This guy is pure class and the award well-deserved. Watched him congratulate the boy who made the buzzer - beating shot that knocked his boysโ team out of the tournament. Didnโt have to do that. We need more of that.
I just wrapped up an awesome season! We won our first District Championship in 36 years, and we won the first ever Regional Championship in school history!! We came up 1 game short of the State Championship, but I am blessed for it all! @NcsaCoachStock@colesmitty10
The East District was COOKING in D3-7 in boys basketball.
Berlin Hiland just won a state championship in D6. Steubenville was a layup away from winning it all in D3. Maysville, West Muskingum and Malvern all made the Final Four.
Even with the historic season for @WestMSports coming to an end in the state semifinal round, the team still made the school, community, and entire town of Zanesville proud along the way.
@colesmitty10@WHIZscores
A first ever regional semifinal win. A first ever regional final win. A first ever final four appearance.
Despite the state semifinal loss to Columbus Academy, the @WestMSports boys team put the program on the map this season.
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Hereโs how many career boys basketball coaching wins the 28 Final Four coaches haveโ6,601 combined wins!
โDennis Tucci of @hornets_malvern got his 600th win in the Regional Final last week, good for 22nd All-Time. If you include his 57 wins for the Parkersburg Catholic (WV) girls program in the 80โs, heโs at 657!
โMark Schlabach of @HilandAthletics has the Most Wins per Season of any coach in OHSAA History with at least 500 wins (22.1).
โAaron Elwer of @DSJBasketball got his 250th win vs. Kalida last season. If DSJ wins the State Title, itโll be his 300th winโand it could come against Kalida again.
โBrett Norris of @jagsbballnation began his head coaching career at Delphos St. Johnโs, racking up 177 wins for the Blue Jays from 1996-2005.
โJosh Hose of Massillon also has 109 wins when he coached the Tuslaw girls program prior to taking over for the Tigers.
โThereโs 2 first-year head coaches. Andy Hoying of @PerkinsBasketb1 & Cole Smith of @WestMSports. Hoying was 2012 D4 Player of the Year and State Runner-Up at Jackson Center.
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@NoahMorrison25 hit the biggest shot of his young career, off a full-court heave from Cade Porter as time expired in Winland Gymnasium ๐ซจ
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Listen, heโs not the most skilled kid, but there is no possible way anyone in this beautiful state plays harder than West Muskingumโs Carter Smith. Impossible!
Congrats to West Muskingum on their first Regional Final appearance since 1990!
Hit this overtime buzzer beater off a full court pass to knock off the #1 seed and advance to Ohioโs Elite 8.
There is NOTHING better than a community rallying around their high school sports team.
๐ OHSAA Boys D5 Regional Semifinal
FINAL OT
West Muskingum 55
St. Clairsville 53
NOAH MORRISON CALLS GAME!!! A full court HEAVE and Noah drops it in to send West M to the Regional Final. Theyโll face the winner of Eastern/Ironton Saturday at the Convo.
#SRScores // @WestMSports // @EastDistrictAB@EastDistrictAB
@WestMSports@WoodNation_RHS@EastDistrictAB 3๏ธโฃ6๏ธโฃ YEARS IN THE MAKING!
West Muskingum locks up its 1st DISTRICT ๐ since 1990 with a win over Ridgewood, 56-17.
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The Tornadoes (21-5) next face St. Clairsville in the SWEET 16 (3/11) at ZHS.
@WestMSports@EastDistrictAB ๐ Boys OHSAA D5 District Semifinal
FINAL
#2 West Muskingum 63
#12 Harrison Central 24
Tornadoes earn a DOMINANT running clock victory to advance to the District Final!
Kyle Porter led West Muskingum in scoring tonight with 19 points.
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