article BluegrassPreps.com 16th Region Week 1 Review

[zebraman]

Week 1 is in the books. While the picture is still fuzzy, we have enough to know it is going to be an exciting year of basketball in the 16th!

 

 

1) Ashland (3-0)

Ashland started the season off on fire. The pace will be blistering this year out of Ashland. Hudson, Sellers, and Porter are every bit as good as advertised. This week they had wins over Lewis County, Region 15 Power Johnson Central, and Madison Central.

 

2) Boyd County (2-0)

Boyd County had a good win at Russell in what was an impressive environment for the first week of the season. Boyd was calm and just did what they do. Stewart and Webb lead the way for the Lions. They will certainly be in the mix in Morehead.

 

3) West Carter (2-0)

West Carter moves up a spot after an overtime win against Russell and a win against Fairview. West showed the ability to score a bunch of points in a short time period. They have had 5 different players to score in double digits thus far.

 

4) Rowan County (1-2)

Rowan County started rough. They captured a win over Montgomery County, but losses to Campbell County and Fredrick Douglas. Both of these are quality programs and undoubtedly provided Rowan will some insight to some areas to work on for this year. Mason Moore’s 32 point and 17 rebound performance against Montgomery was quite a performance to watch.

 

5) Lewis County (2-1)

Lewis County had a busy week with wins over Mason and Morgan Counties. Their loss came to Ashland. For much of the Ashland game, Lewis was holding close until Ashland got on fire late. The wins move them up 1 spot.

 

6) Raceland (2-0)

Raceland was unblemished through week 1. They put away wins over Dawson Bryant (OH) and Dayton. Neither of these opponents would be listed as top tier, but Raceland did what they needed to do. Austin Compton was impressive to start the season with his 23 points and 12 rebounds against Dawson Bryant.

 

7) Russell (0-2)

Russell slides down a couple of spots with an 0-2 start. Worthy of not, both losses were against 16th region foes that are ranked higher. Russell lost at home against Boyd County and in overtime at West Carter. The system is still working out some kinks, but expect Russell to make noise later in the year.

 

8) East Carter (2-1)

The Raiders had wins over Elliott County and Bath County this week and a loss to 15th region Lawrence County. They look to get scoring for several players and did in the first week. Of note was Hunter Binion’s 19 point and 1 rebound game against Lawrence County.

 

9) Morgan County (1-2)

Morgan County started the season with a win against Bath County and losses to Lewis County and Floyd Central. As expected, Jake Helton is leading the way for the Cougars in both scoring and rebounding.

 

10) Greenup County (1-1)

The Musketeers started off at 1-1 with a win over Menifee County and a loss to Montgomery County. Newcomer Rodrell Dryden is making his presence known early, averaging 16 points and 18.5 rebounds a game over the first week. Brady Nelson is doing as expected, averaging 23.5 points a game in week 1.

 

11) Fleming County (1-1)

Fleming had a loss to Bourbon County and a win against Ripley this week. This week showed the character of the team this week as team captain Johnathan Mayer chase to stay and play instead of going to Kroger Field to accept his player of the year award. That type of team-first mindset will certainly propel the Panthers this season.

 

12) Fairview (2-1)

Fairview got started with some wins as Fairview had a home win against Covenant Christian (WV) and an overtime win against Rose Hill. Fairview has a loss to West Carter this week. Those wins move them up a couple of spots.

 

13) Elliott County (0-2)

Elliott County suffered losses to East Carter and an Australian team this week. They will look to recover and get some momentum in week 2.

 

14) Bath County (0-3)

Bath County did not get the start they wanted. This week, Bath lost to George Rogers Clark, Morgan County, and East Carter. They are off until Dec 13 and will look to make the tweaks they need to get some wins next week.

 

15) Rose Hill (1-1)

Rose Hill got a win over Burgin and an overtime loss to Fairview. Close to finishing out the first week 2-0. Rose Hill will look to continue momentum during week 2.

 

16) Menifee County (0-2)

Menifee went 0-2 this week with loses to Greenup County and Boyd County. Menifee did show they can score some points. However, they also showed they can give points up. They will look to tighten the defense after allows 87 and 96 points in those two games.

[theguru]

Bump.