Hoops

Div 1 Open Season for State Champs

For a teenage boy to do it to another teenage boy is potentially very awkward.

I'm not talking under the basket when players are posting up.

Too many times you see a ball handler dribbling the ball down court and then you see their guard + the trap come over and bonk them with pelvic thrusts like some bull fighter.

Please don't tell me that you think that if a guard enters the ball handler's space with the sole intention of making contact to push them off balance that is not a foul.

One thing the refs never seem to pickup is the "bonking push" on the ball handler.

U14G State

This could be an very interesting division.

Pool A: Eagles and Tigers are undefeated this winter season with both teams showing daylight between them and the other 3 pool teams (North, Norwood, West) their game will be a great game.
Pool B: Sturt, South, Centrals, Mavs. As one poster above noted, Mavs and Centrals full of state country players. South look like the easybeats, they have beaten North & Norwood, but narrow losses to Centrals & Mavs. This pool is wide open.

I assume you are talking U14 Anon? That first game will decide everything.

14 State Boys looks like it may go:

Pool A: Norwood, Sturt
Pool B: Tigers, Centrals

SF: Norwood v Centrals & Tigers v Sturt

The pools in the boys state comps work to Forestville's advantage because in all four of those pools they share it with Sturt.

This means that they are likely to go 1st or 2nd in pool A. U14 Boys state has pesky Norwood in the same pool, so Forestville may miss out there if they can't beat one of Sturt or Norwood. That Forestville-Norwood clash occurs on Thursday at 7 at Wayville 1 so that'll be the match of the carnival. Pity, I was looking forward to it being the last game of the minor round (at Wayville) Norwood go in after playing Sturt 2 hrs before, Forestville with a morning game, then a bye before the clash.

After the minor rounds, 1 & 2 play 1 & 2 in the other pools so this means that Forestville can lose the Sturt once, and has the potential second bite at Sturt. They could potentially rest players or go easy against Sturt in the minor round, lulling them into a false sense of pride, knowing they will meet them again in the grand final if they finish 2nd in their pool and knock off the 1st in pool B.

The SF matches for the Boys U12 & U16 State are at Adelaide Arena, U14 & U18 Boys State are at Wayville - a master stroke of planning