article 10th Region Week 2 Review

[One Great Scorer]

1. Campbell County

Still at number 1, another solid week for the Camels beating Holy Cross (76-54) and top 9th Region competitor Newport (62-48). Drew Wilson scored 25 and Reid Jolly added 22 in the win over the Indians, while Reid Jolly led with 13 and 10 in their win over the Wildcats. They have games vs. Dixie Heights and Newport Catholic.

 

2. George Rogers Clark

A great rebound this week, beating Madison Central (57-46) where Jordan Graham put up 19, and Pendelton County (78-71) where Jared Wellman led with 22, and Graham following with another 19. The Cardinal defense did a great job holding Dontaie Allen to only 9 points at the half, but ended up with 34 points.

 

3. Scott

The Eagles had a solid win over Mason County (73-41), and a loss to Henry Clay (49-66). No stats on KHSAA.

 

4. Pendelton County

After a tough loss at GRC (71-78), the Wildcats rebounded for a 18 point win over rival Bracken County, where Allen had another stellar night putting up 51 points. The game wasn't close early, and had the Polar Bears down 14-2 to start the game, but they battled back early in 4th to 56-53, but after that it was all Wildcats on a 12-0 run. The host Augusta and play at Robertson this week.

 

5. Bishop Brossart

Good week for Brossart winning a 77-71 overtime game at Lloyd Memorial, following that with an easy win over Ludlow. However, they lost senior forward Allen Jump to an unknown injury.

 

6. Robertson County

The Black Devils beat Bracken County handily after being down by 9 in the 2nd quarter, winning 94-76, where Justin Becker put up 26 points. They then beat Ripley, OH in the Adidas Classic at Robertson County 77-70, led by Alex Schalch's 28 points.

 

7. Harrison County

Without leading scorer Quenton Turley, the Thorobreds took a disheartening loss to Nicholas County in a district seeding game. It is great to see how much more fun a seeded district really is, because this game means something, and puts Nicholas County's foot in the door for a higher seed than the 4 we expected. But Harrison County usually will do this in the regular season, with all the talent they have, they just play... bad. Even without your leading scorer a win over Nicholas County should be expected.

 

8. Bourbon County

A great week for the Colonels, with a nail bitting 59-55 win over Mason County, and a big district win over Paris, for the first time in a long time.

 

9. Paris

A bad week for the Greyhounds losing two games to Bourbon County, and 68-79 to West Jessamine. Jaylen Bryars is averaging 19 points a game.

 

10. Mason County

Still 0-4 for the Royals, losing to Bourbon County and getting blow out by Scott. Still a lot of turnovers for the very inexperienced group. But they could get their first win hosting Bracken County on Tuesday.

 

11. Montgomery County

The Indians still are 0-4, with losses to Paris and West Jessamine this week. They play Bourbon County in a district seeding game next week.

12. Bracken County

The Polar Bears dropped to 2-2 on the year after early competitive bouts with Robertson County and Pendleton County that led to late 18 point losses. Their week doesn't get easy as the head to Fieldhouse and try to beat Mason County for the first time in 20 years. They also host MoCo and St. Pat.

 

13. Calvary Christian

The Cougars took a shocking loss to Ludlow 67-71, but beat St Pat by 23 points. Mason Rusch put up 33 points in the winning contest.

14. Augusta

The Panthers have lost 3 straight 2 point games. They could easily be 4-2. The head to Falmouth this week, and host Ripley.

 

15. Nicholas County

A solid win for Nicholas County over Harrison, but they still have blowout losses to Augusta and Bracken.

 

16. Silver Grove

The Big Trains dropped 2 games to Bellevue and Villa Madonna.

 

17. Saint Patrick

The young young saints are still winless at 0-4. They should have a good game with Williamstown this week.

[Can'tcoach]

Have seen the top four in the ratings and can not quibble at all with them. Pendleton's losses have been to # 2 and 3 on their home courts. On a neutral court in March, who knows?

[One Great Scorer]

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I think it’s the top 3 and then everyone else.

[All In]

I think it’s the top 3 and then everyone else.

 

I think the winner of the Wednesday clash between PC and RC will be #4 for next week, but the loser should fall no further than #5, Brossart #6, maybe a distant #6 at this point. Dontae is reminding me more and more of that kind of special high school player that will just not take losing as an option and beginning to think that at season end PC may be battling CC to go to Rupp. What a final that would be.

[Oldercoach]

Talked to the Thompson family yesterday and Harrison had both Turley and Thompson out against Nicholas (40%) of Harrison's offensive output at 15 & 10 ppg. Makes the loss a little clearer.

[Randy Parker]

I think the winner of the Wednesday clash between PC and RC will be #4 for next week, but the loser should fall no further than #5, Brossart #6

 

I don't know enough about Brossart to appropriately rank them, but I think the top six listed in these rankings are the top six teams in the region right now. I might mix the order of those six a bit, but I think you've got the top tier of three teams (Scott, Campbell, GRC) & then a next tier of three teams (Pendleton, Brossart Robertson). Harrison would probably be there if fully healthy.

 

I'm really curious to see the outcome of Pendleton/Robertson Wednesday night.

[gold sunrise]

Another stat for GRC that deserves mentioning. GRC had 24 assists on 29 field goals in the Pendleton Co game. Very unselfish team. Makes them hard to guard.

[Oldercoach]

Has the 39th District ever been weaker? #10 Mason Co., #12 Bracken Co., #14 Augusta and #17 St. Patrick? Common thread is that three of the teams are all playing lots of youngsters. Bracken appears to be the only team with multiple seniors getting lots of PT and contributing over 70% of offense. Perhaps that will be the deciding factor come District Tournament time?

[mcpapa]

Has the 39th District ever been weaker? #10 Mason Co., #12 Bracken Co., #14 Augusta and #17 St. Patrick? Common thread is that three of the teams are all playing lots of youngsters. Bracken appears to be the only team with multiple seniors getting lots of PT and contributing over 70% of offense. Perhaps that will be the deciding factor come District Tournament time?

 

Worst I can remember it.

[Randy Parker]

Has the 39th District ever been weaker?

 

Worst I can remember it.

 

As down as I can recall.

 

Having said that, there's some really good young talent in the 39th as well.

[Oldercoach]

Been touting RC for a while. Match-up Weds vs Pendleton could be a pretty exciting one to see. Robertson has a young roster of 5 jrs., 7 sophs., and 2 frosh. Probably best freshman in 10th (6'5" Justin Becker at 20 & 10) that shoots lights out inside/outside and from the line. They might be a year away; but, maybe not. By tourney time they could be a force. Dontae will have to put the hammer down early to overcome team depth, speed, and bulk of RC. See Pendleton in a close one. Parking might be a problem as the new gym might be overflowing.

[VernonMaxwell86]

Been touting RC for a while. Match-up Weds vs Pendleton could be a pretty exciting one to see. Robertson has a young roster of 5 jrs., 7 sophs., and 2 frosh. Probably best freshman in 10th (6'5" Justin Becker at 20 & 10) that shoots lights out inside/outside and from the line. They might be a year away; but, maybe not. By tourney time they could be a force. Dontae will have to put the hammer down early to overcome team depth, speed, and bulk of RC. See Pendleton in a close one. Parking might be a problem as the new gym might be overflowing.

 

Riherds says 6:00 tip. Is that correct?

[One Great Scorer]

I don’t care if the district is down or either the region as long as it is competitive.

 

Hard to believe that just 4 years ago in 2015 the 39th District was the best in the Region.

[HSBballfan24]

Harrison County loses to Grant County last night...what is going on down there?

[Oldercoach]

Riherds says 6:00 tip. Is that correct?

 

I have no clue. Thanks for the heads up, I would have been late, if 6:00 is correct. Anybody out there know?