article Inside the 10th Region (2-16-15)

[Randy Parker]

Crawford becomes scoring leader as Bracken goes 4-0

 

Jeremy Miles' Bracken County team is on a roll, as evidenced by their current 5-game winning streak. Four of those wins came last week, starting with Monday's 86-71 win at Williamstown, which saw the Polar Bears shoot 64.2% from the floor. Sophomore guard Austin Crawford led with 27 points, 10 rebounds, & 6 assists. Fellow sophomore Jacob Hamilton added 16 points & 6 assists, while a third sophomore, Cooper Enges, added 15 points. The next night Bracken turned back visiting Lloyd 68-62, with Hamilton scoring a game-high 27 points (including 12-12 FT's & 3-3 3pt FG's). Crawford contributed 15 points & 13 rebounds, while another sophomore, Brady Jones, added 12 points & 8 boards. Friday night saw the Polar Bears break a 10-game losing streak against rival Augusta. Trailing by 3 at the half, Bracken County outscored the Panthers 37-12 in the 2nd half to win 57-35. Hamilton again paced the Bears with 20 points, while Crawford tallied 18 points & 17 rebounds. Saturday afternoon was a history-making game in Brooksville, as Crawford scored 26 points & grabbed 12 rebounds in a 69-36 win over Model, but in the process, became Bracken County's all-time leading scorer, surpassing Eddie Hopkins' 39-year-old record of 1,650 points.

 

Royals keep winning & Henry gets 1,000th point

 

Mason County won 2 road games last week to extend its overall winning streak to 8 games. The Royals had no trouble in Tuesday night's 75-40 win over Nicholas County, hitting 65.9% of their field goals and 12-18 3's. Ryan Johnson led the way with 19 points and Dee Johnson contributed 16. Leading scorer Dorian Henry managed 15 points, but reached the 1,000 points milestone for his career in doing so. Two nights later Mason jumped out early on Harrison County, but the Thorobreds battled back to trail just 27-26 at intermission. But the Royals started the 3rd quarter with a 14-4 run en route to a 59-49 victory. Henry powered the Royals with 28 points & 14 rebounds. The 6'6" senior connected on 13 of his 15 FG attempts.

 

Five Top 10 teams finish 1-1

 

In Harrison County's Thursday night 59-49 home loss to Mason County, D.J. Jenkins and Trenton Thompson both scored 16 points in a losing effort. A Valentine's Day game at Paris ended with the exact same 59-49 score, except the Breds came out on the winning side. Thompson's 24 points led Harrison, while Jenkins added 19.

 

George Rogers Clark started its week with a Wednesday night 73-60 road loss to Scott County, getting 26 points from Braxton Greene and 17 from Damion King. Saturday's game saw Scott Humphrey's club put 4 in double figures in a 79-65 home win over Lexington Christian, arguably the team's most impressive win of the year. King's 28 led the way, but Jerryd Jones added 13 points, Malachi Israel had 12, and Jyles Anderson 11.

 

It took a buzzer-beating 3 for Pendleton County to fall on the road to Montgomery County 46-43 on Tuesday. Michael Antrobus hit 5 3-pointers in the contest, to finish with a game-high 21 points. Senior big man Hunter Lea added 12 points & 10 boards. The Wildcats were back on the road Saturday, traveling to Maysville, where they came away with a convincing 67-41 victory over St. Patrick. Antrbous again paced the Cats with 19 points, while Wade Browning added 17 and freshman Grant Walsh contributed 11.

 

Campbell County fell at Simon Kenton on Tuesday night 85-78, getting 27 points from Dre Jackson and 20 from Matt Wilson. The Camels narrowly nipped Cooper on Friday night, 75-73, with Wilson getting 19 points & 12 rebounds. Jackson's 21 points were a team-high and sophomore Cole Hegyi added 13 points. Free throw shooting was key for Aric Russell's squad, who hit 24-26 charity stripe attempts.

 

Bishop Brossart coasted in Monday night's 69-29 home win over Cincinnati College Prep Academy. Mike Code's team put 10 in double figures, led by Spencer Hackworth's 14 points (4-5 3 pt. shooting). Friday night's home contest with Scott would finalize the 37th District Tourament seeding. The Eagles proved too much, defeating the Mustangs 74-62. Jacob Zai led Brossart with 18 points in a losing effort, while Hackworth added 12. The loss means the Stangs will be the #3 seed in the 37th District Tournament.

 

Scott secures top seed in 37th, finishes week 2-1

 

Scott won both of last week's road games, starting with Monday night's 66-62 defeat of Ryle. The Eagles trailed by 5 at the half, but outscored the Raiders 20-9 in the 3rd quarter. Sophomore Jake Ohmer led the way with 23 points and Blake Schneider tossed in 16. Sophomore Vinnie Duimlao added 10 points in the win. The Eagles locked down the top seed in next week's 37th District Tournament in Friday's 74-62 win at Bishop Brossart. Ohmer's 31 points led all scorers, while Darian Witherspoon contributed 14 points & 10 rebounds. Brenton Hughes scored 13 and Andrew Trame 11. Brad Carr's bunch entertained Dixie Heights on Saturday, falling hard, by a score of 84-59. Ohmer and Trame led the Eagles with 22 & 20 points respectively. It wasn't a bad weekend performance, considering the Eagles were without the services of Blake Schneider in both outings.

 

Indians split 4 games

 

Montgomery County started its week by smacking Menifee County on the road 84-48. Art Walker hit 6-10 treys to score 24 points for the Indians and Sam Hodgsen added 15 points & 6 rebounds. Matt Daniel's team won a thriller over visiting Pendleton County on Tuesday night. Big man Shelby Combs hit a 3-pointer, his second of the year, at the buzzer to give MoCo a 46-43 win. Hodgsen's 13 points and Walker's 10 points led the way. The weekend was not kind to Montgomery, as the team fell at home to North Hardin 57-52 on Friday and then lost to Henry Clay in overtime, 56-50, in Saturday's Shoot For The Cure Classic at Nicholas County.

Paris manages a win in 3 tries

 

Paris started its week off on the right note in a 66-58 Monday night road with against Garrard County. The Greyhounds led by just 1 point after 3 quarters, then outscored the Golden Lions 16-9 in the 4th quarter to pull away. Koebe Garrard led the Hounds with 23 points and Jamaal Washington added 10. Boone County took care of the Hounds in Florence on Friday by a score of 88-65. Garrard was one of 4 double figures scorers for the Greyhounds, leading the way with 18. Wan Dumphord scored 14 points, Jekobi Wells 12, and James Clark 11. On Saturday the Hounds played at home, but fell to Harrison County 59-49. Wells' 15 points led the way in defeat for the Hounds, who have lost 5 of 7.

 

Rounding out the rest

 

* Bourbon County led Madison Southern by 2 at halftime on Monday night, but the Colonels were outscored 43-34 in the 2nd half, losing 79-72. Ameryon Blackburn's 22 points and Billy Orcutt's 17 led Bourbon in a losing effort. The Colonels jumped out early on visiting Nicholas County on Thurday and coasted to an 82-61 win. Orcutt scored 17 to lead Bourbon, while Landon Sexton posted 16 points.

* Silver Grove is at .500 on the year after a 2-1 week. After Tuesday night's 69-48 home loss to Ludlow, the Big Trains beat Latin 75-53 on Thursday, led by Christian Pollitt who finished with 23 points & 13 rebounds. On Friday night the Trains pounded visiting Heritage Academy 83-40, with Randy Kuntz scoring a game-high 27 points on 13-17 FG shooting. Pollitt had another nice game with 19 points, including 5-7 3pt. shooting.

 

* St. Patrick won at Robertson County 79-72 on Tuesday night, led by Andrew Sticklen, who scored 20 points & grabbed 14 rebounds. The Saints fell on Saturday to visiting Pendleton County 67-41, with Jakaar Frey the only player in double figures at 12 points.

 

* In the 79-72 loss to St. Patrick on Tuesday, senior Dawson Cooper finished with 32 points & 9 rebounds to lead Robertson County. The Black Devils finished with week with a Friday night road loss to Model, 67-50, and then a 58-54 neutral floor loss to Belfry on Saturday.

 

* Calvary Christian also spent last week earning an 0-3 record. Bellevue defeated the Cougars 73-29 on Tuesday night. Calvary got 14 points from Christian Zint and 13 from Justin Wade Thursday night at Dayton, but the Greendevils came away victorious 57-50. The Cougars ended their week with a 61-37 road loss to Ludlow, getting 15 points from Aikeem Riley in a losing effort.

 

* Nicholas County dropped both of its games last week, beginning with the aforementioned 75-40 loss to Mason County in Carlisle on Tuesday. Forty-eight hours later the Jackets fell 82-61 at Bourbon County, getting 19 points & 7 rebounds from Ben Duncan in the loss. Roger Newton's club has lost 4 straight and 6 of its last 7.

 

* Augusta's recent dominance of Bracken County came to an end in the Panthers Den on Friday night. Jason Hinson's team fell 57-35 and only junior guard Owens Crawford reached double figures with 14 points. The loss was Augusta's third straight.

 

10th Region Top 10

 

1. Mason County (24-2)

2. Montgomery County (15-11)

3. George Rogers Clark (19-8)

4. Scott (15-11)

5. Harrison County (14-13)

6. Campbell County (19-8)

7. Bishop Brossart (13-10)

8. Paris (15-9)

9. Pendleton County (12-16)

10. Bracken County (12-16)

[mcpapa]

I don't envy you having to rank this bunch. Like herding cats.

[Can'tcoach]

I don't envy you having to rank this bunch. Like herding cats.

 

You ought to try to predict winners of games played by these teams.:ohbrother:

[Tiger1]

I don't envy you having to rank this bunch. Like herding cats.

 

Agree but #1 is the easiest to rank because there is such a wide difference between Mason and 2-10

[gold sunrise]

Agree but #1 is the easiest to rank because there is such a wide difference between Mason and 2-10

 

Don't think there is that wide of a difference between 1 and 2-6....any given night.....

[TRUTH22]

Great job RP as always!

 

My most likey teams to make the most noise in the 10th !

Mason

GRC

Harrison

sleeper: PC

[Randy Parker]

sleeper: PC

 

Pendleton has proven it can play with both Mason & Montgomery.

[fan1620]

Great job RP as always!

 

My most likey teams to make the most noise in the 10th !

Mason

GRC

Harrison

sleeper: PC

I agree with you. I wouldn't sleep on Scott. They have so much to prove and without Schnieder has hurt this team. Scott has had to find other options, to score the ball. Such as Dumlao and Hughes have contributed great this past week.

[TRUTH22]

I saw PC at full strength and I can tell you no team in the 10th should sleep on that team !

Harrison is another team that could start playing their best ball at the perfect time. The big 3 could be the difference if DJ Jenkins has the ball in his hands he could really open things up for the other 2...

[Tiger1]

Don't think there is that wide of a difference between 1 and 2-6....any given night.....

 

No offense Goldie, but Mason's average margin of victory over the 12 10th region teams they have played is 17 points. Yes I know this is an average between all the teams, but 17 is a wide difference to me. IMO: Mason will the 10th region by double digits.

[gold sunrise]

No offense Goldie, but Mason's average margin of victory over the 12 10th region teams they have played is 17 points. Yes I know this is an average between all the teams, but 17 is a wide difference to me. IMO: Mason will the 10th region by double digits.

I don't go by regular season. It is tourney time and many times I have seen teams that won the regular season game only to get beat by that same team in the post season. Good example is Augusta last season. Mason beat them regular season by 17, but in the district tourney lost to them and didn't make the regional.

[Tiger1]

I don't go by regular season. It is tourney time and many times I have seen teams that won the regular season game only to get beat by that same team in the post season. Good example is Augusta last season. Mason beat them regular season by 17, but in the district tourney lost to them and didn't make the regional.

 

While that can happen, the regular season is a good snapshot of what teams that typically have success in the post-season.

[gold sunrise]

While that can happen, the regular season is a good snapshot of what teams that typically have success in the post-season.

My point is that any team can be beaten on a give night and I believe that teams 2-6 can do that.

[RoyalWildcat]

I don't go by regular season. It is tourney time and many times I have seen teams that won the regular season game only to get beat by that same team in the post season. Good example is Augusta last season. Mason beat them regular season by 17, but in the district tourney lost to them and didn't make the regional.

 

Here we go again with the Mason-Augusta examples. :ohbrother: If I could post songs on here it would definitely be "Let It Go" off of the movie Frozen.

[Walter]

I'm interested to see how that sophomore class at Bracken develops these next two years. When they were 8th graders, a guy I used to work with ( lives in Brookville, sons go to Bracken) told me that if they are ever going to win the 10th region, that group's junior or senior year would be the best opportunity.

Edited February 17, 2015 by Walter