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Thursday,
Thursday,
November
November 22,
22,
2012
2012
Bulldogs will be smaller, but
quicker for 2012-2013 season
Sophomore
Keifer
Dalton
It’s roundball season again and with that
comes a long winter of hoops and sevenyear
head Coach Todd Messer is expecting
nothing shy of a very successful year.
“We have a really challenging schedule
that these kids are going to embark
on this year,” Messer said. “Our
scrimmages will give us a better
idea on player combinations that we
want to use.”
Clinton County has played
Campbellsville and Casey County
in preseason competition and Messer
said the reason he scheduled them was
to have two different types of teams in
terms of what defense his team would
see.
The Clinton County Bulldogs will
kick off its season Monday, November
30 with a road trip to Rockcastle County,
followed by a home game against
the Australian National Team.
“We really jump right into the thick
of things. Over the course of last year,
our kids lived on the road and got some
‘big game’ experience. We are starting
that way this year with the road trip to
Rockcastle County. It a place that is very
difficult to play and against a team with
a lot of experience coming back. It’s going
to be a big challenge for us right off
the bat.”
During the second game of the season,
Clinton County will be at home in the
second game of a double header with
the Lady Dawgs, hosting the Australian
National Team.
Messer said this will be the first test of how his
boys will handle the rebound aspect of the game.
“I thought our rebounding kept us out of the
state tournament last year,” Messer said. “I’m really
looking forward to that game just to see how
we match up with some size.”
Clinton County will then head into the traditional
part of the schedule with a game against
Monroe County followed by the first part of district
play.
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LADY BULLDOGS
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“The Russell County and
Cumberland County games will
be huge in terms of our standings
at the end of the year,” Messer
said.
Following the first part of
the district competition, Clinton
County will face Somerset,
which, according to Messer, will
be a contender in the 12th Region
this season with a 6’6” post
player who transferred from Mc-
Creary County.
Once again on the schedule
will be the Twin Lakes Holiday
Classic, which Clinton County
has won two years in a row and
will be looking for a third title for
their own tournament.
“We wanted to make sure we
brought in high caliber, athletic
teams who are really going to
be about ball pressure and pressing
in order to get us ready for
the second half of the season,”
Messer said. “Our tournament
will give us a really good idea of
where we are on the state level.
That was the good thing about
our boys last year, being senior
led, they thought they could go
toe to toe with anybody in the
state and that culminated in the
run that got us ranked 12 in the
state.”
After the Twin Lakes Holiday
Classic, Clinton County will
head to northern Kentucky to
compete in the Lloyd Memorial
Classic.
“It will be a great challenge
for us,” Messer said. “We will be
a little diverse in northern Kentucky
because the kids are a little
more physical. I have to see how
our kids respond to where the defence
will test how we play. They
will use a lot of forearms to try
to knock us off our cuts. Whether
we are able to hold our ground
will be big challenge for us. Our
kids have had a great off season
so far. We have gotten stronger in
the weight room.”
Another test for the Bulldogs
will come after the holiday tournament,
with a road trip to Warren
Central, which is ranked
pre-season number one in the 4th
Region.
“I’m sure they will be ready
for us. They return a veteran
ball club and after what we did
to them here last year, we are
going to have a really big challenge,”
Messer said. “The good
thing about moving the game
back to where we did, is it’s going
to springboard us into the All
‘A’ and the type of pressure we
are going to have to overcome to
hopefully win it.”
After the Warren Central
game, Clinton County will play
the second half of district competition.
“We need to find a way to
make sure we are the number one
seed,” Messer said.
This year, Clinton County
will host the All “A” Regional
Tournament, which will give the
Bulldogs a bye into the regional
tournament. The Bulldogs will
play the winner of the Metcalfe/
Monroe County game in the second
round.
“The good thing is whoever
we play, we will know quite well.
We will play Monroe County
early in the year and we will
have played Metcalfe County
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Good Luck on a
Winning Season!
Clinton County’s Ryan Beard came off the bench last season as
a junior, but is expected to move into the starting lineup during his
senior year. He is one of three seniors on this year’s squad.
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