Final from Marion County.

Congratulations to John Hardin!!! I’m glad folks will get a chance to see Mickey Pearson on the big stage at Rupp and I am rooting for John Hardin big time!!!! The hard part is over! Just go have some fun now fellas!!!!

Pearson is tough.

 

Larue didn’t get the productivity out of their guards they needed but still had a wide open 15 footer with about 5 seconds for win.

Pearson is fun to watch. I was fortunate to see him play this year.

Pearson is the man. I got to see him vs Apollo last year and i called his game vs Daviess County this year. He hit a 1 handed 3 to take the game into overtime. I think he finished with 40 and 15 in that game. He's a great player and will put on a show at Rupp.

This might have been one of the best games of the tournament thus far. These two teams met in December and JH won by 20. Everyone in JH camp knew that this would be a different game and a different team. It was a close low scoring game for the most part, neither team could really find an offensive rhythm.....typical playoff basketball at this time. Larue County was able to beat JH on the boards and their inside play was essentially their offense. Goode plays well inside and Larue county makes it a point to get him the ball. I think Shane King is the key to their team however, and he just couldn't get it going.

 

John Hardin struggled on offense most of the night as well...you could see the playoff atmosphere was a little much for some of the Dogs. Mickey was aggressive all night and his play no doubt led his team to victory. Larue County scored with about 15 seconds left in the game to take a one point lead, but Mickey got the inbound pass and drove the lane and dumped it off to Scott to give JH the lead to essentially win the game. It was a grind it out game and the kids from Larue left it all on the floor, most of them will return next year. But this night belonged to JH. They were able to get it done and they deserved to win the game.

 

Pearson finished with 20 pts and 8 rebs and 3 blocks. If there was a tournament MVP (which I don't know why there isn't), he would surely be that. Kid played the entire tournament with flu symptoms and never once complained about it. Just like all the stars on most of the teams in KY, he gets the box and one, double teams, amoeba defenses and so on and so on. I would say; maybe with some bias that he might be the most difficult person to officiate in the state. The response he gets from officials is "you're 6'8 deal with it"...he plays on. Last night he became a region champ....I know personally it was a personal goal of his. He's never gonna get the credit he deserves statewide, because he doesn't play in one of the major news areas. But he is one of the best players in our state and Congrats to him, Coach McCurry and the entire Bulldog nation....#statebound

John was able to pick up a cake walk region draw, which was huge for them to get to the finals. Played a 1A 13-16 Caverna team followed by another 16-16 1A Campbellsville team. Most region teams would love to pick up a draw like this because they could pencil themselves in the finals. Larue (3A) was a quality opponent in the finals and I agree they were big inside. I think John could win a couple of games maybe in the state tournament as well. I look forward to watching all the games this week. It should be a good one. I can’t wait to watch Scott Co and Trinity square off.

John was able to pick up a cake walk region draw, which was huge for them to get to the finals. Played a 1A 13-16 Caverna team followed by another 16-16 1A Campbellsville team. Most region teams would love to pick up a draw like this because they could pencil themselves in the finals. Larue (3A) was a quality opponent in the finals and I agree they were big inside. I think John could win a couple of games maybe in the state tournament as well. I look forward to watching all the games this week. It should be a good one. I can’t wait to watch Scott Co and Trinity square off.

 

They played the schedule that put in front of them....who would you want them to play....they beat most teams in the region except for Adair, and if you were in attendance you'd know why they lost that game.

 

It's ridiculous for you to come on this thread and attempt to minimize the accomplishments of those kids...they won the region....congrats to them

They played the schedule that put in front of them....who would you want them to play....they beat most teams in the region except for Adair, and if you were in attendance you'd know why they lost that game.

 

It's ridiculous for you to come on this thread and attempt to minimize the accomplishments of those kids...they won the region....congrats to them

 

That’s all you can ask of a team. Congrats to John Hardin. Best of luck to you guys. Rep the 5th in Rupp!

I’m not “minimizing” anything. They beat who they had to play and beat 2 sub .500 teams handily. I just said the draw was great and the teams they played weren’t and both are true statements. Overall the region was weak outside of 3 teams and in my opinion Adair isn’t that strong. Yes they have one great player, but not a great team. I hope John Hardin makes a deep run. They have a good team.