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03-06-2006, 07:33 PM
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Gold ball!
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Written by: Pat Quinn, Stillwater NewsPress
Published: 03-05-2006
OKLAHOMA CITY — They finally struck gold in Glencoe!
With surgical precision, the No. 5 Panthers carved up the No. 4 Ft. Cobb-Broxton Mustangs and 6-foot-7 senior Garrett Steinmetz, 39-24, to grab their first state championship in any sport.
In fact, the only time Glencoe reached the finals of a state basketball tournament was in 2000 when these same Mustangs shut the door. To this hamlet of 473 people, most of them on hand at the State Fairgrounds Arena, it was worth the wait.
It concluded a string of six straight wins in the state tournament, including two at Carl Albert High School against Red Oak (42-34) and neighboring Coyle (46-39) and topped it off with Saturday’s win in the “big house.”
The Panthers of coach Talby Justus ended the campaign with a 28-4 record and, more importantly, the “gold ball.” Ft. Cobb-Broxton settled for silver and a 27-5 finish.
Both teams played a conservative offense and if there was such a statistic as “time of possession” in basketball, it would have favored the Panthers about 20 of the 32 minutes played. It was on defense where the identities changed.
The Panther defense was suffocating. Harassed throughout, the Mustangs managed only eight field goals in 36 attempts (23 percent).
Glencoe’s defense was so impenetrable that FC-B had to take 24 of those 36 tries from three-point range, hitting only three.
Glencoe’s 6-4 junior center Brennon Dearinger was the game’s leading scorer with 16 points but it was rebounding where he was dominating. He collected 15 caroms — five on the offensive end — while the Mustangs claimed 17 rebounds as a team.
Point guard Dustin Ross added nine points and senior Bubba Kurth had eight for GHS.
The great contribution by the 6-2 Kurth was the job he did guarding the taller Steinmetz. Steinmetz averaged almost 26 points a game this year and had 34 points the night before when Ft. Cobb-Broxton topped previously unbeaten and top-ranked Stringtown, 75-58.
But Kurth held Steinmetz to 15 points and let him hit only five of 15 field-goal tries. Glencoe’s defensive pressure prohibited the Mustangs from scoring in double figures in any quarter.
Steinmetz scored his team’s first five points and did the same again to start the third period.
The Mustangs owned a 9-6 edge after one quarter and midway in the second stanza held a 13-8 bulge when Stephen Mopope hit a tough jumper. Then the Panthers took control and rattled off 10 unanswered points.
Ross hit a driving lay-up and Dearinger sandwiched two contested put backs around a jumper by Kurth. Travis Weaver snatched an errant pass and raced in for lay-up with seconds left and the Panthers led 18-13 at intermission.
Steinmetz hit his quick five to start the second half and tie the game. Then Dearinger and Ross fueled an eight-point run to give Glencoe a 26-18 lead it never relinquished.
Glencoe held Ft. Cobb-Broxton scoreless the final 3:15.
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Class B State Tournamet championship
State Fair Arena • Oklahoma City
Glencoe 39, Ft. Cobb-Broxton 24
Glencoe00i06 12 06 15—39
Fort Cobb 09 04 05 06—24
GLENCOEDearinger 16
Du. Ross 9
Kurth 8
Weaver 4
Fanning 2
FGM-A: 16-31 (52%)
FTM-A: 7-10 (70%)
PF: 11
FORT COBB-BROXTONSteinmetz 15
Mopope 4
Bellamay 3
Venable 2
3-point goals:
Steinmetz 2
Bellamy 1
FGM-A: 8-36 (23%)
FTM-A: 5-6 (83%)
PF: 13
Gold ball!
http://64.217.29.134/daily_pics/2006/mar/2006-03-05s.jpg
Written by: Pat Quinn, Stillwater NewsPress
Published: 03-05-2006
OKLAHOMA CITY — They finally struck gold in Glencoe!
With surgical precision, the No. 5 Panthers carved up the No. 4 Ft. Cobb-Broxton Mustangs and 6-foot-7 senior Garrett Steinmetz, 39-24, to grab their first state championship in any sport.
In fact, the only time Glencoe reached the finals of a state basketball tournament was in 2000 when these same Mustangs shut the door. To this hamlet of 473 people, most of them on hand at the State Fairgrounds Arena, it was worth the wait.
It concluded a string of six straight wins in the state tournament, including two at Carl Albert High School against Red Oak (42-34) and neighboring Coyle (46-39) and topped it off with Saturday’s win in the “big house.”
The Panthers of coach Talby Justus ended the campaign with a 28-4 record and, more importantly, the “gold ball.” Ft. Cobb-Broxton settled for silver and a 27-5 finish.
Both teams played a conservative offense and if there was such a statistic as “time of possession” in basketball, it would have favored the Panthers about 20 of the 32 minutes played. It was on defense where the identities changed.
The Panther defense was suffocating. Harassed throughout, the Mustangs managed only eight field goals in 36 attempts (23 percent).
Glencoe’s defense was so impenetrable that FC-B had to take 24 of those 36 tries from three-point range, hitting only three.
Glencoe’s 6-4 junior center Brennon Dearinger was the game’s leading scorer with 16 points but it was rebounding where he was dominating. He collected 15 caroms — five on the offensive end — while the Mustangs claimed 17 rebounds as a team.
Point guard Dustin Ross added nine points and senior Bubba Kurth had eight for GHS.
The great contribution by the 6-2 Kurth was the job he did guarding the taller Steinmetz. Steinmetz averaged almost 26 points a game this year and had 34 points the night before when Ft. Cobb-Broxton topped previously unbeaten and top-ranked Stringtown, 75-58.
But Kurth held Steinmetz to 15 points and let him hit only five of 15 field-goal tries. Glencoe’s defensive pressure prohibited the Mustangs from scoring in double figures in any quarter.
Steinmetz scored his team’s first five points and did the same again to start the third period.
The Mustangs owned a 9-6 edge after one quarter and midway in the second stanza held a 13-8 bulge when Stephen Mopope hit a tough jumper. Then the Panthers took control and rattled off 10 unanswered points.
Ross hit a driving lay-up and Dearinger sandwiched two contested put backs around a jumper by Kurth. Travis Weaver snatched an errant pass and raced in for lay-up with seconds left and the Panthers led 18-13 at intermission.
Steinmetz hit his quick five to start the second half and tie the game. Then Dearinger and Ross fueled an eight-point run to give Glencoe a 26-18 lead it never relinquished.
Glencoe held Ft. Cobb-Broxton scoreless the final 3:15.
http://www.coachesaid.com/ca/img/2006/playoffs/H_05finalsBb_z.jpg
Class B State Tournamet championship
State Fair Arena • Oklahoma City
Glencoe 39, Ft. Cobb-Broxton 24
Glencoe00i06 12 06 15—39
Fort Cobb 09 04 05 06—24
GLENCOEDearinger 16
Du. Ross 9
Kurth 8
Weaver 4
Fanning 2
FGM-A: 16-31 (52%)
FTM-A: 7-10 (70%)
PF: 11
FORT COBB-BROXTONSteinmetz 15
Mopope 4
Bellamay 3
Venable 2
3-point goals:
Steinmetz 2
Bellamy 1
FGM-A: 8-36 (23%)
FTM-A: 5-6 (83%)
PF: 13