Football Football Western Foothills 4A/5A- Off-Season/Portal 🤐

amaidendevil said:

From my understanding he lives in Lincolnton School district but he used his one free transfer to go to North Lincoln. So in theory the county saying he doesn't have the ability to transfer anymore. Whether true or not I don't know

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Stormsurge1 said:

I will say we are dealing with an issue right now where the kid lives in our district and has lived here since he has been in high school but has went to a charter school. He recently transferred to Cramer and now his Charter School is trying to block him saying that he left do to athletic reasons. Our county is trying to figure out how to deal with it. It is the craziest thing ever.

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Lincolnton said:

Thinking that Catawba County has a similar rule about transferring for athletic reasons, but not sure.
Congrats on the win over Ashe County, and good luck against the Lexington Yellow Jackets.

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Lincolnton said:

Hey, maybe Lincolnton could use your catch-phrase when someone goes from one team over to Maiden: “He didn’t transfer, he moved in”…Well, yes, in this case he moved in, but actually, he never moved out.

LOL, a bit of a quandary, don’t you think…Seems to me, if he transferred to North, but then transferred to Lincolnton, the transfer wouldn’t be a transfer at all, since he lives here; and we all know this certain poster whose screen name rhymes with amaidenlevel, and appears to believe that if a player “moves in”, then he is in the clear.


Oh, and besides that, if anyone asks why he “moved in”, we could use another one of your specialties and say, “Well, he moved here because it’s a nice community.”

You know, maybe we should just ask the Ref about this.

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rams10 said:

I agree, seems like the smaller counties are more stringent. The larger counties are more lax.

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beamer24 said:

The portal or lack thereof is insane in the state. I truly think they need to go to the SC model and allow 1 free transfer and 365 after that without a move.

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Deana_King said:

Did North Lincoln name a coach yet?

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amaidendevil said:

Lol funny u think I'd let the ref eject me . Maybe the sheriff's dept lol. Don't blame y'all's conundrum on me, talk to ur friendly neighbors to your West. If u step out on your porch u could probably see them waving

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Flyrod said:

@beamer24 you guys beating Bandys tonight?

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beamer24 said:

Im kinda shocked we haven't been too good at bball since covid

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Stormsurge1 said:

One silver lining about our boys losing a heartbreaker on Tuesday is that we get to go watch the girls today at 1:00 and watch history. Oshuana Holland is 29 points away from becoming the all time leading scorer in the history of NC Women’s High School Basketball.

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Lincolnton said:

Don't want to pretend as though I'm a follower of our school's basketball team the same way as football, but I certainly pull for them and try to keep a check on scores and standings, and like other local athletes I thank them for all they do and wish them the very best.

With that said, just wanted to congratulate our Wolves on making it to the 3rd round as the number 8 seed; and an even bigger congratulations on their win this against the #1East Rutherford Cavaliers 76-64. Way to go y'all.

Frankly, it would be nice if they could be taken out for a post game meal. They deserve it.
Don't have any suggestions about where to take them, but there are lots of good places in Lincolnton.

Maybe we should ask the Ref.:

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amaidendevil said:

I would of thought your first choice would of been chick Fila

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Lincolnton said:

Don't want to pretend as though I'm a follower of our school's basketball team the same way as football, but I certainly pull for them and try to keep a check on scores and standings, and like other local athletes I thank them for all they do and wish them the very best.

With that said, just wanted to congratulate our Wolves on making it to the 3rd round as the number 8 seed; and an even bigger congratulations on their win this against the #1East Rutherford Cavaliers 76-64. Way to go y'all.

Frankly, it would be nice if they could be taken out for a post game meal. They deserve it.
Don't have any suggestions about where to take them, but there are lots of good places in Lincolnton.

Maybe we should ask the Ref.:

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Stormsurge1 said:

Congratulations to the Wolves, and I will say it again, I thought you guys were the best team in the conference eventhough you didn’t win the regular season or tournament. Knew if you could put it all together you could make a run.

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Lincolnton said:

StormSurge, thanks for saying something about the Wolves. Glad they’re doing well. Tomorrow, Lincolnton goes to East Surry. Was asking my neighbor where East Surry is located. He said it was in England. He’s is old like me. Actually, the Surry County teams I remember us playing were really tough. Go Wolves.

By the way, what’s with this Ultra high-powered ladies team out of Cramerton? Heard that after they play someone the opposing teams and their fans just sort of sit there stunned. Saw where they play Pisgah, tomorrow. Good luck to SC, but considering the scores, they don’t need any luck. WOW!

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Lincolnton said:

The best high school basketball game I’ve seen was a ladies game between Fred T. Foard, and Smokey Mountain. It was at the Western regionals in Hickory in 1992.

I’d got to the gym early to get a good seat which I did, but I remember how quickly the stands filled up. Could tell something was wrong because the garb that people were wearing wasn’t from either of the schools I wanted to see play… Before long, It was shoulder to shoulder so I ask the person sitting beside of me who was about to play? That’s when he told me, Fred T. Foard and Smoky Mountain. Couldn’t believe so many people would come to watch a girls basketball game.

Thought to myself, how am I gonna sit through this? I don’t wanna see them play. I wanna see a game with some action and a game that’s faster… Anyway, after the first minute or so, I came to realize why so many people were there… That was the hardest fought game I have ever seen in high school basketball hands-down, no question about it… On the opening tip-off the ball went out of bounds, and I remember both teams coming after it and slamming in to the stands. The game had to be stopped several times for cuts and scratches.

‘Foard, won by a point then would go on to win the title, I believe against High Point Central. After the game was over the ladies appeared to be completely exhausted, and it looked like someone had poured a bucket of water on their heads.

RS Central and West Henderson, played directly afterwards, and their game seemed dull in comparison to the game I had just seen. Ever since then I’ve had a sincere respect for ladies basketball.

PostScript: Not really sure on this but I’m thinking Brian Brown, the son of long-time Maiden Coach Tom Brown, coached this particular Foard team.

Oh, one other thing the Smoky Mountain team was undefeated coming into that match. Foard, had lost 1 game.

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LHSfaninVA said:

That Foard team had a guard who was like Steph Curry. I believe she went to NC State. She was automatic from deep and worth the price of admission.

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Lincolnton said:

The best high school basketball game I’ve seen was a ladies game between Fred T. Foard, and Smokey Mountain. It was at the Western regionals in Hickory in 1992.

I’d got to the gym early to get a good seat which I did, but I remember how quickly the stands filled up. Could tell something was wrong because the garb that people were wearing wasn’t from either of the schools I wanted to see play… Before long, It was shoulder to shoulder so I ask the person sitting beside of me who was about to play? That’s when he told me, Fred T. Foard and Smoky Mountain. Couldn’t believe so many people would come to watch a girls basketball game.

Thought to myself, how am I gonna sit through this? I don’t wanna see them play. I wanna see a game with some action and a game that’s faster… Anyway, after the first minute or so, I came to realize why so many people were there… That was the hardest fought game I have ever seen in high school basketball hands-down, no question about it… On the opening tip-off the ball went out of bounds, and I remember both teams coming after it and slamming in to the stands. The game had to be stopped several times for cuts and scratches.

‘Foard, won by a point then would go on to win the title, I believe against High Point Central. After the game was over the ladies appeared to be completely exhausted, and it looked like someone had poured a bucket of water on their heads.

RS Central and West Henderson, played directly afterwards, and their game seemed dull in comparison to the game I had just seen. Ever since then I’ve had a sincere respect for ladies basketball.

PostScript: Not really sure on this but I’m thinking Brian Brown, the son of long-time Maiden Coach Tom Brown, coached this particular Foard team.

Oh, one other thing the Smoky Mountain team was undefeated coming into that match. Foard, had lost 1 game.

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Lincolnton said:

Yeah, LHSfaninVA, Since it wasn’t a Lincolnton team I can’t recall many of the names and the ones I do recall I might be confusing with some other teams from way on back.

Just going off memory but I’m thinking one of the Foard players on the 1992 team that was really good was Teague.For some reason I maybe confusing her name with a legion baseball pitcher from back in the early 80‘s named Teague who played for Caldwell County Post 29…Seems like there was a Johnson on that FTF team, too.

Pretty sure there was a player whose last name was Maney that was really good, but believe she was the center or forward for Smokey Mountain.

I slept a little too much last night, can’t collect my thoughts, LOL. Maybe a cup 0f Jello would straighten me out.

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Flyrod said:

Maiden lost to North Lincoln but north had to forfeit.

If I had to guess, I would say it's going be Maiden vs SC at LR this week. SC has the all time leader in points I believe

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Stormsurge1 said:

She averages 34 points, 8.5 rebounds, 7.1 assists, 7.4 steals a game. Of course they were missing our second leading scorer and she fouled out with 5 mins to go when they had their only loss by 1 point this year. They can be beat, but in 4 years I have never seen anyone shut her down other than her.

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Goldendomer10 said:

We’re going to have our hands full. We definitely haven’t seen anyone like her this year. Our girls did not shoot well at all in our last game so hopefully that’s behind us. I’ll be interested to see how we try to defend her with how we’re made up which is depth, grit, and complete team ball.

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Lincolnton said:

Yeah, LHSfaninVA, Since it wasn’t a Lincolnton team I can’t recall many of the names and the ones I do recall I might be confusing with some other teams from way on back.

Just going off memory but I’m thinking one of the Foard players on the 1992 team that was really good was Teague.For some reason I maybe confusing her name with a legion baseball pitcher from back in the early 80‘s named Teague who played for Caldwell County Post 29…Seems like there was a Johnson on that FTF team, too.

Pretty sure there was a player whose last name was Maney that was really good, but believe she was the center or forward for Smokey Mountain.

I slept a little too much last night, can’t collect my thoughts, LOL. Maybe a cup 0f Jello would straighten me out.

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Goldendomer10 said:

We’re going to have our hands full. We definitely haven’t seen anyone like her this year. Our girls did not shoot well at all in our last game so hopefully that’s behind us. I’ll be interested to see how we try to defend her with how we’re made up which is depth, grit, and complete team ball.

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