2-18 (0-12)

MY Game Predictions

I know it might be a little too early to predict what might happen in next years league results, but based off of what's returning and what I saw, I should be able to make some spot on predictions. I'll edit some picks in when the new games arrive.

Football:

Desales: W 27-24 -- Are you kidding me? This will be a very tough matchup for any team to play DeSales with their mighty passing offense. However, no passing team had any success against a defense that ranked #1 in the state in passing defense. Colfax breaks a sweat gallon, but wins.

Pomeroy: W 41-14 -- Pomeroy started out the year 1-4, but finished with a 5 game winning streak. The Pirates now have to travel to Colfax to take us on. Look for a stout Colfax team to handle the young Pirates.

Reardan: W 36-17 -- Reardan will come in tough and prepared for a Colfax team that routed them earlier in the year. However with a lack of athletes at Reardan, it wouldn't shock me if Colfax put up all 36 points before halftime.

Springdale: W 39-20 -- Springdale will come in much improved from last year. Don't let the scoreboard lie, but out of the 41 members on the Chargers roster, 27 of them are Juniors or Seniors..but a rout is certain to happen.

Davenport: W 51-17 -- Davenport will only lose two major players..off of a team that went 1-9 the year before. I hate to break it, but this will be one of the easier "cupcake" games on the schedule.

Liberty: W 55-9 -- I know my Liberty like I know my Colfax; It's mighty hard to find football players up in Spangle after a large graduation class. Look for the Lancers to again freelance because of the weak amount of talent.

Republic: W 49-12 -- The Tigers will not simply bow down in this matchup. I'm think that this will end just the other matchup lsst year.

Lind-Ritzville: W 35-10 -- Read the Ritzville Gazette on how we "cheated" to earn this victory. Good thing this game will be played in Colfax, where things won't be getting ugly..on Colfax.


Volleyball:

Sprague-Harrington W 3-0

Valley Christian W 3-0

Wilbur-Creston W 3-0

ACH W 3-0

Davenport W 3-1

Liberty W 3-0

NWC W 3-1

Odessa W 3-0

Reardan W 3-0

Lind-Ritzville W 3-0


Girls Basketball

Tekoa-Oaksdale W 69-34

Sprague-Harrington W 72-21

Valley Christian W 68-18

Lind-Ritzville W 60-47

Davenport W 54-41

Sundome Shootout

Sundome Shootout

NWC 45-26

Liberty W 63-50

Odessa W 71-35

Reardan W 55-45

ACH W 61-57

Wilbur-Creston W 71-10

Valley Christian W 71-22

Lind-Ritzville W 57-45

Tekoa-Oaksdale W 67-34

Davenport W 59-49
 
NWC W 75-30

Liberty W 49-40

Reardan W 65-40


Boy's Basketball:

Tekoa-Oaksdale W 61-49

Sprague-Harrington W 81-21

Valley Christian W 65-34

Lind-Ritzville L 61-59

Davenport W 67-66

Sundome Shootout

Sundome Shootout

NWC L 71-55

Liberty W 56-50

Odessa W 61-26

Reardan L 52-46

ACH L 63-53

Wilbur-Creston W 65-40

Valley Christian W 56-42

Lind-Ritzville W 66-60

Davenport L 71-64
 
NWC L 67-55

Liberty W 56-44

Reardan W 61-60

Possible V squad members next year (W/O football)

italics is outgoing seniors
bold is incoming seniors

Volleyball:

* Kayla Johnson, Sr.
* Rachel Johnson, Sr.
* Danielle Herne, Sr.
* Megan Pearson, Sr.
* Carmen Hall, Sr.
* Brooke Waldo, Sr.
* Maggee Cochran, Jr.
* Raven Elkins, Jr.
* Brooke Webber, Jr.
* Shaina Simonson, Jr.
* Christa Nyholm, Jr.
* Hannah Harazin, So.
* Morgan Willson, So.
* Amelie Bruya, Fr.

2009 Football Seniors:

* Stetson Steiger
* Will Hatley
* David Moore
* Sam Mellor
* Ryan Conrad
* Dana Crowe
* Tyler Morse
* Dustin Huber
* Patrick Benson

Girls Basketball:

* Kayla Johnson, Sr.
* Rachel Johnson, Sr.
* Emily Shaw, Sr.
* Brittney Burke, Sr.
* Kayleigh Maltone, Sr.
* Carmen Hall, Sr.
* Brooke Webber, Jr.
* Shaina Simonson, Jr.
* Maggee Cochran, Jr.
* Raven Elkins, Jr.
* Morgan Willson, So.
* Hannah Harazin, So.

Boys Basketball:

* Ryan Conrad, Sr.
* Caleb Bravard, Sr.
* Will Hatley, Sr.
* Brandon Hoadley, Sr.
* Dustin Huber, Sr.
* Tanner Gay, Sr.
* Joe Johnson, Sr.
* Derek Hamilton, Sr.
* Sam Mellor, Sr.
* Alex Teade, Jr.
* James Robinson, So.
* Justin Berarducci, So.

2009 Fall/Winter Schedules

** Schedules guaranteed to change**

Football:

9/11/09 DeSales
9/18/09 Pomeroy
9/25/09 @ Reardan
10/02/09 @ Springdale
10/09/09 @ Davenport
10/16/09 @ Liberty
10/23/09 Republic
11/06/09 Lind-Ritzville

Volleyball:

9/19/09 @ Sprague-Harrington
9/22/09 Valley Christian
9/26/09 @ Wilbur-Creston
9/29/09 ACH
10/06/09 @ Davenport
10/10/09 Liberty
10/13/09 @ NWC
10/17/09 Odessa
10/20/09 @ Reardan
10/24/09 Lind-Ritzville

Girls/Boys Basketball:

12/15/09 @ Sprague-Harrington
12/18/09 Valley Christian
12/19/09 @ Lind-Ritzville
12/22/09 Davenport
01/02/10 @ NWC
01/05/10 Liberty
01/08/10 @ Odessa
01/09/10 @ Reardan
01/12/10 ACH
01/15/10 Wilbur-Creston
01/16/10 @ Valley Christian
01/19/10 Lind-Ritzville
01/23/10 @ Davenport
01/29/10 NWC
02/02/10 @ Liberty
02/05/10 Reardan

**Predictions coming very soon! **

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Predictions for 2009-2010

It's always tough to figure out whether a high school team will repeat or end up on the coach in March. But it nevertheless is fun and enjoying to look at what each team brings as they go for the Gold Ball. My complete predictions below:

Football:
1. Colfax
2. Reardan
3. Lind-Ritzville
4. Davenport
5. Liberty

Volleyball:
1. Colfax 
2. Northwest Christian
3. Davenport
4. Reardan
5. Lind-Ritzville
T6. Liberty
T6. Valley Christian

Boys Basketball:
1. Northwest Christian
2. Davenport
T3. Colfax
T3. Lind-Ritzville
5. Reardan
6. Liberty
7. Valley Christian

Girls Basketball:
1. Colfax
2. Liberty
3. Lind-Ritzville
4. Davenport
5. Reardan
6. Northwest Christian
7. Valley Christian

Track (Girls/Boys)
1. Colfax/Lind-Ritzville
2. Lind Ritzville/Colfax
3. Northwest Christian/Reardan
4. Davenport/Valley Christian
5. Liberty/Northwest Christian
6. Reardan/Davenport
7. Valley Christian/Liberty

Baseball
1. Colfax
2. Northwest Christian
3. Davenport
4. Reardan
5. Lind-Ritzville
6. Liberty

Good predictions, and hoping to see us win some league titles this year.

Wrapping up the 2008-2009 year

Quite a few people that may see this blog might think I have some kind of obsession with sports reporting. Actually I just enjoy sports and I have free time to express what I want and feel about athletics; especially Colfax athletics.

In wrapping up the year I came up with a clever way of finding out who came up with the best sports programs this year. I had my rankings done in about 15 minutes, and points were given out based on how well a team placed that year. Points varied from 35 for a first place finish and 5 for a 7th place finish. Overall our athletic program scored 2nd and came very close to knocking off Lind-Ritzville. Our girls took 1st, and our boys took 3rd. Complete list below:

Overall:
1. Lind-Ritzville
2. Colfax
3. Northwest Christian
4. Davenport
5. Reardan
6. Liberty
7. Valley Chrisitan

Girls:
1. Colfax
2. Lind-Ritzville
3. Davenport
4. Northwest Christian
5. Liberty
6. Reardan
7. Valley Christian

Boys:
1. Lind-Ritzville
2. Northwest Christian
3. Colfax
4. Reardan
5. Davenport
6. Liberty
7. Valley Christian


Our records vs. all of the teams in our league was very satisfying for both the girls and boys teams. Even though we may have let some games slip away, in all of our major sports we competed very well.

Records:

Reardan...9-3
Davenport...13-2
Lind-Ritzville...10-3
Northwest Christian...8-2
Liberty...13-1
Valley Christian...5-0

Total Record: 58-11

Our athletic programs also fared well, placing these places in league competition:

Football: 1st place -- 11-1 -- Lost to Asotin 9-26 in State Semifinals
Volleyball: 1st place -- 30-3 -- Won 5th State Title
Cross Country: 4th place --  0-0 -- Advanced two to districts

Boys Basketball: 6th place -- 9-12 -- Lost to Liberty 55-52 in Bi-County Tournament
Girls Basketball: 1st place -- 27-2 -- Beat Napavine, Won 5th State Title
Wrestling: 3rd place? -- ?? -- Went three to state

Girls Track: 1st place -- 4 victories -- Won State
Boys Track: 3rd place -- 1 victory -- Advanced 8 to state
Golf: ?? -- ?? -- Advanced four to state
Boys Baseball: 1st place -- 21-2 -- Lost in First Round of State 14-11
Girls Softball: 1st place -- 19-7 -- Lost in Loser-Out Game

Good job and great seasons for the Bulldogs. Predictions in my next post!