South Oldham 63 North Oldham 60 (29th District Semifinal)

Final. Coach Simpson is headed back to The Roy.

How about that ending? Turnover by North in the closing seconds and South comes down and burries a 3 as time expires. This time of year is always crazy!

Amazing play to end the game.

Margin never exceeded 7 points in this one. North ahead early, South rallied, North took a two point lead into the fourth. South found a way to win.

Lots of big plays and drama, including a South player calling a late timeout that the Dragons didn't have, resulting in a technical foul that helped North rally late to tie the game at 60.

The two all-region players on the floor - Devin Young of South Oldham and Justin Rose of North - delighted the crowd with 33 points (Young) and 24 (Rose). Both gave all-region performances in the fourth quarter, when Rose had 13 of his points and Young had 12 - including the game ending dagger.

IF they played 100 times, these two might just split it evenly at 50 wins apiece.

Both teams with a lot of seniors on their rosters; and seniors just don't like to lose as 8th Region Warrior is fond of noting.

North seniors go down as the winningest group of seniors at the school over a 4 year period.

South earns another crack at Oldham County in the district finals on Friday at about 7:45 pm.

Kudos to Steve Simpson on earning a trip to New Castle!