We’re just now one week away from the start of the district tournaments (season has went by way too fast). Here’s a recap from the games throughout the mountains this past week.

 

 

Knott County Central knocks off #16 Lincoln County, improves to 25-2

Coach BB King added two late games for his Knott County Central Patriots, one against 12^th region power Southwestern over in Franklin County and on the road @ Lincoln County. Southwestern defeated Knott County Central 71-68 earlier in the season but the Knott County Central Patriots would bounce back beating Buckhorn 72-43 and #16 Lincoln County 84-59.

 

The Patriots wouldn’t have much trouble out of Buckhorn as they would throttle the Wildcats 72-43 on the Wildcats home floor led by Camron Justice’ 34 point performance. With the win over Buckhorn, Knott County Central remains the only undefeated team left vs. region opponents, 13-0.

 

Knott County Central made their way to Stanford on Saturday to face the Lincoln County Patriots ranked #16 in the Bluegrasspreps.com Boys Rankings for the week of 2/9/15. In what many people thought would be a

barnburner/nail bitter was the exact opposite as Knott County Central would blow away Lincoln County 84-59 behind Camron Justice’ 24 point and 12 rebound performance. Evan Hall added 21 points.

 

Upcoming Games: 2/17 Sheldon Clark, 2/20 Rowan County

 

 

Perry County Central ends 4 game skid, beats Powell County 79-52

Perry County Central made the trip to Stanton on Friday night to battle the Powell County Pirates. The Commodores wouldn’t have much of a fight from the Pirates as they would roll to a 79-52 victory ending the 4 game losing streak.

 

Upcoming Games: 2/25 Hazard (District Tournament)

 

 

Buckhorn falls to Knott County Central 72-43

The Wildcats would welcome in region foe Knott County Central on Tuesday night for what was suppose to be a big region showdown was the opposite. The Patriots got off to a hot start and didn’t look back as they ran away with a 29 point win, 72-43.

 

Upcoming Games: 2/17 Knox Central, 2/19 @ Jenkins

 

 

Estill County gets revenge, defeats Jackson City

Estill County would welcome Jackson City into Engineer territory on Tuesday night, a team that Estill County defeated 69-62 earlier in the season on the road but the same team that would demolish the Engineers 54-36 in the Berea Tourney. This game would be a dandy. Jackson City would go up 5-0 before Estill would answer. Game would be back and forth until late when Estill would pull away 68-60. Jackson City’s biggest lead was 5 while Estill County’s biggest lead was 8.

 

Estill County would make the trip over to Berea on Friday night to face the Berea Pirates in a game that was suppose to be played last season but was canceled due to weather. Engineers would be without freshmen starting guard Caleb Bonny who was out with the flu so 7^th grader Joe Benton got the start in his place and he did not disappoint, putting up double figures in scoring but Estill would be lead by

 

Upcoming Games: 2/16 Riverside Christian, 2/17 Menifee County, 2/19 @ Clay County

 

 

Jackson City falls twice, ends 6 game win streak

The Tigers took a 6 game win streak into Tuesday night’s contest with Estill County, a team that they split with earlier in the season. The Tigers got off to a hot start leading 5-0 and most of the first quarter but that wouldn’t be enough as Estill County would rally to a 68-60 win over the Tigers.

 

Jackson City would return home on Friday night hosting the Hazard Bulldogs, a team that beat Jackson City 63-40 earlier in the season and this game would be the same result just different score as Hazard would roll to a 78-52 thrashing of the Tigers.

 

Upcoming Games: 2/19 Lee County

 

 

Letcher County Central having success with sophomore Torrell Carter

Torrell Carter, a sophomore forward for the Letcher County Central Cougars, is the Cougars leading scorer averaging 25.8 points per game and was the reason the Cougars picked up two wins this past week over South Floyd and Allen Central. Carter put up 26 and 24 points in those two games. Torrell will be the one the Cougars go to during crunch time.

 

Upcoming Games: 2/17 Leslie County, 2/19 @ Pike County Central

 

 

Hazard rallies for 3 straight wins

After defeating Perry County Central on February 6^th, the Hazard Bulldogs would pick up two more wins to extend their win streak to 3 straight. The Bulldogs seem to have some momentum heading into the district tournaments next week.

 

Upcoming Games: 2/17 @ Jenkins, 2/20 Powell County

 

 

14 Region Rankings:

1. Knott County Central (25-2)

2. Perry County Central (19-10)

3. Cordia (8-4)

4. Buckhorn (17-8)

5. Letcher County Central (16-10)

6. Estill County (16-9)

7. June Buchanan (12-9)

8. Hazard (13-13)

9. Jackson City (14-15)

10. Powell County (11-15)

I could have probably moved Hazard to #7 but for the most part that looks about right.