Finals of the MWKAC middle school boys tournament saw Henderson South defeat College View for the 7th grade championship and College View defeated Owensboro Catholic for the 8th grade championship
Owensboro Catholic defeated Daviess County and College View defeated Henderson North in 8th grade boys conference tournament and will play championship game Thursday night. North had a 37-35 lead with 20 seconds left and College View missed first three but got a long rebound and kid hits a deep corner three at the buzzer to win 38-37.
Henderson South 7th grade boys won state tournament with a 47-46 victory over
North Laurel. North Laurel had won 88 straight dating back to last year when they won the state 6th grade state tournament last tear. South overcame a 16 point deficit with 4:30 to play, amazing come back.
Results of 8th grade boys conference tournament first round at Henderson South;
Daviess County defeated Henderson South
Owensboro Catholic defeated Holy Name
Henderson North defeated Owensboro
College View defeated Burns Middle
Semi and championship next week
Another stunning defeat for Henderson North tonight, massacre by Owensboro Catholic 61-43. North had won two previos games this year inc a 10 point victory last weekend in the Bulldog Classic Tourament. Interesting that OC had three refs for the game, a little unusual for middle school games.
College View loses to Muhlenberg South by 3 - South very strong - other Western
Ky. 8th grade teams worth mentioning include Davies County, Owensboro Middle and Henderson North
Union County wins 6th District for first time since 2000. Kale Gaither led the Braves with 25 points, Corey Stewart had 19 points for Henderson County.
Cade Duncan led the Braves with 25 points and 15 rebounds, Kale Gaither had 20 points.
Tyler Camplin led Webster County with 29 points. Union County will not be an easy out in the 2nd Region Tournament. Union and Henderson County will meet in the 6th final.
Not the Henderson County North Middle School. Henderson County North won their conference regular season and Conference tournament, finished the season 22-1, avenged their only loss in the second meeting and again in the conference tournament. Not sure why they would not play in 7th grade State Tournament.