Tuesday 12/27 - Round 1 at South Oldham HS, Crestwood, KY

2 pm - Seneca (4-3) vs. Beechwood (4-5) - Two teams that have reversed their fortunes of late; Seneca's Redhawks enter the tourney on a three-game winning streak.  Included in that streak is a win over Butler, the only loss the Bears (7-1) have this season.  QuelRon House (22.9 ppg) leads the Redhawks.    Beechwood is also on the rise, having won 3 of their last 4 games.   The Tigers were the runners up in the Swauger Holiday Classic, losing in the finals to South Oldham by 21.   Interestingly, if both teams were to win 2 games, Beechwood could meet South Oldham in the finals in this tournament as well...

3:45 pm - Highlands (10-1) vs. McCracken County (9-0) - The matchup of round 1.    Highlands won the 9th Region - and the state - tournament in 2021.   McCracken has won 3 of the last 5 Region 1 titles.    Highlands has lost just one game, to Henry Clay, by a mere 9 points.   McCracken is undefeated - and beat Henry Clay by 6.    This should be an absolute barn-burner and a must-see game.    Interestingly, these two "just missed" each other in the Mason County tournament, where McCracken won the title in the game against Henry Clay.  Highlands features four players averaging in double digits; Jack McCune leads McCracken; he is coming off a 23-point effort in the Mason County title game.

5:30 pm - Iroquois (7-3) vs. Garrard County (6-3) - Again, two teams coming in on an uptick.    Iroquois (Raiders?  Raider-Wolves?  LOL) is riding a four game winning streak coming into the tourney, and Garrard's Lions have won 4 of their last 5.   Iroquois is coming off three easy wins en route to the title in their own tournament; they hit over 55% from the floor in the semifinals and finals.   Jamir Ford leads the team at nearly 20 ppg.   Ethan Cooper, who is the highest-scoring player coming into the tournament at 26+ ppg, leads the Lions, who have already beaten one team in the tournament, East Jessamine, by five.    More notably, the Lions upset Danville Christian, a 7-win team that already owns a victory over top 20-ranked Evangel.  

7:15 pm - South Oldham (4-5) vs East Jessamine (3- 7)   Both teams have had a bumpy start to the season, but both come into the tournament off wins.    South won the Swauger Holiday Classic, besting Bellevue, 71-34, and Beechwood, 76-55.   The Dragons, as usual, are hitting the 3-point bombs well, averaging over 12 made threes a game at nearly a 36% clip.   Julian Miles averages 18.7 ppg and over three made threes per contest.   The Jaguars won their most recent game by 22 over Apollo, and both Radford Myles (24) and Hayden Frazier (22) cracked the twenty-point mark.    For the season, Jacob Lockett leads the team in scoring at 12 per game.   FREE, LIVE, HI-DEF video coverage starts at 7 pm on www.pegasussportsky.com    (all South Oldham games in the tournament will be covered on Pegasus Sports)

 

Butler has two losses, they also lost to Mason County in the Mason tourney.  Both the Swauger and the Mason County tournaments were cut short of completion because of weather.

9 hours ago, 4 Quarters said:

Butler has two losses, they also lost to Mason County in the Mason tourney.  Both the Swauger and the Mason County tournaments were cut short of completion because of weather.

Yeah, they've updated the KHSAA site since I wrote that.   Actually, they now show Butler with THREE losses.

Pegasus Sports goes on the air at 7 pm tonight (www.pegasussportsky.com) with FREE live hi-def video coverage of the South vs. East Jessamine game.

Pegasus will cover each of the games South Oldham plays.   The Dragons will play either Iroquois or Garrard County on Wednesday.   We'll see about Thursday.

Beechwood wins over Seneca

McCracken dominant in easy win over Highlands.   Bit of a stunner there.   Not who won, just by how much.

Iroquois vs. Garrard County next.

South Oldham vs. East Jessamine at 7:15 pm....pregame at 7 pm on www.pegasussportsky.com

30 minutes ago, ColonelMike said:

Beechwood wins over Seneca

McCracken dominant in easy win over Highlands.   Bit of a stunner there.   Not who won, just by how much.

Iroquois vs. Garrard County next.

South Oldham vs. East Jessamine at 7:15 pm....pregame at 7 pm on www.pegasussportsky.com

Birds couldn’t guard the ball or hit a shot.  Recipe for disaster.

Ian Hart hurt or sick for McCracken County?

Hurt.

Is Shoulders a transfer from Lyon to McCracken?  

Wednesday schedule:

Seneca (4-4) vs. Highlands (10-2) - two teams that maybe didn't expect to be in this game.    Highlands will be heavily favored to rebound to victory lane in this one, but the Birds will have to defend the rim better against a very quick Redhawk team.

McCracken County (10-0) vs. Beechwood (5-5) - The tourney favorites from Region One won with impressive ease in round one, and they square off against the Tigers, who have won 4 of their last 5 as they go for another upset win in the tournament.

Garrard County (6-4) vs. East Jessamine (3-8) - rematch of a previous game won by the Lions by 5.    Both teams got overwhelmed in round one by faster, more aggressive teams and look to get back on the winning track.

7:15 pm - South Oldham (5-5) vs. Iroquois (8-3) - These two teams play each year, so they are familiar with each other and each other's style of play.   This will be a very fast paced game.   If South executes the way they did against East Jessamine, the Dragons have an excellent chance of advancing.    The better passing team has the advantage in this one.    This game will be broadcast - FREE, live, hi-definition video on www.pegasussportsky.com beginning at 7 pm ET.