The Coach didn't lie, when he said they where good..
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THE CHOPS
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The Coach didn't lie, when he said they where good..
Girls fall to Lions!!!
By MIKE MASTOVICH
THE TRIBUNE-DEMOCRAT
"Look out Loretta":
Greater Johnstown girls basketball coach Tom Ravida didn't lie to his team prior to Thursday night's game against Quad-A power Altoona.
Ravida didn't hide the fact that his young Trojans were heavy underdogs even while playing on their own floor.
But the coach also told his players not to be intimidated.
By the end of a one-sided 66-19 Altoona victory, Ravida had no complaints about his team's effort.
"We knew going in that we have a lot of inexperienced kids and Altoona is a state playoff-hardened team," Ravida said. "They've been in the state playoffs year after year after year. They're deep. They play a lot of kids. There is nothing to be ashamed of on our part. It's just one of those situations with a tough schedule."
Altoona also is undefeated through five games, including a pair of victories against defending Quad-A girls champion Mercyhurst Prep.
"We knew they were good, but I tried to tell our girls we can't fear anybody," Ravida said. "The best thing we could do was to go out and try to take it to them. People might not know it, but I knew our kids put everything they had into the game."
Johnstown actually managed to hang close early, taking leads of 2-0 on a pair of Dani Burkhart free throws and 4-3 on Dashaunna Hardison's jumper before the Mountain Lions gradually pulled away.
Altoona led 21-9 after a quarter and 30-11 at intermission.
The Trojans managed only six third-quarter points and two in the final eight minutes.
"That's a credit to their program," Ravida said. "We're not to that level. Our goal is to get there again."
Kristi Little led Altoona with 15 points, and Samantha Reimer had 10. Burkhart had a team-high seven points for Johnstown.
"Johnstown's kids worked hard and you could tell they've been working on some things in practice," Altoona coach Craig Long said. "Hopefully they'll get things headed in the right direction."
Altoona had no problem finding its way after the first few minutes.
"I thought our collective attitude coming into the game wasn't where it needed to be," Long said.
"THE CHOPS".
By MIKE MASTOVICH
THE TRIBUNE-DEMOCRAT
"Look out Loretta":
Greater Johnstown girls basketball coach Tom Ravida didn't lie to his team prior to Thursday night's game against Quad-A power Altoona.
Ravida didn't hide the fact that his young Trojans were heavy underdogs even while playing on their own floor.
But the coach also told his players not to be intimidated.
By the end of a one-sided 66-19 Altoona victory, Ravida had no complaints about his team's effort.
"We knew going in that we have a lot of inexperienced kids and Altoona is a state playoff-hardened team," Ravida said. "They've been in the state playoffs year after year after year. They're deep. They play a lot of kids. There is nothing to be ashamed of on our part. It's just one of those situations with a tough schedule."
Altoona also is undefeated through five games, including a pair of victories against defending Quad-A girls champion Mercyhurst Prep.
"We knew they were good, but I tried to tell our girls we can't fear anybody," Ravida said. "The best thing we could do was to go out and try to take it to them. People might not know it, but I knew our kids put everything they had into the game."
Johnstown actually managed to hang close early, taking leads of 2-0 on a pair of Dani Burkhart free throws and 4-3 on Dashaunna Hardison's jumper before the Mountain Lions gradually pulled away.
Altoona led 21-9 after a quarter and 30-11 at intermission.
The Trojans managed only six third-quarter points and two in the final eight minutes.
"That's a credit to their program," Ravida said. "We're not to that level. Our goal is to get there again."
Kristi Little led Altoona with 15 points, and Samantha Reimer had 10. Burkhart had a team-high seven points for Johnstown.
"Johnstown's kids worked hard and you could tell they've been working on some things in practice," Altoona coach Craig Long said. "Hopefully they'll get things headed in the right direction."
Altoona had no problem finding its way after the first few minutes.
"I thought our collective attitude coming into the game wasn't where it needed to be," Long said.
"THE CHOPS".