62nd District Semifinal

?? East Carter Raiders (16-11) | ?? West Carter Comets (9-18)

?West Carter High School in Olive Hill 

? | The Carter County civil war resumes with a win or go home battle for a spot in the 62nd District finals. This is the first district tournament encounter since the 2020 championship game, won by the Comets during a five game win streak over their rival. The Raiders have taken command of the series since, winning the last five. That includes the events of January 26th, when East spotted West an early double digit lead before rallying to win on the same floor they'll compete on tonight.

Starting Line-ups

East Carter - Goodman, Hall, Ty Scott, Tate Scott, Johnson

West Carter - Webb, Dailey, Waddell, Fuston, Parker

Webb opens the scoring from behind the arc. 

3-0 Comets

Ty Scott ties it up with his own dagger.

3 all

Go Raiders!

8-5 East

5:33 1Q

Hall sinks a pair of FTs.

11-7 East

End of 1Q 

East 12

West 7

Blake Hall splashes a 3. Tate Scott pushes the lead to double digits moments later.

17-7 East

Goodman with a deep 3. Raiders are pulling away with a 14-0 run.

22-7 East

Halftime 

East 29

West 11

East leads 29-11 at the half.

Ty Scott for 3.

34-15 East 

4:24 3Q

East leads 34-15 midway through the 3rd quarter.

38-25 East with 6 minutes to play.

38-25 East

5:53 4Q