EARLSBORO, Okla. - The Hanna High School basketball team can take some consolation: It didn’t get shut out.

 

It did, however, lose 112-2 on Friday night to Earlsboro.

 

“It was embarrassing to watch,” Earlsboro coach Walling told The Oklahoman. “But you can’t just tell your kids not to score. I’ve been coaching 27 years and have never been involved in something like this.”

 

 

The Wildcats led 42-0 after one quarter and 73-2 at halftime. Walling pulled his starters in the second half, and game officials kept a running clock, stopping it only for free throws.

 

Each player on Earlsboro’s 10-man roster scored. Seven players finished in double figures.

 

 

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Edited November 6, 200520 yr by qwerty

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The Earlsboro coach was so embarrassed, he said it twice!!!

That is a pretty bad feeling on both sides when something like that happens.

 

Many years ago, I coached a Little League team. In a city-wide tournament, my team's opening round game was against a team from another league, a league that was not very good. My team finished in 5th place out of 8 in our league and the team we were playing finished 5th in their league.

 

We were at their place so we were the visiting team. After the first inning, the score was 13-0 and I was stopping kids from scoring, making them stop at 3B unless they were forced to go home. I took my best 4 players out of the game after the 1st inning. I only had 13 players, so that's the best I could do.

 

I don't recall the exat final score, but I believe it was something like 33-0 or 33-1. It could have been 100-1 with no problems at all, if I allowed it. At the same time, I couldn't, nor wouldn't tell my kids to strike out or make outs on purpose. We swung at practically everything and did not take a walk. My rules after the first inning was do not walk, even if you have to try to hit a pitch in the dirt and do not take any extra bases unless forced.

 

The game was not fun for anybody and was just that, embarassing. It was a really crappy feeling in that I couldn't stop it, I could only do what I could to slow it down. The talent level between the leagues was just that great. The last place team in our league would have killed their first place team.

 

I certainly understand what it is like to be on the winning side of that type of game and would never want to be on the losing side, but nobody wins in that situation.

At least they didn't get shut out.

Yeah we had a double header against a high school team and won 11-0 and 24-1 when all of our bench players were playing. In high school basketball last year, a couple of area teams played eachother and the score was like 118-12, the second worst point spread in Iowa high school basketball history and I'll have to look this one up, but I think the biggest was like 155-2 or something.

I heard about a class B or C game up here about 20 years ago that ended 4-2.

 

Note, that is a basketball score.

You sure the Wildcats weren't playing by themselves?

 

I wouldn't show my face for a while if I were the coach for Oklahoma's H.S. team.

I heard about a class B or C game up here about 20 years ago that ended 4-2.

 

Note, that is a basketball score.

My 7th Grade team once lost 54-3. Yea, that was bad.

That is a pretty bad feeling on both sides when something like that happens. 

 

Many years ago, I coached a Little League team.  In a city-wide tournament, my team's opening round game was against a team from another league, a league that was not very good.  My team finished in 5th place out of 8 in our league and the team we were playing finished 5th in their league. 

 

We were at their place so we were the visiting team.  After the first inning, the score was 13-0 and I was stopping kids from scoring, making them stop at 3B unless they were forced to go home.  I took my best 4 players out of the game after the 1st inning. I only had 13 players, so that's the best I could do.

 

I don't recall the exat final score, but I believe it was something like 33-0 or 33-1.  It could have been 100-1 with no problems at all, if I allowed it.  At the same time, I couldn't, nor wouldn't tell my kids to strike out or make outs on purpose.  We swung at practically everything and did not take a walk.  My rules after the first inning was do not walk, even if you have to try to hit a pitch in the dirt and do not take any extra bases unless forced. 

 

The game was not fun for anybody and was just that, embarassing.  It was a really crappy feeling in that I couldn't stop it, I could only do what I could to slow it down.  The talent level between the leagues was just that great.  The last place team in our league would have killed their first place team. 

 

I certainly understand what it is like to be on the winning side of that type of game and would never want to be on the losing side, but nobody wins in that situation.

 

 

I thought little league had a 'slaughter rule'.

Holy s***. Reminds me of the movie Rebound.

I thought little league had a 'slaughter rule'.

 

It does, after 4 innings. And it was a 4 inning game. Unfortunately we were the visitor so we had to bat 4 times.

Edited November 8, 200520 yr by Rex Hudler