The Sullivan Tournament is always tough. The Shetley kid is the real deal. I heard she was committed to CC...was this a package deal with her sister...I saw she was on the CC roster now. I would bet it'll be St James playing Sullivan in that one.
The Eugene tournament looks to be a three-team parlay between Eugene, Belle, and Fatima. I am going to take Eugene in their own tournament. They seemed to settle in towards the end of last year.
Im not sure who is all back at the Sullivan tourney this year, but Ill just go off of last years same team. First Ill go off the teams that were in the Championship game last year.
Helias: Not sure who is all back with Helias, but they beat Sullivan in a great game. I would expect the will have the athletes to be good this year also.
Borgia: Probably should have won the game against Helias, but it was one of the games where the shots just didn't fall. They have a some height coming back and a guard who can see the floor from end to end really good. The beat St. James pretty handily. They always seem to have some athletes to run a good press.
Sullivan: Has a lot coming back, and most of them are players that mattered. They lost a great game to Helias. To be honest they should have never made that contest, as they struggled to beat Salem in another great match. I think they will be one of three teams who should make the championship game, and probably will be the #1 seed if Helias doesn't get it.
Cuba: Cuba along with Salem will be the two surprising teams in my opinion. I think they have a lot coming back and they have a few guards and other players who play the game solidly.
Salem: I think I could repeat what I said with Cuba. IF the returning guard is back this year, they will be surprising quite a few teams. She was quick, could shoot, and might be the best guard in the tourney. If she had a little more help they would have easily won the Sullivan game.
St. James. Im not quite sure why you posted you think it might be them in the championship game. They really struggled last year all year long, and I just didn't see them having the athleticism as the other teams I listed above. But the one thing they will have going for them is that they always seem to be well coached.
Owensville: Was a team that got better and better last year as they finished the year by beating sullivan and st. clair before losing to rolla in district finals. Their main player did graduate and Im not quite sure what they have coming back.
Northwest Cedar Hill; I just cant really tell you what they have coming back. They lost all 3 games at the tourney, but have no idea of the roster and who they lost, so it wouldn't be fair to comment on them.
Overall this should be a fun tourney to watch again
We may just need a site for Frisco League Basketball chatter! I cannot think of any early season tournaments off the top of my head...HELP!
