Woodford County 71 Ashland 70 (OT) (KOB)

[LouHSJunkie]

Final from King of the Bluegrass.

[16thBBall Fan]

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[TCR]

Dang, I thought we were going to take that one. Congratulations to Woodford County.

Boone got hot in the second half which was a nice boost for Woodford, but honestly I felt Woodford County did an excellent job giving themselves opportunity after opportunity on the glass. It's not unusual at all for Ashland to be undersized against their opponent and sometimes even come out ahead in the rebounding department but Woodford County did an excellent job being disciplined on that end.

Ashland has had some wild games in this event, having also participated in the 2021-2022 season. That year Ashland had two games, back to back against Lyon County and Louisville Male, both of which they trailed by the exact same score - 36-18 in the first half. Ashland came back and beat a Lyon County team that had much of the core of their state championship team two years later. Then they would play Male, this time with an injured Cole Villers. Trailed 36-18, came back and took a 9 point lead in the second half. Male had Kaleb Glenn who is performing quite nicely for Florida Atlantic and made the plays they needed to come back and win.

Then this year. Ashland led by 8 in the second half, Woodford did what they needed to win. Both teams looked good. It's good to see Braxton Jennings have a nice game, he was missing in the early part of the season and hopefully Ashland will be able to have Cam Davis back soon at the point. Both Jennings and Carter can run it fine, but they are even more effective on the wings and like I mentioned in a prior thread, not having to do double duty.

This is not the first time these two schools, despite the decent distance between them (around 2 hours) have played a great OT game. Back in the Buddy Biggs era at Ashland in 2011 the two schools met. Woodford actually led by five with around a minute to go and Ashland would go on to win in overtime. Like this one, it was a dandy.

All the best to Woodford County. They're good as it is and I'm sure if Boone has that kind of a game and they continue to rebound like they did it'll pay off. Always enjoyed the battles against them in football, as there a couple classics in that sport as well. I still remember their final four run in the state basketball tournament two years ago. A good run and their crowd size was humongous. 

 

[Wildcat1993]

Like watching Melo Boone and Omari Jointer play with energy they do every game. Wish got see this one.