We have reached the final week of the regular season and best head to head  match-up will take place at Daviess County on Tuesday as the Panthers host Grayson County.  Daviess has not lost to a team from Kentucky so far this season and Grayson will seeking some momentum heading into the postseason.  You can expect a tournament atmosphere in Panther Arena on Tuesday.  Owensboro Catholic travels to Ohio County tonight in what should be a very good match-up.  Edmonson County continues to be a surprise team in the region but will face great competition this week with Clinton County and Ohio County to close their regular season.  Most people will look to tournament time next week but there will be some interesting results before we get there.

 

1. Daviess County Panthers (23-4) – SAME - Wins (64-28 Mclean, 62-57 Owensboro Catholic & 78-51 Logan Co)
                Daviess County stayed unbeaten against Kentucky programs this week, including Friday night against Owensboro Catholic.  It was an incredible 9^th district game that saw Jon Moss and Dre Carothers trading buckets late.  In the end, Moss was too much for Catholic and the Panthers moved to 6-0 in district play.  He scored 32 in the win.  On Saturday, Watkins had 25 to lead the way against Logan County.  The Panthers close with what could be a regional championship preview at home against Grayson County. 

 

2. Grayson County Cougars (18-6) – SAME -  Wins (87-59 Butler Co & 74-59 South Warren) & Losses (46-41 Warren Central)
                The Cougars dropped their second straight to Warren Central on Tuesday but bounced back with a district win and blowout win over a good South Warren team.  Jack Logsdon struggled against the Dragons but scored 22 and 21 in bounce back performances.  Grayson travels to Daviess County in a tournament preview on Tuesday before closing the season at Hancock on Friday.

 

3. Ohio County Eagles (20-4) - SAME – Wins (73-46 South Warren, 69-61 South Spencer, IN & 69-48 Owensboro)

                The Eagles had a strong week, going 3-0.  Ryan Durham has upped his season average to 20.6 ppg.  He led the team with 26 against South Warren and 22 against South Spencer.  Ohio has already punched their ticket to the regional tournament with a bye in the 10^th district, so they will close their season with a packed schedule.  They host Owensboro Catholic tonight, before closing with Hancock, Russellville and Edmonson County this week.

 

4. Edmonson County Wildcats (15-6) – UP 1 – Wins (63-59 Hart Co & 60-59 Borden, IN) & Losses (78-68 Caverna)

                The Cats have won 5 of 6 and competed very well against Caverna on Thursday.  Tyler Wilson scored 22 in defeat.  On Friday, Wilson hit the game winner to lift Edmsonson over Borden Indiana. Wilson is scoring 17.1 per game on the season.  Coach Meredith has put himself right near the top of the Coach of the year conversation with the job he has done since taking over this program.  The Wildcats have a pair of road games to close the season at Clinton County and Ohio County.

               

5. Apollo Eagles (16-6) – DOWN 1 –Losses (59-47 Owensboro Catholic & 72-68 Bowling Green)
                Apollo is trending the wrong direction heading toward tournament time.  They have lost 3 straight games.  Landon Henning leads the team with 13.5 points and 13.4 rebounds per game.  The Eagles will look to build some momentum for Owensboro Catholic next week with road games at Central Hardin and Webster County to close the season.

 

6. Owensboro Catholic Aces (13-11) – UP 2 - Wins (59-47 Apollo) & Losses (57-55 Breck Co & 62-57 Daviess County)
                The Aces stayed streaky this week, but closed the week with a great showing at Daviess County.  Dre Carothers busted out with 29 points as the Aces looked like a different team than we have seen all season, even in defeat.  They did score a win over Apollo ahead of next weeks district tournament.  Jake Murphy scored 18 in that one.  The margin between Meade and Catholic for 5 and 6 came down to the head to head match up between them earlier this season.  The Aces close at Ohio tonight, against Madisonville tomorrow and at University Heights on Friday.

 

7. Meade County Greenwave (16-8) – DOWN 1 - Wins (57-46 Valley) & Losses (62-53 S Warren)
                The Waves 7 game win streak came to an end at the hands of South Warren on Saturday.  Earlier in the week, they defeated Valley.  Aiden Medley led the team with 25 with Hayden Shouse scored a double-double with 19 points and 10 rebounds.  They travel to Central Hardin on Tuesday before closing the season at North Bullitt.
 

8. Muhlenberg County Mustangs (15-10) - DOWN 1 – Wins (67-61 Whitesville Trinity & 69-51 Madisonville) & Losses (74-65 Christian Co)

                The Mustangs sandwiched 2 wins between a loss to Christian County.  In the win over Trinity, Gavin Groves scored 18 while Gavin Noffsinger and River Woodruff reached double figures.  Muhlenberg closes with a tough pair of games at Henderson tonight before hosting Bowling Green on Friday.

  

9. Mclean County Cougars (16-11) – DOWN 1 – Wins (75-10 Cloverport & 62-59 Christian Fellowship) & Losses (64-28 Daviess Co & 64-61 Union Co)

                The Cougars continued their up and down season this week.  Layden Bozarth leads the team with 14.2 points per game while Camden Baird is also in double figures at 12.3.  Mclean closes their season at Butler County on Tuesday.

  

10. Owensboro Red Devils (3-18) -  SAME –Losses (68-62 Central Hardin, 69-48 Ohio Co & 67-57 Harrison, IN)
                The Devils dropped 3 games this week against very good competition.  They are playing much better than the first half of the year but will have to face a very good Daviess County team in district play.  Demarcus Ganaway scored 22 in the loss to Central Hardin.  Owensboro travels to Christian County tonight before closing with games against Whitesville Trinity and Henderson this week.

 

11. Breckinridge County Tigers (10-16) – UP 1 – Wins (81-77 Butler Co & 57-55 Owensboro Catholic) & Losses (68-54 Castle, IN)
                The Fighting Tigers scored a nice win over Owensboro Catholic on Tuesday.  Ryan Nottingham scored 15 in that win and scored 20 in the win over Butler.  Breck closes this season with 3 road games against Trinity, Hancock and DeSales.

 

12. Whitesville Trinity Raiders (14-12) – DOWN 2 – Wins (71-55 Foundation Christian) & Loses (67-61 Muhlenberg Co)
                The Raiders have dropped 3 of their last 4 but closed the week with a win over Foundation Christian.  Harrison Barnett leads the team with 14.5 points per game.  They will host Breck tonight before closing the season at home against Owensboro Wednesday.

 

13. Hancock County Hornets (10-13) – SAME  – Wins (80-29 Cloverport)
                The Hornets have been battling illness late in the season that has caused some game cancelations.  Cooper Jones scored 26 in the win over Cloverport this week.  They will close the season with games against Breck, Newcomer Academy and Grayson County this week.

 

14. Butler County Bears (1-22) – SAME –  Losses (81-77 Breck & 87-59 Grayson Co)
                The Bears have become much more competitive over the past few weeks.  Unfortunately for them, it is not paying off in the win column.  Curtis Murphy is having a great season, scoring 17.6 points per game but it is getting overshadowed by the win-loss record.  The Bears have 5 games scheduled this week against Madisonville, Mclean, Central Hardin, Hart  and Russell County.

 

15. Cloverport Aces (0-14) - SAME – Losses (80-29 Hancock Co & 75-10 Mclean Co)

I can’t figure out this O Cath team. In a 2 week period they have gone toe to toe with DC, beat Greenwood, beat Apollo, beat Ohio Co, but lost to Owensboro and Breck. 

1 hour ago, 83wildcatFB said:

I can’t figure out this O Cath team. In a 2 week period they have gone toe to toe with DC, beat Greenwood, beat Apollo, beat Ohio Co, but lost to Owensboro and Breck. 

I think they are still figuring it out themselves.  After losing Coach Riley and their go to guy in Beickman, it has taken most of the season to carve out new roles with Coach Shadowen.  It looks like the light is coming on and they are gaining confidence.  Their length is underrated.  That first round Apollo game will be a good one!

@ApolloFan98 great write up and I think this is a two-team race to Lexington.

With Grayson County defeating Daviess County does that now make Grayson the favorite? Of course, that is what happened last year as well with DC losing regular season, and GC losing in the regional final.

 

Thank you @Big East Zebra!  Good to have some interactions in the 3rd Region threads these days.  I don't know about favorites but it certainly pulls them even with Daviess.  It looked like DC struggled to guard all 5 spots last night and the role players from Grayson out played the role players from DC.  That said, you can throw all of that out the window when these 2 play again in a few weeks.

12 minutes ago, ApolloFan98 said:

Thank you @Big East Zebra!  Good to have some interactions in the 3rd Region threads these days.  I don't know about favorites but it certainly pulls them even with Daviess.  It looked like DC struggled to guard all 5 spots last night and the role players from Grayson out played the role players from DC.  That said, you can throw all of that out the window when these 2 play again in a few weeks.

Do you think Daviess County can win the Sweet 16?

At this point I would say these teams are even. I wouldn’t be surprised with either winning and a month ago I would have been shocked if it wasn’t DC. Gonna be a great region tournament!

2 minutes ago, theguru said:

Do you think Daviess County can win the Sweet 16?

I know that question was directed at Apollofan but I don’t see DC the same way I did weeks ago. They have not looked great the last couple weeks and I am sure that can be attributed to some guys missing time and kids being kids and losing focus late in the season. I just expected them to be a well oiled machine right now and they are not. 

Just now, 83wildcatFB said:

I know that question was directed at Apollofan but I don’t see DC the same way I did weeks ago. They have not looked great the last couple weeks and I am sure that can be attributed to some guys missing time and kids being kids and losing focus late in the season. I just expected them to be a well oiled machine right now and they are not. 

Yes I did quote AF98 but it was for everyone, thanks for the response.

Everyone agree, is DC on the way down as we head to the postseason?

13 minutes ago, theguru said:

Do you think Daviess County can win the Sweet 16?

They're a solid team, but they will not win the Sweet 16.

8 minutes ago, theguru said:

Yes I did quote AF98 but it was for everyone, thanks for the response.

Everyone agree, is DC on the way down as we head to the postseason?

No, they will win the 3rd Region.

47 minutes ago, theguru said:

Yes I did quote AF98 but it was for everyone, thanks for the response.

Everyone agree, is DC on the way down as we head to the postseason?

I don't see them winning the 3rd region. Acton had to be taken out last night. They only have 5 really solid players after that the bench drops them. Watching other teams in our Region and district play DC they were not playing well against Apollo until Apollo had some technical fouls right in a row and against Catholic they struggled to stop Carothers. 

Will they be in the HUNT? Absolutely, but they are trending DOWN and that's not good. 

2 hours ago, TimeWillTell said:

I don't see them winning the 3rd region. Acton had to be taken out last night. They only have 5 really solid players after that the bench drops them. Watching other teams in our Region and district play DC they were not playing well against Apollo until Apollo had some technical fouls right in a row and against Catholic they struggled to stop Carothers. 

Will they be in the HUNT? Absolutely, but they are trending DOWN and that's not good. 

Depth was always the concern for them. I don't see them having an issue with Owensboro in the district opener but beyond that they can't take anyone for granted.

On 2/18/2026 at 11:44 AM, theguru said:

Do you think Daviess County can win the Sweet 16?

NO