Scott County 75 Henry Clay 62

[PrincePalace]

Good win for Scott County in a tough district.

[UFdynasty]

Station is ready

[thewaterboy]

Big Win for SC. Ge-Lawn 21 pts and 12 reb, Phares 15 and 12, Boyd 19 and 12 Moses 17 and 11, stats can be found on http://www.cybersportsusa.com. To make a title run SC has got to cut down on careless turnovers, will be interesting to see if they can handle Bryan Station's Press like they did in the last match up! Go Cards!!

[*Jeanie*]

Congrats!

[Plato]

What a district. This is the 3rd straight year that Henry Clay doesn't make it to the regional tournament. There are a lot of teams still playing that couldn't stay within 20 of the Blue Devils.

Congrats to Scott Co. The finals of this district between SC and Station should be quite a show.

[HSBallFan78]

Yes, Henry Clay is the third wheel again in the district. Very good game. It was within a couple of points either way until about 3 minutes to go. I think it was tied after each of the first 3 periods. With about 3 to go, Scott went on a little run. Henry Clay couldn't answer. Final score not indicative at all of how good or close the game was. If Moses had been with them all year, they probably would have won 5-6 more games, and beaten Scott tonight. This was his 2nd game back I think, and played well, but missed some easy shots.

 

Henry Clay looses 8 seniors and all their starters. So they will be rebuilding next year. I have seen their freshmen and JV teams this year. Both very good. I think each only lost about 3 games this year.

 

Their freshman team is one of the best in the state, and have some players to watch. The Wilder kid is a freshman, and played a lot of varsity this season. Great basketball IQ and good outside shot, hustles all the time. I think he and a couple of others (Prince Stewarts little brother, and a kid named Hindo) all started for their freshman team last year as 8th graders. A Johnson kid is a sophmore or junior and has a great outside shot. Barnes kid will be their big man next year. Has some pretty good moves around the basket.

 

Fortunately (for Henry Clay), Bryan station loses Mack, Burdette, and Combs. Mack is the key to that team the last 2-3 years. Scott also loses 3-4 good seniors, but they have Phares back, and always have a loaded pipeline. They have a true 8th grader that played varsity this year(cant remember his name), but will be a player to watch.

 

The 11th region is just flat out the best from top to bottom. Station, Scott, Catholic, Madison Central, Dunbar, Henry Clay, LCA, and Tates Creek. Even Franklin County is strong enough to beat a lot of teams in the state. Even Lafayette started to come on late. A shame only one of those will get to state. I think Madison Central and Dunbar could be the sleepers in the 11th this year.

 

But this is what makes the sweet 16 one of the best in the country. When you get a first round like Henry Clay and Scott. And then some of the early district matchups in Louisville, you have a special event top to bottom.

 

I love this time of the year.

[gswilder]

Close game until the last few minutes. Henry Clay played well tonight, and was helped out by getting Victor Moses back. It was a shame he missed all but 7-8 games this year. Great basketball player and good kid. Probably could have played his way up to to mid-major D1 if not for the injury. Hope he still gets a good scholarship offer.

 

42nd and 43rd districts are killer again this year. 11th region has so many good teams. Unfortunate that only 1 will get to the Sweet 16.

 

A lot of teams from these 2 districts loose important seniors this year. Scott will probably be strong in the 42nd and Dunbar in the 43rd next year. Phares didn't have a great game tonight, but he has improved a lot this year. Dunbar is good and doesn't loose much.

 

Henry Clay does have a strong freshman and JV teams this year. Won most of their games, and beat Scott and Bryan station. So maybe Henry Clay can get out of district next year.

 

Was a fun season. Looking forward to the rest of the tournament, and to next year.

[FANOFTHE11th]

I would say that the head coaches in the 11th region will be very nervous about the draw for the regional tournament.

[IMOM]

Is there any pressure on Brown at Henry Clay?

[goldenrule19]

Is there any pressure on Brown at Henry Clay?

 

How go you let Ge'lawn Guyn get away to Scott County? Brown's quote to the kids dad is 'We do not need Ge'lawn.' In three games against Henry Clay Ge'lawn Scored 15, 16, 21, along with 13 rebounds in this one for Scott County! WoW. But back to is there any pressure, this year he may get a pass for all the injuries that his team has suffered! But next year maybe the most pressure that Brown has been under at Henry Clay! But has two more years to go against Scott County's Ge'lawn Guyn!:eek:

[strongopenyon]

There might should be pressure on Coach Brown, but I do not think there is pressure to win in Fayette County.

 

As far as talent goes, Henry Clay has as much as anyone. In many cases, it is raw talent, but what coach wouldn't want that kind of raw talent to be developed. That is, if you are able to develop talent.

 

This is a public school comment:

 

Players are not developed in Lexington Middle School programs and do not seem to be developed once they get to high school. Champ Ligon at Bryan Station has done the best job in recent years, but he had to fight for his life to keep his job last summer. I consider it all laughable.

 

On a positive note:

 

Donnie Atkins is a fine man with a monumental task as Fayette County Public School director of athletics. I wish him well!

[bellalumni40]

On the subject of Coach Brown, I saw Henry Clay play one time this year. In 4 quarters of basketball they never ran one offensive play or set. It was all freelance. You cant win at this level like that.

 

Also, what night and time are the finals of this district?

[beyondtheark415]

Best all around region in the state. They have 3 possibly four that could make a good bid for a state championship. Its unreal how so much talent comes out of one region and that only one team can advance

[HSBallFan78]

Guyn is a good athlete, quick, fantastic leaper, short range jumper. But kind of one dimensional player on the court. I heard he was upset he wasn't getting enough playing time at HC. (Although he was starting as a freshman.) All I can say about GeLawn and Henry Clay, is there is a LOT more to the the story than most have heard. (Here's a hint, think Alex Legion and UK.)

 

I am not sure what the issue with Henry Clay is under Brown. Both of his 2 years, they have lost their best player to injury. But I have heard him on the radio saying that is not an excuse. Maybe it was a coaching change, that the players/coaches never adjusted to each other? This senior group were freshmen when Henry Clay last made the sweet 16. I think Moses, Boyd, and maybe Nichols played varsity that year. Maybe they felt they had already achieved something, I don't know. After they redistricted the 11th/8th, Scott has beat HC 3 straight years in district.

 

I think he has a couple of more years before any pressure is really on him. They will be very young next year and rebuilding. My the time their freshman team is junior/senior, they should be right back at the top. Scott may be down next year, but not by much. Phares is going to be candidate for Mr Basketball. Bryan Station will be down, so that will be Henry Clays best chance to get out of district.

 

I agree with the above poster about Lexington Middle School development. It is horrible. They only play about 13 games over 2 months. Nothing else before middle school. Scott and Mason's kids play together in school or AAU from the time they are 8-10 years old. So by the time they hit high school, they already know each other and how to play together. It takes the Lexington kids 2 years of high school to even catch up. There has been a lot of raw talent in Lexington over the years, that was never fully developed.

[Pancake]

 

Donnie Atkins is a fine man with a monumental task as Fayette County Public School director of athletics. I wish him well!

 

I work in Fayette county and had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Atkins several times, he always was positive with a kid first attitude. He is a real class act! I just wish the AD that I worked for was half the man he was... :thumb: