the statements made in part one was FH quit makin excuses part 2 was regarding the entire school system for athletes not just FH. Somebody there at FH is very defensive naming out specific players. It was not referring to just FH if you read it the statement refers to the entire valley and lack of talent.

Please learn how to read things in their proper context. Changes premise was that the bigs are not young because they are juniors and seniors. My premise was two fold. 1. The bigs are not seniors. 2. The bigs that are juniors are in fact "young" on varsity experience with little to none before this season. Further, it is a bit unfair to blame them as the Glanz as a senior, is much better than Glanz as a junior. The junior Glanz would not have come anywhere near 50 points against the "young" Foothil bigs, as Glanz was "young" himself as a junior last year.

To change and on- You are so wrong. Fotthill encourages their players to do other sports. Yamaka, Garner, Afoa and Funtilla play football. Garner also does track. Clementi plays tennis, and track as well as in the filipina basketball league. He can't do anything on offense when hardly gets ball. Rougemore does tennis and track. Personally I think to much sports all year round is bad. Kids need to rest at some point and get there mind off of sports. Even college players get time off.

Why dont you read the "change" statement again. It says the big guys are junior AND seniors. Once again somebody wanting to attack a comment without reading it properly. As far as the athletic part...most athletes can play at the high school basketball level. we are not referring to pro bball players here just high school bball. i havent seen a team that has that much talent that it is a "special" athletic skill to play bball. a "true athlete" can generally play most sports. nobody is hatin on anyone just stating the facts

"change", good post, the second half is something that should be looked at. the talent pool is definitely hurtin here in Vegas. specializing in one sport could be blamed on the parents too. you are very right when you say that kids no longer play 3 sports. coached do frown on it.

If you are going to hate on these kids, at least have your facts straight. The "bigs" are juniors not seniors, and they are juniors with little to no Varsity experience, much like most of hte team. That is why they are "young" Cresanto is a freshman, it does not get any younger than that! Unlike football, "athletes" does always equate a good basketball player. "Athletes" excel at football, while you need additional "skill" to play basketball. (I am not saying you do not need skill to play football, but many positions it is much easier to excel if you are athletic unlike basketball). As far as blaming the coaches for being selfish, well most of the coaches out here do not do much out of season so you are incorrect there. The problem is kids do not want to put in the work it takes to become a good player.

I'm still here. Zach Hafen is an average high school player. He's not a premier player as it has been implied.

Youth at Foothill? the big guys seem to be the problem and they are all juniors and seniors. The roster also appears that you have several senior guards. coaches choice to play the young guards if they arent ready dont play them. Yet another excuse. the entire division doesnt have talent. there has to be better athletes at these schools than what is playin. all acrossed the valley the talent pool is hurting. this is probably due to the coaches all makin the athletes specialize in one sport. selfish on coaches part not fair to players of multiple sports. what happened to the days that a player can play football basketball and baseball and not have the coaches threatening them for not being there during the off season. the niaa needs to really look at the coaches and the rules. this is high school sports not the pros

Not sure why you guys are hating on Foothill so much? Soares is doing a great job considering the youth and talent level they have, and they will still win the division. It is hard to play defense with so many young guys who are not mature enough physically to play the usual Foothill pressure defense. Foothill and Coronado can both win at least 1 game in the playoffs, but it is C Springs Sunrise conference to lose at the moment. How would you rank the coaching in the SE? 1. Soares 2. Bentz (he does a great job considering what they get to work with over there at Basic IMO) 3. Welby 4. Del Sol (I hear the new HC is alright 5-7 are a toss up between: Childress/Berg/Svensen I did not include Vo-Tech because they should be in 3a!

This is the same as the other night against Coronado. Foothill has NO defense. Evan can score all of the points he can/wants but if you cant stop the other team by playing defense it doesnt matter. Playoffs will be a short story for this entire division. None of the teams are good. So much for that undefeated season coach. well done.

GOOD SHOOTING GAME BY THE LIBERTY YOUNG MEN. THE REASON FOOTHILL LOST WAS BECAUSE OF DEFENSE. EVAN PLAYED HIS USUAL GAME, EVEN BEING FACE GUARDED THE ENTIRE GAME. SCORING 34 IS NOT STOPPING SOMEONE. WHEN PASSES WERE MADE TO OTHER PLAYERS THEY DID NOT PRODUCE, BUT AGAIN IT WASN'T OFFENSE IT WAS DEFENSE. COACH SOARES WILL HAVE THAT TAKEN CARE OF BY THE PLAYOFFS. THE BIG MEN ON FOOTHILL WILL HAVE TO STEP UP TO OPEN IT UP SO THE GUARDS WILL NOT HAVE TO PLAY ON THEIR OWN. THE BALL WAS PASSED TO THE BIG'S BUT NOTHING CAME OF IT. THEY MISSED DAKOTA YAMKA LAST NIGHT BECAUSE AT LEAST HE REBOUNDS AND USES HIS MUSCLE TO BLOCK OUT THE SECOND CHANCES THAT LIBERTY GOT LAST NIGHT. GOOD LUCK TO LIBERTY AND THE FALCONS.

hoopfan? where are you? no more overrated zach hafen? hmm,,interesting

I WAS AT THE GAME, LIBERTY BOYS PLAYED TEAM BASKETBALL TY and evan show i think not.the boys played team ball and willaby played the bench well.end of story.

That coach for silverado is a crazy coach ! that ware kid was play good giving us a game picking up the slack of his so called stars and he didnt play the whole second half ? Thats weird coaching coach all and all Cougars great victory !

Coach Welby's speach at halftime was Do not guard or try to guard anyone but #22 and #32 play off them. And it worked perfectly thanks guys

I agree observer It was the Evan and Ty show or (NO SHOW) Just Pathetic One tried and I mean tried to out do the other Get the ball within 15 feet and shoot. Total scored 73 points and they had 50 Coach what does that tell you. Was there a scout or coach in the stands? If so OOPS screwed up. Remember there is no I in tEaM just ME and thats the way you guys are playing. Good luck down the road You are going to need it.

I was at game. Liberty played total team bball. Foothill played the Evan and Ty show. No teamwork on offense or defense. This was not Foothill basketball and have watched them for years. More like padding stats to get recruited. They play like this, I wish I could bet money for not making it past first round because could get rich.

Kid made 6 three pointers in the second half. Evan fouled out on a bad called foul. Foothill just didnt't play like how they usually do. Now that they have that loss out of the way they will be ready to tear it up in the playoffs. Liberty, good job, they shot lights out and barely missed from long range. But most likely they will not make it out of the first round of playoffs.

How does Liberty beat Foothill? Anyone at the game?

Given silverado might not have the greatest record, there going to succeed! Watch out for the skyhawks to go deep in the playoffs with their VERY young team. The seniors Nick Allen and Tristan Craig are going to step it up. Watch out!