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WBB is Cadence Graham 8th grade Butte recruited?

Post by JDoub » Mon Mar 20, 2023 10:03 am

You don't often see an 8th grader hitting game-winning 3's and scoring 18 points in AA girls basketball - how good is she?

https://buttecast.com/2023/02/28/the-ye ... th-grader/



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Re: WBB is Cadence Graham 8th grade Butte recruited?

Post by Dbrewmsu » Mon Mar 20, 2023 3:05 pm

Wow that's pretty incredible



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Re: WBB is Cadence Graham 8th grade Butte recruited?

Post by TomCat88 » Mon Mar 20, 2023 3:13 pm

Off topic a bit but why do eighth graders need to play at AA schools? I thought that only happened at schools where not enough students go out for the team.


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Re: WBB is Cadence Graham 8th grade Butte recruited?

Post by LTown Cat » Mon Mar 20, 2023 5:52 pm

TomCat88 wrote:
Mon Mar 20, 2023 3:13 pm
Off topic a bit but why do eighth graders need to play at AA schools? I thought that only happened at schools where not enough students go out for the team.
MHSA approved it for all levels. It’s up to each individual district now. Lewistown voted not to but I’m sure it’s coming.



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Re: WBB is Cadence Graham 8th grade Butte recruited?

Post by Cataholic » Mon Mar 20, 2023 6:26 pm

LTown Cat wrote:
Mon Mar 20, 2023 5:52 pm
TomCat88 wrote:
Mon Mar 20, 2023 3:13 pm
Off topic a bit but why do eighth graders need to play at AA schools? I thought that only happened at schools where not enough students go out for the team.
MHSA approved it for all levels. It’s up to each individual district now. Lewistown voted not to but I’m sure it’s coming.
Butte’s girls numbers are way down. Not sure if they cut any girls program wide this year.



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Re: WBB is Cadence Graham 8th grade Butte recruited?

Post by Cataholic » Mon Mar 20, 2023 6:39 pm

JDoub wrote:
Mon Mar 20, 2023 10:03 am
You don't often see an 8th grader hitting game-winning 3's and scoring 18 points in AA girls basketball - how good is she?

https://buttecast.com/2023/02/28/the-ye ... th-grader/
Graham is a real player. Great shooter, great ball handler and super smart basketball mind. Dad is head coach for women’s basketball at Tech and both mom and dad played at Western.

I think recruiting is premature though. She is probably less than 100 pounds right now and still physically looks like an eighth grader. However, I am sure Binford has already heard about her. If I was Binford, I would be looking to rub elbows with Coach Graham at any coaching clinics.



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Re: WBB is Cadence Graham 8th grade Butte recruited?

Post by JDoub » Mon Mar 20, 2023 7:17 pm

TomCat88 wrote:
Mon Mar 20, 2023 3:13 pm
Off topic a bit but why do eighth graders need to play at AA schools? I thought that only happened at schools where not enough students go out for the team.
more off topic - I digress - a guy we played pick-up ball with at MSU back in the day (late 80's) said he played HS ball at Reed Point, who only had 6 high school boys, who all played on the team, a 7th grader occasionally played, and the custom was if a player(s) fouled out and there were only 4 left, the opposing team would only play with 4, and so on.

He said one game the final 2 minutes came down to a 1-on-1 game. :shock:



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Re: WBB is Cadence Graham 8th grade Butte recruited?

Post by bobcatfan15 » Tue Mar 21, 2023 6:52 pm

Cataholic wrote:
Mon Mar 20, 2023 6:26 pm
LTown Cat wrote:
Mon Mar 20, 2023 5:52 pm
TomCat88 wrote:
Mon Mar 20, 2023 3:13 pm
Off topic a bit but why do eighth graders need to play at AA schools? I thought that only happened at schools where not enough students go out for the team.
MHSA approved it for all levels. It’s up to each individual district now. Lewistown voted not to but I’m sure it’s coming.
Butte’s girls numbers are way down. Not sure if they cut any girls program wide this year.
From what I understand, Butte (girls) will only let 8th graders play if they are capable of playing at the JV/Varsity level. If they are someone who wouldn’t be. They will get cut.


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Re: WBB is Cadence Graham 8th grade Butte recruited?

Post by tetoncat » Tue Mar 21, 2023 9:24 pm

I think 8th graders playing will hurt bigger programs, earlier cuts, less development, makes sense in small schools due to numbers, not so much in A and AA. keep adding sports yet complain about numbers. Also why do they get to play individual sports like golf, wrestling, and track?


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