Kings vs. Wilmington

Kings got the tip and the first points of the game by Austin Copeland. Max Lerer passes to Ryan Anthony for a three pointer. Max Lerer goes to the line and hits his second shot. Brent Mathias drives in for an and one, scoring a three point play. Wilmington goes to the line and makes the second foul shot. Brent Mathias is sent to the line and makes both shots. Max Lerer steals the ball which later sends Ryan Anthony to the line and he knocks down both shots. Brent Mathias gets a steal and passes to Nick Handorf fro a lay up. Wilmington hit’s a shot in the lane. Michael King gets a steal but Kings is unable to score. David Hare steals the ball and quickly passes to Nathan Pucke for two points. The first quarter ends with the score 17 to 3. Wilmington gets the ball first but travels. Paul Beeson drives into the line for two points after a pass from Jacob Himes. Wilmington goes to the line and makes the second of two. Brent drives in to the basket and gets a and one. Wilmington goes to the line and misses both shots but rebounds for two points. Wilmington gets an inside pass and puts it up for two points. Nick Handorf drives in three feet from the basket and scores two points. The half ends with the score 24 to 10 Kings with the lead.

Wilmington goes to the line and knocks down the first of two. Wilmington scores again, followed by a Nathan Pucke two pointer. Wilmington scores two more points. Nick Wolf goes to the line and makes both shots. Wilmington scores four points in less then ten ticks off the clock. Wilmington scores again. Wilmington hit’s a three pointer. Wilmington gets a steal and a lay up. Max Lerer goes to the line and makes both shots. The end of the third was 30 to 26 Kings holding the tight lead. Ryan Anthony gets a steal which later leads to foul shots for Max Lerer, which he makes both. Max Lerer drives in for a two point bank shot. Austin Copeland passes to Ryan Anthony for a bank shot from the box. Max Lerer gets a steal and lay up. Brent Mathias passes to Max Lerer for two points. Ryan Anthony gets a lay up. Wilmington goes to the line and makes the second of two shots. Wilmington knocks down a two pointer. The Kings win with a final score 42 to 30

Stat Summary

Max Lerer lead the team with 11 points, followed by Ryan Anthony with 9 and Brent Mathias with 8. Nick Handorf and Nathan Pucke both scored 4 points each, while Austin Copeland, Nick Wolf and Paul Beeson each scored 2.

 Coach’s Comment.

“We came out playing well early in the first, and got out to an early lead. We got a lot of easy buckets in transition off steals, and Wilmington really had a hard time with our press. We got a little stale in the 2^nd and 3rd quarter, but really made a push in the 4^th, when we had to. That win puts us at 8 and 1 in the conference, with a big game tomorrow against Walnut Hills for the conference title.”

Kings vs. Sycamore Freshman. By Jackson Schueler The first quarter started with Nathan Pucke winning the tipoff and scoring quickly off the tip. After that, Brent Mathias received the ball and made a jump shot and drew a foul. Then Brent got a steal leading to another Nathan Pucke bucket and the foul. He made the foul shot bringing the score to 8-0, Kings with the lead. Max Lerer scored and drew a foul. Number twenty on Sycamore made a jumper in which Max responded with his own jumper which ended the quarter with a score of 14 to 4, with a large lead by Kings. David Hare started in the second quarter and sunk a quick shot. Michael King got a high rebound and put the shot back up for two points. Max Lerer drained another jumper in the second. Austin, much like Michael, got a rebound and the shot. The half ended with the score 22 to 7. Ryan Anthony started the third quarter with a rebound and the shot. Austin Copeland was fouled and made 1 of the 2 shots. Austin drove in through the defense and made the layup. Back on defense, Austin got a steal and passed to Max for the shot and the made foul shot. Nick Wolf dropped back on defense and got a charge which gave Kings the ball back. Number thirty two was called for the charge, causing him to foul out and receive a technical. Michael King shot the foul shots for the technical and made 1 of 2. This ended the quarter with the score 34 to 9. The fourth quarter started with a Drew Schueler pass to Michael King for a foul shot. He made 1 of the 2 shots. Michael went up for the rebound and put the shot back up for two points. Michael then passed to Nick Jenkins for a jump shot. Drew stole the ball from Sycamore’s point guard and drove in for a layup. The final score of this Kings great win was 41 to 22. After the game I talked with Coach McClung and he said “We came out hot with a lot of steals and easy buckets in transition. I like the way our defense played, but on offense we were struggling and need to improve. A great defensive effort carried us through this game.” McClung also said that Kings needs to improve on foul shots after going 7 of 17 from the free throw line. Kings’ record is now 4 and 2 and will change on Tuesday, January 5, 2010 as Kings plays Wilmington. Stats: Drew Schueler, David Hare and Nick Jenkins scored 2 points each. Brent Mathias and Ryan Anthony each scored 4 points, Nathan Pucke had 5 points, while Michael King scored 6 points, Austin Copeland had 7 points, and Max Lerer had 9 points.

Kings vs. Turpin Freshman 12/18/09

By Jackson Schueler

The tipoff set the initial momentum when Austin Copeland stole the ball from Turpin and was fouled. He made both of his shots. Soon after, Turpin was charged with a technical on #22.  Max Lerer made one of the two shots with one minute and fifty three seconds left in the first.  At the end of the first, the score was 20 to 8 with Kings in the lead.  Kings had two fouls and Turpin had six.  In the second quarter, Kings took advantage by getting back cuts, good shots, and great ball movement.  At the end of the second quarter, the score was 34 to 19.

In the third quarter, Kings got the ball, but came out flat and was out scored 16 to 6. “We had too many turnovers, and we weren’t taking care of the ball.”  In the middle of the third, Coach McClung called a strategic timeout to even out the momentum and try to get the team regrouped.  At the end of the third, the score was 40 to 35 and both teams had two fouls. The fourth started with a Ryan Anthony rebound and a great drive by Austin for two points and the foul.  Later in the fourth, Brent had a great spin off one of the defenders and drained an easy twelve footer. And with a little more than two minutes left, Max Lerer had a fantastic block as Turpin attempted a far shot. The score was 48 to 37 with one minute and fifty five seconds remaining.  Kings did not commit a single foul in the fourth quarter while Turpin added four.

The guards handled and distributed the ball well, and got good back door layups and good looks.  Kings came out strong and made a good impression in the first half, but in the second half they lost their intensity and slowed down.

I talked to Coach McClung after the game and he told me “We came out with great intensity and got 34 points in the first half, which is more than our total against Mason. We executed very well offensively to get the 34 points. Many of the offensive points came off of good defensive steals and blocks. In the third quarter we came out flat and let Turpin catch up. In the fourth quarter, we brought a lot of intensity and outscored them 10 to 6 to pull out a great FAVC win!”

 Max Lerer had a great game totaling 15 points, 13 in the first half and 2 in the second, Austin Copeland had 9 points, Nathan Pucke had 6, Ryan Anthony had 6 also, Brent Mathias had 5 points, Nick Handorf had 5 points also, and Nick Wolf had 4 points.

Kings vs. Mason Tuesday, December 15 2009

By Jackson Schueler

Mason traveled to Kings and brought a lot of intensity to the KHS Gym.  The Kings freshman team matched their intensity and brought a great effort on both sides of the floor to make for an outstanding game that saw many lead changes. 

The opening quarter was close and intense and set the tone for the rest of the game.  Mason lead 10 to 6 after the first quarter. The second quarter began with Nick Jenkins, Nick Wolfe, Nathan Pucke, Max Lerer, and David Hare. Kings got momentum after a Brent Mathias steal, which Austin Copeland took and drained a shot from the elbow. The score was fourteen to thirteen Kings at the end of the half.

The second half was very extreme and intense with the score bouncing back and forth, like a tug of war. Momentum was boosted for Kings when Brent Mathias tipped the ball out of Mason # 11’s hands and into the hands of Austin Copeland. Austin drew the defenses attention before passing to Ryan Anthony who was fouled on the play. He missed his first free throw but made his second which tied Kings up with Mason. Later in the third, a foul and a technical on Coach McClung were called on Kings handing the momentum to Mason. Mason took advantage and made 3 of 5 from the line.  At the end of the third the score was twenty three to twenty four with Mason leading. In the beginning of the fourth, Kings brought the game to tie at twenty five with two minutes left in the game. With one minute and five seconds Mason made four-footer. Max Lerer was later fouled and made one of the two shots.  Kings was now in a position to score quickly with time winding down.  Kings was forced to foul to stop the clock and Mason took advantage of it making their free throws down the stretch.  Another Mason player was fouled which put Mason up by five with about thirty seconds left.  Mason won the game with a final score of thirty one to twenty six.

Nathan Pucke led the Knights with eight points, Max Lerer had four points, Austin Copeland had six points, Brent Mathias had six, and Ryan Anthony chipped in two.

After the game I met with Coach McClung and he told me “Kings had a great effort both on offense and defense. Mason just made a couple more shots. We had some good looks but could not put the ball in the bucket, missing a couple of bunnies around the rim.  Down the stretch, they were very good from the free throw line making 10 of 14 shots.  We were 4 for 9 from the line.  Mason had a great defensive stand in the fourth quarter and held us to only three points.”

If you want to work on shooting, dribbling, ball handling, all offensive skills, contact Jake Grunkemeyer (Boys Assistant Varsity Coach) at 398-1844 for private instruction.