Estill:

Cackling 18 points 6 rebounds 3 assists 3 steals

Hoover 18 points 7 rebounds 5 steals

Christopher 13 points 6 rebounds 6 assists 4 steals

Owsley:

Reed 16 points

Wright 13 points (In my prayers)

Solid win for the Engineers tonight, great defense. Best wishes to the young man for the Owls who went down hard tonight, any updates would be greatly appreciated.

Matt Wright went to the local Hospital there in Ervin and was examined. He was realeased later that night after taking x-rays and being examined and found to just have deep bruises around the rib cage area. Coming from Owsley team and being a friend to the Wright family,thank you for your prayers.

This win moves Estill County to 4-0 in the district. Good win for the Engineers.

This game was extremely rough. IMO is wasn't a terrible called game but there were some no calls on Owsley's end that should of been called and seemed that Estill got the benifit of the doubt under their basket while going up for the shot. Owsley at one time got 3 offensive rebounds in a row and bodies were flying but no whistles were blowing.

Owsley was down 20 at half but only lost by 23. They seemed to dig down and fight back a little 2nd half and thats when it got rough. There were some elbows thrown to try to get free after getting a rebound or handling the ball up top since no calls were the only calls for Owsley most of the time.

Estill is a good team and I'm not saying anyone took it but the home court advantage rule went into affect.

I've seen Owsley play a few times this year and they can be rough. One particular player will go out of his way to antagonize the other team. I've seen him elbow, trip, shove, etc. all after a call or play was over. He crossed the court and elbowed an opponent who was standing at the foul line waiting for his second shot (a sub was coming in for him) as he headed for the bench. He seems to watch carefully and do this when the refs attention is elsewhere.

I've seen Owsley play a few times this year and they can be rough. One particular player will go out of his way to antagonize the other team. I've seen him elbow, trip, shove, etc. all after a call or play was over. He crossed the court and elbowed an opponent who was standing at the foul line waiting for his second shot (a sub was coming in for him) as he headed for the bench. He seems to watch carefully and do this when the refs attention is elsewhere.

 

I agree he shoves and pushes way to much,For no reason most of the tlme.

It's good to hear that the Wright kid is ok, scary moment when a kid has to be carted off, hate to see that regardless of the opponent.

Does this win for Estill mean that Estill and Owsley will play in the first round of district since Powell beat Lee?

Does this win for Estill mean that Estill and Owsley will play in the first round of district since Powell beat Lee?

 

There are still four games to be played in the district, upsets can happen so it is too early to call:

 

Powell at Owsley on 1/15/08

Powell at Estill on 1/22/08

Estill at Lee on 2/1/08

Owsley at Powell on 2/1/08