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McIntosh on WLS’ girls hoop dynasty
West Liberty-Salem coach Dennis McIntosh and his Tigers girls basketball squad never get tired of being on top of the OHC standings.
In eight years of the OHC, they’ve won six titles, including five in a row. On Monday, Feb. 2, they earned another title after a 51-45 defeat of rival Southeastern.
McIntosh said it’s not possible to win five straight league titles without great players and a tenured coaching staff.
“It says that you’ve had a lot of good kids come through here that’ve played hard,” McIntosh said. “We’ve had the same coaching staff and that says a lot. The kids know what to expect and that goes back to your middle school and fifth and sixth grade coaches as well. It goes in cycles and we’ve had our fair share at the moment. We’ll see how long it lasts.”
The Tigers led by as many as 17 in the second half, but Southeastern pulled to within four twice in the fourth quarter, but didn’t have enough energy to tie the game.
“I wasn’t real pleased with how we played in the second quarter,” said Southeastern coach Jim Lightle, “but in the latter half of the third and the fourth quarter I was proud of them. If we can keep playing like that, we’ll make a run in the tournament. You can’t make turnovers against a good team like that and have that kind of a drought and get that far behind and come out of it.”
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