The question for a while has been can any region teams beat Ashland. The general consensus was that the Tomcats were on a level all of their own. This week, Boyd County showed us the answer to that is yes, it can happen. Did it happen, no, the Tomcats did enough to win. However, the Lions showed they can compete. With the question answered that yes a region team CAN beat the Tomcats, we are still left with the question of WILL any region team beat the Tomcats? Time will tell

 

 

1) Ashland (Season: 23-0 This week: 3-0)

Ashland maintained their view fro, the top of the hill for the state this week. However, it wasn’t without challenges. Ashland had one of their toughest games of the season at rival Boyd County. In the end, the Tomcats pulled off the win with a huge second half by Colin Porter. Ashland also had wins over East Carter and Fairview in week 9.

 

2) Rowan County (Season: 18-6 This week: 3-0)

It was a very good week to be a Viking! Rowan county went 3-0 for the week. That recorded victories against Russell, Fleming County, and Greenup County. Mason Moore’s play for the week was quite impressive as well. Moore, leading the Vikings, averaged 26.7 points and 10.7 rebounds for the week.

 

3) Boyd County (Season: 14-11 This week: 2-2)

Boyd County split their games for week 9. The Lions had wins over Morgan County and Rose Hill while losses to Ashland and Mason County. The thing Boyd will remember from the week is that Ashland is not unbeatable. The Lions will look back to that film and will certainly be waiting on the district tournament for a chance to accomplish the task.

 

4) Raceland (Season: 13-5 This week: 0-1)

Raceland only had 1 game during week 9. The Rams suffered a home loss to West Carter. Out of Raceland’s 5 losses, 2 of them are to West Carter. Pence was the leading scorer for the Rams with 25, 9 of those coming from the free-throw line.

 

5) Greenup County (Season: 15-8 This week: 2-1)

Greenup County went 2-1 during week 9. They had a win against Bath County. Then the Musketeers have a home overtime win in a very important district match-up with Russell. Greenup’s loss of the week came to Rowan County. An unexpected shining star for the week was 8th grader Zander Carter. Carter drilled 2 important 3-pointers in the Russell win enroute to his 22 point night.

 

6) West Carter (Season: 13-8 This week: 3-0)

West Carter went 3-0 for week 9. The Comets recorded wins over Raceland, East Carter and Menifee County. The win over East Carter has the Comets sitting in a good spot for the #1 seed in the district tournament. Leadingham lead the Comets in scoring this week with 19 points a game.

 

7) Lewis County (Season: 9-13 This week: 2-0)

Lewis County went 1-1 for the week with a loss to Lawrence County and a win over St Patrick. The Loins will be looking to inject themselves back in the district race as they face Russell and Raceland in their next 2 games.

 

8) Bath County (Season: 13-11 This week: 1-1)

Bath County went 1-1 on the week. The Wildcats has a win against Rose Hill and a loss to Greenup County. Williams, Patton, and Otis continue to take turns with the scoring crown. Either of the three is capable of scoring points in bunches.

 

9) East Carter (Season: 9-9 This week: 0-2)

East Carter went 0-2 for the week. The Raiders lost to Ashland and then suffered a road loss to West Carter. East will look to wrap up the #2 district seed with a victory in a week 10 matchup with Elliott County.

 

10) Russell (Season: 7-12 This week: 0-2)

Russell went 0-2 for the week, for the second week in a row with losses to Rowan County and Greenup County. The Greenup County game has to sting as little as the Devils were up 5 points with 17.5 seconds left in the game, only to lose in overtime. Jachimczuk had a notable performance in the Greenup game scoring 35 points.

 

11) Fleming County (Season: 8-15 This week: 1-2)

Fleming County was 1-2 for week 9. They had a win over Estill County and losses to Menifee and Rowan County. Similar to Bath, Fleming had a trio that took turns leading the scoring this week with Flannery, Lutz, and McKee.

 

12) Elliott County (Season: 6-10 This week: 0-1)

Elliott County is in a lull in their schedule and played only 1 game during week 9. The Lions lost on the road at Ironton (OH).

 

13) Menifee County (Season: 9-14 This week: 1-1)

Menifee County went 1-1 for the week with a win over Fleming County and a loss to West Carter. Worthy of note, the Wildcats ended above 500 for the month of January, going 5-4.

 

14) Morgan County (Season: 5-14 This week: 0-2)

Morgan County again went 0-2 during week 9. The Cougars lost to Boyd County and to Lawrence County. Jake Helton averaged 20 points a game this week.

 

15) Fairview (Season: 6-13 This week: 1-1)

Fairview went 1-1 for the week. They had a win against Covenant (WV) and a loss to Ashland. Smith led the eagles with just over 21 points per game.

 

16) Rose Hill (Season: 2-18 This week: 0-3)

Rose Hill was 0-3 for the week. The Royals lost in home games to Bath County and Ironton St Joe (OH) as well as a road loss to Boyd County. Wilburn was the scoring punch for the Royals this week at over 21 points per game.

Some info for anyone trying to catch a Tomcat game this week. Rose Hill/Ashland that was scheduled for Tuesday then moved to this evening has been pushed back to Feb 20th. The Ironton (OH) game scheduled for this Saturday has been cancelled and I do not believe there will be a makeup date for that one.