Let's briefly talk about the 1st Region Player of the Year.  It's early, but I think it's mainly a two-horse race with a few others in the discussion (Rickard, Armstrong, Mayes, Grigg, etc.).  My two front-runners are Matthew Langhi from Marshall and Miles Woodfork from McCracken.  Both guys can really fill it up, and each are near 30 points per game right now.  I think that Langhi may do a little more for the Marshals team as compared to Woodfork, but that margin is very slight.

Key games this week:

Monday - Calloway vs Murray (2A Section 1 semifinals)

Tuesday - McCracken at St. Mary, Mayfield at Ballard

Thursday - Chicago Curie (IL) at Marshall

Friday - Graves at Mayfield (PTown Dad's Region 1 Game of the Week), Murray at CFS, Madisonville at Calloway, Fulton Co. at Carlisle

Here at this week's rankings:

1. McCracken Co. (10-3) - W 71-62 Woodford Co., W 74-62 Graves Co., L 62-72 Daviess Co.

It seems the flu bug has hit the Mustangs a bit.  Friday night they were missing head coach Dustin Roberts and in their game against Daviess they were missing a key play in Garrett Miller.  Let's talk a little about Aaron Adams.  He's only a Sophomore, but he's 6-5 or so and very athletic.  He dunks the ball with ease.  He's scoring 11 PPG with 4 rebounds per game and shoots 43% from downtown.  If you pay too much attention to Woodfork then he's one of the Mustangs who can make you pay.  Nice kid too!

2. Marshall Co. (9-3) - L 66-69 Great Crossing

The Marshals have a few shooters to surround Langhi with.  The most prolific one is Neyland Jezik.  He is making 2.9 three-pointers per game while shooting 41% from beyond the arc.  He's one of those guys that you just can't help off of.  The Marshals host a tough team out of Chicago on Thursday night, Curie.

3. Graves Co. (5-6) - L 62-74 at McCracken Co.

I thought about moving them down but I hate to punish this Eagles team for losing an away game at the top team in the region.  The injury bug has bitten this team a little and they seem to now be quite thin.  They still have guys that can score - Cavette, Veucasovic and Frick will still win this team some games.

4. Murray (9-2) - W 77-57 at McClean Co., W 71-55 at Mayfield

A nice win for the Tigers at Mayfield.  It seems this team can score in bunches.  What is the terminology?  "Spurtability!"  Who puts together the brackets for the 2A Sectionals?  One semifinal is Calloway and Murray.  The other semifinal is Webster Co. and Hopkins Co Central from the 2nd region.  This will mean that these teams all now play each other for a 3rd time.  Maybe I'm being overly critical.

5. Carlisle Co. (9-4) - No games this past week.

According to these rankings this is the team most likely to win the first region All A Classic and head to Richmond.  This is a veteran team and it seems they are getting better each week.

6. Calloway Co. (6-8) W 59-56 at Ballard Memorial, W 68-60 vs CFS 

It's maybe a little boring to talk about Free Throws, but Luke Armstong is 63 out 70 so far this season.  You sometimes just have to foul this guy and he's shooting 90% from the stripe.  I look for the Lakers to fare much better in the 2nd edition of the Crosstown Classic that is being played at (checks notes) Hopkins County Central.

7. Tilghman (4-7) - W 66-61 at St. Mary

"Rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated."  -Mark Twain (I think).  Nice win for the Tornado on the Holy Hardwood!  That's a tough place to go in and get a win.  The Tornado dominated the Vikings on the boards.  I'm a big fan of Eli Dabney - he does most of his work around the rim.  I'd give you some stats but it looks like they don't enter them into Riherds.  A light week for the Tornado this week, but the week following this they host teams ranked #1, #3 and #4.

8. Mayfield (5-6) - W 68-26 at Crittenden Co., L 55-71 vs Murray

The Cardinals had the lead versus the Tigers at halftime, but had a rough second half.  They get another opportunity to prove themselves when they host Graves this Friday.  I think you can throw out all the records when these two teams meet up.  That's why it's PTown Dad's Game of the Week.

9. St. Mary (4-8) - L 61-81 Lawrence Co., L 61-66 vs Tilghman

That's now five losses in a row for the Vikings, but it's against some very good competition.  Don't forget that this team starts two freshmen, two sophomores and one senior.  Then there's an 8th grader that comes off the bench and can fill it up.  I'm going to call him Micah I.  Can the Vikings keep the game close hosting the Mustangs on Tuesday night?

10. Ballard Memorial (3-12) - L 56-59 vs Calloway Co., L 50-56 at Logan Co.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say this is the best 3-12 team in Kentucky.  The Bombers seem to get right there each game but can't get over the hump.  Which two teams will come out of the 3rd District?  It's typically Graves and Mayfield but we shall see if the Bombers have a say in that.

11. Christian Fellowship (10-3) - They host Murray on Friday.  Can they keep it interesting?

12. Fulton Co. (3-5) - The Pilots go to Carlisle on Friday.  I still think they could make the Regional tourney like last year.

13. Hickman Co. (6-5) - 16 PPG and 8 RPG for Ny Irons

14. Community Christian Acad. (4-7) - The Warriors have two super-sophs in DeJarnett and Anderson

15. Fulton City (1-10) - They got a win against Heritage Christian out of Hopkinsville.  Congrats!

I continue to struggle with how to order teams 3 through 9 on here.  Let me know your thoughts!

 

Miller from McCracken County has an injured wrist. 

G Miller from McCracken is very good.  They will miss him a lot but hopefully not out very long.  I feel like this is the time of year where every team has one or two guys out.  But Miller is a starter and one of their top scorers.

Thanks for the update!

Bump.