Tournament season is finally upon us and the region feels wide open.  Butler County comes in 10-0 against the region, but did not play a team in the 9th District due to cancelations.  Daviess County is the only 20 game winner in the region but even they have had some head scratching losses over the past few weeks.  Ohio County is playing well and has already punched their ticket to the regional tournament.  The winner of Owensboro and Owensboro Catholic should gain a ton of momentum heading into the regional next week.  Grayson County comes in hot, having beat Daviess County by double digits last week.  Expect more intrigue at next week's regional tournament, as most all of the district games have heavy favorites.  Keep your eye on Owensboro vs Owensboro Catholic, Mclean County vs Muhlenberg County and possibly Grayson County vs Edmonson County as the best first round games.

District 12 – at Grayson County

Butler County v Whitesville Trinity – it has been a rough rebuilding year for the Raiders as the Bears won both regular season match-ups handily.  Expect the same in this one.

                Grayson County v Edmonson County – Grayson won both regular season meetings by double digits and have been playing really well to close the season.  They won 4 straight games, including a dominating win over Daviess County.  Edmonson comes in winning 3 of their last 4, but are still double digit underdogs in this match-up.  This is a heated rivalry game so anything could

happen.

 

District 11 – at Meade County

Breck County v Cloverport – The Tigers will be heavy favorites in round 1.  They closed the regular season winning 9 of 10 and beat Cloverport by an average of 41 points in the regular season.

Meade County v Hancock County – The Waves enter the postseason having won 7 of 10 and playing better.  They handled Hancock County in the regular season by an average of 26.5 points.

 

District 10 – at Ohio County

                Muhlenberg County at Mclean County – 2 of the Mustangs 7 wins came against Mclean County.  They won the first game by 7 and the second game by 2.  Muhlenberg has only scored 3 wins since Christmas.  Mclean comes in on a down swing, having lost 9 of their last 13 games.  Gunnar Revelett and Brodie Cline are as good as 1-2 punch as any team has in the region.  Whichever team can get the most out of their star players should advance to the championship to take on Ohio County.

 

District 9 – at Apollo

                Daviess County v Apollo – Apollo scored its first winning season since 2017 and has taken very positive steps forward as a program this season.  That said, they got a nearly impossible draw with Daviess County in round one.  The Panthers dominated this match-up in the regular season, winning by 34 and 35.

                Owensboro v Owensboro Catholic – This is easily the best game of the first round across the region.  These bitter rivals played 2 great regular season games, and this one expects to be no different.  Owensboro surrendered a double-digit lead in the final minutes to let game one slip away.  Game two was controlled by Catholic but Owensboro made a late push to take the lead before falling short, 55-50.  Keaton Hughes is a mis-match for Owensboro Catholic, as the Aces do not have a big.  They have been able to offset that with a small lineup that outscores the Devils.  Owensboro has also had a lot of trouble with the full court pressure that Catholic brings.  If the Devils can take care of the ball, and find Hughes early and often, this one could get interesting. 

 

FINAL REGULAR SEASON RANKINGS, RECORD & REGIONAL RECORDS

1. Butler County Bears (18-8, 10-0)

2. Daviess County Panthers (23-6, 12-2)

3. Ohio County Eagles (19-9, 10-4)

4. Owensboro Catholic Aces (19-9, 10-4)

5. Grayson County Cougars (17-11, 11-6)

6. Owensboro Red Devils (13-12, 6-3)

7. Breckinridge County Tigers (15-11, 12-6)

8. Apollo Eagles (16-13, 8-8)

9. Mclean County Cougars (16-11, 6-9)

10. Meade County Greenwave (14-15, 6-5)

11. Edmonson County Wildcats (13-14, 4-6)

12. Muhlenberg County Mustangs (7-21, 3-8)

13. Hancock County Hornets (9-19, 5-13)

14. Whitesville Trinity Raiders (2-27, 0-19)

15. Cloverport Aces (4-21, 0-10)

 

REGULAR SEASON SCORING LEADERS (as of 2/25)

1. Ty Price – Butler Co – 29.1

2. Luke Bieckman – Owensboro Catholic – 20.4

3. Elijah Decker – Ohio Co – 19.7

4. Jack Logsdon – Grayson Co – 19.4

5. Gunnar Revelett – Mclean Co – 19

6. Lawson Rice – Butler Co – 18.3

7. Dayshaun Sanders – Owensboro – 16.9

8. Spencer Langdon – Grayson Co – 16.8

9. Keaton Hughes – Owensboro – 16.6

10. Jonathan Moss – Daviess Co – 16.5

10. Cole Weatherholt – Cloverport – 16.5

 

REGULAR SEASON REBOUNDING LEADERS (as of 2/25)

1. Lawson Rice – Butler Co – 11

2. Keaton Hughes – Owensboro – 10.2

3. Alex Madden – Hancock Co – 9.5

4. Joshua Decker – Edmonson Co – 9.2

5. Tutt Carrico – Owensboro Catholic – 8.1

1 hour ago, ApolloFan98 said:

Grayson County v Edmonson County – Grayson won both regular season meetings by double digits and have been playing really well to close the season. They won 4 straight games, including a dominating win over Daviess County. Edmonson comes in winning 3 of their last 4, but are still double digit underdogs in this match-up. This is a heated rivalry game so anything could happen.

I believe there were multiple fan ejections from their district tournament matchup last season.

Hate that we didn’t get to see Butler County and Owensboro play to end the regular season. Any word on to why that one was cancelled?

Butler County up 25-7 against Edmonson County in the District 12 Championship, end of 1Q. The Wildcats have 9 turnovers.