King James

The top East teams return alot of players next year. Hazard (14th) and Elliott (16th) return most of their players, and while Paintsville (15th) loses everybody Shelby Valley should take their place and has just as much talent. Corbin and South Laurel will both have nice teams again next year along with Knox from the 13th... The mountains are loaded with talented juniors-to-be...

both teams played hard and when it really mattered Mason rose to the top and took the game from Elliott.

After reading all of this thread, the quote above is the one that says what actually happened... :thumb:

I think Paintsville has to be favored in this game IMO.

I think you will find very few people outside Johnson County that will favor Paintsville...

If J. Bryant doest go out of the game then Valley wins in the first O.T. He was doing whatever he wanted right before he left. Anyone know what happend to him.

Someone said that he gashed his shin open on the "protective" barrier that surrounded the court...

How many seniors does Valley have?

2... Jacob Bryant and Jonah Justice... Most of the team are sophomores.

I understand people questioning SV holding the ball in OT and double OT, but I think it had alot to do with Jacob Bryant and Ashley Hatfield being out of the game. Whenever Elisha would drive to the bucket Paintsville would send help, taking the ball out of his hands. The subs for Valley didn't appear too comfortable with the ball, and I think that may be why Booher decided to hold the ball. It didn't work out well for them, but if they had won people would see it differently.

The only thing that I had heard was about an assistant with the initials of T.C. Nothing definite.

You're talking about Cavanaugh (sp?) Trent from Letcher County Central. That rumor has been floating around for a while now. My understanding is that the Cox family and Stamper family are firmly behind Amburgy..

The biggest transfer rumors from the mountains involve a few June Buchanan players leaving for other schools...

ttt

Final from the 15th...

Final.

That's a big first quarter...

Agreed. I would add Hazard/Cordia and Raceland/East Carter to the list of good games.

ttt

Thursday, March 6th

1st Region

Marshall County vs. Hickman County

Paducah Tilghman vs. Mayfield

2nd Region

University Heights vs. Hopkins County Central

Hederson County vs. Livingston Central

3rd Region

1 semi-final

4th Region

Franklin Simpson vs. Greenwood

Barren County vs. Metcalf County

5th Region

Green County vs. Elizabethtown

Bardstown vs. Taylor County

8th Region

Gallatin County vs. Anderson County

North Oldham vs. Walton-Verona

9th Region

Dixie Heights vs. Conner

Holmes vs. Bellevue

10th Region

Scott vs. Augusta

Pendleton vs. Montgomery County

11th Region

Madison Central vs. Paul Dunbar

Franklin County vs. Scott County

12th Region

Wayne County vs. Somerset

West Jessamine vs. Boyle County

13th Region

Bell County vs. Lynn Camp

South Laurel vs. Jackson County

14th Region

Breathitt County vs. Perry County Central

Letcher County Central vs. Powell County

15th Region

Shelby Valley vs. Prestonsburg

Paintsville vs. Belfry

16th Region

Elliott County vs. Greenup County

Rose Hill Christian vs. Rowan County

Wednesday, March 5th

1st Region

Fulton City vs. Calloway County

Graves County vs. Lone Oak

2nd Region

Madisonville-North Hopkins vs. Webster County

Lyon County vs. Christian County

4th Region

Bowling Green vs. Russellville

Russell County vs. Glasgow

5th Region

Adair County vs. Larue County

Central Hardin vs. Nelson County

6th Region

Iroquois vs. Shawnee

Fairdale vs. Holy Cross (Louisville)

Central vs. Butler

Pleasure Ridge Park vs. Bullitt East

8th Region

Shelby County vs. Owen County

Simon Kenton vs. South Oldham

9th Region

St. Henry vs. Villa Madonna

Highlands vs. Covington Catholic

10th Region

George Rogers Clark vs. Campbell County

Mason County vs. Deming

11th Region

Bryan Station vs. Western Hills

Lexington Catholic vs. Model

12th Region

Lincoln County vs. Southwestern

Pulaski County vs. East Jessamine

13th Region

Clay County vs. Corbin

Knox Central vs. Cumberland

14th Region

Hazard vs. Cordia

Estill County vs. Jackson City

15th Region

Allen Central vs. Johnson Central

Phelps vs. East Ridge

16th Region

Bath County vs. Ashland Blazer

Raceland vs. East Carter

What about Phelps? I know they are 20-6, but have played several games against West Virginia competition. Is this team pretty solid?

Not really... they play a terribly weak schedule.

A definite underachiever is June Buchanan from the 14th...

East Ridge has to be absolutely thrilled with this draw...

Gotta believe that SV and Paintsville are happy to see Pikeville gone.

Maybe not SV... Pikeville and SV wouldn't have met until the regional final, and SV might have liked to see a Paintsville/Pikeville first round regional matchup...

I think you are referring to Saihou Jassey... No clue about where he went to college.

Final from Perry Central... Valley was led in scoring by 6'6" sophomore Ashley Hatfield with 20.

The title should read "Shelby Valley"...

I think this is a dangerous game for Hazard...

Is there anyone who would STILL like to tell me that Miller is better than Hopson?

Granted that it was only one game, but I watched Miller absolutely dominate Hopson at Sheldon Clark early in the season. Miller had something like 41 and Hopson had somewhere in the high teens. For my money Miller is better...

PINEVILLE 46, NORTH LAUREL 42

PINEVILLE (23-5) — Strange 9, Warren 7, Jeffrey

8, Tuttle 2, Cunningham 2, Day 18.

NORTH LAUREL (16-10) — Dalton 4, Shannon 6,

Tiller 4, Seidel 26, Cotton 2.

Pineville . . . . . . . . . . .4 11 23 8—46

North Laurel . . . . . . . .9 12 11 10—42