January 15, 20242 yr 1. Daviess County Panthers (14-3) – SAME – Wins (63-50 Breck Co & 76-42 Apollo) The Panthers ran their win streak to 11 games this week. Gage Phelps scored his 1000th point recently and led the Panthers with 22 against Apollo and 21 against Breck. The big showdown with Butler County for tonight is canceled due to weather but they will travel to Owensboro for a big district game on Friday. 2. Butler County Bears (7-6) – SAME – Wins (76-49 Greenwood), Losses (89-79 Christ Presbyterian TN) The Bears up and down season against good competition continued this week as they fell to a below 500 Christ Presbyterian team on Saturday. Lawson Rice posted a double double against Greenwood. He scored 24 and had 12 boards. The Bears had their Friday game against Grayson County postponed due to weather. Their showdown with Daviess County that was scheduled for tonight has also been postponed. They will host Edmonson County on Friday. 3. Owensboro Catholic Aces (11-3) - SAME – Wins (64-53 Mclean Co, 62-58 Owensboro & 69-53 Station Camp, TN) The Aces have now won 9 straight games, including the All-A 3rd Region Championship last Monday. Luke Beickman scored 26 to lead them to the title. On Friday, they rallied from 11 down in the final minutes to stun Owensboro. Tutt Carrico hit the game winner with just a few seconds left on the clock. The Aces look to stay hot at Ohio County tomorrow before hosting Apollo on Friday. 4. Ohio County Eagles (8-9) – UP 3 – Wins (61-51 Muhlenberg Co & 62-40 Meade Co) With their backs against the wall, the Eagles had their best week of the season. They moved to 2-0 in district play with a nice win over Muhlenberg on Friday and followed that up with a 22 point win over a Meade County team that had been playing better. Ohio looks to stay hot with 2 tough games this week. They will host Owensboro Catholic on Tuesday before traveling to Mclean County Friday. 5. Mclean County Cougars (12-4) – DOWN 1 – Losses (64-53 Owensboro Cath & 62-46 Union Co) It was a rough week for the Cougars as they are really missing their 2nd leading scorer in Brodie Cline. He is scheduled to return to the line-up sometime next week. In the meantime, they will host Ohio County in a huge 10th district matchup on Friday. An Ohio Co win will all but assure them the 1 seed in district. 6. Owensboro Red Devils (8-7) – DOWN 1 – Wins (72-59 Webster Co), Losses (62-58 Owensboro Cath) The Devils had their 3 game streak snapped on Friday, suffering a tough district loss to Owensboro Catholic. OHS controlled the game until the final 3 minutes where they let the game slip away. Keaton Hughes put up a monster double double with 15 points and 16 rebounds. Sanders led the way with 18. Owensboro travels to Evansville Bosse, IN on Tuesday before hosting Daviess County in a district showdown on Friday. 7. Grayson County Cougars (8-6) – DOWN 1 – Off The Cougars had their lone game of the week against Butler County canceled due to weather. A pair of freshman lead the Cougars in scoring as Jack Logsdon is sitting at 20 ppg and Spencer Langdon is scoring 19.1 ppg. They will host Central Hardin on Tuesday before traveling to Whitesville Trinity on Friday. 8. Apollo Eagles (10-7) – SAME – Wins (92-32 Cloverport), Losses (76-42 Daviess Co) The Young Eagles seem to be hitting a wall here in the middle part of the season as they have lost 4 of their last 5 games. They will look to get back on track as they host Breck County on Tuesday before traveling to red hot Owensboro Catholic on Friday. 9. Edmonson County Wildcats (9-8) – UP 1 – Wins (60-45 Logan Co & 65-37 Whitesville Trinity) The Wildcats bounced back this week and erased a 3 game losing streak with tough wins. Joshua Decker had a monster game against Logan County, scoring 18 points and pulling 14 rebounds. He followed that up with another double double against Trinity on Saturday with 11 points and 11 rebounds. They look to stay hot as they travel to Knights Christian in Owensboro before traveling to Butler County on Friday. 10. Breckinridge County Tigers (6-9) – UP 1 – Losses (63-50 Daviess Co) The Tigers have struggled a bit after Christmas, losing 4 of 5 games. Mercer Rogers has been a bright spot as he is putting up 28 ppg over the past 2 weeks. They will travel to Apollo on Tuesday before closing the week at Cloverport. 11. Meade County Greenwave (6-9) – UP 1 – Wins (John Hardin), Losses (62-40 Ohio Co) The Waves opened the week with a big win over John Hardin. Garrett Hardesty scored 25 and pulled 10 boards while Hayden Shouse added 24. Meade has a pair of home games this week against Green County and Hancock County. 12. Muhlenberg County Mustangs (5-11) – DOWN 2 – Losses (61-51 Ohio Co & 58-41 Graves Co) The Mustangs have not been able to follow up the momentum of their big win over Grayson County to open the 2nd half of the season. They have now lost 7 of their last 8 games. They host Whitesville Trinity on Tuesday before hosting Caldwell and East Robertson, TN this weekend. 13. Hancock County Hornets (6-9) – SAME – Wins (47-39 Tell City, IN) The Hornets notched another win this week, knocking off Tell City with a big 2nd half effort. Dylan Morris led the way with 18. Alex Madden scored 13 and pulled 14 boards. They’re at Whitefield Academy on Tuesday before traveling to Meade for a district contest on Friday.
