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UF67ee · 02-25-2013, 01:45 PM

Malone was 25-2 going into this game with the best team in the panhandle. It looks like 6ft 10in Chris was a one man team, scoring half their 55 points. Can't wait to see him as a Gator.

http://www.jcfloridan.com/sports/art...9bb30f31a.html

your_perfect_enemy · 02-25-2013, 02:21 PM

I think my favorite part is hearing how he took the game over defensively in the paint. That tends to be the way to getting playing time faster than offensive production under Billy.

themistocles · 02-25-2013, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by your_perfect_enemy

I think my favorite part is hearing how he took the game over defensively in the paint. That tends to be the way to getting playing time faster than offensive production under Billy.

Excellent point perfect.

RayGator · 02-25-2013, 10:40 PM

Tuesday, February 26th. through Saturday, March 2nd., 2013

From The Lakeland Center in Lakeland FL 33815

The FHSAA Boys High School Basketball Championships

Tuesday, February 26th.

Class 1A Semifinals.

10:00 A.M
76 Greensboro West, Gadsden County
51 Lake Butler, Union County

11:30 A.M.
51 Bonifay, Holmes County
48 Hawthorne

Class 2A Semifinals

2:30 P.M.
49 Jacksonville North Florida Educational
63 Boca Raton Grandview Prep

4:00 P.M.
86 Orlando Christian Prep
68 Miami Westwood Christian

Class 4A Semifinals

7:00 P.M.
65 Orlando Lake Highland Prep
60 Miami Ransom Everglades

8:30 P.M.
55 Havana East, Gadsden County
49 Boca Raton St. Andrews

Wednesday, February 27th.

Class 3A Semifinals

12:00 P.M.
74 Jacksonville Providence
39 Naples Community School

1:30 P.M.
49 Melbourne Florida Air Academy
56 Coral Springs Christian

Class 1A Championship

4:35 P.M.
40 Greensboro West, Gadsden County
59 Bonifay, Holmes County

Class 2A Championship

8:05 P.M.
51 Boca Raton Grandview Prep
40 Orlando Christian Prep

Thursday, February 28th.

Class 6A Semifinals

12:00 P.M.
50 Gainesville
73 Miami Norland

1:30 P.M.
59 Pensacola Pine Forest
52 Winter Haven

Class 4A Championship

4:35 P.M.
67 Orlando Lake Highland Prep
50 Boca Raton St. Andrew's

Class 3A Championship

8:05 P.M.
62 Jacksonville Providence
56 Coral Springs Christian

Friday, March 1st.

Class 5A Semifinals

10:00 A.M.
49 Palatka
68 Plantation American Heritage

11:30 A.M.
41 Jacksonville Bishop Kenny
46 Tampa Jesuit

Class 7A Semifinals

2:30 P.M.
53 Orlando Evans
50 Stuart, Martin County

4:00 P.M.
52 Bartow, Polk County
71 Pompano Beach Blanche Ely

Class 8A Semifinals

7:00 P.M.
38 Tampa Wharton
46 South Miami

8:30 P.M.
57 Oviedo Hagerty
54 Deerfield Beach

Saturday, March 2nd.

Class 5A Championship

10:00 A.M.
58 Plantation American Heritage
79 Tampa Jesuit

Class 6A Championship

1:30 P.M.
42 Miami Norland
30 Pensacola Pine Forest

Class 7A Championship

5:00 P.M.
50 Orlando Evans
58 Pompano Beach Blanche Ely

Class 8A Championship

8:30 P.M.
47 South Miami
54 Oviedo Hagerty

$10.00 Admission per Session.

$7.00 Parking per Day.

The Lakeland Center
701 West Lime Street
Lakeland FL 33815
863-834-8111

www.BHSN.com

www.FHSAA.org

www.thelakelandcenter.com

Scores
http://www.polkpreps.com/news/articl...s-and-results/

For More Information
http://www.polkpreps.com/news/articl...s-and-results/

www.theledger.com/sports

gottapanda · 02-25-2013, 11:09 PM

8A? There are way, way too many classifications now. Doesn't Indiana just have one? Granted, Florida has roughly 3x Indiana's population, but still.

RayGator · 02-25-2013, 11:21 PM

Well, I don't think it's too many classes. On the one hand if you have a school with maybe just 200 students and on the other hand you have high schools with maybe 4,000 or more students, you have to try and keep the competition fair as much as possible.

If Indiana lumps all their schools into just one class, I don't think that's fair to their smaller schools. Even if the larger schools in Indiana may be only about 2,500 or so.

**allanhovey** · 02-25-2013, 11:50 PM

Indiana has four classes (since about 1997, I believe)

int1974 · 02-26-2013, 06:10 AM

Playing Hawthorne next. Porter from Hawthorne might be the top 10 grader in the state.
That should be a good game to watch. Seen Porter 3 times, he will be a top 25 player his senior year.

IowaGator · 02-26-2013, 08:02 AM

Class 5A has but one public school in the final 4!

GO PALATKA PANTHERS!!!!

UF67ee · 02-26-2013, 08:39 AM

Chris is usually defended by 2 and 3 of the opposition. because the remaining players on the team are not that good. He also makes up a huge part of their defense. Beating Malone was a big deal in the panhandle. Malone had beat one the top large schools in Alabama earlier, as well as bigger schools in Florida. Remember, Bonifay and Malone only have about 20 or so boys in the entire senior classes. These are smaaaaaall schools.

phideltdj · 02-26-2013, 09:36 AM

If you want to keep the competition fair than maybe we should stop the high schools from recruiting...especially the private schools.

madgator · 02-26-2013, 12:49 PM

how in the world did Walker spend 4 years at that school and not end up in an "academy"

almost unheard of these days

gator7_5 · 02-26-2013, 01:16 PM

We're country boys up here. lol Probably grew up with everyone of his teamates. Who wants to leave that when you'll get a scholly to anywhere you want to go anyway?

madgator · 02-26-2013, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by gator7_5

We're country boys up here. lol Probably grew up with everyone of his teamates. Who wants to leave that when you'll get a scholly to anywhere you want to go anyway?

got to grow up and move on sometime

with great talent comes great responsibility and difficult choices

gatordd · 02-26-2013, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by madgator

how in the world did Walker spend 4 years at that school and not end up in an "academy"

almost unheard of these days

I hate to be that guy but his grades wouldn't let him play at an Academy, no sure thing he qualifies... that's real talk

**Efeezy** · 02-26-2013, 02:28 PM

^^^ ouch.......Didn't know he had grade issues. Hope he makes it in.

InstiGATOR1 · 02-26-2013, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by madgator

got to grow up and move on sometime

with great talent comes great responsibility and difficult choices

You don't have to in high school.

BTW, I am encouraged by this burst of competitive fire associated with a team they have lost to in the past, his dropping a bit in the ratings and the column that said he was one of the most likely top prospects to bust in this class.

As for qualifying, I don't know if he is worrying about grades or test scores or both, but there was similar talk about Harvey and he qualified. An interesting bit of information will be if he goes to the McDonald's AA game. If he does, one might think he is ok in his current classes.

gatordd · 02-26-2013, 03:08 PM

Never said he won't qualify only that it's not a sure thing

gator7_5 · 02-26-2013, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by InstiGATOR1

You don't have to in high school.

Yeah really, "you gotta grow up sometime?"

If you're a really good B-ball player, you pretty much have to leave your hometown and go to prep school? Can't he just play summer ball with all of those kids?

Strange. But I don't follow HS b-ball like I do football.

lifetimeg8r · 02-26-2013, 03:42 PM

"Future Gator Chris Walker had 20 points, 13 rebounds and 13 blocks as Holmes County held off a furious rally in the final minute to upset No. 1 Hawthorne, 51-48, in the Class 1A boys state semifinals at The Lakeland Center on Tuesday."

From TOS

This kid is beast mode! Triple double in the state semis ... what will he do to top this in the final?