1. Cordia wins first ever 14th Region All-A Classic

Coach Rodrick Rhodes and the Cordia Lions got the schools first ever 14th Region All-A Classic title this past week.

 

The Lions got things started with a 63-41 win over Buckhorn. Cordia would then go on to face Hazard, a team they had beat 58-57 over in the republic bank holiday classic at Lexington Catholic. Cordia would repeat the victory with a 51-49 win over the Bulldogs. Cordia would face Leslie County in the finals, with each school trying to win their first ever 14th region All-A classic title. Game would be close throughout but in the end the Lions would pull away winning 54-44. Cordia will face the winner of the 8th region in the All-A state tournament.

 

 

2. Breathitt County defeats Powell County, wins 4 straight.

Breathitt County continued their winning streak Tuesday night with a 86-65 win over Powell County in Stanton. With that win, Breathitt County has now won 4 straight, dating back to December 30th and 9 of their last 10.

 

Braxton Whitmore led Breathitt County with 19, Wes Noble added 18 for the Bobcats.

 

Brett Goodwin led Powell County and all scorers with 25. Matt Brooks added 12 for the Pirates.

Breathitt County improves to 11-3 (5-2 Region)

 

Powell County falls to 7-9 (3-5 Region) – Not counting the Estill loss due to this game being before Estill/Powell.

 

 

3. Estill County wins 2, improves to 10-7

Coach Bentley and his Engineers won two games last week and improved to 10-7 on the season. Estill County was suppose to have played Jackson City, a team they had defeated 58-20 earlier in the year, this past Friday but due to weather conditions that game was rescheduled for this Monday night.

 

Estill County continued their winning ways Tuesday night as they defeated Mercer County 51-41 in Irvine, the same Mercer County team that derailed the Engineers by 30 last season.

 

Estill County then took their winning streak to Stanton to face arch rival, Powell County Pirates in a big 56^th district contest. Estill jumped out to a 2-0 lead but once Powell County took the lead in the first half, Estill never led again until the second half. Estill County missed 4 layups underneath the rim. Powell went up 21-9 on Estill before the Engineers went on an 8-0 run to end the first half trailing 21-17. Estill continued their hot streak at the start of the second half hitting their first 4 shots which were 3’s. 3 of them came by senior forward Kris Dennis, who finished the game with 9 points. Once Estill re-captured the lead in the second half, that’s all it wrote as they’d stay in the lead, Powell would get as close as two points but the Engineers would hit their shots and free throws to pull away, 57-49.

Trevor Jones led Estill County and all scorers with 18, Trevor Jenkins added 14 for the Engineers. Estill got some help on the inside from center, Chase Alexander who had 9 points (4-8 FT) (3 blocks)

 

Brett Goodwin led Powell County with 17, including a one-hand dunk in the first half. Caleb McCoy and Austin Mullins added 10 points apiece for the Pirates.

 

Estill County improves to 10-7, (6-1 Region) (4-0 district, Estill is actually 3-0 in district because one of their district games was played in a tournament and doesn’t count towards district standings) and has won 4 straight.

Powell County falls to 7-10 (3-6 Region) (3-1 district)

 

 

4. Hazard goes 2-1, improves to 12-5

The Bulldogs participated in the 14^th region All-A classic this past week, going 2-1.

 

Hazard got things started on Monday night with a 79-54 win over Wolfe County in Campton. Hazard would go on to face Jackson City on Tuesday night and the result would be the same as Monday night as the Bulldogs would pull out yet another victory, this time 72-35 over the Tigers. Hazard would face Cordia in the semi-finals of the 14^th region All-A classic and wouldn’t get the result they’d hoped for as Cordia would win a thriller 51-49.

 

 

5. Knott County Central goes 1-1, improves 13-4

The Patriots only got to play two games last week but one of those was a district game against Letcher County Central.

 

The Patriots didn’t have a problem with the Cougars as they rolled past Letcher Central 75-45. Junior guard Cam Justice led the Patriots and all scorers with 29. Evan Hall and Simon Christon added 14 apiece for the Patriots…Josh Owens led Letcher Central with 26.

 

Knott Central made the trip over to Williamson WV on Saturday to participate in the Hatfield-McCoy Shootout against South Charleston WV. South Charleston got the best of the Patriots, winning 75-71. Cam Justice led the way with 38 in the loss.

 

Knott Central improves to 13-4 (6-1 Region) (4-0 District)

 

 

 

6. Letcher County Central goes 2-1

Coach Hammonds and his Cougars got off to a rocky start Tuesday night suffering a 75-45 loss to district rival Knott Central. Letcher Central would bounce back and win two straight, defeating Pikeville 71-60 on Thursday night and June Buchanan on Friday night.

 

 

7. Wolfe wins one

Wolfe County just got to play one game last week and it was against the Owls of Owsley County. Wolfe County wouldn’t have any trouble winning as they rolled past the Owls 49-17. Wolfe was led in scoring by an unexpected player in Taylor Rose who had 11. Noah Shelby and couple other players didn’t play for the Owls.

 

 

Upcoming Games (1/20-1/26):

Monday January 20^th..Jackson City at Estill County

Tuesday January 21^st..Hazard at Breathitt County

Tuesday January 21^st..Knott County Central at Buckhorn

Tuesday January 21^st..Owsley County at Lee County

Tuesday January 21^st…June Buchanan at Leslie County

Tuesday January 21^st…Cordia at Knott County Central

Tuesday January 21^st…Powell County at Wolfe County

Thursday January 23^rd..Knott County Central at June Buchanan

Thursday January 23^rd.…Perry County Central at Letcher County Central

Friday January 24^th…Leslie County at Breathitt County

Friday January 24^th…Powell County at Estill County

Saturday January 25^th…Letcher County Central at Estill County

 

 

 

14th Region Rankings (1/20/14):

1. Knott County Central (13-4)

2. Perry County Central (12-4)

3. Cordia (12-5)

4. Hazard (12-5)

5. Breathitt County (11-3)

6. Letcher County Central (12-7)

7. Buckhorn (9-6)

8. Estill County (10-7)

9. Wolfe County (10-4)

10. Powell County (7-10)

10. Leslie County (7-10)

10. Jackson City (6-10)

Anyone agree/disagree?

 

Top 5 is about as accurate as it's gonna get.

Good job.