Final from the 16th region at Morehead. Russell's leading scorer Kyle Skaggs went down with a bad ankle sprain about 3 minutes into the game. Russell led early in the 2nd qt. 20-7. East would hold Russell to only 15 second half points.

Kyle's game has really come on this year, he is one of those players along with Fairview's Mike Terry that still out there scoring even when he gets double teamed. I saw him go down and it looked bad. I was glad to see him back on the court in the 2nd half but you could really tell he was bothered by the ankle. Hated to see that happen, he should be a force next year.

Almost like in 2007 when Russell was 27-4 and Jon Vanhoose went down in Districts with a knee injury. The Devils ended up losing to Elliott Co in the Region, a team they had handled twice during the regular season. Also in 2005 when Derek Sloane separated his shoulder in the first quarter of the Region Final against Rowan Co. If not for injuries, it could have been three in a row for the Devils. And now, Skaggs this year. Truly a snake bitten team since 2005.:idunno:

Tough break for the Devils.

Tough win for the Raiders! After a slow start they turned it on in the second half.