article 16th Region Week 5 Review

[zebraman]

Week 5 further showed us the 62nd and 63rd districts are going to be wars. In the 63rd, Raceland has played 2 district games, one (Russell) was an overtime loss. The other (Greenup) was a triple overtime win. There seems be a lot of parity. However, mix in the rivalry and the heart and these could be wars. Ashland continued to be what we have seen of Ashland this season so far. The circle on their schedule points to a week 6 game with Trinity, which knocked the Tomcats out of the Sweet 16 last season.

 

 

1) Ashland (Season: 14-0 This week: 2-0)

Ashland continued their dominance over all comers this week as they hosted Union County and Woodford County this week. Ashland sent both teams home with a loss. Porter provided the most offense this week, with 18 and 27 points, respectively. The Tomcats are undoubtedly looking forward to the revenge game with Trinity that is scheduled for week 7.

 

2) Boyd County (Season: 8-6 This week: 2-0)

Following a week 4 glitch in my crystal ball, the Lions are back in the #2 spot, where they should have stayed. In week 5, the Lions hosted Fleming at home and traveled to neighbor Fairview. Boyd won both contests in dominant fashion

 

3) Rowan County (Season: 10-4 This week: 1-1)

Rowan County had an up and down week this week, suffering a loss to Wayne County (8-6) and capturing a 2A Classic win against Mason County, in overtime. In their loss to Wayne, Mason Moore continued his stellar play with a 30 point, 10 rebound night. Moore seems to be elevating his game in an impressive fashion.

 

4) Raceland (Season: 9-2 This week: 1-0)

Raceland only had 1 game in week 5, but it was a big one. Raceland hosted Greenup County to a triple overtime thriller. Pence lead the Rams with 27 points while Gunnur Lewis provided the rebounds with 12. The victory of Greenup was enough to move Raceland up a slot this week.

 

5) Greenup County (Season: 9-3 This week: 1-1)

Greenup County also had a split this week with a win against Letcher County Central and a triple-overtime loss to Raceland. Dryden’s scoring output was decreased this week. However, Carter and Griffin stepped in as needed to put points on the board. The game with Raceland was certainly the most interesting of the week as it is a district game and shows there are some battles in the future.

 

 

6) West Carter (Season: 5-6 This week: 1-0)

West Carter has only played 1 game since the New Year, a district showdown with Morgan County, which handed the Comets a 20-point defeat in December. The Comets were determined not to let that happen in the New Year. With 27 points from Leadingham, the Comets collected a 19-point victory over the Cougars

 

7) East Carter (Season: 6-5 This week: 1-0)

East Carter hosted Russell during week 5. At the end of the third quarter the Raiders trailed by 10 points and had been outplayed most of the game. However, we play 4 quarters and the Raiders dominated the 4th, beating the Devils by 5

 

8) Lewis County (Season: 4-9 This week: 1-0)

Lewis County broke their 8 game losing streak with a victory over Union County (6-7) at the Marv Meredith Classic. O’Keefe looked very strong in the game as he joined the 30-point club.

 

9) Russell (Season: 5-6 This week: 2-1)

Russell started the week by capturing the championship of the King of the Smokies tournament beating Franklin Road Academy out of Nashville. The Devils followed that up with a 4th quarter meltdown against East Carter and an overtime win at home against Johnson Central. The Devils seem to not be content with only playing 4 quarters in a game as they had their 5th game to go to overtime, which is just less than half of their games.

 

10) Fleming County (Season: 5-8 This week: 1-2)

Fleming County went 1-2 for the week. The Panthers had a win against St Patrick and losses to Bath County and Boyd County. Argo had a memorable game against St Patrick with 23 points and 11 rebounds.

 

11) Morgan County (Season: 5-8 This week: 1-1)

Morgan County split for the week with a victory over Menifee County and a district loss to West Carter. Jake Helton led the Cougars with 22 and 21 points, respectively

 

12) Bath County (Season: 7-8 This week: 2-0)

Bath County went 2-0 in week 5 and certainly found an offensive rhythm, averaging 84.5 points a game this week. Each game the Wildcats had 4 players to score in double-digits and were led by Otis.

 

13) Elliott County (Season: 5-6 This week: 0-0)

Elliott County had a bye week and have not played since the New Year.

 

14) Fairview (Season: 3-9 This week: 0-2)

Fairview went 0-2 for the week with a home loss to Boyd County and a road loss to Symmes Valley (OH). In the Symmes Valley game, Manning went for 28 points and 9 rebounds.

 

15) Menifee County (Season: 4-10 This week: 0-1)

The Wildcats lost their only game of the week, a home game to Morgan County. Menifee was led in scoring by Fugett and Martin for the game.

 

16) Rose Hill (Season: 2-8 This week: 0-0)

Rose Hill has been on bye during week 5.

[theguru]

Bump.

[Rikkijoe]

Russell could have been much higher, if they not lost those leads in the 4th quarter.

[zebraman]

Russell could have been much higher, if they not lost those leads in the 4th quarter.

 

Still think Russell is in the mix. The 63rd is a toss-up and will be an all out battle.