[Bball_fan53]

DeSeaun Thomas is gone from Luers....who is the 2A champ gonna be? I think North Judson could be a dark horse....thoughts?

[Howe Academy]

Professor Wantz 2A pre-season rankings which includes previous seasons record, key returning players, returning ppg average and overall power rating.

1.---Tipton 19-4 6 58 157
2.---Westview 15-7 5 57 152
3.---Hanover Central 17-5 5 56 151
4.---Forest Park 19-8 7 44 145
5.---Churubusco 10-11 8 64 138
6.---Providence 13-8 7 57 138
7.---North Judson 15-7 5 46 135
8.---Ft. Wayne Luers 14-10 5 41 135
9.---Eastern (Pekin) 16-7 3 38+ 132
10.--Guerin Catholic 15-11 7 43 129

[mLtwo4]

I think Westview will be real tough. I heard they beat Munster at a shootout this summer and Munster had all of their studs. Yeah I know it's just summer but still. Westview is a 2A school that doesn't have football, which I find strange. All the kids want to do there is play basketball.

[bballfan15]

Obviously with Thomas gone, Tipton feels like this is their best chance to win State. Returning 10 of our top 12 with 3 double digit scorers lead by 4 year starter Greg Dickey at pg. First things first though and that is to get back at Guerin in Sectionals.

[3PTer]

mLtwo4, on Jul 7 2010, 09:50 AM, said:

I think Westview will be real tough. I heard they beat Munster at a shootout this summer and Munster had all of their studs. Yeah I know it's just summer but still. Westview is a 2A school that doesn't have football, which I find strange. All the kids want to do there is play basketball.

Luers returns 12 of 14 varsity members plus the number 4-6 ranked freshman in the country, depending on the site, James Blackmon JR.(one of the top shooters in the country according to John Lucas), and 6'4 shooter Dwight Richards that Hoop Scoop has ranked #20 at his position.

Blackmon broke both Deshaun Thomas and Rapheal Davis' Fort Wayne middle school scoring records midway through his 8th grade year.

Good story:
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/recruiting/...tory?id=5355956

By the way, rankings are rankings, but is a lot cooler to be on them than to not be listed/recognized. You captured someones attention with your talents.

[Bball_fan53]

3PTer, on Jul 7 2010, 11:19 PM, said:

Blackmon broke both Deshaun Thomas and Rapheal Davis' Fort Wayne middle school scoring records midway through his 8th grade year.

That's scary...

[panamabob]

Monster Preps thinks Richards is headed to Concordia

http://www.monsterpreps.com/high-schools/i...ht-richards.htm

[3PTer]

He went to Concordia last year. Don't know the ins and outs of everything or why, but I just learned the other day that he enrolled at Luers a month or so ago for next school year.

Contrary to public comments, our first transfer!!!!

[panamabob]

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All the kids want to do there is play basketball.

Actually, they'd like to play football but the school board won't let them.

[Muda69]

panamabob, on Jul 12 2010, 07:40 PM, said:

Actually, they'd like to play football but the school board won't let them.

Football is too violent of a game for the large Amish community that supports Westview.