BRF wrote: The pep rally today featured the appearance of the entire Middle School in The House! What a sight that was to see the gym packed with all our students from grades 5-12! Coach Sly said some words and then had a shout off between the Middle School kids on one side of the gym and the HS kids on the other. When those Middle School kids screamed, it sent shivers up my spine....a real high pitched sound filled with excitement! Then the HS kids yelled back with a deeper more adult sounding whoop. It was really quite something to witness.

Our guys are psyched and ready and not taking anything lightly.

Can't wait!

GO RIDERS!

They were ready, but we are Orrville and we were REDier

RedRider1 wrote: ^^What's next...close-captioning games in the auditorium? Winning tournament games? Final 4 appearances...

How about final 2 appearance !!!!!!!! And you thought you were only dreaming back in December , well nothing wrong with dreaming BIG!

Great job, Riders. One more! Bring the town.

thePITman wrote: Great job, Riders. One more! Bring the town.

Last one out of town turn out the lights

Great season and terrific tournament run, fellas! I will see you back in town for a BRF handshake and some kind words! I'm very proud of you!

Great game!!! Finished strong. Was in position to win it. Dont hang your heads guys....this is a day to be proud!!!!!

Very proud of the Riders today!

Rider Pride in the basketball program is back. Thanks to you all for letting us enjoy the great season and tourney run!

Proud of the effort...

So...Max, Groves & Zach return next year.

Looking for kids like Graber, Ray, Brenner, Sims, Winters, Zook & Perez to work hard and continue this run. Kids know what it takes, they saw it up close & personal this weekend.

Congrats to coach slaughter, assistant coaches, and player's on a great season!! Players, thanks for the effort, intensity, and memories for the awesome tourney run!! You guy's have definatly brought the tradition back to orrville bball!! Seior's.....great season and leadership!! Keep your head's up!! Your effort was a championship effort!! Coach slaughter.....you rock!! It was so good to see the man to man and the press back again! Good to see the zone pop up also.....so excited for the future with you at the helm!! I agree with the earlier post, thank you mr. ritchie for pulling the trigger and hiring coach slaughter!!

Well, I am in a good mood today thinking about everything in retrospect. One thing is that our seniors can say something that no one else can, they got us a banner for state runner-up.....the first in school history!

On a side note, I think that someone getting 12 rebounds in a state championship game deserves a big tip of the hat from BRF and that would go to Sam Miller...............the one who sat out the start of the season with a finger injury and then came back to ROAR LIKE A LION!

And again I say that I am very very proud of what this team did! Outstanding!

agree BRF, Hoobler was also a big plus.

Riderwannabe wrote: agree BRF, Hoobler was also a big plus.

Right, Riderwannabe, I was just focusing on one, there, but Hoobler was awesome in this tournament run, and I want to give a shout out to Corbett for his tenacious defense and hustle and to Ingram for his spirit and ball handling and for that little spark he gave us in the first half yesterday.

And finally, I am really glad that Wasson played for us this year.

Glad that Sam & Chase decided to play this year after deciding not to last year.

Disproved the notion that football players can't be of value on the basketball court.

Redrider1- that notion is one of the stupidest ever! Football players have played big rolls in Orrville basketball. The ones that can't understand that are not really smart enough to have a conversation.

rrfan wrote: Redrider1- that notion is one of the stupidest ever! Football players have played big rolls in Orrville basketball. The ones that can't understand that are not really smart enough to have a conversation.

3 of the all time top 5 scorers were great football players, Tom Bolyard, Marcell Denson, and Renauld Ray!

^^All 3 were tremendous athletes too, all-staters in football & basketball, no?

Can't ignore pure ability...kids like Miller & Hoobler have that.

RedRider1 wrote: ^^All 3 were tremendous athletes too, all-staters in football & basketball, no?

Can't ignore pure ability...kids like Miller & Hoobler have that.

The athletes at the DIII and DIV level almost have to play more than one sport because of the size of the schools, that's why we can see outstanding football players playing basketball, baseball, and track. We have been blessed at Orrville with great year around programs and coaches that make players like Hoobler, Miller, Bescancon to mention a few, want to compete in sports year round and not like your DI schools where most compete in their one specialized sport. Orrville has been blessed with talented athletes and coaches that enable us to compete year in and year out with the mostly larger schools on our schedules. Thanks to the players in all sports and the coaches for all your efforts to once again make our community proud !

Jake B named Daily Record POY...look for it in tomorrow's paper.

I imagine Sly gets COY too.

Congrats Jake and Sly well deserved.

Riderfan wrote: Congrats Jake and Sly well deserved.

^^^
Yes, congrats to both.

And thanks to the DR for not having the fan votes count for this or who knows who they would have put in!

Does anyone have info on Jake Bolyard's college prospects?

Series62 wrote: Does anyone have info on Jake Bolyard's college prospects?

The paper said Walsh...I've seen the Heidleberg coaches at many games talking to Jake.

riders1 wrote:

Riderfan wrote: Congrats Jake and Sly well deserved.

^^^
Yes, congrats to both.

And thanks to the DR for not having the fan votes count for this or who knows who they would have put in!

Good point about the DR.

Congrats to Rider Nation for picking up two more awards.

Unbelievable.

THE4RINGZ wrote:

riders1 wrote:

Riderfan wrote: Congrats Jake and Sly well deserved.

^^^
Yes, congrats to both.

And thanks to the DR for not having the fan votes count for this or who knows who they would have put in!

Good point about the DR.

Congrats to Rider Nation for picking up two more awards.

Tyler Bates wasn't eligible :rolleyes: