Joe Harris shot to set all-time 1A scoring record

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about 2 years ago mel responded:

Chelan's Harris has the most potential of any player I have seen in a state tournament here in Yakima. He will need to get a lot more coaching in college than he gets in HS to help him understand how to play in big games. The Chelan loss was not just a Joe Harris foul problem. The Chelan coaches are average at best. They couldn't see that Vashon was ripping their zone apart before they were down by more that 20 points? Come on coaches. The loss was a big one for Chelan and everyone on their team contributed to it ..... including all the coaches. Did anyone else notice that none of their assistant coaches ever enter the huddle during timeouts? I started watching in the Mabton game the assistant coaches don't even talk to the head coach. What is up with that? Maybe the coach will retire after this season and allow the team a better shot at exceling in the state tournament next year. With all the talent on that team, I bet with a different coach (even without the Harris kid) they would place higher. Did you see that Mabton game? The team played great after Harris fouled out again.

about 2 years ago jason Nickell responded:

did I miss something???? I saw our kids come out tight and and a little too amped.....how many shots did the coach miss in the game? your statement also takes away what Vashon did in the first qt....they were close to perfect from everywhere on the floor...I doubt they had too many 27 pt qts against anyone this year...our mistakes and poor shooting lost us the game...and if you watched last years tourney and this years and believe that the officials allowed Joe to compete on defense in comparison to what was being allowed against him....how many times was he asked to tuck his shirt in? he wasn`t the one untucking it either....the game today against NV was the first time the officials consistantley called the contact that was allowed in all the other games when he went to the basket....I get a kick out of all the people who doubt him....for some reason when he plays for FOH in the summer, and against elite players, he has no problems with fouls...I`m not blaming the officials but to say he got a fair shake from them the last two years isn`t true either.

about 2 years ago jason Nickell responded:

and another thing....if I had kids they would play for this coaching staff.

about 2 years ago Nancy responded:

Jason, did it ever occur to you that Vashon was hitting all their shots after the initial surprise of the Chelan's all to familiar zone was figured out? Vashon hit a ton of layups on that zone. When Chelan's head coach finally figured it out, we were ahead by so much that it would have taken a huge effort to come back. Sorry that you lost, but I am happy with our Vashon team. You can't really blame officials for your teams poor preparation two years in a row. Good try. How do you explain the teams poor showing against the worst team in the tournament in your second game? Harris left the game and the remainder of the team exploded in productivity. Maybe the coach was too concerned about his son's numbers rather than preparing the team for facing much better competition during the state tournament? That is my thought. If we had a kid as good as Harris and we got two tournaments in a row with very questionable decison making on the bench, our community would find a new coach.

about 2 years ago Bud responded:

Why don't you just make up an award for FOH and give it to the Chelan boys then, Jason? I am sure that they would love that! High school sports are so much more important that AAU ..... there is no comparision. Your kid would be much better off playing for a decent coaching staff in HS. Maybe you could hire the FOH coach to come and coach your Chelan kids and get them to be better prepared for state tournaments?

about 2 years ago Bob Murray responded:

You would have your kids play for Chelan boys coaching staff? I would have my kids walk through Harlem with money hangin out their pockets!!! There is a sucker born every minute. I am embarassed for them everytime I hear that bad officials caused their losses the last two years.

about 2 years ago jason Nickell responded:

I believe I stated that I wasn`t blaming the officials....that I didn`t think he got the chance to compete.....I guess I`m not entitled to my opinion...I also see that people perceive what they want to.....we lost to the team that got second last year in ot.....we suffered a let down on friday yet still had a 6 ft bank shot to win it....we lost to a team this year that beat the team that got 6th, 5th, 4th, placed 3rd themselves and had beaten the state champs earlier in the year.....I guess everyone else wasn`t worthy of being good enough to beat us? I guess Croft putting his name in the record book doesn`t mean anything? I keep hearing about all of our talent......go look and see how all of this talent shot the ball in those two losses( to Kings and VI) and then please tell me what control the coaches had over kids shooting performance......we lost to teams that played better than us on those days....according to all the people here though they shoulda just gave us the title.....Championships are easy to win right?

about 2 years ago Steve Smith responded:

Wow, Jason. You are obviously a Chelan homer. I am not supporting all the anti coach statements regarding Chelan, but you need to be able to sit and watch a replay of the Vashon game without your rose colored glasses on. Even a long-time Chelan fan has to admit that there are major questions on decisions that the coaching staff made or didn't make. You need to be somewhat realistic. I am watching the 2A tournament right now and people in this tournament are still talking about the Chelan/Vashon game.

about 2 years ago Reggie responded:

When is this blog going to be taken down? It appeared that the record for most points scored in 1A is the one thing that Chelan's Harris did take home from Yakima. Now, according to the Wenatchee World, is appears that he doesn't own the record and it still resides in Leavenworth at Cascade HS.

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Joe Harris shot to set all-time 1A scoring record