CAPITAL CLASSIC SCHEDULE/SEEDINGS

[CapitalGuy]

2016 CAPITAL CLASSIC FINAL SCHEDULE

February 5th Friday- Central Middle School

GAME 1 4:00 Fifer Boys at Dover Boys


February 8th Monday –Conrad Schools of Science
GAME 2 4:00 Providence Creek Boys at Gauger Boys

GAME 3 5:15 Beacon Girls at Conrad Girls

GAME 4 6:30 Beacon Boys at Caravel Boys

GAME 5 7:45 Gauger Girls at Caravel Girls


February 9th Tuesday- FiferMiddle School

GAME 6 4:00 Holy Cross Girls at Dover Air Girls

GAME 7 5:30 Holy Cross Boys at Dover Air Boys

GAME 8 7:00 Postlethwait Girls at Fifer Girls


February 10th Wednesday- GeorgetownMiddle School (Former HS)

GAME 9 4:00 Campus Community Girls at Mariner Girls

GAME 10 5:15 Prestige Academy Boys at Mariner Boys

GAME 11 6:30 Chipman Girls at Georgetown Girls

GAME 12 7:45 Chipman Boys at Georgetown Boys


February 11th Thursday- WoodbridgeMiddle School (Former HS)

GAME 13 3:30 Campus Community Boys at Seaford Boys

GAME 14 4:45 Thomas Edison Girls at Seaford Girls

GAME 15 6:00 Dover Girls at Woodbridge Girls

GAME 16 7:15 Postlethwait Boys at Woodbridge Boys


February 12th Friday- First Round-Snow Make Up Location TBA


Saturday February 13th 2016

WOODBRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL

GAME 17/Girls 9:00PNC BANK Third Place Trophy

Losers of Games 6 and 11

GAME 18/Boys 10:30ATI P.T. Third Place Trophy

Losers of Games 7 and 13

GAME 19/Girls 12:00H & R BLOCK Third Place Trophy

Losers of Games 5 and 9

GAME 20/Boys 1:30MEDEXPRESS Third Place Trophy

Loser of Games 2 and 12

GAME 21/Girls 3:00PNC BANK CHAMPIONSHIP

Winners of Games 6 and 11

GAME 22/Boys 4:30ATI P.T. CHAMPIONSHIP

Winners of Games 7 and 13

GAME 23/Girls 6:00H & R BLOCK CHAMPIONSHIP

Winners of Games 5 and 9

GAME 24/Boys 7:30MEDEXPRESS CHAMPIONSHIP

Winners of Games 2 and 12







Sunday February 14th 2016

WOODBRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL

GAME 25/Girls 9:00COMBAT SPORTS Third Place Trophy

Losers of Games 8 and 14

GAME 26/Boys 10:30TEXAS ROADHOUSE Third Place Trophy

Loser of Games 4 and 16

GAME 27/Girls 12:00PEPSI Third Place Trophy

Losers of Games 3 and 15

GAME 28/Boys 1:30GROTTO’S Third Place Trophy

Losers of Games 1 and 10

GAME 29/Girls 3:00COMBAT SPORT’S CHAMPIONSHIP

Winners of Games 8 and 14

GAME 30/Boys 4:30TEXAS ROADHOUSE CHAMPIONSHIP

Winners of Games 4 and 16

GAME 31/Girls 6:00PEPSI CHAMPIONSHIP

Winners of Games 3 and 15

GAME 32/Boys 7:30GROTTO’S CHAMPIONSHIP

Winners of Games 1 and 10

February 15th Monday Snow Make Up Day

Contact tournament director billardito@msn.com for schedule changes and updates.



CAPITAL CLASSIC BRACKETS/SEEDINGS

BOYS GIRLS

Grotto's Pepsi

Mariner (11-0) Conrad (11-0)

Dover (9-1) Dover(9-0)

Fifer (11-0) Woodbridge (8-0)

Prestige Academy (8-0) Beacon (10-1)


Texas Roadhouse Combat Sports

Woodbridge(9-2) Thomas Edison (8-0)

Caravel (8-1) Postlethwait (9-1)

Beacon (8-3) Fifer(8-2)

Postlethwait (7-4) Seaford (8-2)



Med Express H & R Block

Providence Creek (5-6) Campus Commuinity (7-0)

Georgetown (3-4) Gauger Cobbs (4-0)

Chipman (3-8) Mariner (7-4)

Gauger (3-4) Caravel (3-6)



ATI Physical Therapy PNC Bank

Campus Community (5-3) Holy Cross (3-3)

Seaford (2-9) Dover Air (2-6)

Holy Cross (0-5) Chipman (1-10)

Dover Air (0-7) Georgetown (0-6)

 

[Simmonj4618]

Why do you have Central girls playing Woodbridge playing back to back, also undefeated returning champions are 2 seed? I guess they have to prove it on the court again... Wow!

 

[CapitalGuy]

Its a lot to explain but you asked...I don't like the fact that any team has to play teams twice in a row either....If I can adjust things within reason then I will....I hope and try for teams to play a team in the first round that they haven't played all season in an ideal world...this was the case in many games......I can moreso do this in the C and D brackets as athletic directors are more dialed into short trips and keeping teams together.....case in point prehaps Holy Cross shouldn't be playing Dover Air in the first round games but proximity and budgets and the fact that they haven't played against each other came into play as well...I had a call this afternoon requesting that his traveling teams play first two games because of a late night return...which I understand.. I have them in the middle two games...so the school would not complain about early departure...when your scheduling MS games many variables come into play.....But in the upper brackets coaches and athletic directors keep me accountable...I ran tournaments for ten years prior to Capital Classic and as we all know with a four team bracket the top seed has the right to play the worst team in the bracket i.e. the fourth seed...Just because Fifer Boys won last year Im not going to make them the top seed...Mariner has earned that spot...If I think Dover will beat Fifer and Mariner I can't make Dover the top seed....Prestige may have something to say btw...it all comes down to you gotta win your last two games as you well know...nothing else should matter too much...I once had the AD Principal from Milford tell me if I didn't seeded his team at the top he was going to pull his team out of the tournament because then it was televised on Comcast and he wanted his boys on TV...I put a lot of thought into the schedule/seedings which is even harder now with 32 teams...Im not like the other guy who runs tournaments in DE that just throws teams together without much forethought...apparently you haven't seen Conrad Girls play or perhaps you may not be so swift to move them down...I don't have control over where CMS-Woodbridge season ends as in Woodbridge at CMS...but its kind of cool that they both get a home shot to decide who is best downstate....CMS Girls have the only three challenges they have faced all year all back to back to back...it should be fun to see if they rise to the occasion and which press works better on which girls under the intense pressure...and If Conrad can break the press .Conrad have also not had a substantial opponent thus far and that is why they seeked out our tournament to better prepare their players for HS...I honestly had never heard of the school prior....I understand what your saying about the defending champion thing but that is not part of the Capital Classic current thinking as in our articles/bylaws.(501C3 non-profit)..I consulted the board members who coach at Fifer and Seaford and by a 2-1 slim vote we decided that last year should not affect the present year....things change too much at the middle school level...perhaps I should add some astute community members to the board like yourself...your outstanding student-athlete has moved past middle school yet you are still involved, interested and contemplative albeit biased...haha...I truly do appreciate your input and constructive thoughts!!

 

[Simmonj4618]

Thank you for your response, I' m all for the good of basketball and will always support positive events like the capital classic. You said it Conrad has not played anybody or got tested yet so thier seeding is subjective. And yes the returning CMS players have proved it on the court. I'm not basis but do see alot of basketball either CYM, AAU and middle school girls. When Beacon girls had thier powerhouse team two years ago I said that nobody was going to beat them. And last year well you know! Thanks for the informative response no reply is nessary. I will be there again this year cheering for all the teams.

 

[CapitalGuy]

The question for the week is a two part question....first part is who will win the Fifer vs. Dover Boys CMS game at 4:00 this Friday at CMS....two great squads with two of the best middle school coaches in the state????

Question Two: Is the first game of the tournament going to be the best game of the tournament??? Get there a little early...there might not be any seating left for this one!!

 

[urbaseballdaddy]

Thank you for your response, I' m all for the good of basketball and will always support positive events like the capital classic. You said it Conrad has not played anybody or got tested yet so thier seeding is subjective. And yes the returning CMS players have proved it on the court. I'm not basis but do see alot of basketball either CYM, AAU and middle school girls. When Beacon girls had thier powerhouse team two years ago I said that nobody was going to beat them. And last year well you know! Thanks for the informative response no reply is nessary. I will be there again this year cheering for all the teams.

Beacon girls are back this year although a completely different style from 2 years ago they will be tough to beat

 

[memets11]

Definitely wish we found a way to get Selbyville Middle into the dance. The boys have a trio of talented players that have shown they can compete with the best as they took Mariner to the end. The girls have shown they can compete with the best losing to Posthlewait at the buzzer and holding Dover to a season low scoring total. Girls had the toughest schedule with 5 of the 8 teams in the top two brackets.

 

[CapitalGuy]

The Selbyville Girls coach ...i.e. u....has been awesome in trying very hard to get his girls into the tournament...there just wasn't anymore spots....the boys of Selbyville have never wanted to compete in the Capital Classic after constant invitations for ten years...not sure if it was the AD or coaches that wanted to end their season earlier to go to Buffalo Wild Wings instead of extending their season but its truly deplorable...I hope the boys team now have a dedicated, interested and knowledgeable coach now like the girls now do...the girls are now atop the wait list with the PCA girls who graciously yielded to Conrad...along with the Bayard Boys who had some unfortunate events....Sussex Academy expressed some interest in next year as well....64 here we come.....Oh no!!!!!

 

[CapitalGuy]

If you can't make the big Fifer vs Central Dover today at 4 at CMS I post all scores here on DE Preps....

 

[who_u_wit]

If you can't make the big Fifer vs Central Dover today at 4 at CMS I post all scores here on DE Preps....

CMS will win in a blowout...boys and girls.

 

[J12]

If Dover/Central presses Fifer then it could get ugly because their guards are that much better. Fifer's bigs will hold their own w/ #=32 & #42 but their touches will be limited if the guards can't handle the ball pressure Dover may bring.

 

[J12]

I saw the scrimmage before the season began where Dover dominated Fifer so if that is a sign of what is to come today it doesn't look good for Fifer. I'd like to believe that after a season full of games that they will put up more of a fight but I think Dover is just too deep & more talented.

 

[J12]

Dover up on Fifer 19-17 @ the half...I'm not sure why but Dover is sitting in a 2-3 zone vs man to man or pressing when their guards are their strong point.

 

[J12]

Dover wins 53-31 handing Fifer it's first loss of the season. Dover stretched the 2-3 out & began trapping in the second half forcing turnovers creating easy buckets.

 

[urbaseballdaddy]

Conrad girls were very impressive tonight

 

[life lessons]

Dover Central coach is VERY SUSPECT. Dover Central Middle is always loaded. They win in spite of and not because of. People equate wins and undefeated seasons to great coaching when that's hardly the case. When you have the top players in the state year in and year out you should win ball games.

 

[CapitalGuy]

Game 1
Gauger Cobbs Boys 45 Providence Creek 38
Gauger Nasir Brown 12 Nasir Cowen 10
Providence Creek
Wanyay Wise 11
LJ Phillips 10

Game 2
Conrad Girls 39 Beacon 6

Ja'Nylah "The Tower of Science" Whittlesey 21
Stefanie Kulesza 9.

Game 3:
Beacon Boys 32 Caravel 22
Sh"Kia Chandler 22
Beacon
Wyatt Nelson 6 points

Game 4
Gauger Girls over Caravel 29 28
Gauger Kanisa Tucker 23 points
Caravel Kristin Russell 10

 

[CapitalGuy]

Holy Cross Girls Beat Dover Air Base 17-4

Holy Cross All Manifold 13 points

Kimi Beegle 4



Dover Air Boys beat Holy Cross 39-36

Dover Air Elijah Booker 25

Holy Cross Carmine Poppiti 19



Postlethwait Girls beat Fifer Girls 37-22

Postlethwait

Jada McCullough 12

Jazmine Kellam 10

Fifer

Jillian Baker 6

Kyleigh Comstock 6

 

[who_u_wit]

Game 1
Gauger Cobbs Boys 45 Providence Creek 38
Gauger Nasir Brown 12 Nasir Cowen 10
Providence Creek
Wanyay Wise 11
LJ Phillips 10

Game 2
Conrad Girls 39 Beacon 6

Ja'Nylah "The Tower of Science" Whittlesey 21
Stefanie Kulesza 9.

Game 3:
Beacon Boys 32 Caravel 22
Sh"Kia Chandler 22
Beacon
Wyatt Nelson 6 points

Game 4
Gauger Girls over Caravel 29 28
Gauger Kanisa Tucker 23 points
Caravel Kristin Russell 10

How did beacon girls end up In top bracket? They scored 6 points? I hope that's not accurate.

 

[EducatedEye]

How did beacon girls end up In top bracket? They scored 6 points? I hope that's not accurate.

They definitely only scored 6, I was there
According to promotion, they were 6-1 entering that game

 

[CapitalGuy]

Conrad and Dover is so much better than everyone else this year....Beacon was 9-2 prior to Conrad.....Conrad and Dover have just been a buzz saw to everyone this year....if any team in the B was up there to play them I bet the result would be similar....

 

[CapitalGuy]

Mariner Girls 44
Campus Community Girls 32
Mariner Dania Cannon 25
Chelsea Jennings 6
Campus Deja Justice 16
Thalia Perez 9

Prestige Academy Boys 57
Mariner Middle 56
Jakim Vaughn and Jakkiem Demby 17 points each
Mariner Collin Mallett 17
JoJo Kirby 14

NOTE: Mariner star Cory Barnes took a hard fall and split his chin open...went through concussion protocol at 7:47 left in the third quarter..did not return..Mariner was up 21...Prestige pressed ...fouled and stole the ball for the victory and the upset...Prestige's Coach Khan was out getting a heart procedure while Assistant coach Rodney Orr filled in nicely

Georgetown Middle Girls 29
Chipman 8
Georgetown Jamarah Hopkins 15 Tameeyah Bowden 8
Chipman Antaziah Freeman 6

Georgetown Boys 37
Chipman 33
Georgetown Devon Reynolds and Amir Mollock 12 each
Chipman Jayzem Vasquez 16
Zyaire Elliott and Quest Hughes 5 each