BluegrassPreps.com 11th Region Week 12 Review and Rankings (and District Tournaments Preview)

11^th Region Week 12 Review

          After a great week of basketball with a ton of games in the area, it is finally tournament time!  The results of those games are below, but as we all know the records do not matter anymore.  Looking at the 41^st district first hosted at Frankfort, Great Crossing enters as the favorite as they went 7-0 in the district in the regular season.  However, their last meeting with Western Hills was just a two point victory.  I look for these two teams to meet again in the finals with Western Hills finding a way to win this third meeting.  The 42^nd at Bryan Station may be the most competitive district in the 11^th region.  Henry Clay enters with a 7-1 record in the district, with their lone blemish being at Bryan Station in January.  The matchup between Douglass and Bryan Station in the first semifinal should be a great match-up as the two teams split high scoring games in the regular season.  I look for Henry Clay to defeat Douglass in the finals of this one.  In the 43^rd district at Lafayette, Lexington Catholic enters as the clear cut favorite with their 8-0 record in the district.  This one sets up on paper for a third meeting between Dunbar and Lexington Catholic in the finals.  Although Lexington Catholic won both meetings in the regular season, Dunbar has the talent to win if they play their best; I’ll take the Knights.  In the 44^th, Madison Central and Madison Southern ended up on opposite sides of the blind draw for the 12^th time in the last 14 years.  The two teams expect to face each other again unless Berea or Model can pull off a huge upset in the semi-finals.  Madison Central won the first meeting in December by 15 points.  I’ll take the Indians over the Eagles in the 44^th.

 Results of 11^th Region Week 12 Games

Monday:   Western Hills at Frankfort  - WH Won

 Great Crossing at Scott County -GC Won

 Henry Clay at Tates Creek – TC Won

Tuesday:    LCA at Bryan Station- BS Won

Lincoln County at Lexington Catholic – Lex Cath. Won

Tates Creek at Great Crossing – GC Won

 West Jessamine at Dunbar – PLD Won

Wednesday:   Evangel Christian at Madison Southern – EC won

 GRC at Tates Creek – GRC Won

Thursday:  Male at Henry Clay – Male Won

 GRC at Scott County – GRC Won

Friday:  Covington Catholic at Madison Central – CC Won

 Douglass at Lafayette – Douglass Won

 Bourbon County at Madison Southern (at EKU) – MS Won

 Paris at Model – Paris Won

District Tournament Schedule

Monday:   Frankfort Christian at Frankfort, Scotty County vs. Sayre (at Bryan Station), LCA at Lafayette, Model vs. Madison Southern (at EKU)

Tuesday:    TBA vs. Great Crossing (at Frankfort), Douglass at Bryan Station, Dunbar vs. Tates Creek (at Lafayette), Berea vs. Madison Central (at EKU)

Wednesday:   Western Hills vs. Franklin County (at Frankfort), TBA vs. Henry Clay (at Bryan Station), TBA vs. Lexington Catholic (at Lafayette),

Thursday:  44^th District Championship at EKU

Friday:  41^st District Championship at Frankfort, 42^nd District Championship at Bryan Station, 43^rd District Championship at Lafayette

Team Rankings 1-19 (overall record / weekly record)

1.    Madison Central – 19-10 – 2-1

2.    Lexington Catholic – 24-5 – 2-0

3.    Henry Clay – 23-7 – 2-1

4.    Great Crossing – 24-6 – 3-0

5.    Dunbar – 13-11 – 2-0

6.    Madison Southern – 18-11 – 2-1

7.    Frederick Douglass – 15-14 – 3-0

8.    Bryan Station – 12-11  - 1-1

9.    Western Hills – 14-13 – 2-0 

10.                       Scott County – 9-17 – 0-3

11.                       Tates Creek – 10-17  - 0-3

12.                       Sayre – 12-16 – 3-0  

13.                       LCA – 8-22 – 0-2

14.                       Frankfort – 12-16 – 1-1

15.                       Franklin County – 9-19 – 0-2

16.                       Lafayette – 4-23 – 0-2

17.                       Model – 6-22 – 1-2   

18.                        Berea – 6-20 – 1-1

19.                        Frankfort Christian – 10-21 – 1-2