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Basketball coaches like to say the ball sometimes takes funny bounces.
In the case of Rappahannock County varsity head coach Joel Voorhees, the ball is bouncing from side-to-side, rather than up-anddown the way it should be.
Case in point:
In the season-opener, the Panthers — the untested, inexperienced, rookie-coached Panthers — blew out Warren County, 57-39.
On Monday, Rappahannock, rather than repeating the blowout, simply “blew it” in a 49-48 loss to the same Group AA Warren County Wildcats.
“I felt we were much better than they were,” said Voorhees who, in his first year at Rappahannock, has seen his team carry a 5-8 district record and a 7-10 overall mark into Tuesday’s final game of the year against Brentsville. “We just didn't execute.”
Against Luray, another non-district opponent, Rappahannock won the first matchup by four points, only to lose the rematch by the same margin a month later.
Voorhees said that has been a problem all year.
“We just can’t seem to beat the teams that are worse than us,” said the coach.
For the Panther, to reach their goal of a . 500 season — which would mean an 8-8 finish — the Panthers will more than likely have to beat three teams with better records in the final three outings.
Voorhees is hoping to beat Brentsville in the regular season finale, then beat a higher seed team in the tournament and win the semifinal game to even the team’s record.
“If we lose in the tournament finals, I wouldn’t mind finishing lower than . 500” he said with a grin.
In Monday’s loss, Rappahannock trailed the Wildcats by one point with 28 seconds to play, only to turn over the in-bounds pass, allowing the Wildcats to score a breakaway layup to increase their lead to three points.
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