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1486wd

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Jan 4, 2015 2:56 AM
Dalton is starting to come along the last few games, more intensity, better offensive execution
Jan 3, 2015 9:56pm
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1486wd

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Jan 18, 2015 2:08 PM
Bulldogs playing well now. Getting a lot more well balanced offensively. Cody Steiner and Mitch Clark especially have picked it up. Are playing faster and using their length better. Also glad to see they are playing the freshman dalessandro the first half of Jv games, gets him more work and I think he is going to be really good next year. From what I have seen, Dalton and northwestern probably the most talented teams. Chippewa has the best player in breitenstine. Bennett tough as well. Second half of season should be interesting
Jan 18, 2015 9:08am
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187xovr

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Jan 19, 2015 2:41 AM
1486wd;1697463 wrote:Bulldogs playing well now. Getting a lot more well balanced offensively. Cody Steiner and Mitch Clark especially have picked it up. Are playing faster and using their length better. Also glad to see they are playing the freshman dalessandro the first half of Jv games, gets him more work and I think he is going to be really good next year. From what I have seen, Dalton and northwestern probably the most talented teams. Chippewa has the best player in breitenstine. Bennett tough as well. Second half of season should be interesting
I agree. The Dalton players look much better than they did earlier this season. Connor Clark is putting together a very nice senior season thus far.
Jan 18, 2015 9:41pm
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1486wd

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Feb 21, 2015 1:29 PM
Congrats to Dalton on their 3rd title in four years. Still smarting a little about that rittman loss and they wouldn't have had to share!

Wooster district should be very competitive. If I was placing bets on who makes it out, I would have Tuslaw, Dalton, northwestern, probably in that order are the favorites but with little difference between the three. Tuslaw is big across the board and very solid. I think orrville, waynedale, hillsdale and chippewa have a chance as well and I would keep them in the contenders category.
Feb 21, 2015 8:29am
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Feb 22, 2015 2:40 AM
Orrville beats Northwestern tonight. This district will be interesting. I am not impressed with this half of the CO champ county team. Maybe Dalton will prove that they should have been the outright champ!
Feb 21, 2015 9:40pm
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187xovr

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Feb 22, 2015 3:57 AM
Old Rider;1707170 wrote:Orrville beats Northwestern tonight. This district will be interesting. I am not impressed with this half of the CO champ county team. Maybe Dalton will prove that they should have been the outright champ!
I don't think Dalton could have had any worse luck with the tournament draw. If Orrville beats Black River, Dalton is looking at Orrville, (probably) Tuslaw, and a tough game in the district finals to advance to Canton. The district final would probably be the easiest of those three games for Dalton. Orrville will come in to that game with more confidence than they have had all season.
Feb 21, 2015 10:57pm
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1486wd

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Feb 22, 2015 7:03 PM
Agree, Bulldogs definitely got the tough draw. Nobody in the wcl is an outstanding team this year, both co champions had 6 or more losses this season. On a pure talent basis, Dalton is probably at the top in this district, but they sure haven't played like it consistently.
Feb 22, 2015 2:03pm
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Feb 23, 2015 1:01 PM
I would not sleep on Fairless. I think they will make some noise in that lower half of the bracket. They open with Norwayne, then get Northwestern. Again, it is the first I have seen Northwestern (@ Orrville) and I was not impressed.
Feb 23, 2015 8:01am
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1486wd

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Feb 23, 2015 1:56 PM
Northwestern is talented, but are really all sophomores. They can definitely be taken out of their game.
Feb 23, 2015 8:56am
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Feb 23, 2015 2:18 PM
1486wd;1707382 wrote:Northwestern is talented, but are really all sophomores. They can definitely be taken out of their game.
No doubt they are talented, but their youth may haunt them in the tourney. They will be (should be) a force the next two years....but that will fall back on Alberts! We will see how far he can take this team...
Feb 23, 2015 9:18am
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1486wd

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Feb 23, 2015 3:25 PM
Haha, yes. If the huskies don't win the league and make some noise in the tourney next year and the year after, Alberts will need a long look in the mirror.
Feb 23, 2015 10:25am
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Feb 23, 2015 4:12 PM
1486wd;1707419 wrote:Haha, yes. If the huskies don't win the league and make some noise in the tourney next year and the year after, Alberts will need a long look in the mirror.
He will need more than a long look in the mirror...he will be looking for something else (employment).
Feb 23, 2015 11:12am
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Feb 23, 2015 6:48 PM
Old Rider;1707390 wrote:No doubt they are talented, but their youth may haunt them in the tourney. They will be (should be) a force the next two years....but that will fall back on Alberts! We will see how far he can take this team...

I think the league will be just as competitive, if not more, next year because I saw that 33 of the 40 starters currently in the league will be back next year. Should be fun....
Feb 23, 2015 1:48pm
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1486wd

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Feb 24, 2015 12:30 AM
The league was very competitive this year, it just wasn't all that great. I think it will be better next year
Feb 23, 2015 7:30pm
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Feb 24, 2015 4:23 PM
What's the matter with you guys , he's the coach of the year.
Feb 24, 2015 11:23am
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Feb 24, 2015 5:39 PM
Flash;1707774 wrote:What's the matter with you guys , he's the coach of the year.
I regret everything I said. He is great!
Feb 24, 2015 12:39pm
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Feb 25, 2015 1:18 AM
Has to be true, I read it in the DR.
Feb 24, 2015 8:18pm
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1486wd

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Feb 25, 2015 2:39 AM
Bulldogs beat a very solid lake center Christian(I think they were 17-4 coming in) by 7 on some tired legs after a tough win on the road last night. Good games by Mitch Clark, Steiner, and Ryder especially. Connor didn't have his best game, but he stayed on it and had some big buckets late.
Feb 24, 2015 9:39pm
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187xovr

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Mar 10, 2015 3:38 PM
Another puzzling tourney loss for Dalton last night. Tuslaw is a solid team, but I don't think anyone could've predicted a 35-7 score midway through the second quarter. The league champs went without a whimper. I'm sure the Dalton players and coaches are doing some soul searching today. I think we all need to just be realistic when assessing the quality of basketball being played in the WCAL. If memory serves me correctly, a WCAL team has not won a regional game in the past several years (10 maybe?) other than Smithville when they had Kornowski. I believe they won 2. Is Dalton in 1996 the last WCAL team to make it to the final four? When is the last time the WCAL crowned a state champion? Was it really Roy Bates' Northwestern team? I didn't look any of this up, and I could be wrong on some of it but I'm pretty confident in saying that the WCAL has much more parity than it does talent and quality of play. What changes need to occur for some of these conference teams to be successful in the tournament? It seems to me that the quality of play in the WCAL has been on a downward slope ever since the mid 90s. Maybe Hillsdale can pull some tournament magic and salvage some pride for the conference.
Mar 10, 2015 11:38am
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Mar 10, 2015 3:44 PM
I think Fairless will beat Hillsdale tonight. Setting up an all-PAC final
Mar 10, 2015 11:44am
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187xovr

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Mar 10, 2015 5:01 PM
I agree. I think Fairless will win tonight.
Mar 10, 2015 1:01pm