We're at North High School where tonight the Golden Raiders take on Chewagon South for the third time this year this time WIA action. Hello everybody. My name is Mike Martin joining me as a coach Chris Wright We got the band behind us. They can't wait to play while we're talking Chris I think it's gonna be the same old story if South can handle a pressure You know, they'll be in the ballgame if they can't they're gonna gonna be in for a long night Yeah, there's no question I've thought about that, you know when we talked about doing this game But when I saw the pairings and are we gonna do this game can South handle the pressure you're talking about a team at South High School I mentioned the full time there are a lot of juniors on their team. Are they gonna take that next step forward? I mean, it's the same old same old to take that's next step forward You got to take care of the basketball and handle the pressure of a good basketball team like Chewagon North One of the things that kept the game so close the first time around north only one by seven was horrendous shooting I mean, I don't think they can shoot any worse Then they did that game if they can put some points on the board early and for South to come from behind it could really be a You know tough goal for the South Siders. Yeah, it's very You're correct last game the first game was 20 to 16 and a half time actually South and it was in this place here, too And now both games South only scored 39 points But mostly they only scored 39 points is because they had over 30 turnovers in those games So South can handle the ball, you know and get something going a little bit You know they can they can knock off this north team Just talking from a numbers point of view what kind of turnover Situation consult have and still remain in the game because I think we had them in the 30s and then actually in the 40s The second game. Yeah, they gotta have less than I've been saying for a quarter at the most I mean that's 16. That's almost too many as well But if you cut that in half just think about how many more possessions you get and you know the first game They lost like you said by seven and second game by about 20 or so But you know they can maybe hang in there with north north on the other hand a very senior oriented team There they've been dreaming of this little trip here They know they got the same kind of forecast ahead of them as the boys do they got the same basic mission You know, they're gonna have you know Bayport and then they're gonna have the pier just like the boys are All right, they're chomping on the bit behind us They want to play and Jeff Parks just looked over so we're gonna step out when we come back We'll have the starting line-ups and the tip-off for tonight's game Seniors into giving them the Medicare numbers. I heard that this happened to my friend a man came to her door Wanting to sign up for the new Medicare program Well when she got her Medicare summary notice, it was full of charges for services. She hadn't received So I did something about it I joined the senior Medicare patrol where I teach others to protect their Medicare numbers Review statements to spot false charges and report suspected fraud back at North High School We're Bill Horst the floor announcer is getting ready to introduce the starting line-ups. So we'll step out while he does that Yeah, Gdinsky and Jandron are gonna be working the state tournament this year down in Madison And they'll also be working the big game tomorrow night Chris over at Manitowoc when Germantown takes on to pier South is coached by Tyler Thomas assisted by Terry Radke and Tom Burr and Justin Bingham South of course coach pardon me North of course coached by Susie Runas assisted by Kim Hutz Shelby and we're off Kevin Conway also on the bench on with Jeff Wigdahl Hard to the hoop but having her shot clocked was Sal's Brenner We can score Sal's Brenner 14 points a game tried to get her over to a free, but it was stolen away by Salt Get shots up south You're better to shoot it than to turn it over. I Know we mentioned in that second Norse south came about the importance of making some baskets So they could set up the press, but it didn't matter as they were pressing Whether they made it basket or not fall on north Coach Thomas got to be happy with that first offensive attack Good movement by the Red Wing ladies and they draw a foul But they can't get the lead Emily Schaefer on the line with a pair Schaefer one of the only seniors averaging eight points a game One to nothing south So 10 wins 11 losses 5 and 10 in the league North 19 and 3 Very similar to the boys They've had an excellent season two of their losses to the pier just like the boys Hopefully it won't be three nope and getting the grab on her was Kimberly Wyman Kimberly a junior 77% from the free throw line Lauren, but she misses that one Team shooting 60% from the free throw line Marty. Yeah, it's not very good. She's better nap Less than 60% now after one for two Here's that pressure Sal's Brenner working real hard, but the salt breaks the press good job now. Let's see if they Rainbow shot is no good use it all couldn't get the rebound Hope that's a double dribble, but they didn't call it Schaefer has it Paris a little bit late on the pressure We'd mentioned last night how there were very few whistles and So far here tonight. We've had three of them Very few whistles last night There's all stolen away first turnover by the lady Redwings One of the players for north that's really come on this season is CJ use it all the sophomore She is all yes, I think they're gonna get a reach there You know a strange about those fouls last night Marty with the boys game I what looked at the press website looked at their pictures and the Lutheran game both at the end They showed the final score both teams at over 10 Fouls total now that's too many to what last night. What was it about? Oh, they're in a second a half actually I think we were at about six with two or three minutes left the north committed a fall at the end there Yeah But hustle by south yeah south pardon me use it all miss the shot and then south came away with the loose ball You know, I saw this last time Marty. They seem to the South girls always want to go to those corners and those sidelines. They got to stay in the middle of the floor That's what they did on the first press break. You know, they got the ball in the middle Just over half court and they always seem to go to the corners They got to stay in the middle and that's when the north does a nice job rotating getting that easy trap So it's got to get away with that one not turning it over self Forces it in couldn't get it Schaefer shot was blocked out of bounds It's a lot different in the regular in the regular season. There seemed to be less fouls and Things Wyman down the lane had a pretty good look but couldn't get it in Free comes away with the loose ball long past the Paris up and in and she's fouled There you see it Well, a good a time as any to announce the crew tonight. Kerry cultures our director out in the truck Richard Bartson up here by us doing the top camera and Steve Reiner working down below Working at sea level now Morgan at 58% from the free-to-line hits and I love our graphics Marty. It's really sharp. I Love that little logo Now they're steel Jim Eisenhower always really get mad at his son Todd or any of the players for that matter when they didn't realize Who was behind them? You know, you got to have that court awareness and that's what happened with Lizzie free that time She got the ball, but though was oblivious to people behind her and wound up almost losing the ball. Yep Both teams playing a man-to-man defense Under the five-minute mark in the first quarter Still trying to fill each other out. I think a little bit Marty good cut by use it all But she got caught too far under the basket Three gets tagged with fall Three personals on both squads There's coach run us. Yep Much better job stay in the middle stay in the middle Schaefer a little pick-and-roll action, but pretty good defense at time on Burkhart Shot around it in by Rachel van Schluess And she's fouled you see Tyler Thomas Jeff Bristol way in the back. Yep, and Jamie Berlin. I See Jamie almost every Sunday now every other Sunday. He helps supplied me with chicken dinners Well, just whoop didn't want it four to three north whoops well Paris had a wide-open lane to the basket missed the layup. Nobody picked up Morgan there You know these teams they play like twice a week all the time and you know, they've had a little bit of a layoff Marty Bump by bow or not called and getting called for the travel was a Lauren file Fans right below us south side didn't care for that call or should I say no call? Use it all going hard to the basket and the file. I think it's gonna get the fall Nope number 22 Carousel Well, we've played four minutes and each team's got four fouls They have more free throw attempts probably than field goal attempts So be the fifth free throw for north coming up. They've made Three of four so far use it all open from outside the line couldn't get it in Good rebound that time by the Lady Redwings and use it all with the steel Just like a well-oiled machine. Yeah, is he free? You knew that was going up Just like the old man eight to three north bad spot Get rid of it Schaefer Underlaid and the ball is out of bounds You know, I think South's doing an excellent job of creating opportunities. They're just not putting anything in You know, they're at least they're limiting their turnovers They seem to have some type of flow to the basket and getting things. They just can't put the ball in the hoop Rachel Smith checks in They're just one of five so far Marty And we're gonna get a fall all goes on Bauer Fall to she's got a better position Rainbow shot is up and in by Rachel van Schloes That was sweet. She's got all the baskets for south The winner of this game will play the winner of man it's walk in Kimberley Could be here tomorrow night if north winds it will be here if South winds it'll be at either Kimberley or Man it's walk since they each have a higher seed Reese taps it out of bounds Eight to six north on top Well, I'm gonna had a good look but didn't even come close Salzbrenner look in the drive it but pretty good defense played by the south setter so she pulls it out and cranks a three Use it all with the board Salzbrenner Again, good defense that time Rachel Smith has Salzbrenner It's her after the shot knocks her right to the floor. No call Molly Burkhart back in North's not much better Marty there two of eight from the floor Yeah, it's been a slow night shooting. That's for sure Schaefer has it gets a double team right at half court. I Would think that when she fell down it could have been a travel call right away But maybe she had her dribble her back was to us South just two seniors this year and Schloes has it being guarded by Paris I think they're gonna get an offensive foul here We did her Rachel van Schloes sets her second foul coming in for her Is a Cheyenne Welsh 137 left in the first quarter spent kind of a long quarter Chris. Yes a lot of fouls 10 as a matter of fact. Well, that is a lot We were in and done yesterday when an hour and 12 minutes Salzbrenner in the lane couldn't get it in And the rebound ripped away by Lauren file Whoops Smith went one way and the pass went the other and it sailed out of bounds Again, just pressure pressure pressure pressure not comfortable with the ball Pick up a cheap follow doing that. Yeah, Cheyenne Salzbrenner sneaks through the defense and puts a layup up in him. That was sweet. Nice move First basket one of five tonight so far keep shooting. Yep under a minute. Oh Ball goes out of bounds Molly Burkhardt forcing the action, but she couldn't control the dribble Lugopolski is in number 10. She provided a lot of spark if I recall in that second Norse South came She's very quick free from outside the line Good save by Salzbrenner, but to give South a bust out Smith lays it up and in 10 to 8 North on top 25 seconds remain Paris going baseline. She gets pushed on the way. Yeah Molly just rode her all the way Marty Well Burkhardt and Vanschluss. He's to have two fouls for the lady Redwings Molly checks out Wyman back in Lugopolski off the bench for a three with under 10 seconds left Shot at the buzzer is no good. Wyman had a good look. We're at the end of one quarter play north on top 13 to 8 using energy when it's plugged into the wall, right? Yeah, but that's not my charger I don't even have a cell phone. It's a using their energy wisely. What's your excuse? Back at North High School North break in the huddle getting ready for second quarter action Rachel Vanschluss with her two falls is leading salt scores with five points for North Salzbrenner has three Lugopolski has three under three-point shot and so does Lizzie free and Morgan Paris on a three-point play Chris, so it's scoring pretty well spread out Big three there at the end of the quarter no question and a real quick fall on Selk And that means bonus time for north Well, we need to make a quick announcement before we move forward You bought the sodas tonight for the first time all season Well, maybe I'm exaggerating But we had to get that in I Wanted to know if you saw any mothers out in the Commons area Waiting for you 15 to 8 and a travel Cheyenne Welsh and What do you got for a turnover is eight for Salz? Talked about for a quarter and you know they've matched their first half Allotment That just means you have less chances to you know shoot and score and Just limits your chances Lugopolski had to lay up attempt but couldn't get it in Connor on a nice drive a lot of pressure use it all up and in Run here by north Almost the turnover, but stay with south was what 10 to 8 right now. It's 178 7-0 run now 12 0 9 3 4 5 6 7 7 0 run all after that 3 and then Salk at a good look at it couldn't get it in Wyman took the ball away from use it all and put it up and in Good rebound and a putback Time all at north south Curious, well, I would have called when I would have called one earlier not after we make a basket, but When you're just coming out of a time out to I mean what more and well I would have called because they were a little run going but you just scored now But coach Thomas obviously going to explain something which like you mentioned before we just had a time out Something there May need those later. I know they use so many timeouts in the first game Just trying to break the press and stuff and getting all boggled up. There's Seymour Long time teacher here at north and track track coach He was up at north last start at the North came in last night. Yep Swabin on Good crowd by Sheboygan people last night the boys game Yeah, the gym was packed All's runner has it taken away good hands by Rachel Smith to tip it away Ricard fires it inside the Wyman who puts it up and in she's got two baskets in a roll 17 to 12 now Salzbrenner hit after the shot, but nails the three 29 three of the season and ball tipped away north hit a hundred and 39 threes coming into this now. They got three more on to that tonight Always a good thing when you're making your three-point baskets Wyman shot in the lane off the glass and in she has six eight six straight points Free being guarded by Smith takes it down the lane and it gets hammered to the floor All goes on Rachel Smith Free will be at the line shooting a pair Free was there earlier in the game. I thought Apparently not 68% from the free throw line line drive on the second once you put it in 21 to 14 north on top six minutes remain in the first half Press break Smith up and in well-deserved basket by south there broke the press well open shot and she made it South floor of the first five here in the second quarter to stay within five Polsky off the glass no good, and then she tips it out of bounds very quick Checking in is Rachel van Schluess with her two falls coming out as carousel. She has two Molly Burkhard Also has two falls. Yeah, nobody with two on the north side good catch by Smith That time salt kept it in the middle Shaefer shot is high off the glass no good Wyman's rebound put back is also no good. She had a good look at him Basket but couldn't get it in Use it all pull up in the lane No good, and I think she's gonna get called for a charge She is Now she's got two fouls. Yep Lugapolsky coming right back in and Schluess loses it moved it out of control And Paris not being aware who's behind her had it tipped away by Burkhard Lugapolsky says not in my house Erica Trump coming in for the first time tonight Bounce pass by Wyman goes right to Paris Hey bad bad choice there yep Andy Bauer in the ballgame Taking Trump off the dribble and Erica picks up a foul right away. We will be shooting free throws There's someone to follow on North it's probably Bauer she's just at 55% Ten free throws already for north in the first half last night in the boys game north never got to ten I think they shot five all night. Yeah We gone put back is good by Wyman She has eight points in the quarter 21 to 18 downtown Good block out that time by Molly Burkhard Morgan leads north with the most three-pointers made this year at 32 so Not surprising she shot that one.  That's lucid be at the line shooting a pair Morgan's got two now as well Taylor Dahlman in the game Cammy Felden for south. It's a good shot of Rachel pure It's under four minutes. We got a ballgame Marty. Yes, sir Those two free throws makes it north 21 South 20. They're battling back. You're They will Six-nothing run Sal's rental spins back to the middle or shot rolls off Tyler Thomas from the bench calls the timeout. That's number two now Marty We got plenty more where those come from We'll see about that 332 left in the second quarter and there you see it north on top 21 to 20 But the south playing a real good second quarter two four six eight ten twelve points in the quarter so far Only tell what's gonna happen down the line with timeout only the future knows Pretty boisterous cheering section for north student assault students down here to our left Good student section from nor two. It's nice. They came out a lot of basketball this week with the boys playing on Monday and Thursday and the girls today Good that the students come out support these athletes Wyman off the dribble nails a jump shot and salt as the lead she feel it five of her last six Ten points in the quarter ten points in the game South leads free tied up Little too much dribbling possession arrow points north's way, so they'll keep it, but She was looking for an opening and never found it and then all of a sudden she's double teamed Yeah, it didn't seem like there's much flow to the offense on that situation bower Kicks it back out to free if she catches it. I think she has a shot Coaches down below us didn't like that Goes on Smith of course on the north side all parents are like well, yeah, of course No on another miss free throw for north three has four points so far in the ball game Rolls that one in another flat free throw attempt, but she got it in ties up the ball game at 22 and breaks the South run Was up to eight to nothing Smith Apart me Vance loose bounce pass to Wyman is no good sols Brenner Off the glass no good Dalman over the back the double whammy Chris got that right. I think that's about three layups. They've missed Marty That's what I was saying. They haven't played for so long Maybe now some of that, you know, yes, you practice practice practice But that game action and that consistency isn't quite there so far for the North ladies Schaefer on the line for south shooting the bonus South back on top 23 to 22 What's in the second one 24 to 22? South and a lot of confidence building them by the red team now they're feeling pretty good about themselves We kind of mentioned that you know the longer you leave a team like south in the game The more confidence they get in all of a sudden and you're the one that Lizzie free hard couldn't get it a lot of South Siders going for those rebounds are not given North's second chances Yeah, North can get a turnover here. There it is power. Good timing Puts it up and in we're all tied at 24 Schaefer didn't do a very good job that time Wyman Pulls up. Oh had another good look but couldn't get it in good decision there by Wyman to pull up She just couldn't put it in. I thought it was right on target Schaefer or Solzbrunner spots the opening and takes it again and scores second time with a right hand 26-24 Getting away. Lugapolsky with a steal Solzbrunner from three point land gets fall that time they call it She's been hit three different times and that's the first time they call the fall Cammie fell picking up the personal and Solzbrunner looks hurt The one thing Chris and and you know this as well as anybody, you know when you take that three-point shot You really leave yourself exposed and when you get hit and you're not expecting it You can get hurt and up Coach runnice is calling the official over and saying, you know, that's not the first time that's happened That's about the fourth time tonight You need to start looking for that Thought I was kind of getting away from south Martin yeah, they went from a two-point lead and all of a sudden now they're down three That's kind of ragtag too. It's not as Christmas. They were That's one of the things, you know, we don't necessarily talk a lot about consistency But you know when they were going good there for those couple of minutes They were breaking the press and handling the ball and all of a sudden, you know, they don't have that consistency and they start committing turnovers Like the one at which Schaefer when bower made the steal, I mean, that's a bad one because now you're taking right the two points. Yep I mean you'd rather have a 10-second call and force them to throw it in then give them a layup So I'll run her knocks home two out of three.  That's her second Use it all Paris and bower each have two fouls Molly Burkhardt at the line. This is pretty exciting watching all these free throws Good kick out free open shot is no good good block out fell with the strong rebound Burkhardt looking and right out of bounds Aaron Maletsky in the ballgame number 22 Each of the girls that have two fouls bower Paris and use it all are out now under a minute 30 seconds North up 28-24 Think coach run is one of them just to running to see the best Play possible not wait for one and that's what sells Brenner with a quick move to the basket and missed her layup And then they throw it out of bounds.  Yeah solzbrenner took the rebound right away from her Well shin for fell 13.6 seconds left a lot of time for south bench loose tipped away Maletsky Shot at the buzzer No good by rachel smith and word halftime here at north high school with The lady Raiders up 28-24 Between what my kids want and what I think is best for them. Hey mom. How about this one? Which is why I love these new rating summaries. 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They made his last month's comfortable Pain-free we were able to find some joy Till the very end W scs sports and all local programs are viewable on demand at w scs sheboygan.com Click on programming select vod player and then select the appropriate menu item Let's go through the first half scoring first for the southsiders Emily Schaefer at three rachel smith had four Rachel van schluess had seven and kimberl and lineman had a great second quarter She scored 10 points and leads south with her 10 points in that second quarter four on north matty bower had two CJ use it all morgan paris and connor luga polsky each had three Lizzie free had five and lauren solzbrenner leads all scores with 12 first half points chris uh I know we were a little surprised when uh south got the lead and actually held it for a time there in the Second quarter, but uh the old bugaboo showed up again. That's why they lost the lead yeah, no question 15 turnovers in the half marty Just not going to get it done. They got to take much better care of the ball and for north We said their bugaboo is not shooting well that while they didn't shoot well. They are just eight of 25 shooting so very very poor Uh performance by north from the floor, so North should be happy. They got the lead South shot was no good and north comes away with it kimberley wyman really had a nice quarter marty very nice Started off scoring the first six points for south in the second quarter and then she added a couple more Four more points. Well, she had seven rebounds including four on the offensive glass So just an outstanding half for kimberley one thing. I thought south did really well was keeping north from getting Second shots. Yes. It was mostly one and out solzbrenner pulls it out looking to get a driving wane and does Shot is off no good another strong rebound that time by molly burkhart solzbrenner three of 12 You know, you're right north only had four offensive rebounds and I said kimberley wyman had four offensive rebounds herself and there's another turnover Use it all from outside the line her shot is off bauer No good, but she's fouled and now one of the few times tonight where north actually got her offensive rebound That's a okay. It's only wyman second bauer steps to the line She had two points in the first quarter First half pardon me and that first half chris north was nine for 15 60 percent And now they're nine for 17 Another turnover south shot very well from the line. They were five for seven 71 percent Kind of weird you had 60 percent and a half that's it or coming into the game 60. Yeah, exactly. That's why I said it Wow, because I do because it was at the who's the first girl solzbrenner missed one Good kick out pass free is that open shot? No good Bauer with another offensive rebound and has it tipped away and selk comes away with the ball Wow Wow Too hard hits there and no calls Burkhardt shot is no good And I think we're gonna get an over the back on molly burkhardt. That's a tough one Really in the third quarter still 605 remaining not even two minutes in especially when south had uh Look like there's some contact against north underneath the basket. Yeah, exactly Parise from way outside the line rainbow is it in North now four of ten from out there told you parise led the team and three point makes And why am I with a layup marty? She has 12 right down main street Use it all no good And a touch fall is going to called on luga polsky Good tie up by morgan karise north will get it back 31 to 26 north on top and another whistle Was he free picking up the fall? I didn't see what happened there chris It's her second Looked like they had to break away but a bad pass Nice spin move to the middle by parise and she gets fouled she's gonna have a pair of free throws All goes on molly burkhardt her fourth Not a good first three minutes for south marty. No not at all Come out a half time. This is you know, we have some momentum. We're playing right in there. We have the lead at one time Started off with four quick turnovers in the first three minutes We got three personal follows already 33 to 26 long past the file And parise hustling tipping the ball away preventing the easy layup I don't know you could If you swing your camera just a little bit that way richard Catch tom descitell right there with his arms folded watching tonight's game. I'm sure he's pulling for uh Raider win. Yep Very nice season by coach thought he team played extremely well and He doesn't always get the credit. He deserves you had mentioned. I think one of the Earlier games, you know before we got to the tournament run that you thought this was his best Coaching job. Yeah, it could be because I think he got every ounce of energy out I started the season with yurka the ankle injury and then they lost some players during the season offensive fall On file Yeah, I like a screening follow sorts Maybe not the best but maybe one of the best Respringing it up against file. That's a pretty good matchup. I think the advantage would have to go to north there Sal's runner rims out self Trying to kick out pass to uh smith but threw it out of bounds, but it was tipped by north Sal's will keep it It's 33 26. There's a 441 remaining in the third quarter And uh cammy felled is going to check back in She had a pretty nice uh goal of it back in the second quarter Down up to almost halfway through the third quarter marty and south only got a basket boy Just a simple pass to a teammate and it goes right out of bounds Talk about unforced turnovers If they could include little video clips in the dictionary that would be under unforced turnover right there Yep Sal's runner trying to get through the lane gets bumped ball goes out of bounds no call Get used to it. It's only going to get worse as you move through the tournament.  It's 33 27 Self guarding free North trying to get penetration south doing a pretty good job until uh that time and they're going to get uh Sal's runner with a charging call And shluse has it and a travel call I was going to say she doesn't look real comfortable having to handle the ball like that against pressure bringing it up the court Free had had an opening but uh, wow selk Got a good grab that time another grab And we finally got a whistle after the third foul Rachel Smith picking up the foul Lugopolski on the line again. She'll be shooting a couple of them Gets the second one. It's 34 27 North up by seven and free knocks it out of bounds Ooh, that's not good sportsmanship Give the ball to the official She didn't learn that from billy A good cut to the lane But uh almost stolen away Bauer knocked it away from wyman Schaefer had it knocked away and shluse around and out And use it all rips it away and then she gets knocked to the floor and no call And then bower gets called for the foul You sure? I don't know who they're going to call it on Yep, you're right you know Is it getting away from the refs and they're really letting some stuff go selk Wow You know some of that See it on replay some of that you can't help because the skill level just isn't there You know, they're trying to do things that they just shouldn't be trying Yeah, trying to drive into things and it's always hard when there's three other people there. Yep And they're not wearing your color jersey Free from way outside the line couldn't get it in And shluse from outside the line her rainbow is no good, but uh smith comes away with it Schaefer no Wyman, it's a two-letter answer. No Free going hard She couldn't get it in Sal's Brenner is fouled by selk timeout south It's a full timeout carry with two minutes left in the quarter north on top 34 27. We'll be right back Back at a north high school. There you see susie ronnes talking to the troops Well, vibe coach thomas. I'm in pretty Good shape considering we're a one for eight in a quarter seven turnovers We're only scored three points. Yeah, and you're only down by seven I mean It hasn't been pretty. No No part of it's the quickness of north and their defense pausing these situations, but uh Neither team really I'm gonna get her with a carry Night turnover for north North only has a basket two marty. Yep. They're one of nine three pointer. Yep One of nine in the quarter What the we missed something here? Uh, just another ball out of bounds Another turnover. No, well, that should be a travel ahead of time We're gonna get a follow on wyman and if if it is that's gonna be her fourth check it or third Free will be shooting a pair Mixed results at the line so far for north. They've hit three out of six Erica trump number four back in the game It's 36 27 Largest lead of the game For either team Good hands by bowler Connors shot is no good, but she's followed by Rachel van schluess I don't know about you chris, but I think I've seen enough free throws Wow, I've uh Thinking about the fact if I had four threes in vegas, I'd be doing pretty good right now And that's what uh south has four starters with three and one with four Six out of 10 free throws in the quarter north with now a 10 point lead and uh south throws it away again van schluess Not able to connect with trump Wow, who's the pulse right through the left-hander couldn't draw rim Trump went right through salisbury on your screen And another turnover by south Under a minute left in the third quarter south Having a real tough goal of it here in the third Wow north's not doing anything either marty. They haven't they got one basket I know but at least they've made most of their free throws right and they're taking care of the ball They're just missing shots. They're not uh Turning it over Sal's runner spin move down the lane couldn't get it in ball tipped out of bounds by Connor lugapolsky and uh south will have it with 34.1 seconds left Or now three of 15 from the floor Smith has it being guarded by free She goes down the lane and scoops it up and in nice shot rachel smith very nice shot and move 15 seconds under 10 Well, I use it all left wide open couldn't get it in Bowers shot Is no good, but she's pushed and fouled she'll be at the line shooting a pair Use it all set the screen there and free could even shoot it or go back to use it all Use it all just popped out behind the three-point line shot it up there Rachel smith picked up her fourth to chris and a good hustle by maddie bower and caused that foul Very good shot of maddie Maddie Just two points tonight, but she's got three big offensive rebounds here in the third quarter Oh Got that one in I don't know if that's a shooter's touch or not And a shot would not accounted to Dribbler went out of bounds selkin. We're at the end of three quarters of play north on top 38 to 29 We're working with best friends animal society to stop the suffering of millions of breeding dogs in puppy mills who supply puppies to pet stores You can help too By not adding to the demand for pet store puppies when searching for your next best friend do what I did adopt don't shop Let us shout their dog like johnny steal your heart Sometimes I want more information about what's in a video game Now there's a new way to get rating information along with in-depth rating summaries Clear shoot lasers from an arm cannon and limbs fly off Check the rating and use rating summaries anytime and anywhere And best of all, they're free Formula one racing for more information about the ratings and rating summaries go to esrb.org slash mobile Back at north high school where a sawl had their troubles in the third quarter On the trail at 38 to 29 north had 10 points that quarter not a very good total But south really struggled only five over the up by a half by four How would you like to shoot one of 12 and a quarter and extend your lead? That's what north did one of 12 shooting and they lead by nine Well, what did you say the shot attempts versus turnovers was for south? There's 11 turnovers in that quarter now south is 11 of 28 from the floor But they've got 26 turnovers to match their turn over attempts. They're almost exactly the same and North they're shooting under 25 percent At nine of 37 and they're winning by a by nine Wyman Spins and shoots the hook shot but couldn't get it in but she has fouled Lizzie free picking up her third foul Wyman will be at the line. She leads all scores with 13 points Burkhardt coming in for trump 38 to 30 North gets it right in the middle and bowler gets fouled now.  Well, she's been the offense tonight 14 points almost half Six of 11 from the floor 11 rebounds Well, we can't get the second She's gonna have to work for her 12th Timeout south keep the possession quick decision there It's a 30 second timeout Maybe not It is you see Tyler thomas drawing up the plan This should work if you can handle the ball Same old same old marty. He said it in the opening and we talked about it in both games and Taking care of the basketball so important, especially since north is not Playing very well. The one thing you can't afford to do is turn the ball over North has given you every opportunity but uh Lots of fouls lots of turnovers and uh north just Don't want it to have to do it to move on Chris Wright giving you that analysis. I'm mike martin steve reiner and richard bartson on camera kerry colitzer in the truck spinning the dials giving you the uh great pictures and uh replays Thank those guys for giving other time No happy hour for those guys Yeah south did a great job that time breaking the press they spread the floor and didn't dribble so darn much Yep, and now they have a nice half court set here. We haven't seen this since the second quarter Third card committing an offensive fall but not called I'm gonna try that at friday basketball. See how you like it South rainbow is no good and then it goes out of bounds off of north Rachel smith right there fighting for the ball 39 to 30 just starting fourth quarter action regional Wia play Salzbrenner good luck to Paris and she misses a layup But good ball movement that time by the lady raiders Baller comes away with the board chris Use it all from outside the line Can't get it smith On the quick shot. Why not? I thought it was a good idea just couldn't get it in I think north maybe we try to run some offense here with the six minute mark up by nine you know we Talk about their bad shooting and uh You know still having a bit of a lead, but when you get against some better teams There's another turnover by south that one would go on van schluis Uh against good teams. They're not going to win. Salzbrenner with a three They're first basket of the Second half when that pumps the lead up to 12. This is the largest lead of the game and then bowler Knocked the ball out of bounds And tyler thomas you can see him on the bottom of your screen wanting a fall and I was surprised there wasn't a foul call to Bowler caught right in front of the dribbler Yeah on the season north is shooting 44 percent, but tonight nowhere near that. They're 10 of 41 That's uh, I would have never thought they shot that. Well Over the back is uh self That's her fourth Well north going to the free throw line. Is there any gas left in the tank for the Red Wing women. Do they have a chance to a little run in them? You know when you I always look at things like this mark I know it sounds really strange but my brain doesn't always work correctly But they've only got 30 points in three quarters and you're down by 12 That means you got a score. I mean you're already averaging less than 10 points a game All right quarter right and you're already down by 12 and you only have five minutes to do that now now It's 13. Yep I'm not saying it's impossible. I'm just sometimes I look at that situation They struggled to score the whole game because of all their turnovers Seven-point run for north Opening up a 14-point lead it was seven Last thing you want to do is follow salt and give them chances to clip away at the free throw line Saltzbrenner now with four fouls chris. Uh, there's five 22 remaining in the game Self will be at the line trying to break the run by north Oh, it's thomas trying to get these girls all pumped up for one last run As I said, is there any gas left in the tank? Burkhart steals the ball away from use it all had a layup in here, right couldn't finish is exactly the right word Molly doing a great job of getting the rebound but uh, you gotta put those shots and a little bit of a Trapping zone press. Yeah, you needed every basket to go in here in the fourth quarter and for salt It's just not going They're all five and two of 14 in the half south is We're at the five-minute mark. So it's nine minutes Two baskets Sounds like badger basketball Not today No Rob wilson. Who? Rob wilson seven threes 30 points I only get seven threes in his career Total This is what I thought north might do they got South in the double bonus and everybody on the floor has got serious foul trouble Except for uh, Schaefer she's the one that's going to have to do some foul and We roll down to the floor minute mark Lugopolski Oh Good rebound by salt kicks it up to burkhart Taking it to the hoop Couldn't get it to go in but she's fall should be shooting a pair Can't get any of those baskets to fall marty The idea is to put the ball in the basket right marty I always thought it was better that way Yeah, an all for trip When you look at the I mean Just when you look at the two teams and you watch north in a way they handle the press the press And pressure in general. I mean they just seem more confident handling the ball seniors seniors seniors And experienced seniors. I mean these girls have been playing varsity Since they were sophomores and some since they were freshmen south. It's got juniors But played since freshmen Well the big girls, uh CJ use it all in paris feel pretty comfortable handling the ball too Morgan's just an outstanding student athlete Rolling down to the three minute mark left in the game north up 44 to 31 And reminds you last night With the pier yep There's a fall on Bauer by Schaefer and the right person to follow too. I know she gets two but Out of the people on the floor. That's one. Do you want to follow that or uh Yuzadel, I mean I can find the stats so can coach thomas I didn't Bauer just 50 actually I was gonna say something before I think You were talking about the different shooting percentages by the girls when you look on that website You know, that's all there when you look at the boys. It's never there. No wow south staff weren't there either Wyman goes right through the defender and puts it in a basket And a steal Heavy hidden. Wow there you saw it There's the replay Morgan paris each north south game gotten rung Her bell rung and this one's no different Talk to her mom. She doesn't want us around here anymore because they think it's us She might have a point there.   I know you're going for a held ball, but yeah North has made four out of seven so far in the quarter from the free throw line Schaefer pushing it up Down by 12 with three minutes dribble dribble dribble dribble dribble. Yeah a lot of dribbling again Schaefer Quick release on the three couldn't get it in Wyman's uh put back is no good. There's going to be a foul underneath And I think it's going to go on her What? I think she pushed well, I don't know if we can get a replay of that carry. That's five on kimberley wyman She had to do a push or something prior to the rebound to be able to secure it And that's what the official saw I don't know if carry can get that up for us But uh, you're right. We both were wondering which north player was going to pick up that foul, but uh, that's not the case Kimberley comes up 12 rebounds marty She had an excellent night 16 points 12 rebounds Made a good shot of lizzie free And her first shot rims off She was eight of 13 marty From the floor Lyman that was Yes, I'm just counting here The rest of the teams only got four baskets marty. Well Yeah, you can't win basketball games with that kind of production. No, no, no, no, no, no. Is that right? Yes They have 12 baskets all night And she had eight of them Tough to win like that I mean she had 18 baskets they could probably do it 46 to 33 there's 211 remaining in the ball game shooting under 30 percent She is like I said eight of 13 the rest of the team is four of 22 Yeah, that's not good two for 11. That's 18 percent Soliff having to fight through the north pressure Schaefer has it looking for an opening Spots it, but pierce comes over to help and schluss on the Shot attempt is no good Smith had her shot blocked And then uh selk grabs the rebound and gets followed by bowler That's uh maddie bowler's fourth foul both teams with uh Ten falls so they're both going to be in the double bonus Selk has nine rebounds too, but In a game like this when both teams aren't shooting well rebound you better have with some rebounds Our way, but I mean north is just 10 of 42 from the floor. I mean That means there's 32 rebounds out there for you Selk with a pair she has three points on the night Yeah, I know this is well, I can't I can't even believe this under two minutes left in the game chris North by 11 And now they are gonna run clock North only has two baskets in the half And selk only has two baskets in the half Three baskets in the half and they're winning Cammie Feld commits the fall on Lugopolski by 11 South has three baskets and north has two See we had the three-pointer by pierce and the uh Third quarter that was it for that basket and solzbrenner with a solzbrenner with a three and I got a wyman with a two baskets and Who else has the baskets? Wyman has one Wyman has two And wyman has two in the half and uh number five rachel smith has one. Yep So the bolski puts in a pair this time chris after missing two. It's 48 35 Three baskets for south and two for north in the half From deep schaefer couldn't get it in Bauer with the board and a quick fall on carousel Her fifth win and move on right That's uh Hey, you'd rather win ugly than lose pretty Checking in for selk is a shyan welch North will yeah north will move on here against the winner of kimberley and manatee walk lincoln South seasonal end They'll finish with a 10 and 12 record on the year Also, uh, although when you watch this you won't you know, the game will be over in that But we'll be at uh wall pack a tomorrow afternoon for uh lutherne against maryon richard is uh driving up with me and uh Hopefully i'll get a partner somewhere along the line We got some people in mind And you people out there watching you're not one of them Well, that would be if the game's on at 10 tomorrow morning, which if you'd be watching it would be uh You know, you better be on your way to alpaca. That's right. It's games at one Or you can call marty 1 800 help The bus is leaving early. It's five free throws in the world by north 50 to 35 110 left Burkhart. Oh, I thought I was going right in I thought it was two Smith on the fall her fifth erica trump Okay first spot south now 12 of 38 from the floor 10 for 15 in the quarter for north 51 35 Little over 60 christ this quarter shooting right under average That cuts the average some more. Where was the gps on that shot? Cheyenne welsh cranking it up there. She hadn't had one yet. So she's now in the Miss column, you know, what's really weird is south At 39 points in both the last games They're getting right up on at that 39 again last game was 58 39 it could end up that yet. They got 45 seconds to get the points checking in is uh jordan eisner and uh carly wyman for north katey sun and tag Coming in the boyfriend george was up here before the game. We were talking Let's see, uh, madison and mckinsey wolfer brought up from the freshman Might have to use some of that height going against the pier and some of the teams I'd get lizzie free out of the game and lauren and morgan. I'd get all those girls on the bench Wolves with a turnover last thing you need is a rolled ankle or something to happen I hear you you're up 17 with 30 some seconds left This game's in the bank and collecting interest As they say on the buck's network jim paschke sols brunner being guarded by eisner chris is going to go downstairs see if he can get some interviews And the fall is going to be on carly wyman paris will go to the line All free throws here in the fourth quarter except for the one three pointer by Lauren sols brunner very early in the quarter maletsky kukla And not ollie coming in This next free throw will be the Pardon me that last free throw was the 20th of the quarter for the raiders tromb dango Oh, baby Nail that one and tyler thomas with a quick time out Erika trump Let's see that one again. Kerry. That was sweet Kerry cults our director tonight Steve reiner on the floor camera Richard Bartson up here by us doing the up camera. There it is Bangle, baby. Oh, man. That was sweet My partner chris ride is down below Talking to mr. Stangle and then mike martin. I'm up here Finishing out the ball game There's six seconds remaining Daily fullerton is back deep Ball stolen away And bouncing it on the line north will get it back with 2.8 seconds It's the game that'll never end Fullerton creeping up Oops stolen away shot at the buzzer is no good And that's the ball game north the winner 54 to 38 they will move on To the regional finals here Against manatee walk Lincoln or kimberley We're gonna step out for a minute when we come back chris will have Some interviews hopefully and I'll have some final scoring and we'll wrap this ball game up I thought you guys were cleaning out here We are we're sweeping Yeah for space aliens Yeah for space aliens Good luck with that Oh dear I can't afford that Charge it you can pay it off later Not so fast credit card guy savings man Don't let him entice you ma'am Credit card guy could lead you to big trouble You need a savings blast You're right savings man Get this ballpark estimate worksheet I choose to save.org it will help you get started Gee thanks savings man No thank you So visit use to save.org and get your ballpark estimate today We're back here north high with three happy raiders We'll start with Lizzie free Let's talk a little bit about the fact you guys haven't played for a week is that kind of strange You know you're in the routine and in the grind and all of a sudden you got a big layoff You don't play anybody for a while you just got to practice Was it a little different getting back into the game situation again It was really hard I mean I think especially because we're on such a roll And I mean last year at this time we were 0 and 5 and it was a huge change We're on a roll we had our momentum and to take a week off was hard But I think we know what we had to do obviously and we brought it tonight Yeah you could tell a little bit early on I thought to you know just practices one thing But the game speed and things like that changed a little bit And obviously playing a crosstown rival who basically you know each other in and out It's very difficult to run your stuff they know your stuff you know their stuff You know it makes probably made it kind of look sluggish at first Absolutely it was a very physical game you could tell that from early on and I mean yeah Through practice we didn't have that contact obviously we weren't used to it But I think we adjusted in the second quarter very well Yeah you guys probably weren't surprised I you know I talked to coach before You guys I think as Coach Shelby said that you guys knew that you're going to probably play Self again that difficult or are things knowing that you're going to have to play them a third time I like the challenge I like it a lot it's a good game it's always fun Always a lot of fans I think it was a great game to start off the tournament And it really gave us a momentum for the rest of the tournament Yeah and as you go up the ladder you know there's going to be more people and more people And playing a crosstown rival they brought a lot of people to here So there was a good tournament atmosphere here tonight Yeah I really enjoyed it and it really helped out Well good luck tomorrow and hopefully we'll be seeing you next week as well Lauren I thought scrappy defense tonight once again we talked at the beginning That South struggles with turnovers and things and I had you guys turning them over 28 times Which is big I mean that's what you had to do Yeah that's what we do we make them turn the ball over and then we get our points And that's how we roll Well one thing I think is that you make things really difficult for your opponents You guys are really quick and I know Coach probably thinks you guys should be quicker But I think you guys are really quick and you know you help and recover a lot And you know it's really a good team defense Yeah that's what we practice you know we do drills where you're working with Trapping and you're sprinting and you're working your butt off You're communicating and I think we got really good team chemistry that we know to get back We just play by instinct you know we don't react we just play by instinct Another thing I noticed throughout the whole year it's not just team defense It's team scoring you know it seems like every night you're getting different people to contribute And different people to score and you know you don't have one person getting 20 points a game You have a whole bunch of people up 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14 points And everybody needs to contribute and expect you know it means it's difficult for other teams too to cover people Yeah that's what makes a team you know anyone that bus can step up We've been playing together for a long long time and trust every single one of my teammates And they'll score I'll score everyone will score it's just going to be a team effort all the time It's not going to be a 1 vs 5 it's going to be 5 vs 5 And I've also said that this year too I mean you guys have grown together I mean you are the seniors and coming in this year I mean you're very experienced and ready for this I mean this is what you built up for you know a run at the conference championship You know that didn't happen but a run at state as well Yeah that's our goal you know get there it's our last year we want to go with a bang You know it's senior year you don't you don't want to be leaving the gym crying you know You want to get to Madison and you want to be on that court so Well if you guys win and you can cry too Well as we go on we'll talk to you soon Coach why don't you come on in I just want to have you come in because you've had such a successful season again I mean what a year I mean obviously not the goal of the conference championship Again you had a great squad this year winning 20 games now already Well you just said it I've got some great kids and I can't say enough about the seniors Just what they bring on the court off the court their passion for the game The leadership just the will to want to fight and so the girls get all the credit I just they're just letting me come along for the ride Well it's a long ride over the summer and everything too Let's talk a little bit obviously win and move on and you know probably not the prettiest game you want You probably don't look at our film at all but win and move on look at the tape and get ready for tomorrow Be glad you're practicing tomorrow morning and playing tomorrow Well I just told the girls in the locker room the first game of the tournament always seems to be the most difficult I remember I told them years ago when we had our state tournament team that Friday night playing Nina down in Fond du Lac That was a battle and we knew we had to get fast Friday to get to Saturday So now we're playing Saturday and add to the fact that itself you know across town rivalers That extra energy and I thought tonight's game was just extremely physical And it was it was a bar fight I mean it was like don't bring the weak stuff and you know calls could have went either way You know and I'm just glad we came out of it not hurt and you know we're looking forward to tomorrow night Yeah and as you know if you watch the boys games too I mean the refereeing there's less and less calls And I think you're you know girls handle that stuff and the physicalness is going to increase as you go up the ladder And the crowds and stuff I think Lizzie made a good point about that too Each step is a little more difficult It is and we anticipate a tough test tomorrow night But you know we've got some information on them and you know I like our chances and it's just you know we're one step at a time And we're enjoying this for a little while tonight and you have to it's all part of the journey And we've worked so long for this Well thanks so much ladies for stepping in with that we're going to send it back to Marty North the winner 54 to 38 With the win north it moves their record to a 23 South drops to a 10 and 12 and ends their season Leading scores for the South Siders Kimberly Wyman had 16 points Rachel Vance-Lewis had 7 in the first half didn't score any In the second finish with 7 Rachel Smith had 6 And then chipping in with 3 each were Cara Selk, Emily Schaefer And Erika Trum Trum hitting at 3 pointer near the end of the ballgame For North they were led by Lauren Salzbrenner with 16 points Morgan Paris had 12 Maddie Bauer had 7 Connor Lugopolski off the bench had 8 Along with Lizzie Free And then rounding out the scoring was CJ Usadol with 3 Again North the winner 54 to 38 With the win WSCS TV moves their record to 18 and 4 Last year we only did 14 games we were 10 and 4 For the crew Steve Reiner Richard Bartzen, Kerry Colitzer our director And for my partner Chris Wright I'm Mike Martin saying Thanks for watching everybody and we'll see you down the road


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Security agencies are ready for those issuing threats against a number of governorship elections, says the National Security Advisor, Babagana Mungunu. And as tempo for the 2023 presidency increases, a South-South group canvases support for Minister of Transportation Rotimi Ameji. This is Plus Politics and I'm Mary-Anna Kuhn. The National Security Advisor, Babagana Mungunu has warned individuals intending to cause conflict to behave themselves as the governorship elections in an unberest state draws close. He said the law enforcement agencies will not sit by idly and allow innocent people be terrorized, arding that anyone who wants to disrupt the process will be brought to book. He added that all security agencies have been told to conduct themselves well and exhibit the highest level of professionalism and restraint and operate within the confines of the law and not be in any way or acts in any way that will jeopardize the exercise. Well joining us to discuss this and more is Francis Chilaka, a political affairs analyst and Terence Kuanu, a security expert. Thank you very much to our gentlemen for joining us. Thank you Mary-Anne. Alright, I'm going to start with you Francis. It's very interesting, yes we know the premise of this conversation is the security threat and of course the need for there to be free for credible elections devoid of any violence of any kind. But let's start by looking at the reasons why federal government seems to be very interested in a number of states. We remember where there was an insinuation or a statement that was made by the AGF that was termed was referred to a lot of people, referred to by a lot of people as out of turn when he somewhat said that there might just be a state of emergency declared in Anambra which also got reactions from even the governor and other political parties including the PDP and you know APCA. Why do you think that the federal government is so interested in the Anambra elections? I mean other than the fact that there's an APC candidate in that election, what is responsible for all of the threats that's been coming? Of course we know that iPop has its own issues and the citizens home order but is it that serious and needs the federal government's intervention? Well I think first and first is that the issue playing out in Anambra state just as what's been playing out in the entire South Eastern state is not an issue for threats by anyone in government. It's an issue that calls for dialogue and that is an avenue the government is not exploring. The government should explore a dialogue at this point in time. Even if you're issuing threats, iPop for instance is saying sit at home and if all the citizens, all the indigents, everybody in Anambra state decides to sit at home there will be an election. So the point is that I think that it is politically motivated. The federal government, the APC-led government is as well because they want to take over Anambra state at all costs and that is why they are not looking at the issues on ground, the issues of security threats. You can't be calling for an election in an environment that has been threatened by security and unknown gunmen over a period of time. But that's why they came up with the idea I guess of you know saying we might just have to call for a state of emergency because we think the things are getting out of hand and you're also somewhat saying that well you can't be calling for elections if there's insecurity. So the government may have been right if when they were you know saying let's have a state of emergency maybe that might quell the situation. I'm just saying. The question we should be asking this government is what steps are they taking to unveil the so-called unknown gunmen that has been terrorizing the entire southeastern states? That's the first question that government should answer us. Who are these unknown gunmen? And how come the unknown gunmen that have been terrorizing the entire eastern states operate and disappear before the security operators will appear? You know so deploying the entire police force to an Ambrastate. The question we should ask him does it solve the security issue in an Ambrastate? Does this solve the security issue in the entire southeastern states? It does not. So the government should sit down and dialogue and find a way out of this. It is only dialogue. Nobody know at this point in time who can't be saying okay the government exists and the iPod takes another stand. No. What we need to resolve every crisis that has been you know terrorizing the entire country is dialogue. Government must come down from our high heels to sit down with people and dialogue and find a way forward.  It's very interesting when Francis says government has to come down from its high horse. And when we say government here I'm guessing that the state governments also have a role to play because this is happening in their backyards literally happening in right before them. It's happening every day. Whether it be in Emo or whether it be in Anambra. So if there has to be a dialogue should that not start with the state governments before we even get to talk about the federal government? It's quite interesting that the situation in Anambra has taken this turn. It's for all of us to learn from it. And then we should be able to know how to handle the situation because what we are dealing with today is the creation of this government and in Anambra cannot today is the creation of the Buhari government and they have these hand up to the whole situation to the stage we are today. And thanks for this particular election and we are receiving all the streets. First we are moving the entire police force like 3 DIGs, like 14 commissioners of AIGs and NYSYZ. I think those number of police people to go and be involved in the civic duty alone. We intimidate the goods people of Anambra state to be scared of coming out to perform their civic duty. And two, I don't understand the level of dialogue that the federal government have had with the stakeholders of Anambra and to a larger extent the South East and that it has gotten to the level of the threat. And so for every security situation there's every need to consult the stakeholders that are on ground to be able to profile solutions based on the recommendations they will give you because they are the locals living there and they are the ones that know exactly what is happening on ground and so they should be able to give you the right you are going to use to be able to end those crises. And so we expected them to have ensued in the dialogue with the stakeholders to avoid this level of threats and this level of... I think we lost his connection. But let me come to you Francis. Again when he talks about Intel I remember speaking with the information commissioner in Anambra state yesterday about you know the rumors of the elections not holding, iPop saying that they're declaring a sit-at-home. iPop has also come out to say that they're not saying nobody should go out to vote but if you want to go out to vote go ahead but they themselves would be sitting at home. And he did say that the the atmosphere that seems tense is being stirred up by the opposition and that they're trying to make the situation look bad even though it may not be as bad as it seems. But for someone who's from the southeast I do not know how when was the last time you visited the southeast but is it as bad as you see or you hear of it in the news? You see when you talk about sit-at-home I think this is where we all need to be very very careful. The whole idea about sit-at-home declared by iPop the people themselves are now the ones implementing the sit-at-home. It's no longer an issue of iPop asking people to sit at home. You know my mother just came back from the east and you know she told me clearly she said Mondays everybody sits at home you don't need anybody to try you to sit at home. In other words what we have playing out in the southeast which is what has played out even in the north not east where you have Boko Haram and all of that. The difference between them and iPop is the fact that Boko Haram and the bandits are you know going about killing and all of that. But the southeast they are saying sit-at-home and the sit-at-home is now no longer being enforced by force. The people on their own are beginning to sit at home you know and then if you look at it you know with all the number of military personnel police personnel that has been deployed to Anambra City who do you think would want to come out to go and vote? People will be more scared because you're creating more fear than you know dousing the situation. So rolling out all the policemen and all of that to Anambra City is still not the solution. It is not a solution because when you put so many policemen and security agencies on the street in other words you are helping iPop to even achieve its sit-at-home instructions because people will be so scared to come out to vote. So it's not a matter of whether it is that test or not. The truth of the matter is that there's a lot of issues going on in the southeast and the truth of the matter is also that the state government and the federal government have failed to sit down and address these issues by dialoguing with everyone involved. Now let's talk about voter apathy. I hope that Quernum is back. We'll go back to him in a bit to talk more about its security but back to Francis. Let's talk about voter apathy. I mean already you said from what you said that most people are now even implementing the sit-at-home by themselves because iPop has come up to say well you do not necessarily have to obey it. Go about your businesses. But how does this play into voter apathy? Of course the politicians need the votes of the average and I'm brilliant and again to avoid hanky-panky for want of a better word. People need to go out again vote and protect those votes. So let's talk about the issue of voter apathy and all that's happening. Most people might say that all of this exaggerations of insecurity in the state might be playing you know on the mentalities of the voters so that they would be scared and stay at home. Some other people are saying well this should also push people to come out on election day to protect their votes. Where do you stand? Well you and I know that the National Redition Agency and INEC have not done so well in educating the Nigerian people when it comes to voting and carrying out their civil rights. They have not done well at all. And what has happened in the last few months in the Southeast, a lot of people are not interested in voting. A lot of people are not and as such a lot of people don't even have voters card even when INEC said they were you know going through the process of you know getting new people to register and validate their voters card. How many people really came out? So we need voters education in Nigeria. It is very important not only for the Southeast, not only for Nambra election. Unfortunately everybody goes to sleep after the elections. It shouldn't be like that. We should have a situation where after the elections the National Redition Agency, INEC, you know the Ministry of Information and all of that should be out there educating the people from their rights to vote. Unfortunately also and you guys believe that their votes don't count. That's a mindset that needs to be changed. People believe that their votes don't count. I mean between you and I you know we've seen several what has happened in some elections where some in some states where people claim this is who we voted for and then the courts will decide who becomes you know the person that takes over. I have a different perspective and you might not you might not agree with it but if we keep saying that our votes don't count how come the the politicians are interested in buying it if it doesn't count? You know the thing when you say politicians are interested in buying it. But they do buy it. Some people sell them. Well the thing is that politicians provide money for people to not give their consciences. At the end of the day most people will tell you I believe in votes and I vote. I have always been practicing it but there are people who believe that it doesn't count and a lot of Nigerians believe that. I don't think Nigerians believe that. Let us just get the money we need from the politicians at this point in time and go home. But I do tell Nigerians so when you collect $5,000 to two to model of rights and all of that from the police. You have not get your conscience for the next four years and that is why it is difficult for us to ask them to be accountable, to be transparent and to give us good governance. So we need to look at electoral laws. This is a resource back to our electoral laws. We need to look at our electoral laws. We need to make governance unattractive. We need to create a situation where if I am going to contest for an election I must not be excited to spend millions in order to win. We need to draw a line and this is what the president got me promised Nigerians when they came to power that they were going to give us an electoral law that will satisfy the Nigerian people. This is 2021. We do not have that. I really don't want to go into that because again who are the people who are responsible in drawing out these laws? The same politicians. So let's put a pin there. Let me go to Kwanum. Kwanum, the full weight of the police is actually in a number of states of course we will be seeing a lot of deployment as you had spoken of earlier on. But the issue of the case of the unknown gunmen is also an elephant in the room. If these unknown gunmen were to surface or if the issue of these unknown gunmen are not dealt with because again there have been times in the past where these unknown gunmen were termed as IPOP members where IPOP has come out to say these are not our people we're not responsible. All of these policemen that we have in Anambra will be able to address the issue of unknown gunmen. And why wait till elections draw near for this kind of security to be pulled to Anambra? You know it's quite sad that today in Nigeria the government in the southern states is expressing an issue of force with a group that they have declared that are in disbandment and that's why it's quite sad because what is happening in Anambra is also going to affect that election because no average Nigerian will see those heavy security and will be free to come out and exercise the security. And like I was saying before the mix-up they needed to have engaged with stakeholders of Anambra state and to largest in the southeast to be able to address the peculiar security challenges that are happening in the south. And what is the peculiar situation? The way you come on the citizens or the so-called outlaws in the Northeast they might you put on them you don't do you don't use the same commissary major in the north where it is happening and everybody is saying and everybody's life is in danger and so everybody in the southeast field what you're doing to them you're shortcheating them you're being biased to them you're not giving them their rights as citizens in this country and so an average man from the southeast believes that whatever you are doing to these people you're calling terrorists or whatever name you're giving them you are not being fair to their fellow brothers and sisters and so it becomes a calendar whatever solution you're bringing to solve a security challenge to a very sensitive your political region like the south is the news country the citizens are not believing it it means that it's great the solution is not going to come at all if possible not in good time now you have an election at hand there was every need for you to come out and then dialogue with the stakeholders of the south is for you to be able to conduct this election rather than engaging yourself into a show of force within group that you have to the entire world that you disbanded what they are doing today it's probably because they are showing the whole world that yes the iphone that they have disbanded has to control of the south is and that is why today they are forcing the people of Anambra state to come out and perform a civil duty and iphone says that woman simply gives a directive and the people are ready to obey them so it's going to be a huge challenge in Anambra and we just crossed our hands and we're looking at how to want to achieve this because i think it's a huge challenge for that exercise to go smoothly from a civil duty. Let me come back to you Francis again most of this is because you understand what's happening in the south is let's quickly look at the the people who are running for these offices come next week i mean we're just a few days away from the elections in Anambra state and i want to quickly look at some of these politicians and the role that they play within that catchment area. We know that we have an Andy Uba, we have Ifain Uba, we have Valentino Ziguo who's for the People's Democratic Party and we have the former CBN governor also on that lineup these are the four most known contestants for that particular governorship candidacy. We've seen reports about Andy Uba and you know the case that he has in the US where many have said that he should not be running but he's running on the platform of the ruling party which is the APC. What exactly would his candidacy be offering for you as a political analyst would be offering the people of Anambra? Well when you put up all the candidates like you've just done if we're in a country where we believe in justice where we believe in men that have character men of former unproven integrity um anyone that has a case to answer be it in Nigeria or outside of Nigeria should not admire the contest in an election and i think that uh i feel so sorry because over time you'll notice that the ruling party have always featured candidates not only in Anambra state in other states people with questionable character and they work kindestingly for such persons to win and then you ask you know yourself how is this man going to deliver good governance to the people so in other words it's not about the credibility of the candidate it's about the political party and we need to move from that for this country to move forward. We can't keep you know because you are the ruling party or because you want to abstain from the ruling party whatever you've done or whatever case you have is wiped out so we should have a system but i keep saying it INEC has not been fair to the electorates because INEC should be given the power to also carry out due diligence on anyone that wants contest analysis. But INEC is not a prosecutor neither are they a law enforcement agency they are an umpire. I didn't say they should prosecute I know but I'm saying in the terms and reference you know for candidacy INEC does not necessarily have the powers to say we're dropping this person because we think he has a case that's not part of INEC's responsibility is it? So long let me put it this way so long as we keep shifting the blame we keep saying it is this body that is responsible it is this organization that is responsible we will keep having mediocre in governance we need to have an electoral process that on its own eliminates you a system that was independent of which ever party you belong to we need to have that you can tell me that you can tell me that somebody who has a case to answer would bring himself up for election and you know nobody sees anything about it nobody says anything about it yet other people who are contesting that in other parties they have been funded by EFCC on the daily basis in other words it means that yes APC wants to take over Anambra state at all costs it's not about who is coming up it's not about the integrity of the persons involved it's about the political party we need to move above beyond that. Let's quickly run through the other candidates and then of course I have a question for Kwanum before we wrap up we also have Ifan Yuba who owns you know the football club FC Ifan Yuba he owns a string of petrol stations and he's also a member of the National Assembly he seems to be logged by many and also loaded by many because many have accused him or pointed fingers at him in terms of land grabbing so again let's look at the person of Ifan Yuba and the chances that he's the chance he has and of course what's exactly would the Anambra people be looking for if he were to be the chosen candidate? Francis? Are you referring to that to me? Yes yes well I wouldn't be on air to begin to converse with any of the candidates I believe they've done their homework and I believe that the Anambra people should by now know what they want what we want or what we want as I am from the South is what we want is good governance what we want is credible individuals occupying political offices and I think that the Anambra people are starting off to know who is still credible and who would be able to give them good governance and develop their states. I leave that to Ben. Let's talk about quickly Valentine Ezekiel before we talk about the CBN governor Valentine Ezekiel is a member of the People's Democratic Party and many have said that well he might have the support of the former vice presidential candidates of the People's Democratic Party and former governor of the state Peter Albee do we see do you as an analyst see the powers of the PDP strong enough in this election do they bring a heavy weight to this battle or is he a stronger candidate as the others who he's going head to head with? Well PDP has not redeemed this image let us let us put it as it is as a political party it has not it still has a lot of laundry to do image laundry PDP owes the Nigerian people an apology in which they have not turned that until they do that I would not sit back and support anything PDP they owe us an apology for what we have in this country today they started with them so we can just I don't believe I'm not one of those who would say three bit under the carpet boom so anybody that is you know going with PDP you're on your own okay that's my position and finally Charles Chukuman Saludo who is former central bank governor of course he's tried before to run for this office and and here we are again this time he has the support of not just the party ACA but he does have the support of his governor even though we have heard before now that rumor has it that before Obeano became the governor he worked hand in hand with the governor and Ubat to get Obeano into office and there was a gentleman's agreement that at different points these men will become governors of the state how do we see this play out? Well this is what's going to play out on the election day and it's actually going to be between two political parties you can note it down it's going to be between APC and AFGA it's not about the economics anymore it's going to be between APC and AFGA and I know that when it comes to that I believe that AFGA will take the day I believe that Charles Saludo has what it takes in this 21st century it has what it takes to you know carry on with the development of an amorous state I am not I'm not I'm not a fan of his but I just believe that yes you know his antecedent speaks for him but he's the first timer so how are you so certain that he'll be able to do it he's never really been a career politician so you see you look at what somebody has done in the past and what lies ahead and you'll be able to know if he has the capacity to do that I believe I strongly believe that a Charles Saludo would do one that's an amorous state. All right and finally Kwanum let me come back to you on security on the security grounds we've seen the NSA ask that they behave themselves we've heard the presidency talk tough you know in Anambra but if you were to be on the same table having conversations with these men at the top in terms of you know how to handle security come that day before that day and of course after that day what will be your two cents? Well the the the issue at the moment is that the deployment have been done and we can only advise them to try and be professional in the way that we do not do issues in Anambra and they shouldn't go there in the name of election and escalate more crisis for us in the South East. Anambra is one of the commercial centers of this country and should be treated very with cute glues because we have a lot to lose if there's criminal crisis from that area because any provocation in that area at the moment would bring crisis and so the deployment has been done. If I had the opportunity to from my opinion to be heard I think they would have secured a means of peace and normal elections would have gone out because very sensitive groups have come up publicly to offer what would have been solutions to the issues in the South East like Gohanese and the likes of them and the presidents have ignored them so they have gone to the level of sure force but the the beautiful men that are there should know that it is the Nigerian people that pay them they should be professional in what they are doing and they service to their fatherland and so we urge them to be professional and that's all I can say for now. Well thank you very much Terrence Kwanum is a security expert and of course Francis Chilaca is a political affairs analyst thank you very much gentlemen for speaking with us thank you all right thank you all for staying with us we will take a short break because coming on next on class politics the group in river state wants Rotimiya Meiji to contest the presidency in 2023 we'll take a short break