1. Braxton Beverly returns as Perry County Central rolls past Buckhorn 89-77

Perry County Central star sophomore guard Braxton Beverly made his return to the Commodore starting lineup after being injured a few weeks back, Sunday in a game at Buckhorn. Braxton continued where he left off as he poured in 33 as Perry County Central defeated Buckhorn 89-77.

 

Braxton Beverly led all scores and Perry Central with 33. Justin Johnson added 22 for the Commodores.

 

James Blair led Buckhorn with 22. Ryan Boggs added 14, Joey Grove added 12, Connor Hoskins added 10 for Buckhorn.

 

 

2. Cordia wins double overtime thriller at Letcher County Central 69-68

Cordia made the trip to Whitesburg to take on district opponent Letcher County Central. Cordia would be without starting senior guard Christen Cunningham, who sit out to heal some injuries. The game would go back and forth before going into the first overtime, both teams would only score 5 points in the extra frame sending it to a double overtime. Cordia would pull out the win 69-68 in double overtime. Anthony Tagaloa led Cordia with 18. Ajenee Chisolm added 17 for the Lions. 8^th grader Oumar Keita put in 10 for Coach Rhodes and Cordia.

 

Senior forward Josh Owens led Letcher Central and all scorers with 24. Senior guard Chippy Frazier added 23 for Letcher County Central.

 

 

3. Hazard continues to be hot, defeats Breathitt County 58-51

Hazard made the trip down the road to Jackson to take on Coach Collins and his Breathitt County Bobcats. Hazard had been hot as of late winning 4 of their last 5 games and 7 of their last 10. Breathitt County had been hot themselves winning 4 of their last 5 and 9 of their last 10, one of these two teams, however would be on the losing side of things on this night.

 

Both teams would battle back and forth from the start of the game til the final horn blew the scoreboard showed Hazard 58-51 over the Bobcats.

 

Josh Hollan led Hazard and all scorers with 20. Chris Hudson added 13 and Matt Thompson added 10 for the Bulldogs.

 

Wes Noble led Breathitt County with 13. Braxton Whitmore added 12, Luke Chaney added 11 for the Bobcats.

 

 

4. Breathitt County improves to 12-4, routes Leslie County by 25

After losing a hard fought game to Hazard the night before, Breathitt County welcomed Leslie County into Jackson.

The first half would be close throughout with Breathitt County leading 39-32 at halftime, second half however, was a different story as Breathitt County would outscore the Eagles 25-13 in the third quarter on their way to routing Leslie County 83-58.

 

Breathitt County had 5 players in double figures. Wes Noble led all scorers with 20. Braxton Whitmore had 16, Justin Baker had 14, Luke Chaney had 13, Glenn Campbell had 12.

 

Austin Spurlock led Leslie County with 15. Conner Bray added 12 for the Eagles.

 

 

5. Estill County runs win streak to 5, defeats Jackson City 60-43

Jackson City made the haul to Irvine to take on Coach Bentley and his Engineers in a rematch from a game earlier in the season that seen Estill County roll past Jackson City on their home court 58-20.

 

Estill County would get off to a great start leading 18-4 after the first quarter. Second quarter would be a stall quarter as both teams scored less than 8 points in the quarter. Estill took a 25-10 lead into halftime. Second half Jackson City came out to play as they would win the quarter 22-18 but still trailed Estill County 43-32. That would be as close as they’d get as Estill would win the fourth quarter 17-11 and go on to win 60-43.

 

Trevor Jones and Kris Dennis led Estill with 14 each. Trevor Jenkins added 11 for the Engineers.

 

Landry Hayes led Jackson City with 13.

 

 

14th Region Rankings (1/27/14):

1. Knott County Central (14-4); (@ Letcher Central 1/28, vs. PRP 2/1)

2. Perry County Central (14-4); (vs. Wolfe County 1/28, @ Letcher Central 1/30, vs. Grant County 2/1)

3. Cordia (13-5); (@ Jenkins 1/28, vs. TBA KY Prep Showcase 2/1)

4. Hazard (13-5); (@ June Buchanan 1/29, vs. OBI 1/30, vs. Pulaski County 2/1)

5. Breathitt County (12-4); (vs. Shelby Valley 1/31, vs. Johnson Central 2/1)

6. Letcher County Central (12-8); (vs. Knott Central 1/28, vs. Perry Central 1/30, @ Jenkins 1/31, vs. Lee County 2/1)

7. Estill County (11-7); (vs. Model 1/27, vs. Lewis County 1/28, vs. Owsley County 1/31, @ Wolfe County 2/1)

8. Buckhorn (10-7); (@ Leslie County 1/27, vs. Powell County 1/28, @ Lee County 1/31, vs. Knox Central 2/1)

9. Wolfe County (10-6); (@ Perry Central 1/28, vs. Powell County 1/29, vs. Estill County 2/1)

10. Powell County (7-10); (@ Buckhorn 1/28, @ Wolfe County 1/29, vs. June Buchanan 1/31)

Anyone agree/disagree?

 

Only thing I done with the rankings is, I took both Jackson City and Leslie off and switched Estill and Buckhorn.

Estill County and Buckhorn are intriguing as far as their ranks go. Given some of Buckhorn's results, I think they are really dangerous. Does anyone know where that district will be played this year?

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53rd: Knott County Central

54th: Hazard

55th: Breathitt County

56th: Lee County

Thanks All State.