article 1st Region Review Week 3: New Number One

[silo11]

So we have a new Number One in Region One. McCracken County has proven they are currently the team to beat. They took over the number one spot after defeating former number one Mayfield. They are showing that Region 1 has some very good teams this year. Not a whole lot of movement happened other than the new number 1. Here are this week’s rankings.

 

1. McCracken County – Coach Burlin Brower

2018-19 record: 6-0

Week’s Record: 2-0

The Mustangs proved this week that they are worthy of being considered as a top 20 team in the state. They defeated BGP #9 Mayfield in a close game 66-65. They followed that up by defeating BGP #14 Bowling Green 64-60. Jackson Sivills was unstoppable in both games. He scored 28 with 14 rebounds versus Mayfield, and had another 30 points versus Bowling Green. He is now averaging almost 23 ppg and 8 rpg on the year. The Mustangs will play Ballard Memorial and Lyon County which should be easy wins, but they also play Marshall County which will be a little tougher test.

 

2. Mayfield – Coach Chris Guhy

BGP #9

2018-19 record: 3-3

Week’s Record: 2-1

Mayfield had a really tough loss to McCracken County 66-65. They had a chance to win it at the end, but instead, the Cardinals were called for a foul on a rebound with 0.1 seconds left sending McCracken to the line to win the game. It is the only time they play this year before the playoffs. The loss was sandwiched in between to convincing wins over St. Mary and Carlisle County. Calloway County and the Paducah Tilghman Christian Tournament is up next for Mayfield.

 

3. Graves County – Coach Joshua Frick

2018-19 record: 7-1

Week’s Record: 2-0

The Eagles won both of their games this week. The first against Ballard Memorial 75-36, and the second, a convincing win against Paducah Tilghman. It is the first step in Graves showing they can compete with the top teams in Region 1. Jacob Savage has really stepped it up and is leading the Eagles with 17.4 ppg so far. Ryan Mathis has followed with 15 ppg and Naranjo with 12 ppg. Graves will be hosting the Eagle Holiday Classic this weekend.

 

4. Paducah Tilghman – Coach Roderick Thomas

2018-19 record: 4-3

Week’s Record: 1-2

Paducah Tilghman has had a tough time the last few games. They have dropped 3 of 4 and have some tough games on the horizon as well. The Tornadoes lost to Caldwell County and Graves County. These losses knocked them a few spots in the rankings and they find themselves looking up at what seems to be better teams. They have an important game against Murray before Valley and Mayfield again.

 

 

5. Murray – Coach Dior Curtis

2018-19 record: 2-4

Week’s Record: 1-0

Murray only had one game this week and they made it count defeating Marshall County 64-49 behind 20 points from Grant Whitaker, who is also leading the Tigers in scoring on the year (14.3 ppg). Don’t let the record fool you, Murray has had a tough schedule out of the gate and it will continue as they move forward. Paducah Tilghman, Valley, Mayfield, and Bowling Green are all on the horizon. Toughest schedule in Region 1 so far.

 

6. Marshall County – Terry Birdsong

2018-19 record: 4-4

Week’s Record: 1-2

Marshall County looked fantastic against Christian Brothers in Tennessee last week, but then played awful again Murray before heading to Washington DC where they are currently 1-1. Jonathan Stokes is leading the Marshalls with 17 ppg. No word on Harmon joining the team as of now. That would be a huge change and boost for MC.

 

7 Carlisle County – Coach Brian O’Neil

2018-19 record: 6-3

Week’s Record: 3-1

The Comets had 4 games this week. They defeated Livingston Central, Fulton City, and Lyon County. They were soundly defeated by Mayfield showing they are not quite up to the level of the top teams in the region. Tough game against Caldwell County up this week before heading to a game in Illinois.

 

 

8. Calloway County – Coach Brad Cleaver

2018-19 record: 2-5

Week’s Record: 1-1

The Lakers dropped their 5th game in a row losing to Webster County from region 2. However they snapped the losing streak to Hickman County. Chandler Steele led the Lakers with 25 points and 11 rebounds. Ki Franklin added 13 with Kade Mize with 12. They face an uphill battle versus Mayfield this week.

 

9. Fulton County – Coach Jamie Madding

2018-19 record: 2-3

Week’s Record: 1-1

The Pilots got their second win of the season 49-48 against a team in Illinois. They lost a tough one to Lake County in Tennessee.

 

10. St. Mary – Coach Greg Overstreet

2018-19 record: 3-4

Week’s Record: 0-2

St. Mary had a nice schedule at the beginning of the year and they showed they could play with many of those teams, however this week, they ran into 2 of the top teams in the region and the scoreboard showed they couldn’t keep up. They lost both game by 30+ points. .

 

11. Community Christian Paducah – Coach Daniel Durrett

2018-19 record: 2-5

Week’s Record: 1-2

The Warriors got their second win of the season against Portland Christian. They kept the game close against Trigg County and Pope County, IL, but they couldn’t quite get the win. They are in almost every game and should win many more games this win.

 

 

12. Hickman County – Coach Wynn Harris

2018-19 record: 3-5

Week’s Record: 2-1

Hickman had their best week of the year defeating Christian Fellowship and Ballard Memorial. They did take a loss to Calloway County. A tough game against Community Christian is up next.

 

13. Ballard Memorial – Coach Marla Cooper

2018-19 record: 2-5

Week’s Record: 0-2

The Bombers lost to Hickman County in a close one and Graves County in a blowout. McCracken is up next.

 

 

14. Fulton City – Coach Jon Dillard

2018-19 record: 2-5

Week’s Record: 1-1

Fulton City defeated Clarksburg TN, but dropped a game to Carlisle County. They will play Bradford, TN Lyon County, and Butler County this week.

 

 

Player of the Week

Jackson Sivills, McCracken County. Sivills led McCracken to 2 big wins this week versus Mayfield and Bowling Green averaging 29 points in those two games.

[Hoptown Tigers]

Ok, I’ll be the jerk and ask. What is McCracken doing playing Ballard and Lyon?

[Padukacat]

Ok, I’ll be the jerk and ask. What is McCracken doing playing Ballard and Lyon?

 

My guess is that you have to fill the schedule with someone, and there were probably a lot of people asking considering three schools combined, two of which were typically playing a weak schedule in Reidland and Heath. Lone oak was a fairly small school at one time as well, but they did have some success in basketball. That’s my guess on the scheduling. Lots of small, rural schools that are typically weak at basketball about 4 out of 5 years.

[sweet16]

Ok, I’ll be the jerk and ask. What is McCracken doing playing Ballard and Lyon?

 

You can’t play a top team with every game. I can’t knock their schedule. They go out and play some tough teams throughout the year.

[silo11]

Plus those teams are in the region. You see a lot of region 1 teams play region 2 teams as well. But once you get out of those regions it is more expensive to travel, and more time. It makes sense to fill some schools close to round out the schedule.

[redleg13]

Ok, I’ll be the jerk and ask. What is McCracken doing playing Ballard and Lyon?

 

It's a fair question at first blush. But you have the same situation with Hoptown and Christian Co. playing the likes of Trigg Co. and Ft. Campbell. They're neighbors and there is the expectation of playing these games.

[Hoptown Tigers]

It's a fair question at first blush. But you have the same situation with Hoptown and Christian Co. playing the likes of Trigg Co. and Ft. Campbell. They're neighbors and there is the expectation of playing these games.

 

Ft. Campbell is a district game for Hoptown and County. And fair point on the Trigg County game. I just found it odd that McCracken would play them both in one week. McCracken is really really good.

[jacksonpurchase]

You will see lots of close to home games this week with it being finals week.

[theguru]

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