My Thoughts Immediately After The First Round of Playoffs

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Great Victory By Cheyenne</strong> - Coach Walker has done an outstanding job, replacing a legend. After a slow start that included canceling fall league games, a 5 game losing streak, and a replayed game, against a heated division rival, they qualified for a playoff birth and came away with a narrow first-round victory. Their reward... a trip to the snake pit to face a Mojave Team that won their league games by an average of 29 points. Winner goes to Cox Pavillion Senior guard [player_tooltip player_id='985641' first='Christopher' last='Rodriguez'] came up huge leading the team with 17 points. " <em>Chris was huge for us last night down the stretch. He stepped up and hit big shots that kept us in the game."</em> - <strong>Cheyenne HC</strong><em> <strong>coach, John Walker.</strong></em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Gorman Surrvies A Scare</strong> - 5A Parity has been the overriding theme of the season. That was never more evident than by the first round. Perineal power Bishop Gorman trailed by 4 at the half, and by as many as 9 going into the 4th. "<em>Desert Pines gave us all we could handle. We knew it would be tough, Coach Dame Harris did a great job this year with this team</em>" - <strong>Gorman HC Grant Rice</strong> They would rally, behind a 23-9 fourth quarter to escape with the victory. The Jags, who had been competitive all season, got double-digit efforts from [player_tooltip player_id='986961' first='Gregory' last='Burrell'], [player_tooltip player_id='986971' first='Prince' last='Davis'], and [player_tooltip player_id='1006242' first='Evan' last='Tatum']. The Gaels were led by [player_tooltip player_id='986956' first='Jase' last='Richardson'] who had a huge 4th quarter. [player_tooltip player_id='856647' first='Keenan' last='Bey'] and [player_tooltip player_id='1253127' first='Chris' last='Nwuli'] each finished with 15 points in the game. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Reno Continues To Roll</strong> - We know very little about the Huskies except that they have pounded seemingly everyone. They picked up their 10th straight win Tuesday night, with a 64-29 victory over Reed. They're led by one of the top trios in the state, in [player_tooltip player_id='1790923' first='Harvey' last='Smerdon'], [player_tooltip player_id='1800914' first='Noah' last='Hackbusch'], and [player_tooltip player_id='1800915' first='Aiden' last='Casey']. They face Manogue with a trip to State on the line Thursday. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Sliverado's Remarkable Run</strong> - The Skyhawks didn't even have a coach until after the start of the school year, now they sit one win away from the 4A Final Four. They are scrappy, undersized, and underrated, and go against a Chap squad with the most dominant player in 4A in 6'7 sophomore forward, [player_tooltip player_id='1338783' first='Qualib' last='Ghallab']. The Skyhawks as always are a fast but undersized bunch, they are lead by the super sophomore [player_tooltip player_id='1281194' first='Julius' last='Robinson'], and senior sniper [player_tooltip player_id='1105245' first='Kollin' last='Ngo']. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->