article Inside 14th Region (1/1/15)

[All State Baseball]

Knott County Central gets first loss of the season, takes 3 out of 4 in the Beach Ball Classic at Myrtle Beach, improve to 11-1

Knott County Central and coach BB King would make the trip to South Carolina to participate in the annual Beach Ball Classic, Scott County was another KY team that made the trip but no game between the two KY teams. Knott County Central would open up with a 70-53 win over North Little Rock Arkansas. The Patriots would advance to play Sagemont Florida in the second round, game would be back and forth before Sagemont Florida prevailed 50-49, Knott County Central would go on to play both Shadow Mountain Arizona and Spring Valley South Carolina in the final two games and both would be wins for Knott County Central as they would defeat Shadow Mountain 69-56 and Spring Valley 78-46.

 

Camron Justice would lead the Patriots with 27 points per game during this 4 game stretch while Evan Hall led the Patriots with 12 boards per game. Camron scored his 3,000 career point in the game vs. Sagemont Florida and now has 3,101 for his career.

 

Evan Hall and Camron Justice were named to the Beach Ball Classic all-tournament team. Evan Hall won the Keith Lane Sportsmanship award as the Patriots would finish 5^th overall in the tournament.

 

The Patriots were two points away (one point loss) from facing one of the top teams in the nation, Bishop Gorman in the semi-finals.

 

Knott County Central will make the 4+ hour trip to Muhlenberg County to participate in the First Security New Years Bash against the hometown Mustangs.

 

 

Perry County Central wins Twins Lake Classic at Clinton County but only takes 1 out of 4 in the Republic Bank Classic at Lexington Catholic.

The Commodores continued their winning ways when they would win the Clinton County Twin Lakes classic before Christmas as they’d beat Elliott County 78-55, Clinton County 78-67, Western 72-52 and Metcalfe County 86-43 before heading to Lexington. The Commodores would open up with Louisville Male. Perry County Central would sneak past the Bulldogs 61-55 but would lose the remaining three games, including a 81-75 loss to Covington Catholic, who was drilled by Knott County Central just a few weeks ago.

 

The Commodores will make the trip to Campbellsville to face, highly rated Taylor County in the Clem Haskins tournament on Saturday.

 

 

Cordia continues to roll after suffering a season opening loss.

The Cordia Lions and Coach Rhodes would win not only the Webster County Classic but they’d make the trip to Coal Grove Ohio to participate in the Richard Paulus Heart of Champions Classic. The Lions would defeat Joppa Illinois and St. Joseph Central Ohio handily, winning the Richard Paulus Heart of Champions classic.

 

Cordia, according to maxpreps will return to action on January 13^th where they will face Jackson City and on January 20^th against Letcher County Central. KHSAA shows that they are off until February 6^th.

 

 

Letcher County Central takes 2 of 3 in the Hyden citizens Bank Shootout at Leslie County but fall in the KSA Disney tournament at Orlando Florida.

The Cougars would make the trip to Hyden to participate in the Hyden Citizens Bank Shootout against Meade County, Red Bird and Leslie County, the Cougars would defeat Red Bird and Leslie County but would fall to Meade County. Letcher County Central, like year’s past, would make the trip to Orlando Florida to take part in the KSA Disney ESPN World Wide Leader in Sports Classic. The Cougars would fall to University High California 79-73 in the opening game but would bounce back to defeat Westampton New Jersey 67-58 before falling to Calvary Christian Florida 56-46 in the final game.

 

The Cougars will return to action next week as they’ll go head to head with June Buchanan on January 6^th, South Floyd January 8^th, Jenkins January 9^th and Prestonsburg January 10^th.

 

 

June Buchanan takes 2 out of 3 in both Pre-Christmas and Post-Christmas tourney’s, keep improving.

June Buchanan would take 2 out of 3 in both tournaments, as they’d defeat Whitwell Tennessee and Paintsville in the Smokey Mountain Classic at Gatlinburg Tennessee before falling to Cherokee Tennessee 60-52. The Crusaders would return home and go to participate in the Mountain Schoolboy Classic at Belfry and much like the Smokey Mountain Classic, the Crusaders would win 2 out of 3. The Sheldon Clark Cardinals would get the best of the Crusaders 82-71 in the opening game but the Crusaders would bounce back and pick up two wins as they defeated Magoffin County 69-49 and hometown Belfry 71-58.

 

June Buchanan has 5 more wins this season than last year at this point and are just two wins away from matching last season’s win total of 9.

 

June Buchanan will travel to Knox Central on Saturday night

 

 

Hazard continues to struggle, goes 2-2 in Las Vegas

Hazard would get the best of Owsley County again, defeating the Owls 47-39 and crush Leslie County 76-43 before making the trip to Vegas to participate in the Las Vegas Prep Championship Tournament. The Bulldogs would play two games on December 27^th against Crenshaw California and Chaparral Nevada, losing both games. Hazard would return to action on December 28^th, defeating West Torrance California 52-35 and Cimarron Memorial Nevada 50-38.

 

Hazard will return to action on Saturday January 3^rd as they will travel to Jackson to battle Breathitt County.

 

 

Leslie County struggles after hot start to the season

The Eagles opened up the 2014/15 season winning three straight and 4 of their first 5 and five of their first 6 games but have since cooled off, only defeating Red Bird in their Christmas tournament while losing to both Meade County and Letcher county Central, since those two losses, the Eagles have suffered two more losses and are currently on a 4 game losing streak. The Eagles fell to Breathitt County 70-58, a team they had defeated by 24 earlier in the season.

 

Leslie County will host Pike County Central on Saturday

 

 

Buckhorn gets cooled off in Florida after a hot start to the season

Buckhorn defeated Lewis County 64-52 in the Rowan County Challenge, that kept their win streak at 4 and record at 6-2 before making the trip to Walton Beach Florida to participate in the Walton Beach Blowout, where they would drop the two games they would get to play. First game would be against Holy Innocents Georgia with Holy Innocents winning 60-41 and White Plains Alabama with White Plains winning 57-56.

 

Buckhorn will travel to Jackson City on Saturday night for a date with the Tigers

 

 

Jackson City starting to come along, wins 5 of their last 10

After a rocky start to the season, the Tigers seem to have turned things around, winning 5 of their last 10 games. The Tigers started the season 4-6 in their first 10 games but was 1-5. The Tigers would pick up three wins before Christmas against Owsley County, Red Bird and Riverside Christian before heading to Berea to participate in the annual Berea Invitational Tournament where they’d go 1-4 with their lone win coming against Estill County 54-36, a team that defeated Jackson City 69-62 earlier in the year on the Tigers home court.

 

Jackson City will host Buckhorn on Saturday night.

 

 

Estill County starts to struggle, drops 4 straight, finishes last in Berea Invitational

 

Estill County would take a two game win streak into the Berea Invitational Tournament. Estill County would defeat Nicholas County 47-46 and Wolfe County 63-57 at Wolfe County, a place they haven’t won at in several years. Estill County would drop the opening game to Mercer County 79-49 and would then go on to face Pendleton County and would drop a close game to the Wildcats 50-49 before facing the Tigers and like the first two games, this one too would be a loss as Jackson City would get the best of Estill County with a 54-36 thrashing of the Engineers, Estill County would then go on to face Lewis County, a team they will face later on in the season, in the last place game of the Berea Invitational with Lewis County winning 55-47.

 

Estill County will return to action Saturday night as they travel to Powell County to battle the Pirates.

 

 

Powell County ends 6 game skid before dropping another game

After starting the season at 2-1, the Pirates would go on a 6 game skid that went into the Pine Mountain Classic in Pineville. Powell County would drop the first game to Lynn Camp 65-62 before upsetting the hometown Pineville Mountain Lions 44-43 before dropping a 72-62 contest to the Barbourville Tigers.

 

Powell County will host Estill County on Saturday night in a boy/girl double header.

 

 

14^th Region Top 10 (1/1/15)

1. Knott County Central (11-1)

2. Perry County Central (9-5)

3. Cordia (7-1)

4. Letcher County Central (8-4)

5. Buckhorn (6-4)

6. Hazard (7-6)

7. Leslie County (7-7)

8. June Buchanan (7-3)

9. Jackson City (6-9)

10. Estill County (5-7)

[AHSPanther23]

Wasn't Cordia's game against Jackson City the one for the All A? I thought I saw that earlier this year when when the sanctions were brought down.

[Truth99]

Cordia didn't win the Webster county classic, Clay county did, they both finished with a 3-0 record, but Cordia lost 2 quarters of play wherr as Clay lost only won and was awarded the championship.

[All State Baseball]

Cordia didn't win the Webster county classic, Clay county did, they both finished with a 3-0 record, but Cordia lost 2 quarters of play wherr as Clay lost only won and was awarded the championship.

 

Thanks for the clearup. I was going by the 3-0 record, thinking that they won!

[All State Baseball]

Wasn't Cordia's game against Jackson City the one for the All A? I thought I saw that earlier this year when when the sanctions were brought down.

 

Is cordia in the All A? I'm looking at the bracket, Cordia is not listed as a participating team.

 

Jackson City is scheduled to face the winner of Owsley/Wolfe......Hazard will face winner of Lee/June Buchanan and Leslie will face winner of Buckhorn and Jenkins